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Education
How Much Does Living Off-Campus Cost? Who Knows?
College estimates of cost-of-living expenses are often inaccurate, leading some students to borrow too much, or not enough.More.
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Health
Spraying Begins in Miami to Combat the Zika Virus
Officials said initial results showed a large number of mosquitoes were killed in a part of the city where a dozen locally transmitted cases had been reported.The authorities must try.
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N.Y. / Region
Judge Says Reporter for New York Times Must Testify at ‘Baby Hope’ Trial
The judge said the notes and testimony of Frances Robles were “relevant and critical” to the case against Conrado Juarez, who is accused of killing a toddler in 1991.The prosecution must prove their case without Frances Robles.
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Times Insider
Raiding an Illegal Gold-Mining Ring in Peru’s Amazon Jungle? Easy. Getting There? Next to Impossible.
“Soon, I was in swirling water up to my armpits and I heard one of the soldiers ask whether I knew how to swim. It would take us another six hours to get out of there.”http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/world/americas/peru-illegal-gold-mining-latin-america.html
Gold fever has been a problem for centuries.
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Opinion
A Neglected Issue: The Politics of the Food We Eat
The president of Farm Sanctuary calls for “political leaders to step up to the plate” and address how agriculture affects our climate and our health.Producers must pay all the costs of production.
Prices will rise. People will be hungry.
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Science
How Sunflowers Follow the Sun, Day After Day
New research has revealed that the plant’s internal clock and ability to detect light work together to allow the flower to face east as the sun rises and bend to the west.Reasonable.
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Health
N.I.H. May Resume Funds for Human-Animal Stem Cell Research
The agency had banned funding for these kinds of experiments last September, but is reconsidering allowing some under strict conditions.The N.I.H. should be less accommodating of religious belief.
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N.Y. / Region
As Bratton’s Successor, O’Neill Is Rising to Critical Job at Key Time
In taking over as police commissioner with an election next year, James P. O’Neill assumes the most political unelected post in city government.Commissioner Bratton has found reform of policing impossible or unacceptable.
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N.Y. / Region
Transgender on the Force
Police officers coming to terms with their gender identity said they faced a dilemma of living what feels like a fraudulent life or risked being rejected from the tight-knit fellowship of law enforcement.I am surprised.
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Opinion
A Government Health Project
A researcher offers some assurance to prospective participants in a government research project on disease treatment and prevention.An effort is made to keep it voluntary.
Addiction is not resolved.
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Science
Some Millennials Are Not Having Sex. But the Vast Majority Are.
But a study found sexual inactivity among young people who did not go to college and who attended religious services regularly.Most people have sex.
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Fashion & Style
The Shirt Stays On
Four open-heart surgeries by age 15 had left a young man’s chest riddled with disfiguring scars. It’s kind of hard to explain that during a hookup.As you wish.
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N.Y. / Region
Before Taking the Plunge, Letting the Club Play Cupid
David and Linda Gordon’s relationship simmered for decades, until that first summer at the Silver Gull Beach Club in Queens ushered in a Labor Day marriage proposal.Life at the beach club.
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U.S.
Delaware Supreme Court Rules State’s Death Penalty Unconstitutional
Justices held that a law gave judges too great a role in imposing death sentences, a decision that could effectively end capital punishment in Delaware.The death penalty should be abolished.
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N.Y. / Region
Grieving and Hunting for an ‘Evil Person’ After a Jogger Is Killed
Karina Vetrano, an avid photographer and blogger, was killed during a run through the marshland in Howard Beach, Queens.There are monsters.
People get rid of them as they reveal themselves.
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Times Insider
Mosquitoes on My Mind: Notes From Rio
The deputy Sports editor, Jay Schreiber, introduces readers to Rio on the eve of the Summer Olympics.Enough may be complete.
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Opinion
Make the Government a Model Employer
Federal contractors get rich on taxpayer-provided projects, but they often pay their employees poorly. That has to change.The contractors continue to try to do things on the cheap.
