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☆ Malawi’s Vice President Killed in Plane Crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Lynsey Chutel | Golden Matonga | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The president of Malawi said Tuesday that the country’s vice president had been killed in a plane crash a day earlier that had prompted a massive search effort. The plane went missing on Monday morning, prompting a massive search and rescue operation for the vice president, Saulos Chilima, and the nine other people on board. In an address to the nation on Tuesday, President Lazarus Chakwera said the wreckage had been found and there were no survivors. “Something terrible went wrong with that flight,” Mr. Chakwera said. He called Mr. Chilima, 51, a “good man” who “served his country with distinction.”

Persons: Saulos Chilima, Lazarus Chakwera, Mr, Chakwera, Chilima, “ Locations: Malawi

☆ Middle East Crisis U.S. Pushes for Cease-Fire Vote at U.N. Security Council
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Mike Ives | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Ms. Abu Amr finally arrived home with her son hours later, shocked that she was still alive. To rescue the hostages, Israeli troops entered two residential buildings in which they were being held, according to Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesman. The medical facility — already packed before the Israeli rescue mission in nearby Nuseirat — overflowed, said Abdelkarim al-Harazin, 28, a physician working there. Gathering her children, she sprinted to the nearby Al-Awda medical center in a desperate search for safety. Gazans there were cursing not just Israel, but Hamas as well, he said, blaming them for bringing this disaster upon them.

Persons: Gazans, Bayan Abu Amr, Mohammad, ”, Abu Amr, Daniel Hagari, Admiral Hagari, Khalil Daqran, Abdelkarim, Aqsa, Javed Ali, Diana Abu Shaban, Saeed, “, Ms, Abu Shaban, Abd Al, Rahman Basem al, Masri, he’d, ” Mr Organizations: Hamas, “, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, International Medical Corps Locations: Nuseirat, Gaza, Al, Aqsa, Deir al, Deir, Israel

☆ Trump Endorses Sam Brown in Nevada’s Key Senate Race
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Kellen Browning | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump on Sunday said he was endorsing Sam Brown, the Army veteran who is leading the crowded Republican primary field in Nevada’s U.S. Senate race. “Sam Brown is a fearless American patriot,” Mr. Trump wrote in a post on his social media site, Truth Social, adding that Mr. Brown would “fight tirelessly” to protect the border and improve the economy. Mr. Trump’s opinion was the sole remaining question mark. Though he is campaigning as a strong supporter of the former president, Mr. Brown was late to formally back Mr. Trump’s bid for a second term, and his primary rivals sought to capitalize from the right. Jeff Gunter, a wealthy dermatologist and Mr. Trump’s ambassador to Iceland, staked out a position as a MAGA candidate, slamming Mr. Brown in television advertisements as he angled for a possible endorsement from Mr. Trump.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Sam Brown, “ Sam Brown, ” Mr, Brown, Brown’s, Jacky Rosen, Joe Lombardo, Trump’s, Jeff Gunter, MAGA Organizations: Army, Republican, Senate, Democratic Locations: Nevada’s U.S, American, Iceland

☆ In Las Vegas, Trump Appeals to Local Workers and Avoids Talk of Conviction
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Michael Gold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump stood in blazing heat in a Las Vegas park on Sunday and directly appealed to working-class voters by promising to eliminate taxes on tips for hospitality workers. But beyond that proposal, little at Mr. Trump’s campaign rally suggested that his new status as a felon had changed his message. And when Mr. Trump’s teleprompter apparently stopped working, his speech — which his campaign advisers had billed as focused on issues of local concern to Nevada voters — devolved into familiar stories and riffs. “I got no teleprompters, and I haven’t from the beginning,” Mr. Trump said after speaking for roughly 15 minutes, though his speech included excerpts from prepared remarks that his campaign had provided to reporters. “That probably means we’ll make a better speech now.”Mr. Trump repeatedly voiced his frustration with the lack of a teleprompter, even though he has often boasted of his ability to give long speeches without one.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s, Trump’s teleprompter, “, ” Mr, Mr Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada

