Senator Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats plan daily floor speeches on climate change, a special select committee and climate legislation to run on next year — and enact in 2021.
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Nonfiction: Growing Up With Murder All Around
Alex Kotlowitz’s “An American Summer” describes life on Chicago’s meanest streets.
Sidebar: Precedent, Meet Clarence Thomas. You May Not Get Along.
Justice Thomas has written more than 250 opinions scrutinizing precedents, calling for their reconsideration or suggesting that they be overruled.
On Politics: Behind the Failed Trump-Kim Summit
President Trump made a bet that his personality and view of himself as a skilled dealmaker would succeed where other presidents had failed.
At Least 14 Dead in Alabama After Tornadoes Strike the Southeast, Official Says
The tornadoes that struck Alabama and Georgia on Sunday uprooted trees and blasted through homes, video footage and photographs showed.
source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/03/us/tornado-alabama-georgia-deaths.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Rand Paul, a Key Vote, Appears to Support Blocking Trump’s Emergency Declaration
Though Mr. Paul did not explicitly announce his vote, his remarks served as the clearest sign he could give Democrats the majority they need to send a resolution to the president.
Former Missouri Professor Stole Student’s Research to Sell New Drug, Lawsuit Alleges
The University of Missouri said the former pharmacy professor could make millions from the sale of the drug, which treats dry eyes.
source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/us/university-missouri-cequa-lawsuit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Not ‘My Grandfather’s Boy Scout Troop’: It’s Now for Girls, Too
As of Feb. 1, the Boy Scouts of America began accepting girls into all its ranks for the first time in its 109-year history.
source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/03/nyregion/girls-in-boy-scouts-bsa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Blast of Snow and Bitter Cold Across the Nation. Oh, Goody.
March is getting off to a stormy start, with snow and frigid temperatures from the Rockies to the Northeast, trying the patience of a nation with winter fatigue.
source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/03/us/weather-forecast-cold-snow.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
As Enrollment Slips, Alternative Colleges Ask: Is There Room for Us?
Experimental schools like Hampshire College were once the cutting edge of academia. But as demands change and tuitions rise, many face unsettling futures.
source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/03/us/college-enrollment.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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