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A Postcard from the Western Amazon, on Peril and Hope

A longtime resident of Brazil’s westernmost Amazon state reflects on forests, martyrs and the future.
Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations; Demonstrations, Protests and Riots; Environment; Flowers and Plants; Forests and Forestry; Land Use Policies; Levees and Dams; Rivers; Walking 


Off to Detroit.

Merry Christmas

I will be back the 28th.
Technology

Edith Ramirez Is Raising the Voice of the F.T.C.

Edith Ramirez’s tenure as leader of the commission has been marked by an effort to bring the regulator into the public eye, directing particular attention on digital privacy and transactions.
Net Neutrality; Computers and the Internet
Business Day

AbbVie Deal Heralds Changed Landscape for Hepatitis Drugs

Express Scripts, the nation’s largest manager of prescriptions, has negotiated a “significant discount” for Viekira Pak, a new entrant to the expensive class of hepatitis C medications.
Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Hepatitis; Harvoni (Drug); Sovaldi (Drug)
U.S.

Investigators Said to Seek No Penalty for C.I.A.'s Computer Search

A panel investigating the search of a computer network used by the Senate Intelligence Committee who were looking into the C.I.A.'s use of torture will suggest no punishments, officials said.
United States Politics and Government; Torture; Computers and the Internet; Detainees; Interrogations
World

Delivery of Helicopters Shows Mending of U.S.-Egypt Ties

The Americans had imposed a hold on the Apache helicopters last year after the Egyptian military toppled President Mohamed Morsi.
United States International Relations; Helicopters; Terrorism
Opinion

Ramallah’s Mean Streets

A cab ride around the would-be Palestinian state's capital city reveals a depressed and resentful people.
Palestinians; Politics and Government
U.S.

Border Patrol Apprehensions Show a Shift in Migration Patterns

For the first time in at least two decades, fewer migrants from Mexico were caught crossing into the United States in 2014 than people from other countries, the Department of Homeland Security said.
Illegal Immigration; Immigration and Emigration
Business Day

Ford Recall of Takata Airbags to Extend Nationwide

Ford said it was expanding the recall nationwide — and globally — adding another 447,000 vehicles to the list.
Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Recalls and Bans of Products; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
U.S.

G.O.P. Hopes for Unity May Be Upset by Ben Carson

The Republican establishment is determined not to repeat the mistakes of 2012, but Ben Carson is riding a groundswell of support from outside the mainstream.
Presidential Election of 2016; Primaries and Caucuses; Presidential Election of 2012
U.S.

Role for Warren: To Push, if Not Supplant, Clinton

Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has denied plans to run for president, may challenge Hillary Rodham Clinton, in her own way, to focus on income inequality on the trail.
Presidential Election of 2016
N.Y. / Region

U.S. Plans to Sue New York Over Rikers Island Conditions

Federal prosecutors are concerned about what they see as the slow pace of reforms at the jail complex, a court filing reveals.
Prisons and Prisoners; Guards; Civil Rights and Liberties; Suits and Litigation (Civil)
Multimedia

A Dance of Rivers

After nearly 40 years as a staff photographer, Chester Higgins Jr. is retiring from The New York Times. His career has often led him to photograph Africa and its diaspora with grace and affection.
Archives and Records; Newspapers; Photography; Poetry and Poets
World

U.N. Seeks $8.4 Billion for Syrians

For the first time, the annual request includes development aid for Syria’s neighbors that have been overwhelmed with refugees.
Refugees and Displaced Persons; Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- )
U.S.

Supreme Court Justices Admit Inconsistency, and Embrace It

Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg have each acknowledged shifting positions in recent cases, and found an ally from the past.
Decisions and Verdicts
World

Fuel Rods Are Removed From Damaged Fukushima Reactor

Tokyo Electric Power Company passed one milestone, but faces the far more challenging task of removing the ruined fuel cores from the three reactors that melted down.
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan); Nuclear Energy; Accidents and Safety; Radiation
Opinion

Racial Profiling at the Border

Cecillia D. Wang of the A.C.L.U. Immigrants’ Rights Project responds to a front-page article.
Racial Profiling; Civil Rights and Liberties; Hispanic-Americans
Business Day

Bond Issues From Russia and Ecuador Serve as Cautionary Tales for Junk-Rated Debt

Two fast-imploding bond issues from Ecuador and Russia are leaving prominent creditors, including BlackRock and Franklin Templeton, in their wakes.
Credit and Debt; Government Bonds; Ruble (Currency)
Sports

Judge Rejects $75 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Against N.C.A.A. on Head Injuries

Judge John Z. Lee questioned the scope of the agreement, whether the amount was sufficient and whether the N.C.A.A. had the power to enforce the proposed medical reforms.
College Athletics; Concussions; Sports Injuries
World

India: Bomb Kills 3 at Bus Station

An explosion in the parking lot of a bus station on Sunday killed three people and wounded five others in India’s remote northeastern state of Manipur, where several separatist groups operate, the police said.
Bombs and Explosives; Buses
U.S.

California: Arson Ruled in Downtown Los Angeles Fire

A fire that reduced an unfinished apartment building to a block-long mountain of blackened wood was purposely set, the Fire Department said.
Arson; Fires and Firefighters


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