It increases the profit for the job.
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U.S.
Supreme Court Blocks Order Allowing Transgender Student Restroom Choice
The justices temporarily blocked an appeals court order that had allowed a transgender boy to use the boys’ bathroom in a Virginia high school.I am told the kids don't care.
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Food
Cold-Brewed Coffee Without the Hourslong Wait
A new appliance promises a smooth cup in 10 minutes flat.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_brew_coffee
Start the night before.
Combine coffee and cold water.
Allow to stand.
Filter with a normal paper cone.
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N.Y. / Region
New Jersey Ties Graduation to Tests Aligned With Common Core Standards
Beginning in 2021, students must receive a passing score on the exams known as Parcc, which has met resistance from parents, educators and activists.Teach the children to read and write.
U.S.
Federal Judge Bars North Dakota From Enforcing Restrictive Voter ID Law
The ruling cites a lack of evidence of the fraudulent voting that the 2013 legislation was intended to address.Good.
Sports
Olympic Officials Set Russia’s Roster; More Than 100 Are Barred for Doping
But legal challenges remain likely, creating further confusion on the eve of the Rio Games.A weak response.
World
Just a Rugged Outback Town, Minus the Big Concert and the Curried Camel Pie
The far reaches of the Australian desert can be an unforgiving place, but in this tiny town in the corner of Queensland, being remote is the attraction.Yes, we could.
Health
Cover Lets Household Drills Be Used in Surgery
The Grand Challenges of Canada program has chosen to support financially a drill cover that helps surgeons in low-budget hospitals.A good idea.
World
Marta Marzotto, Italian Designer and Hostess, Dies at 85
Ms. Marzotto was a countess and former model known for her boldly colorful garments and eye-catching accessories as well as her glittering parties.The world will be different.
N.Y. / Region
A Dollar for a Cigarette
Every time someone passed him, he asked the same thing: “Do you have an extra cigarette?” But one day, he had a new question.Smoking is an addiction.
U.S.
Federal Judge Allows Suit Against Trump University to Proceed
Judge Gonzalo Curiel, whose impartiality was once questioned by Donald J. Trump, said there were enough questions about Mr. Trump’s alleged dealings with his former students to continue with the case.Good.
Magazine
Letter of Recommendation: ‘Roc’
A sometimes-sad sitcom from the 1990s showed what it felt like to be black in America.I watch little television.
U.S.
Instagram Posts May Have Escalated Fatal Standoff, Police Say
Korryn Gaines of Randallstown, Md., was killed after pointing a shotgun at the police, who say she may have been encouraged by online followers to defy their orders.Always blame the victim.
U.S.
Texas Agrees to Soften Voter ID Law After Court Order
Under a state deal with civil rights groups and the Justice Department, residents can cast ballots even if they have none of the seven documents that the law recognizes.The voter I.D. laws of Texas are not yet struck down.
N.Y. / Region
New York State Aiding Nuclear Plants With Millions in Subsidies
Utility customers will pay to keep some upstate facilities operating as part of the Cuomo administration’s push to promote renewable energy sources.There has been a long political effort to close nuclear generation.
The subsidies counter some of that effort.
Nuclear power does not emit fossil carbon.
U.S.
Questions and Answers on Voter Fraud
Donald J. Trump, denouncing recent rulings against voter identification laws, suggested that fraud at the polls is common. Experts say that is wrong.Donald Trump is wrong.
Sports
I.O.C. Members Berate WADA Over Russia Scandal
In the days leading up to the Olympics, ceremonial gatherings of I.O.C. officials tend to be celebratory, but this meeting was fraught and full of mudslinging.WADA caught the Russians cheating.
A general ban seems proper.
Books
A Novel Looks at the Flip Side of Life in Jamaica’s Montego Bay
Nicole Dennis-Benn’s first novel, “Here Comes the Sun,” looks past the opulent hotels of Jamaica’s tourist industry.I feel little need to read the indictment.
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