President Emmanuel Macron of France, battered by a crushing defeat to the extreme right in European elections, dissolved the lower house of Parliament on Sunday and called for legislative elections beginning on June 30. His decision, announced in a television broadcast to the nation, was a measure of the devastating nature of the European Parliament election result, which gave the National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen and her wildly popular protégé, Jordan Bardella, about 31.5 percent of the vote, to about 15.2 percent for Mr. Macron’s Renaissance party. It became the leading party in France by some distance. “The rise of nationalists and demagogues is a danger for our nation and for Europe,” Mr. Macron said. But the political winds have turned in favor of less Europe, not more.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Jordan Bardella, ” Mr, Macron, ” Organizations: National, Marine, European Locations: France, Europe, European Union

☆ Mexico’s Leftists Won Big. Investors Are Worried.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Natalie Kitroeff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A final count of votes released over the weekend suggests Mexico’s leftist governing party and its allies would capture large majorities in Congress, potentially enabling the coalition to pass sweeping changes to the Constitution. The official tally from elections last week showed that the party, Morena, and its partners appeared on their way to clinching a two-thirds supermajority in the lower house of Congress. Building those alliances “is relatively easy to achieve,” said the party’s president, Mario Delgado, in an interview. “We are now a dominant force,” Mr. Delgado added, “by the decision of the people.”The final makeup of the legislature is still unclear because a share of seats in the Mexican Congress are appointed via a system of proportional representation in August. Legal challenges could also affect how seats are allocated.

Persons: ”, Mario Delgado, “, ” Mr, Delgado Locations: Morena, Mexican

☆ Election Updates: Trump rallies in Las Vegas.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Republicans defended Mr. Trump against what they insisted was an unfair trial in New York. Senator Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat and co-chairman of Mr. Biden’s re-election campaign, opposed asylum restrictions when Mr. Trump enacted them. “Former President Trump actually wants a problem to solve through his election rather than a solution that a bipartisan group of senators stood behind,” he said. President Trump is simply making a political issue of this.”Whitmer said contraception was “very much at risk” under Republicans. Vance of Ohio, another possible running mate to Mr. Trump, criticized Mr. Biden for his trip to Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, and for an ad from his campaign that featured veterans denouncing Mr. Trump.

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☆ White Politician Poised for Power Faces Hurdle in South Africa
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( John Eligon | Lynsey Chutel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nine months ago, John Steenhuisen, who leads South Africa’s second-largest political party, the Democratic Alliance, stood before news cameras and signed an agreement not to work with the long-governing party, the African National Congress. “So help me God,” Mr. Steenhuisen said, raising his right hand and chuckling. He and the Democratic Alliance are now plowing ahead with the most important political negotiations in South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994 and have drafted a document laying out their core principles for joining a government with the African National Congress, or A.N.C. The governing party’s slide — taking just 40 percent of the vote, ending three decades of dominance — has left Mr. Steenhuisen, 48, standing at the brink of his political dreams. As head of the party that took second place, with nearly 22 percent of the vote, Mr. Steenhuisen seems likely to get a leading role in the next government, political analysts say.

Persons: John Steenhuisen, ” Mr, Steenhuisen, — Organizations: South, Democratic Alliance, African National Congress Locations: South Africa

☆ T.D. Allman, Assertive Globe-Trotting Journalist, Dies at 79
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Adam Nossiter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Allman, a free-spirited journalist who challenged American mythmaking in pointed, personal reporting over five decades on topics as varied as the Vietnam War and contemporary Florida, died on May 12 in Manhattan. In March 1970, as a 25-year-old freelance journalist, Mr. Allman, accompanied by two other reporters, walked 15 miles over the mountains in Laos to report for The New York Times about Long Cheng, a secret C.I.A. “At the end of the paved runway were three Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopters,” Mr. Allman reported. “Their presence is believed to be one of the reasons the United States tries to keep Long Cheng secret. The Jolly Green Giants are regarded as proof that the United States bombs not just the Ho Chi Minh Trail but northeastern Laos as well.”

