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Lorraine Warren, Paranormal Investigator Portrayed in ‘The Conjuring,’ Dies at 92
The New York Times - By NEIL GENZLINGER
Lorraine Warren, who with her husband, Ed, gained fame investigating haunted houses and other manifestations of the paranormal — cases that were dramatized on television and in the “Conjuring” movie series
Politics
Mueller Witnesses Who Once Served in White House Now Fear Trump’s Ire
The New York Times - By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MAGGIE HABERMAN
WASHINGTON — President Trump and his lawyers decided from the start to fully cooperate with the special counsel’s investigation, gambling in 2017 that they could hasten its end if they gave prosecutors
World News
In Egypt Referendum, Only the Turnout Seems in Doubt
The New York Times - By VIVIAN YEE
CAIRO — The message blared from social media videos, from banners too big to miss, and from the upbeat Election Day songs playing so boisterously on jumbo speakers that they drowned out the nonstop honking
Brooklyn, NY
Bloody Ax Recovered at Murder Scene in Brooklyn, Police Say
The New York Times - By ALI WINSTON
The police on Saturday were investigating the gruesome murder of a woman in a Brooklyn public housing development that also left a second woman seriously injured. An ax covered in blood was recovered a
Protest
Barred From Rallying Near a Scorched Notre-Dame, ‘Yellow Vest’ Protesters March On
The New York Times - By PALKO KARASZ
At the end of a week in which Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris was ravaged by flames, sending waves of anguish rolling across France, “Yellow Vest” protesters on Saturday marched once again in the capital
World News
ISIS, After Laying Groundwork, Gains Toehold in Congo
The New York Times - By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
Just over a year ago, Congolese troops found a book written in Arabic on the body of an enemy combatant. The book was from the Islamic State’s Research and Studies Office, a department of the terrorist
Business
Claims of Shoddy Production Draw Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet
The New York Times - By NATALIE KITROEFF and DAVID GELLES
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — When Boeing broke ground on its new factory near Charleston in 2009, the plant was trumpeted as a state-of-the-art manufacturing hub, building one of the most advanced aircraft
World News
Notre-Dame: A Calamity Threatening to Be Repeated Across France
The New York Times - By ADAM NOSSITER
PARIS — Even though it was one of France’s most iconic sites, Notre-Dame cathedral suffered years of neglect and struggled to find the millions it needed for urgent renovations before it was ravaged by
Trump Administration
Prodded by Putin, Russians Sought Back Channels to Trump Through the Business World
The New York Times - By SHARON LaFRANIERE
WASHINGTON — At 9:34 on the November morning after Donald J. Trump was elected president in 2016, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and an informal envoy for President Vladimir
Opinion
America’s Original Socialist
The New York Times - By MAURICE ISSERMAN
One hundred years ago this month, the American Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs, reported to a penitentiary in Moundsville, W.V., to begin a 10-year prison term. Debs had been convicted the previous fall
What Happens When a Convicted Killer Moves to Town?
The New York Times - By MITCH SMITH
AURORA, Ill. — The most widely feared person in Aurora lives in a brick building on New York Street. He attends chapel eight times a week, passes his days sorting clothes in a thrift shop warehouse, and
World News
Mexican Town Once Welcomed Migrants. Now It Blames Mexico’s President for Them.
The New York Times - By PAULINA VILLEGAS and KIRK SEMPLE
MAPASTEPEC, Mexico — Like so many others in his impoverished part of southern Mexico, Joaquín Ramírez, a corn farmer, eagerly cast his vote in the presidential election last year for Andrés Manuel López
Trump University
‘I Do Not Remember’: Trump Gave a Familiar Reply to the Special Counsel’s Queries
The New York Times - By PETER BAKER
WASHINGTON — President Trump has boasted at various points that he has “one of the great memories of all time” or even “the world’s greatest memory.” But the world’s greatest memory failed him repeatedly
Ranjan Gogoi
India’s Chief Justice Is Accused of Sexual Harassment
The New York Times - By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
NEW DELHI — The chief justice of India’s Supreme Court has been accused of sexually harassing a female assistant, and a special panel of judges called an emergency meeting on Saturday to address the allegations.
Business
Tom Ford, Fragrant Vegan Vampire
The New York Times - By MAUREEN DOWD
HOLLYWOOD — Tom Ford has come early to rearrange the furniture. He thinks that the already stylish room in the hottest new private club in town, the San Vicente Bungalows, could be even more captivating.
