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Front Page: The New York Times — April 24, 2023

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Biden Opens a New Back Door on Immigration

Leonard Kordonowy, a deacon for St. Demetrius Ukrainian Catholic Church in Fairfield, N.D. The state recently launched plans to tap into a new Biden administration immigration program to bring Ukrainians fleeing the war to work in the local oil industry. — CREDITDAN KOECK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Congress has yet to pass an immigration overhaul, but President Biden has used his executive authority to significantly expand the number of legal immigrants entering the U.S.

Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the Covid-19 Story

The shuttered Huanan market in Wuhan in 2021. Scientists say China has kept a tight rein on data from the market, where the first large cluster of coronavirus cases was found. — CREDITGILLES SABRIE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Under government pressure, Chinese scientists have retracted studies and withheld or deleted data. The censorship has stymied efforts to understand the virus.

U.S. Pulls Diplomats From Sudan, and an Exodus Begins

With hopes fading that two warring generals will end their battle anytime soon, diplomats and other foreigners began heading for Sudan’s doors.

Russia’s Technocrats Embraced the West, Then Enabled Putin’s War

The expertise of economic officials who continue to work in the government has helped President Vladimir Putin largely keep the economy afloat in the face of Western sanctions.

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Front Page: The New York Times — April 23, 2023

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E.P.A. to Propose First Controls on Greenhouse Gases From Power Plants

If the proposed regulation is implemented, coal and gas-fired power plants, like the Plant Bowen power station in Georgia, would have to cut their carbon dioxide emissions by 2040 — CREDITKENDRICK BRINSON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

If the regulation is implemented, it will be the first time the federal government has limited carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of U.S. greenhouse gases.

As War Rages in Sudan, Countries Angle for Advantage

Smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, on Friday after almost a week of fighting between warring factions. — CREDITVIA REUTERS

Even before its two leading generals went to war last week, “everyone wanted a chunk of Sudan,” an expert said of the strategically located country rich in natural resources.

Western Weapons Supplies Fall Short of Ukraine’s Needs, Documents Show

Ukraine’s defense minister reported the first U.S.-made Patriot air-defense battery had arrived this week, but secret documents show Kyiv was still waiting for tanks and ammo for its coming counteroffensive.

Sacklers Gave Millions to Institution That Advises on Opioid Policy

Even as the nation’s drug crisis mounted, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine continued to accept funds from some members of the Sackler family, including those involved with Purdue Pharma.

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Front Page: The New York Times — April 22, 2023

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Airman Shared Sensitive Intelligence More Widely and for Longer Than Previously Known

The first leak to Discord appeared to come less than 48 hours into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. — CREDITTYLER HICKS/THE NEW YORK TIMES

A Discord user matching the profile of Jack Teixeira distributed intelligence to a larger chat group, days after the beginning of the Ukraine war.

Supreme Court Ensures, for Now, Broad Access to Abortion Pill

The order halts lower court rulings that would have restricted the drug as an appeal moves forward in a case with profound implications for abortion access and the F.D.A.’s regulatory authority.

The Debt Ceiling Debate Is About More Than Debt

Republicans’ opening bid to avert economic catastrophe by raising the nation’s borrowing limit focuses more on energy policy than reducing debt.

The Obscure G.O.P. Bookkeeper at the Center of the George Santos Mess

Nancy Marks, Mr. Santos’s former campaign treasurer, has her own history of questionable dealings that have aroused interest from federal investigators.

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The New York Times Book Review – April 23, 2023

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With His Tale of Shipwreck, David Grann Is Steady as He Goes

This illustration shows a sailing ship being tossed in heaving seas. The art is stylized, with mostly black, white and subtle blue lines, and the image is mirrored, so the same picture appears twice, once right-side up and the other upside down. — Credit…Naï Zakharia

The author’s latest book, “The Wager,” investigates the mysteries surrounding an 18th-century maritime disaster off Cape Horn.

There were multiple moments while reading David Grann’s new book, “The Wager,” about an 18th-century shipwreck, when it occurred to me that the kind of nonfiction narratives The New Yorker writer has become known for share something essential with a sturdy ship.

‘Biography of X’ Rewrites a Life Story and an American Century

The book jacket of “Biography of X,” by Catherine Lacey, is a deep red with a small, scrambled photograph of a woman’s face in the center.

Catherine Lacey’s new novel follows a polarizing artist through a fractured country.

The narrator of “Biography of X,” the new Catherine Lacey novel, is a journalist named C.M. Lucca who worked for a Village Voice-like newspaper in New York City during the 1980s. C.M. has a cool tone and a lonely intelligence; she’s a solitary spirit.

These Police Chiefs Are Working to Change Perceptions

A sea of uniformed police officers throng Fifth Avenue; an American flag waves in the background. — Police officers from across the country line Fifth Avenue for the funeral of the N.Y.P.D. officer Wilbert D. Mora, 2022.Credit…Karsten Moran for The New York Times

In “Walk the Walk,” Neil Gross profiles three departments around the country experimenting with genuine reform.

WALK THE WALK: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture, by Neil Gross

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Preview: New York Times Magazine – April 23, 2023

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They Saw the Horrific Aftermath of a Mass Shooting. Should We?