Persons: T.D, Allman, Chengzhong Sui, Long Cheng, Jolly, Mr Organizations: The New York Times, United States, Jolly Green Giants Locations: American, Vietnam, Florida, Manhattan, Laos, United

☆ Washington Post C.E.O. Promised Interview for Ignoring Scandal, NPR Reporter Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Katie Robertson | Benjamin Mullin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Will Lewis, the chief executive of The Washington Post, repeatedly offered an exclusive interview to an NPR reporter if the reporter agreed not to write about allegations against Mr. Lewis in a phone-hacking scandal in Britain, according to an account by that reporter published on Thursday. David Folkenflik, a veteran media reporter for NPR, wrote that a spokesperson for Mr. Lewis confirmed the offer in December. That spokesperson declined to comment when approached again Thursday, according to NPR. “In several conversations, Lewis repeatedly — and heatedly — offered to give me an exclusive interview about the Post’s future, as long as I dropped the story about the allegations,” Mr. Folkenflik wrote. A spokeswoman for Mr. Lewis said that “when he was a private citizen ahead of joining The Washington Post, he had off the record conversations with an employee of NPR about a story the employee then published.” The spokeswoman said any interview requests with Mr. Lewis after he joined The Post were “processed through the normal corporate communication channels.”

Persons: Will Lewis, Lewis, David Folkenflik, —, heatedly —, ” Mr, Folkenflik, ” Organizations: The Washington Post, NPR, “, Post Locations: Britain

☆ South Africa’s President Announces Plan to Form National Unity Government
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Lynsey Chutel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Days after his African National Congress party faced historic losses at the polls, President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa said on Thursday that he will seek to form a government that includes a wide range of parties, some with starkly opposing views. since the fall of apartheid, South Africa has been in limbo since the watershed election on May 29 when voters punished the ruling party for failing to address issues like skyrocketing unemployment, regular power outages and high rates of crime. Over the next few days, a weakened A.N.C. “We invite political parties to form a government of national unity as the best option to move our country forward,” Mr. Ramaphosa said in a news conference late on Thursday night. “This moment calls for the broadest unity of the people of South Africa.”

Persons: Cyril Ramaphosa of, “, Mr, Ramaphosa, ” Organizations: African National Congress Locations: Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, South Africa, Africa’s

☆ A Condemned Killer Thought, ‘This Is My Day to Die.’ Then It Wasn’t.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Thomas Creech had been imprisoned in Idaho for nearly 50 years, convicted of five murders in three states and suspected of several more, when he was wheeled into an execution chamber in February. For nearly an hour, medical workers at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution outside Boise struggled to insert an intravenous line that was needed to pump a deadly drug into his bloodstream. Starting with his arms, then his hands and finally his legs, they tried and failed to get a needle into a suitable vein. “The worst ones was when they got down to my ankles,” Mr. Creech said in his first interview since the bungled procedure. “I was thinking the whole time that this is really it.

Persons: Thomas Creech, ” Mr, Creech Organizations: Idaho Maximum Security Locations: Idaho, Boise, United States

☆ Israeli Airstrike on School Kills Dozens in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Victoria Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

One of the most intense fires threatened homes in the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, near the Lebanese border, according to Israeli news outlets. That city, like much of the Israeli border area, has been largely evacuated for months, and no casualties were reported. The Israeli military said that two drones landed in the area of Hurfeish, a Druse village whose citizens are primarily part of an Arab-Israeli minority in Israel. No sirens sounded warning of the attack, according to the Israeli military, which said it was reviewing the incident. The talks are aimed at moving Hezbollah forces away from the border, according to Lebanese and Israeli officials, and other participants.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Netanyahu, ”, Matthew Miller, Biden, “, they’ve, Mr, Miller, Herzi Halevi, ” Bezalel Smotrich, Adam Rasgon, Ephrat Livni Organizations: Israel, Wednesday, Hezbollah, Hamas, State Department Locations: Lebanon, Gaza, Israel, Iranian, Lebanese, Kiryat Shmona, Hurfeish, ” Israel

