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Immediately after Oct. 7, Hezbollah began carrying out strikes in northern Israel in a show of solidarity with Hamas. Isolated and in hiding in Gaza, Mr. Sinwar’s communication with his organization has become strained. Image A poster of Mr. Sinwar at a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, in August. The failure of Hezbollah or Iran to meaningfully damage Israel is a telling sign of Mr. Sinwar’s miscalculation, American officials said. On Sept. 13, Hezbollah released a letter that Mr. Sinwar sent in support of Mr. Nasrallah.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, Sinwar, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Mohammed Saber, Hassan Nasrallah, Mr, Nasrallah, Alkis Konstantinidis, Netanyahu, Ismail Haniyeh, Haniyeh, Arash Khamooshi, Yoav Gallant, ” Mr, Gallant, ”, Scott D, ” Julian E, Barnes, Adam Goldman, Edward Wong, Adam Rasgon, Aaron Boxerman, Ronen Bergman Organizations: Israel, U.S, Hezbollah, Hamas, Mr, Credit, The New York Times, U.S . Defense Intelligence Agency Locations: Gaza, Israel, U.S, Deir al, Lebanon, Iran, Palestinian, Beirut, Egypt, Qatar, Tehran, Rafah, Tel Sultan, Washington, New York, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

☆ Heat Kills Thousands in the U.S. Every Year. Why Are the Deaths So Hard to Track?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Kate Selig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Did extreme heat cause or contribute to his death? But scenarios like this can play out in any heat wave across the country, and in many cases, the answer cannot be determined immediately — if at all. That dearth of information is the reason that heat-related deaths in the United States remain a frustrating mystery. Researchers estimate that heat kills more people than any other extreme weather event, and the number of heat-related deaths reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has steadily risen in recent years. In 2023, the agency reported that heat played a role in approximately 2,300 deaths, though this number may be revised as more records are processed.

Organizations: U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Prevention Locations: Maricopa County, Ariz, United States

In the 1980s, the U.S. military was in the middle of a transformation. Mr. Walz, now Minnesota governor and the presumptive Democratic candidate for vice president, raised his hand to join the Army National Guard just two days past his 17th birthday on April 8, 1981. Mr. Walz never went to war. And it ended when Mr. Walz was 41, as the military ramped up for war after Sept. 11. Since being picked as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate this week, he has found himself facing allegations previously aired by Minnesota Republicans and newly amplified by JD Vance, former President Donald J. Trump’s running mate.

Persons: Tim Walz, . Walz, Walz, Kamala Harris’s, JD Vance, Donald J Organizations: U.S, Democratic, Army National Guard, Army, Minnesota Republicans Locations: Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Nebraska, Minnesota, America

☆ Tulsa Creates Commission on Reparations for Race Massacre
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Kate Selig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

City officials, historians and the courts acknowledge that the massacre has led to generations of racial inequity in Tulsa. Calls for reparations in Tulsa are longstanding and have resulted in apologies, a scholarship program and other actions, but not direct financial redress. The last two known survivors of the massacre, now centenarians, have pursued reparations through the courts, but the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed their case in June. Two reports — one from a commission created by the State Legislature in 2001 and one by a group of Tulsa residents in 2023 — recommended reparations, including financial compensation. The commission announced Thursday, named the Beyond Apology Commission, follows the 2023 report’s calls for the city to create a group to examine and carry out a reparations program.

Persons: Greenwood, —, G.T, Bynum Organizations: Oklahoma Supreme, State Legislature, Republican Locations: Tulsa, Oklahoma

☆ After Fire Destroys Sanctuary, Landmark Dallas Church Mourns What’s Lost
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Mary Beth Gahan | Kate Selig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The red brick outer walls of First Baptist Dallas Church were singed black on Saturday morning, and though they were still intact, along with the steeple at the front of the historic building, there was no sanctuary within. Ms. Smith wiped tears from her eyes with a tissue as she talked about the sanctuary, with its dark wood pews and ornate carvings. There was a library in the church, she said, along with a printing shop and the offices of former pastors. Mr. Smith began to talk about what was lost when he trailed off, looking at the smoldering remains. Church members and other residents of the Dallas area mourned on Saturday the severe damage to the sanctuary, a landmark in the heart of Dallas where many of the megachurch’s members have been baptized, married and memorialized.

Persons: Larry Smith, Rita, Smith Organizations: Baptist Dallas Church Locations: Arlington , Texas, Dallas

☆ Beryl Live Updates: Over a Million in Texas Under a Hurricane Warning
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Kate Selig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

On June 19, Tropical Storm Alberto, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico, became the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. If you live in a coastal area, it’s important to be familiar with community evacuation plans, evacuation zones and evacuation routes. “When it comes to hurricane and storm preparation, now is always the right time.”Protect your documents and valuables. Most homeowners’ policies do not cover flood damage, and flood insurance policies generally take 30 days to become effective. Move pantry items and a supply of bottled water to high, secure shelves, so they will be safer from floodwaters.

Persons: Alberto, Deanna Frazier, Hurricane Harvey, ”, Alberto Moscoso, Kit, Mr, Acree, Dorian, Ramon Espinosa, Johnny Diaz Organizations: Tropical, Atmospheric Administration, New York Times, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Florida Division, Emergency Management, Social, Drug Administration, Disease Control Locations: Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, Wirecutter, Texas, Boquerón

☆ Texas Braces for Beryl, With Over a Million Under a Hurricane Warning
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Kate Selig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As Tropical Storm Beryl makes its way up the Gulf of Mexico, Texas is bracing itself for the storm to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on its coast, with several counties issuing evacuation notices and over a million residents under a hurricane warning early Sunday morning. After making landfall in Mexico, Beryl weakened to a tropical storm. But it is expected to strengthen to a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall again on Texas’ shores on Monday morning. The center predicts that tropical storm conditions will begin Sunday night, with hurricane conditions possible by early Monday. Forecasters say the storm could dump five to 10 inches of rainfall across portions of the Gulf Coast and eastern Texas; some areas could get as much as 15 inches.

