Kristy was a tropical storm in the North Pacific Ocean Monday evening Mexico Central Time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. Kristy formed from the remnants of Nadine, an Atlantic tropical storm that hit Belize over the weekend and moved across Central America into the Pacific. The tropical storm had sustained wind […] More
In 1957, Mrs. Mothershed Wair and eight other Black students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School. They faced racist mobs and were escorted by federal troops.Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of nine Black students who became known as the Little Rock Nine for integrating a high school in 1957 during one of the biggest confrontations of the civil rights movement, died on Saturday at a hospital in Little Rock. She was 83.Her death was confirmed by her sister, Grace Davis. No cause was given.In the fall of 1957, nine Black students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School, the country’s first test for school integration after the 1954 Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision declared “separate but equal” education unconstitutional.In a 2004 oral history interview with the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, Mrs. Mothershed Wair recalled seeing Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas on television calling on the National Guard to block the students from entering on their first day. “I thought he meant to protect me,” she said in the 2004 interview. “How wrong I was.”The students faced angry, racist mobs that first day, and the soldiers blocked them from entering the school. Mrs. Mothershed Wair also recalled seeing cars with out-of-state license plates near the school.For three weeks, Gov. Faubus defied the federal desegregation order, setting off a crisis across Little Rock. Then President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered federal troops to escort the students to school on Sept. 25. “The army has come into our city to put nine kids in a school?” she said she remembered thinking. “Did that make any sense? Was this not America?”With the 101st Airborne Division accompanying them, Mrs. Mothershed Wair recalled how the mobs that had blocked them from entering school “parted like when Moses stretched out his staff at the Red Sea.”We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More
Welcome to the TikTok election. Every week, people post tens of thousands of videos on the app that mention Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald J. Trump, including election updates, conspiracy theories and dance routines. Those posts attract hundreds of millions of views — on par with the interest in hit shows like […] More
Barbara Lin finds a creative way to get to the bottom of things.Jump to: Today’s Theme | Tricky CluesTUESDAY PUZZLE — Generally speaking, you don’t have to wear pants while solving the daily New York Times Crossword. There are no rules that require it or signs that proclaim “No shoes, no shirt, no solving.” So long as you keep your pantsless puzzling to the privacy of your own home — and I would encourage you to — no one will ever be the wiser.Pants may be required, however, in order to solve today’s crossword, which was constructed by Barbara Lin. You don’t actually need to put them on, but they’ll help you figure out the theme. And now that I’ve made my clothing remarks, let’s dive in.Today’s ThemeYou might say that our four themed entries wear the pants in today’s puzzle: At 17-, 27-, 48- and 62-Across, the letter S has been added to the ends of common expressions to transform them into descriptions of bottoms.At 17A, a pair of [Bottoms decorated with characters from the “Odyssey”?] would be LONG STORY SHORTS. At 62A, the [Request to a custom tailor?] is CUT ME SOME SLACKS. For 27A, do you wear [Close-fitting pajamas?] to bed, otherwise known as SLEEP TIGHTS?I could see myself wearing any of these garments, save for the [Offering in Eilish’s clothing brand?] at 48A — BILLIE JEANS are not my color.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More
The group, which seeks to rebalance the global order away from the West, will meet on Tuesday. Here’s a primer.Leaders of BRICS, a group of emerging market nations that represent about half of the world’s population, will meet for a high-profile summit on Tuesday, their first since a major expansion last year.BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This year, the group has expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. The members will gather for the three-day conference in Kazan, a city in southwest Russia.The summit comes at a high-profile moment for BRICS, which sees itself as a counterweight to the West. World leaders will stand side-by-side with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, despite his pariah status in the West.But there are deep differences between member states, and the bloc has struggled to articulate and define its purpose.Here’s what you need to know:What is BRICS?What holds the group together?What does the Global East want?What about the ‘Global South’?What does China want?Barbara Berasi for The New York TimesWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More
Trami was a tropical storm in the Philippine Sea Tuesday morning Philippine Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. The tropical storm had sustained wind speeds of 40 miles per hour. All times on the map are Philippine Time. By The New York Times What does the storm look like from […] More
The deaths of seven people on Sapelo Island have brought to the fore longstanding frustrations among its Gullah Geechee community.The dozens of descendants of enslaved people who form the backbone of the Gullah Geechee community on Sapelo Island, off the coast of Georgia, have fought for years to protect their homes and traditions from the erosion of time and development.The deadly collapse on Saturday of a dockside gangway not only jolted the community into a deep grief but also brought to the fore longstanding frustrations over the treatment of residents and the state of the island’s infrastructure. Seven people were killed as they waited for a ferry back to the mainland after taking part in an annual cultural celebration on the island.“We are on Sapelo fighting for our survival,” said Reginald Hall, 59, who was among a group of residents who confronted officials during a weekend news conference to demand answers on the collapse of the dock.On Monday, state officials said they had removed the gangway as part of an investigation into its “catastrophic structural failure,” but they provided no new details on the cause of the collapse.Some residents questioned whether Georgia officials, who have responsibility for most of the island, had taken adequate precautions to prepare the dock for the influx of hundreds of visitors for the festivities. Officials said they had established additional ferry runs but did not rule out the possibility that the increased traffic contributed to the collapse.The collapse of the gangway set off a frenetic rescue effort.Lewis M. Levine/Associated PressWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More
Kaleena Daugherty, a mother in Milwaukee, knows what it would be like to get the expanded child tax credit that Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed and that some Republicans support. She has lived it. In 2021, Congress expanded the federal credit, increasing the payout, depending on the child’s age, to $3,000 to $3,600 per […] More