☆ Far-Right Vows to Tie Up the Senate to Avenge Trump Are So Far Mostly Empty
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Carl Hulse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Rick Scott is so furious over the felony conviction of former President Donald J. Trump that the Florida Republican says he and his colleagues need to take it out on the Senate, by acting as disrupters and blocking all Biden administration nominees and legislation. “We can’t have business as usual,” Mr. Scott insisted as the Senate convened this week for the first time since Mr. Trump’s trial ended in New York with a fusillade of “guilty” verdicts. Yet so far at least, business as usual it is. Despite the far-right conservative bloc vowing to draw the line against White House nominees and Democratic legislation, three nominees — one a judge for the usually pummeled District of Columbia, no less — have breezed through the Senate this week with plenty of Republican backing. side is willing to draw such a hard line in a fit of pique.

Persons: Rick Scott, Donald J, Trump, Mr, Scott, Trump’s, Mitch McConnell of Organizations: Florida Republican, Biden, White, Democratic, of Columbia, Senate, Republican Locations: Florida, New York, pummeled, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky

☆ Live Updates: NASA and Boeing Prepare to Launch Astronauts on Starliner Spacecraft
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Kenneth Chang | The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on their way to the Starliner spacecraft on May 6, before the launch was called off. “It almost feels unreal,” Ms. Williams replied. She was a test pilot in the U.S. Navy and has more than 3,000 hours flying 30 different aircraft. After a glitch-filled test flight in December 2019 with no crew aboard, delays shuffled the astronaut assignments. Indeed, none of the astronauts that NASA named in 2018 to fly on the test flight ended up being on it.

Persons: Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Wilmore, Williams, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Ms, “, ” Steve Stich, They’ve, ” Mr, Stich Organizations: Boeing, Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center, U.S . Navy, NASA, Navy, Station Locations: Florida, Houston, Ohio, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Iraq, Bosnia

☆ Moscow Could Target Countries Supplying Weapons to Ukraine, Putin Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Neil Macfarquhar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia warned on Wednesday that Western nations supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles and allowing them to be used to attack inside Russia was a “dangerous step” that could prompt Moscow to reciprocate against Western targets. “If someone thinks it possible to send such weapons to a war zone to strike our territory and create problems for us,” Mr. Putin said at a news conference, “then why do we not have the right to send our weapons of the same class to those regions of the world where strikes can be made on sensitive facilities of the countries that do this against Russia?”Mr. Putin singled out Germany, saying that its supply of battle tanks to Ukraine had been an initial blow to Russian-German relations, but its permission to use missiles in Russia was even worse. “Now, when they say that some missiles will appear that will strike targets on Russian territory, this, of course, is ultimately destroying Russo-German relations,” he said.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, ” Mr, “, Mr, ” Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow

☆ Rock Climber Gets Life in Prison for Sexual Assaults at Yosemite
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Johnny Diaz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A professional rock climber who repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman during a weekend trip to Yosemite National Park in 2016 was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison, prosecutors said. Mr. Barrett “used his status as a prominent climber to assault women in the rock-climbing community,” Mr. Talbert said. Three other women testified that he had sexually assaulted them, though their cases were not federally charged because they fell out of the prosecutors’ jurisdiction. “Barrett’s long history of sexual violence supports the imposition of a life sentence,” Mr. Talbert said. Timothy Patrick Hennessy and David A. Torres, the lawyers for Mr. Barrett, said in a joint statement on Tuesday: “We believe that imposition of a life sentence was excessive.

