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☆ Dr. Bob, 75, Knows Aging’s Toll. He Wonders if Biden and Trump Do.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Eli Saslow | Erin Schaff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“What’s hurting you most today?” he asked Nancy Scoblic, 79. “Let me take out my list,” she said. I’ve got a spot on my leg and pain in my shoulder. It was behind the closed door of Dr. Bob’s exam room where hundreds of people filled out their advance directives, took cognitive evaluations and tested out their new walkers and hearing aids. It was Dr. Bob who delivered bad news with a farmer’s directness and then sat with families around a hospice bed for hours when the only thing left to do was to pray.

Persons: “, Nancy Scoblic, ”, I’ve, it’ll, Bob —, Ortonville, Bob

“It’s a melee from here on.”He started playing another video, from 2:34 p.m., which showed Brian in the seconds before he pushed Karlsen’s riot shield. an altogether different story: that he heard Karlsen threaten to shoot him, and that when Karlsen turned his head Brian believed he was looking for his gun. “It’s going to be high-pitched, but listen for him saying, ‘Or I’ll shoot,’” Brian said. “Or I’ll shoot?” Brian asked, looking at his son, hoping for absolution. He believed Brian loved his country and his children and wanted the best for both.

Persons: ” A.J, Brian, “ Everybody’s, ” Brian, “, Karlsen, A.J, “ It’s, ’, ”, Adrienne Hurst Locations: Wisconsin, A.J

☆ He Tried to Save a Friend. They Charged Him With Murder.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Eli Saslow | Erin Schaff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Instead, they arrested and charged only one person, Askins, who had a criminal record of nonviolent drug offenses. His file showed that he had depression, anxiety and PTSD from being raped by a neighbor when he was 9. Mai left private practice and took a 40 percent pay cut to become a public defender in his home state because he wanted to work cases like this. He had imagined himself fighting for the underdog, standing and delivering in front of a jury like his idol, Clarence Darrow, whose trial victories helped advance the civil rights movement. In his almost two years as a public defender, he had never once taken a case to trial.

Persons: Greg Abbott, “, Marco Rubio, Mai, Suge ”, Drake, Askins, he’d, Clarence Darrow Organizations: Gov, Prosecutors, Republican, Oklahoma City Locations: Oklahoma, Texas, ”, Arkansas, Alaska , California, Florida, Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, dumpsters

☆ ‘A Daily Game of Russian Roulette’: Homeless in San Diego
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Eli Saslow | Erin Schaff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Laine Goettsch packed her emergency medical bag and drove into downtown San Diego to look for her favorite patient, afraid of what she might find. Sometimes, she saw Abdul Curry cleaning the sidewalks near his tent and dancing to a playlist of Ed Sheeran songs. Now she drove into a homeless encampment and saw three people huddled near a camping stove and sharing a bottle of vodka. The toll in San Diego County had increased by nearly 10 times in the last decade, from 64 homeless deaths in 2014 to nearly 600 investigated by the medical examiner’s office in the last year. She drove across a bridge and spotted Abdul slumped over at the entrance of a parking garage.

☆ Associated Press, New York Times win Pulitzers for Ukraine coverage
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] The New York Times building is seen in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 3, 2020. Eli Saslow, now with the Times, won the feature writing award for the Post. The annual Pulitzer awards, first presented in 1917, are the most celebrated honors in U.S. journalism. "The Pulitzer Prize board joins the many organizations around the world demanding Evan's immediate release," Brown said. In addition to the international reporting prize, the New York Times took the award for illustrated reporting and commentary.

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