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Business Day
Chief of Pemex, Mexican Energy Giant, Steps Aside
Concern over Pemex’s finances has risen over the last week, after a leading national official warned that planned spending cuts could not be delayed.The political situation in Mexico is degenerating.
Mexico has treated Pemex as a cash cow.
Pemex is out of cash and credit with no real prospect of recovery.
Emilio Lozoya Austin is wise to leave an impossible position.
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Opinion
The Supreme Court and Climate Change Politics
Two readers chastise the Supreme Court, saying its blocking of new coal plant rules was based on partisan politics.The readers positions are extreme.
Their premise is correct.
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Opinion
Cruelty to Elephants
World Animal Protection writes that captive wild animals should not be used for employment.In Myanmar the sustainable forest has been cut for cash.
The working elephants are orphaned and unemployed.
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U.S.
Minnesota: Rights Groups Sue for Release of Video
The Minnesota chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Minneapolis N.A.A.C.P. filed a lawsuit in hopes of forcing the authorities to release video from the night a black man was killed by a Minneapolis police officer.The situation must go to a jury.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_juries_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_juries_in_the_United_States#Minnesota
Proceed.
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N.Y. / Region
Michael Garcia Confirmed as Judge on New York Court of Appeals
Mr. Garcia, a former United States attorney, replaces Judge Susan Read, who retired.I do not have a vote in the appointment.
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World
52 Inmates Killed in Mexican Prison Amid Riot and Fire
What began as a fight between two inmates escalated into a deadly riot in a penitentiary in the northern Mexico city of Monterrey.Mexico is in chaos.
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N.Y. / Region
Federal Grand Jury Begins Hearing Evidence in Eric Garner Case
Prosecutors presented evidence in the death of Mr. Garner, who died after being placed in a chokehold by a police officer. A Staten Island grand jury declined to indict the officer in 2014.A civil rights case.
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Opinion
Ganging Up Against Cancer
A reader urges “the scientific community to collaborate for the greater good.”Much of medical research is supported by corporations.
Patent law and fiduciary responsibility conspire for secrecy.
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Sports
Skater Challenges Supremacy of Sports’ Highest Court
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has long been the final word on sports disputes, but a German speedskater is on the verge of turning this entrenched system on its head.She should lose her case.
The alternative is the destruction of the I.O.C.
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Sports
For 29th Consecutive Game, Barcelona Avoids a Defeat
Barcelona broke a club record with its 29th consecutive game without a defeat when its second-stringers salvaged a 1-1 draw at Valencia in the Copa del Rey semifinals on Wednesday.http://www.theguardian.com/football
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N.Y. / Region
Judge Refuses to Grant Mistrial in Akai Gurley Case
Lawyers for Officer Peter Liang, who is accused of fatally shooting Mr. Gurley in 2014, said the prosecution had introduced an “inflammatory” new theory at the last minutePeter Liang is convicted.
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Business Day
G.M. Recalls Trucks Because of Brake Pedal Issue
About 478,000 Chevrolet Silverados, GMC Sierras and Chevy Tahoes are recalled to fix a nut that can loosen and allow the brake pedal to fall off.G.M. must fix the brakes.
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World
Trial of Reinhold Hanning, Ex-Auschwitz Guard, Opens in Germany
The 94-year-old former Nazi is charged with being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people who died at the camp in Poland.Germany has delayed as long a possible.
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World
‘Basil,’ Fugitive in England’s Biggest Heist, May Be Ex-Policeman
In a letter, a ringleader of the $20 million Hatton Garden Safe Deposit burglary calls “Basil,” who has vanished, “the brains” of the 2015 operation.The authorities are guessing.
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Science
Science Teachers’ Grasp of Climate Change Is Found Lacking
A survey of 1,500 teachers in the United States found that on average they spend just one to two hours on average over the course of an academic year.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Geophysical_Year
The atmosphere was a topic.
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Opinion
Ignore the GPS. That Ocean Is Not a Road.
Dependence on navigation technology is eroding our cognitive map of the world around us.An essay on a truth.
I like maps rather than instructions.
This is the same problem I have with photography.
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N.Y. / Region
Judge Plans to Unseal Secret Papers in Sheldon Silver’s Case
Judge Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court said she planned to release materials that Mr. Silver’s lawyers have fought to keep secret.The material will be redacted to protect identities.
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N.Y. / Region
When Parole Rules Keep Getaway Driver Locked Up the Longest
Judith Clark, who played a far smaller role in a 1981 armored-car robbery than Mutulu Shakur, will not be eligible for release until well after he is.The sentencing judge was clear in his intentions.
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U.S.
Police Release Video of Traffic Stop of Princeton Professor
The professor, who is black, was handcuffed and searched by a white male officer, which she called emblematic of officers’ mistreatment of African-Americans.The police must change their attitude.
Opinion
Ferguson Turns Its Back on Justice
The city is now facing a lawsuit from the Justice Department for rejecting a negotiated plan to overhaul its racist policing.Ferguson will change.
U.S.
Minnesota: Rights Groups Sue for Release of Video
The Minnesota chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Minneapolis N.A.A.C.P. filed a lawsuit in hopes of forcing the authorities to release video from the night a black man was killed by a Minneapolis police officer.The grand jury will act.
N.Y. / Region
Officer Peter Liang Convicted in Fatal Shooting of Akai Gurley in Brooklyn
Officer Liang was found guilty of manslaughter and official misconduct in the death of Mr. Gurley, who was unarmed when he was hit by a ricocheting bullet in a housing project stairwell.N.Y. / Region
5 Arrested in Connection With East Village Gas Explosion
Four of those arrested were charged with involuntary manslaughter in the blast on Second Avenue last year that killed two men and reduced three buildings to rubble.Yes
N.Y. / Region
Queens Man Charged With Hate Crimes in Attacks on 2 Chinese Women
A Korean man faces counts of robbery and assault as hate crimes, as well as other charges, in connection with two episodes in Flushing, Queens.Opinion
A Republican Crime Proposal That Democrats Should Back
Requiring proof of a “guilty mind” can benefit corporate executives. But it will also help poor people and racial minorities targeted by the police.A guilty mind is excessive.
Performing the action by intention is enough.
One does not need to know the action is criminal.
U.S.
Risks Remain in Gun Investigations, Report Says
Nearly five years after a scandal broke over a botched gun-smuggling inquiry, some federal agencies have failed to take adequate steps to prevent a repeat of the episode.The Republicans must let "Fast and Furious" fade as the failed effort it was.
Science
A Parasite, Leopards, and a Primate’s Fear and Survival
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii may affect the behavior of chimpanzees — and possibly other primates — toward a natural predator, a study finds.Some behavior is biological.
U.S.
With 3 California Sites, Obama to Nearly Double Public Land He’s Protected
He will designate Mojave Trails National Monument, the Sand to Snow National Monument and the Castle Mountains National Monument.All good things to do.
Health
Assisted Suicide Study Questions Its Use for Mentally Ill
Researchers who looked at doctor-assisted deaths in the Netherlands found that some patients had declined treatment that might have helped.The psychiatrists should keep talking.
Some problems are temporary. Death can be permanent.
I cannot distinguish the temporary problems from some of the permanent problems.
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