Persons: Charles Barrett, Phillip A, Talbert, Barrett “, ” Mr, “, Mr, Timothy Patrick Hennessy, David A, Torres, Barrett, ” Organizations: Yosemite National, Eastern, Eastern District of Locations: Yosemite, U.S, Eastern District, Eastern District of California

☆ Election Updates: Trump again suggests prosecuting his political opponents.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Lara Trump, the Republican National Committee co-chair and Mr. Trump’s daughter-in-law, strongly denounced him on CNN. Mr. Hogan has also said he would not be going to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next month, where Mr. Trump will officially receive the nomination. Mr. Hogan remains personally popular in Maryland, something Mr. Trump is not. “We don’t want to alienate Trump voters,” Mr. Hogan told The Associated Press in April. “But Larry Hogan is running for Senate in Maryland, not Mississippi,” a nod to the needle Mr. Hogan must thread.

Persons: Donald J, Larry Hogan’s, Hogan, Trump, “, ”, Chis LaCivita, Lara Trump, Trump’s, Hogan’s, Michael Whatley, Larry Hogan, Biden, Republicans —, —, Ben Cardin, ” Mr, Mr, Whatley didn’t, Steve Daines, Angela Alsobrooks, George Santos, Lou Dobbs, Chaya Raichik, aren’t, John Cornyn, Lindsay Reilly Organizations: Senate, Democratic, Mr, Trump, Republican, Republican National Committee, CNN, Republican Party, Trump Republican, Republican National Convention, Washington , D.C, Republicans, Democrat, Associated Press, Biden voters, Maryland, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican leadership’s, Fund, Hogan’s Democratic, Prince, Maryland Democrats, Maryland Democratic Party Locations: Maryland, Manhattan, America, Milwaukee, Washington ,, Montana, Mississippi, Prince George’s County, Washington, Texas

☆ The Big Hurdle Between R.F.K. Jr. and the Debate Stage (It’s Not a Poll)
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Chris Cameron | Rebecca Davis O Brien | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden’s campaign has been clear: He will debate former President Donald J. Trump only one-on-one. That hasn’t stopped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from trying. As the deadline to qualify for the June 27 debate draws closer, Mr. Kennedy, who is running for president as an independent, has said he’s confident he can still meet host CNN’s requirements, while ramping up accusations that the news organization rigged the process. But Mr. Kennedy’s rivals do have a mutual interest in boxing him out, as The New York Times previously reported. Mr. Kennedy is drawing support away from both Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump, and both campaigns are concerned about the potential for him to swing the election in key battleground states.

Persons: Biden’s, Donald J, Trump, hasn’t, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, “, ” Mr, ”, Biden Organizations: CNN, Biden, Trump, “ CNN, ” CNN, New York Times

☆ Rival U.K. Political Leaders Clash in Bad-Tempered Election Debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Stephen Castle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The two contenders to become Britain’s next prime minister clashed angrily over tax, immigration and health policy on Tuesday in a televised debate that at times descended into ill-tempered exchanges as the political rivals talked over each other. The confrontation came exactly a month before a pivotal general election that will determine whether the opposition Labour Party can capitalize on its strong lead in opinion polls and end 14 turbulent years of Conservative-led government during which the party has had five different prime ministers. Almost as soon as the debate started, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed that his opponent, the Labour leader Keir Starmer, would raise taxes on Britons by 2,000 pounds a year if he won the election, repeating the claim numerous times. “Absolute garbage,” Mr. Starmer eventually responded. The Labour Party said that the figure was based on faulty assumptions, and Jonathan Ashworth, a senior party lawmaker, claimed in an interview with Sky News after the debate that Mr. Sunak was lying.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Mr, Starmer, Jonathan Ashworth, Sunak Organizations: Labour Party, Conservative, Labour, Sky News

After eight months of devastating bombardment by Israeli forces, some Gazans are urging Hamas to accept a cease-fire plan outlined by President Biden, but many remain deeply skeptical that the United States, as Israel’s chief ally, would truly bring an end to the war. “I am hopeful that Hamas will accept this deal,” said Ayman Skeik, a 31-year-old merchant driven out of his home in Gaza City by the fighting. “But I am still scared it would not be achieved.”Like other Gazans, Mr. Skeik, who is now sheltering in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, said he had grown frustrated by the long and generally fruitless cease-fire talks. He noted pointedly that months ago, in February, Mr. Biden suggested that a deal was imminent. “The United States used to have a strong word when it wanted to stop any crisis in the world,” Mr. Skeik said.

