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4 Oct

All over Mexico, mothers are wandering under scorching sun, poking at the earth and sniffing for the scent of decomposing flesh in hopes of finding their missing children.

Most never will. Nearly 100,000 people in the country have disappeared. nyti.ms/3BeZepu

The missing haunt Mexico’s collective memory. Their faces loom in public squares on posters that plead for information, a crushing testament to the inability of government after government to staunch the bloodshed and bring criminals to justice. nyti.ms/3BeZepu

Death can feel pervasive in Mexico, which has been wracked by a long drug war. Images of corpses, strung up on bridges as warnings, appear on newscasts. Torture techniques have nicknames.

But more than death, disappearance can be the cruelest blow. nyti.ms/3BeZepu

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3 Oct

Texas Republicans released a new congressional map this week. It aims to lock in the party’s advantage in D.C. over the next decade.

The proposed district lines also aim to offset recent population growth spurred by communities of color. nyti.ms/3Ba9U8w

This is the first draft of Texas’ map, and it is subject to changes throughout the process. But legislators on both sides of the aisle do not expect many significant alterations. nyti.ms/3Aa7Qfw

By compacting the largely Democratic 7th district in the Houston area, Republicans created a new, safely Republican one in northwest Harris County, where a large part of the county’s white population lives. nyti.ms/3Aa7Qfw

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3 Oct

Our investigation found that as homelessness exploded in New York City, executives at nonprofits personally benefited from the crisis, collecting large salaries, spending money on companies that they or their families controlled and hiring relatives. nyti.ms/2WCnByf

Jack A. Brown III, the chief executive of CORE Services Group, is one of them. The nonprofit channeled $32 million into for-profit companies tied to Brown, allowing him to earn more than $1 million a year. nyti.ms/39ZaABM

Brown has profited in other ways: He has an ownership interest in two companies that have rented buildings to CORE. And five of Brown's family members have worked at the nonprofit. nyti.ms/39ZaABM

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2 Oct

Scott Kirby, the chief executive of United Airlines, decided that it was time to require employees to get vaccinated after learning two employees had died of Covid-19.

The effort, one of the largest of its kind, worked. nyti.ms/3mjllVl

About 2,000 employees have applied for medical or religious exemptions. Their fate remains unclear as United fights a lawsuit over its plan to place them on temporary leave.

A few hundred more failed to comply and could be fired in the coming weeks. nyti.ms/2Y4qJ6h

Other companies that have taken a similar approach are seeing results, too.

Tyson Foods announced its vaccine mandate just days before United, and said on Thursday that 91% of its 120,000 U.S. employees had been vaccinated. nyti.ms/39R9RT0

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1 Oct

Nearly 700,000 people in the U.S. have now died of Covid-19 — making this the deadliest pandemic in American history.

A majority who died recently were in the South and unvaccinated. Many of the victims were also younger than before. nyti.ms/2Y6UOlR

Recent victims of Covid stand apart from those who died in previous surges, our analysis shows.

Before the Delta surge, the worst-hit states were mostly in the Northeast. Many recent deaths were in the South, including Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana. nyti.ms/2Y6UOlR

The U.S. has had one of the highest recent death rates of any country with an ample supply of vaccines.

An overwhelming majority of Americans who died from Covid-19 in recent months, when the country has had broad access to shots, were unvaccinated. nyti.ms/2Y6UOlR

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1 Oct

As climate change melts the ice that covers 80% of Greenland, it has spurred demand for the island's rare minerals. These elements are needed for electric cars and wind turbines, and are essential as the world tries to break its addiction to fossil fuels. nyti.ms/3kUPJG1

Global superpowers are jostling for influence. Billionaire investors are making big bets. Mining companies have staked claims in a quest that includes nickel, titanium and gold. But Greenlanders are wary of those seeking to exploit the island's riches. nyti.ms/3kUPJG1

Leaders of Greenland's new government see the ore as a means to work toward financial independence from Denmark. But residents already suffering the effects of climate change don't want to suffer more so that the rest of the world can have electric cars. nyti.ms/3kUPJG1

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