New York Times – Page 26

In England, shifting virus rules close doors one day and open them the next

October 14, 2020 at 9:43 a.m.

There were two soccer games played over the weekend at Hayes Lane, a neat, compact stadium in a quiet corner of southeast London. The first, on Saturday afternoon, played out...

Bringing perfect waves to the masses

October 13, 2020 at 4:23 p.m.

At least half a dozen companies are designing wave pools and pitching their technologies as the gold standard, though some surfers scoff that only the ocean produces true waves.

‘We were bulletproof’: As child soldiers grow up, legacy of war lingers

October 13, 2020 at 10:52 a.m.

The displaced soldiers are part of a global diaspora of refugees that is now the largest in history. At least 100 million people around the world have had to flee...

Can Trump squeeze more from his white base in Pennsylvania and beyond?

October 12, 2020 at 11:43 a.m.

With Trump trailing Joe Biden in Pennsylvania in nearly every poll — a New York Times/Siena College survey last week showed Trump behind by 7 percentage points — voter registration...

Are Amazon jobs worth 1,400 loads of traffic? French region is split

October 12, 2020 at 10:40 a.m.

The weedy plot carved out for Amazon — strategically near a six-lane highway — has become a point of contention in a bigger battle between rising environmental political forces and...

In emptier subways, violent crime is rising

October 12, 2020 at 10:26 a.m.

When the pandemic hit New York and subway ridership plunged, misdemeanor and felony crimes dropped to record lows: Between January and the end of September, the number of reported crimes...

Lumberjack, tailor, counselor, host: A hotel owner does it all during the pandemic

October 9, 2020 at 4:13 p.m.

As the head of a small business, Patel, whose family owns eight budget hotel franchises, was used to wearing multiple hats. But since March, when the long-haul drivers, families on...

Once a hotel suite, now an office space

October 9, 2020 at 4:13 p.m.

After tourists stopped arriving this spring, the 607-room property transformed into housing for doctors and nurses treating coronavirus patients. When they checked out, the high-rise began offering blocks of rooms...

In the Sahara, the solace of community baking

October 9, 2020 at 3:58 p.m.

For 45 years, the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara have lived in a sprawling settlement in the Algerian desert. In 1975, they fled Morocco during the Western Sahara War, in...

‘A devastating blow’: Virus kills 81 members of Native American Tribe

October 9, 2020 at 9:32 a.m.

Through last month, Neshoba County, where most of the tribe's residents live, had the highest death rate per capita in Mississippi from the coronavirus, according to data tracked by The...

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