Persons: President Biden, “, ”, Ayman Skeik, Skeik, Biden, Mr Organizations: Mr, White Locations: United States, Gaza City, Deir al, Gaza, Israel

☆ Fingers Point as Biden Closes Border to Asylum Seekers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | Michael Gold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At the beginning of his remarks from the White House on Tuesday announcing that he would prohibit migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, President Biden tried to make clear just whose fault it was that he was taking action by executive order. The White House, Mr. Biden said, had struck an agreement with congressional Republicans earlier this year on what he called the “strongest border security agreement in decades.”It did not take. Because Donald Trump told them to,” Mr. Biden said. That’s what he wanted to do.”On this, Mr. Biden proved correct. Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee set to face Mr. Biden in the general election, indeed attacked the president a couple of hours before his border announcement.

Persons: Biden, Donald Trump, ” Mr, Trump, Mr Organizations: White, Republicans, Republican Locations: U.S, Mexico

☆ Andy Kim Wins Democratic Senate Primary; Rob Menendez Survives Challenge
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Tracey Tully | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Representative Andy Kim, a lawmaker who has turned New Jersey politics on its head since entering the race to unseat Senator Robert Menendez, won the Democratic nomination for Senate on Tuesday after a campaign marked by a watershed ballot-access ruling. The victory makes Mr. Kim, 41, a favorite to become New Jersey’s next senator. He would be the first Korean American to be elected to the U.S. Senate. “I’m humbled by the results,” Mr. Kim said at Terhune Orchards in Princeton, where his supporters had gathered to celebrate. “This has been a very challenging and difficult race, a very dramatic one at that, and one that frankly has changed New Jersey politics forever.”The results, announced by The Associated Press minutes after polls closed, capped a tumultuous campaign that began a day after Senator Menendez, a Democrat, was accused in September of being at the center of a sprawling international bribery scheme.

Persons: Andy Kim, Robert Menendez, Kim, New Jersey’s, “ I’m, ” Mr, Menendez Organizations: Democratic, New, U.S . Senate, Orchards, The Associated, Democrat Locations: New Jersey, American, Princeton

☆ Electric Cars Are Suddenly Becoming Affordable
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Jack Ewing | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Alex Lawrence, a dealer in Salt Lake City who specializes in used electric cars, has seen a change over the last year in the kinds of customers who are coming into his showroom. Recently, Mr. Lawrence said, customers have been snapping up used Teslas for a little over $20,000, after applying a $4,000 federal tax credit. “We’re seeing younger people,” Mr. Lawrence said. The purchase price of the car has suddenly become in reach.”Regarded by conservative politicians and other critics as playthings of the liberal elite, electric vehicles are fast becoming more accessible. Federal tax credits of up to $7,500 for new electric cars, often augmented by thousands of dollars in state incentives, push prices even lower.

Persons: Alex Lawrence, Lawrence, “, Mr Locations: Salt Lake City

☆ When Anti-Fur Protesters Are at the Front Door
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Jessica Testa | Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A new frontier has opened in fashion’s fur wars, as protesters targeted the homes of more than a dozen employees of Marc Jacobs in recent months, using signs, noisemakers and fake blood in an effort to force the designer to officially renounce the use of fur in his collections. Over the weekend, Mr. Jacobs accused the protesters of “bullying” in a statement on Instagram, but averred: His brand “does not work in, use or sell fur, nor will we in the future.” He also emphasized that he had not used fur in any of his own brand’s collections since 2018. “This organization has made it clear that they will not stop their violence toward Marc Jacobs unless they get the statement they want,” Mr. Jacobs wrote. “While I don’t condone the behavior of this organization, I will always do what I can to protect, honor and respect the lives and well-being of the people I work with.”The organization referenced by Mr. Jacobs is the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade, or CAFT, a group that selects targets and disseminates information and resources to anti-fur activists on the ground.

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