Persons: Beryl Organizations: National Hurricane Center, Christi Locations: of Mexico , Texas, Caribbean, Mexico, Texas, of Mexico, Gulf

☆ Oklahoma Law Criminalizing Immigrants Without Legal Status Is Blocked
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Kate Selig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Oklahoma from enforcing its new immigration law that would make it a crime to enter the state without legal authorization to be in the United States. The Justice Department maintains that only the federal government can regulate and enforce immigration. A Texas law that would have given state and local police officers the authority to arrest undocumented migrants was put on hold by a federal appeals court in March. The Supreme Court had briefly let the law stand but returned the case to the appeals court, which decided to pause enforcement of it. Then, in May, a federal judge temporarily blocked part of a Florida law that made it a crime to transport unauthorized immigrants into the state.

Organizations: Republican, Department Locations: Oklahoma, United States, Texas, Florida, Iowa

☆ At Least 11 Americans Among Those Dead in Hajj Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Jacey Fortin | Kate Selig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At least 11 Americans were among those who died while making the Islamic pilgrimage of hajj to Saudi Arabia this month in searing temperatures, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday, adding that it was possible that more deaths could be confirmed in the coming days. The daughter, Saida Wurie, said she and her brothers had not yet been told where their parents, Isatu and Alieu Wurie, had been buried. She says she plans to travel to Saudi Arabia as soon as she learns where they are. “Losing a loved one is hard,” she said on Tuesday. “But then not being able to bury them is just an indescribable feeling.”

Persons: Saida Wurie, Alieu Wurie, ” Organizations: U.S . State Department Locations: Saudi Arabia, Maryland

☆ U.S.Heat Wave Enters 7th Day, but End Is in Sight: Updates and News
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Kate Selig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The end of the unusually early heat wave that gripped much of the United States over the past seven days is in sight. Baltimore reached 101 degrees, breaking the daily high temperature record of 100 degrees, set in 1988. And in Dulles, Va., the temperature reached 100 degrees, breaking the previous record of 99 degrees, also set in 1988. The National Weather Service warned that the heat wave could be the longest experienced in decades for some locations. The health consequences of this heat wave are starting to show up in the data.

Organizations: National Weather Service, Washington , D.C, Baltimore, Centers for Disease Control Locations: United States, States, East Coast, Washington ,, New York, Dulles, Va, New England, Ohio, Detroit, Chicago

☆ Heat Wave Enters 7th Day, but the End Is in Sight
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Kate Selig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The end of the unusually early heat wave that gripped much of the United States over the past seven days is in sight. But first, the country will need to endure another day, possibly two, of scorching hot temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic States and along the I-95 urban corridor on the East Coast. The National Weather Service predicts that the heat wave, which has more than 100 million people under heat advisory alerts, will last through early this upcoming week. The Mid-Atlantic States and cities along the I-95 urban corridor, from Washington, D.C., to New York, will continue to simmer through Sunday. Heat advisories have been issued for areas east of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where the heat index — a measure of how the heat feels with humidity taken into account — is forecast to range between 100 and 108 degrees.

Organizations: National Weather Service, Washington , D.C Locations: United States, States, East Coast, Washington ,, New York

☆ Heat-Related Illnesses Spiked in Some Regions This Week, C.D.C. Data Shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Kate Selig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Heat-related emergency room visits spiked this week in regions of the United States that had been hit the hardest by the heat wave, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Across swaths of New England, the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic states, there were “extremely high” rates of heat-related illnesses this week, the C.D.C.’s heat and health tracker showed. The data used emergency room visits associated with the heat to determine the rise in heat-related illnesses, showing which areas had visits that exceeded the 95th percentile of what is typical there. In New England, the number of visits climbed from 57 per 100,000 on Monday, the first day of the heat wave, to 833 on Thursday — the highest rate in the country all week. Caribou, Maine, reached 96 degrees this week, tying the highest temperature ever recorded there.

Organizations: Centers for Disease Control Locations: United States, New England, Midwest, In New England, Boston, Hartford, Conn, Caribou , Maine

☆ Heat Wave Updates: News and Forecast as Scorching Temperatures Continue
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Kate Selig | Judson Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The city could see temperatures in the high 90s or above on Saturday. Credit... Hannah Beier for The New York TimesOn the first weekend of summer, a brutal heat wave now entering its sixth day will scorch large swaths of the country. The heat index in New York City is forecast to reach 96 degrees on Saturday and then 99 degrees on Sunday. Already, the city has recorded temperatures it hasn’t seen in almost two years, with Central Park hitting 94 degrees on Friday. Though the heat wave will not fade over the weekend, conditions are expected to cool slightly on Monday.

Persons: Hannah Beier, Graham Dickie Organizations: Philadelphia Zoo, ., The New York Times, Washington , D.C, New York Times, Central Park, National Weather Service, Centers for Disease Control Locations: Midwest, Ohio Valley, Southern Plains, Utah , Nevada, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington ,, Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Manhattan, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Fresno, Calif, Wichita, Kan, Tampa, Fla

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