The Arts
11 of Our Best Weekend Reads
The New York Times - By REMY TUMIN
Welcome to the weekend. To say it’s been a busy news week may be a small understatement. We began with devastating news out of Paris as a fire ravaged the Notre-Dame cathedral and ended with the release
Ohio Politics
Should a White Man Be the Face of the Democratic Party in 2020?
The New York Times - By ASTEAD W. HERNDON and MATT FLEGENHEIMER
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — As Peter Johnson and Emily Neal waited for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to arrive at Barley’s, a brick-lined sports bar in southwestern Iowa, they gamed out possible nominees in the
News
2 Men Arrested in Killing of Lyra McKee, Northern Ireland Journalist
The New York Times - By PALKO KARASZ
LONDON — The police in Northern Ireland said on Saturday that they had arrested two men under the terrorism act in connection with the killing of Lyra McKee, a journalist who was covering a night of violent
Business
How Luxury Developers Use a Loophole to Build Soaring Towers for the Ultrarich in N.Y.
The New York Times - By MATTHEW HAAG
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Some of the tallest residential buildings in the world soar above Central Park, including 432 Park Avenue, which rises 1,400
News
Half of England Is Owned by Less Than 1% of Its Population, Researcher Says
The New York Times - By PALKO KARASZ
LONDON — Land ownership in England, a source of enormous wealth, is often shielded by a culture of secrecy harking back to the Middle Ages. But a researcher says that after years of digging, he has an
Tesla
Tesla to Shrink Board of Directors by Four People
The New York Times - By NEAL E. BOUDETTE
Tesla said two directors plan to leave its board in June and two more intend to depart next year as part of a move to improve corporate governance of the electric car company. Brad Buss, a member of the
Business
Judge Delivers Major Setback to Trump Policy to Increase Coal Mining on Federal Land
The New York Times - By CORAL DAVENPORT
Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Friday delivered a significant setback to the Trump administration’s policy of promoting
Rudy Giuliani
Giuliani Attacks McGahn’s Account to Mueller
The New York Times - By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MAGGIE HABERMAN
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, attacked the credibility of a former White House counsel on Friday, saying his account of how Mr. Trump told him to remove the special counsel
The Arts
Pole Dancing Without Nudity or G-Strings. Just Express Yourself.
The New York Times - By SIOBHAN BURKE
On most weekdays Cristi, 33, works in marketing for a fashion company, a regular 9-to-5 job. But on a recent Friday afternoon, she could be found at Symphony Space on the Upper West Side, doing a split
Adam Grant
How to Bounce Back from Rejection
The New York Times - By ADAM GRANT
In the publish-or-perish world of academia, having an article rejected can feel like a stab wound. At the beginning of graduate school, I knew that if I wanted to get tenure, I had to be productive. Then
News
Florida Man Charged in Racist Threats Against Cory Booker and Rashida Tlaib
The New York Times - By CHRISTOPHER MELE
Federal officials charged a Florida man on Friday with leaving threatening phone messages laced with racist slurs at the offices of Senator Cory Booker and two House members, including Representative Tlaib.
Jerrold Nadler
Reaction to Mueller Report Divides Along Partisan Lines
The New York Times - By PETER BAKER and NICHOLAS FANDOS
WASHINGTON — House Democrats vowed on Friday to pursue the revelations in the special counsel’s report on President Trump but drew little Republican support in a nation still deeply polarized over the
Cathedrals
A Guide to Our Notre-Dame Fire Coverage
The New York Times - By CHRISTINE HAUSER
The fire that ravaged Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris on Monday left a scarred skyline that one of the French capital’s most iconic structures has graced for centuries. Gone is the cathedral’s soaring, 300-foot
Opinion
The Mueller Report and the Danger Facing American Democracy
The New York Times - By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The report of the special counsel Robert Mueller leaves considerable space for partisan warfare over the role of President Trump and his political campaign in Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
Robert Mueller
Mueller’s Silence Allowed Openings for Trump and Barr to Shape Perception of Inquiry
The New York Times - By NOAH WEILAND and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
WASHINGTON — A sport utility vehicle with tinted windows sped into the freight garage of the office of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, just after 7 on Thursday morning — almost to the minute