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15 May

With Covid-19 cases decreasing in the U.S., and masks no longer required everywhere, a sense of normalcy is starting to return. The New York Times asked 723 epidemiologists what it will really take for us to get there, and how long. nyti.ms/3bvV9Cp

One key to normalcy is young children getting vaccinated, respondents said. Though kids are less likely to develop severe cases of Covid-19, scientists said their immunity was important because they could be hosts for the virus and a way for it to develop new variants.

Vaccines haven't been approved for children under 12, but 85% of respondents said it would still likely be safe to gather for Fourth of July. A slightly higher share said schools could fully open in the fall, and that families could gather indoors for the winter holidays.

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15 May

NYT Investigation: They died in police custody — at least 47 Black people in the past 25 years; 15 since 2015.

When blame was put on sickle cell trait, a condition mostly found in Black people that is almost always benign, it often ended further scrutiny.
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These are the cases we found in which the sickle cell trait was cited as a cause or major factor in the deaths.

In roughly two-thirds, the person who died had been forcefully restrained by the authorities, pepper-sprayed or shocked with stun guns. nyti.ms/3eMEBYE

What we found:
▪️ 19 deaths involved restraints that could hinder breathing.
▪️ 5 were initially ruled homicides.
▪️ 21 involved stun guns or pepper spray.
▪️ 2 involved bites from police dogs.
▪️ The rest were labeled undetermined, accidental or natural. nyti.ms/3eMEBYE

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13 May

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"I feel like I’m just drowning." In @NYTMag, @susandominus reports on a group of high school students as they tried desperately to make it through an isolated and dire year. Over eight months, they shared their stories with us. Read now. nyti.ms/3boH35s

After schools closed abruptly in March 2020, parents reported that their children had been sad, even seemed depressed. They weren’t learning. They were isolated. Months later, research would confirm what parents already knew: Many kids were struggling. nyti.ms/3boH35s

Before the pandemic, Charles was a kid who was on track for a scholarship. But during the isolation of remote learning, he began feeling overwhelmed. The voice in his head exhausted him. He was convinced that his destiny was failure. nyti.ms/3boH35s

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13 May

Lashkar Gah, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, is under siege.

As the withdrawal of U.S troops from the country got underway, the Taliban launched an offensive on the city.

Now, a motley crew of soldiers is the government’s last line of defense.
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“There has been fighting day and night,” said Corporal Hamza, an Afghan border force soldier who was compelled to hold his position after the police and local militias fled.

He carries ammunition for his U.S.-supplied rifle over an “I Heart Kabul” T-shirt.nyti.ms/33Dz3cy

Capt. Shir Agha Safi, an intelligence officer who moves around Helmand Province, had not yet come to terms with the planned U.S. departure.

“They won’t leave us,” he said, convinced that the withdrawal was not really happening.
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11 May

H Mart’s original name, Han Ah Reum, is commonly translated from Korean as “an armful," though it has a poetic nuance — invoking warmth and care, as in an embrace. But to some, H Mart is simply “a beautiful, holy place." nyti.ms/33Bakpi

Il Yeon Kwon opened the first H Mart in Woodside, Queens, in 1982. The chain has grown to revolutionize the way many Asian-Americans shop and eat — there are now 102 H Marts across the U.S. — but it remains a family business: His daughter, Stacey, is a president of the company.

Elizabeth Kwon, Il Yeon Kwon's wife, oversees store design. From the beginning, it was important to her that stores be clean and modern, to defy the stereotype of Asian groceries as grimy and run-down. She grew up two blocks from the Woodside shop (where her mother still lives).

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11 May

The Chinese government, tightening its grip on Muslim ethnic minorities, is forcing women in Xinjiang to have fewer babies — just as most other women across China are being urged to have more.

“The government wants to replace our people,” one woman said. nyti.ms/3uCtaZl

Interviews with more than a dozen Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Muslims from Xinjiang, as well as a review of official statistics, government notices and reports in the state-run news media, depict an effort to control the community’s reproductive rights. nyti.ms/3uCtaZl

Women were pressured by the authorities to be fitted with contraceptive devices or be sterilized. As they recovered at home, Chinese government officials were sent to live with them. One woman described a minder groping her. nyti.ms/3uCtaZl

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