Breaking News: At least one more police officer connected to the botched raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor will be fired, more than nine months after the operation. nyti.ms/3n0d0nG
The killing of Breonna Taylor in March has been one of the main drivers of wide-scale demonstrations that erupted in the spring and summer over policing and racial injustice in the U.S. nyti.ms/3hspF1x
No cameras captured the final minutes of Breonna Taylor’s life. We used crime scene evidence and testimony to reconstruct what happened and show what led to her killing by the police. nyti.ms/3pzarLb
Dozens of interviews with Breonna Taylor’s family, her boyfriend, witnesses and officials, as well as jailhouse recordings, 911 calls and hundreds of pages of police records reveal details of how she was killed.
Update: A second police officer connected to the deadly raid that led to Breonna Taylor's death in March was notified on Tuesday that he would be fired. nyti.ms/3n0d0nG
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2020 is almost over, it’s time to go wild. Here’s a look back at some of the most exciting — and weird — animal news from this year. nyti.ms/2JEosrK
Scientists discovered potentially the longest creature in the ocean: a 150-foot-long siphonophore, spotted in the deep ocean off Western Australia. nyti.ms/34YPYYc
Bats acquired a bad reputation in 2020. Some regarded the viruses they carry as the source of the pandemic, though there's no evidence that the coronavirus made a direct jump from bats to humans. nyti.ms/34YPYYc
In 2020, many of the world’s most vulnerable people faced their most difficult year.
The Neediest Cases Fund – a New York Times tradition of over 100 years – supported 10 organizations helping people during the pandemic. Here are some of their stories. nyti.ms/3pEvMmw
Ida Feygina, 92, is a Holocaust survivor. Her husband of 55 years died in May, and her Social Security income was halved.
A nonprofit supported by The Neediest Cases Fund helped her with the financial strain. “They are like my second family,” she said. nyti.ms/3pEvMmw
Sheeba Shafaq, who is from Afghanistan, faced threats for her work teaching women about reproductive health.
She received asylum in the U.S. last year.
Now she leads a Covid-19 testing site in California. nyti.ms/3pEvMmw
An expansion of Penn Station, the Moynihan Train Hall, opens in New York City on Jan. 1.
It has an acre of glass that lets the sun pour down and permanent installations by some of the most celebrated artists in the world. Here’s a first look. nyti.ms/2KOUku3
The new hall serves as a redemption of sorts for the original Penn Station, demolished in 1963, in an act deemed so heinous for New York City’s historical buildings that it is said to have kicked off the nascent national preservation movement. nyti.ms/2KOUku3
Majestic trusses and vaulted skylights nod to the elegant traceries in Penn Station’s original concourse. A 12-foot-tall clock serves as a reminder of the clock in the demolished station. Intended as a meeting point, it hangs 25 feet above the floor. nyti.ms/2KOUku3
A German Army officer used shoe shine and makeup to pose as a refugee in 2017. The ruse, prosecutors say, was part of a far-right plot. The officer says he was trying to expose flaws in the asylum system. His case mirrors the story of Germany itself. nyti.ms/2WUV57y
The arrest of the officer, Franco A., as he is rendered in court documents, in April 2017 stunned Germany. Since then his case has mostly slipped off the radar but that is likely to change when he goes to trial early next year. nyti.ms/2WUV57y
When he does, Germany will go on trial with him — not only for the administrative failure that allowed an officer who did not speak Arabic to pass off as a refugee for so long, but also for its longstanding complacency in fighting far-right extremism. nyti.ms/2WUV57y
The coronavirus has killed far fewer people in Africa than in Europe and the Americas, leading to a widespread perception that it was a disease of the West. Now, a tide of new cases on the continent is raising alarms. nytimes.com/2020/12/26/wor…
In South Africa, a crush of new coronavirus cases is growing exponentially across the nation. At least eight countries, including Nigeria, Uganda and Mali, recently recorded their highest caseloads all year. nyti.ms/2WLW61B
Early on in the pandemic, many African countries were considered particularly at risk because they had weak medical, laboratory and disease-surveillance systems. But governments pursued swift, severe lockdowns that slowed the rate of infection. nyti.ms/2WLW61B