A photograph of Detectives Art Walkley and Karoline Keith and Sgt. Jeff Covello, all staring directly into the camera. — Detectives Art Walkley, left, and Karoline Keith and Sgt. Jeff Covello, crime-scene investigators for the Connecticut State Police.Credit…Elinor Carucci for The New York Times

The crime-scene investigators are the ones who document, and remember, the unimaginable. This is what they saw at Sandy Hook.

How Much Power Should the Courts Have?

A color illustration of a courthouse in the clouds. — Credit…Illustration by Anson Chan

In Israel, the United States and other democracies, bitter battles are being waged over the same question.

What Was Twitter, Anyway?

A color photograph of a nest filled with trash, including cigarette butts, a soda tab, wire, chewed-up bubble gum and a blue feather in the middle. — Credit…Photograph by Jamie Chung. Concept by Pablo Delcan.

Whether the platform is dying or not, it’s time to reckon with how exactly it broke our brains.

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Front Page: The New York Times — April 21, 2023

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As Xi Befriends World Leaders, He Hardens His Stance on the U.S.

President Xi Jinping of China with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil last week in Beijing. — CREDITPOOL PHOTO BY KEN ISHII

China has rebuffed calls to restart high-level talks with the United States, raising the risk of confrontation in contested areas like the Taiwan Strait.

In a Nation Armed to the Teeth, These Tiny Missteps Led to Tragedy

Lisa Johnson-Banks held a framed memorial of her son, Omarian Banks, in Riverdale, Ga., on Thursday. She said her son posed no threat on the March 2019 night that he was shot at the wrong apartment door. — CREDITALYSSA POINTER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

A workman knocking on the wrong door. A cheerleader mistaking another car for her own. Small errors can have large consequences in a nation bristling with guns.

Israel’s Right-Wing Government Has Jewish Democrats at a Loss

American lawmakers defending Israel have often fallen back on what they call the countries’ shared democratic values. But defending the current far-right government is proving a lot harder.

SpaceX’s Starship ‘Learning Experience’ Ends in Explosion

The first flight of the most powerful rocket ever was not the success that Elon Musk and his company hoped for, but the launch achieved several milestones toward future journeys.

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Front Page: The New York Times — April 20, 2023

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India Is Passing China in Population. Can Its Economy Ever Do the Same?

An auto rickshaw factory in Aurangabad, India, on Tuesday. — CREDITATUL LOKE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

India has a young, vast work force that is expanding as China’s ages and shrinks. But the country’s immense size also lays bare its enormous challenges.

Supreme Court Delays Decision on Abortion Pill, Preserving Access for Now

A federal judge in Texas recently declared that the F.D.A.’s approval of an abortion pill, mifepristone, was invalid. — CREDITANNA MONEYMAKER/GETTY IMAGES

The drug will remain widely available as the justices extended their deadline to Friday on whether to uphold the F.D.A.’s approval of the pill.

3 Nuclear Superpowers, Rather Than 2, Usher In a New Strategic Era

China is on track to massively expand its nuclear arsenal, just as Russia suspends the last major arms control treaty. It augurs a new world in which Beijing, Moscow and Washington will likely be atomic peers.

Sudan’s Generals Dined With Peace Negotiators, Then Started a War

What led the two generals, recently allies, to turn their forces on each other — devastating a country of 45 million people?

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Front Page: The New York Times — April 19, 2023

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Fox Will Pay $787.5 Million to Settle Defamation Suit

“The truth matters. Lies have consequences,” a lawyer for Dominion Voting Systems, Justin Nelson, in a red tie, said on Tuesday in Wilmington, Del. — CREDITPETE MAROVICH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

The settlement with Dominion Voting Systems was the latest extraordinary twist in a case that exposed the inner workings of the most powerful voice in conservative news.

Russian Court Rejects Wall Street Journal Reporter’s Appeal

The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich attending a court hearing of the Moscow City Court, on Tuesday. — CREDIT

It was the first time that Evan Gershkovich, a 31-year-old American, has been seen clearly since he was detained last month and accused of espionage.

Inside the Online Market for Overseas Abortion Pills

For-profit sellers are meeting the demand for unregulated abortion pills — one that will only grow if legal access in the U.S. is further restricted.

How Mexico Became the Biggest User of the World’s Most Notorious Spy Tool

A Times investigation reveals the story behind how Mexico became the first and most prolific user of Pegasus. It’s still using it, despite promising to stop.

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Front Page: The New York Times — April 18, 2023

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As Migrant Children Were Put to Work, U.S. Ignored Warnings

When Antonio Diaz Mendez arrived in the U.S. from Guatemala at age 14, he was already deep in debt and largely on his own. — CREDITKIRSTEN LUCE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

The White House and federal agencies were repeatedly alerted to signs of children at risk. The warnings were ignored or missed.

Hospitals and Aid Groups Become Targets as Sudan Fighting Intensifies

A satellite image of a damaged hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, on Monday. — CREDITMAXAR TECHNOLOGIES, VIA REUTERS

Civilians are caught in the cross-fire, and two rival generals vying for power made it clear their forces had no intention of standing down.

Russian Invasion of Ukraine Revolutionizes NATO Military Strategy

Shocked by Russian atrocities, NATO is becoming the war-fighting alliance it was during the Cold War, committed to defending “every inch” of its territory from Day 1.

After American’s Killing in Syria, F.B.I. Builds War Crimes Case Against Top Officials

The inquiry aims to hold to account Syrian officials considered key architects of a brutal system of detention and torture that has flourished under President Bashar al-Assad.