Adrian Gomez, Who Cared for Migrant Youth, Is Dead at 52

He worked at a shelter in Texas and as a juvenile probation officer; he wanted, his daughter said, to make a difference. He died of complications of the novel coronavirus.

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11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

Lessons from the pandemic. A car-free future. Elephants in crisis. New fiction. Ennio Morricone dies. A behind-the-scenes look at the New York City subway. And more.

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Trump Says He ‘Aced’ Cognitive Test, but White House Won’t Release Details

President Trump has repeatedly ridiculed Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s fitness to be president. Mr. Biden’s campaign has called it a smear that has backfired.

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Trump Rally Postponed, Campaign Says, Citing Weather

The event was set to be held in Portsmouth, N.H., on Saturday. The campaign delayed it amid ongoing concerns about President Trump attracting only small crowds at his events.

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Goya Foods Boycott Takes Off After Its President Praises Trump

“We’re all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump,” Bob Unanue said on Thursday at the White House. Critics said they would no longer use his products.

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She’s an Authority on Earth’s Past. Now, Her Focus Is the Planet’s Future.

The climate scientist Maureen Raymo is leading the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia. She has big plans for science, and diversity, too.

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Utah Governor Declares State of Emergency After Protests Over Police Shooting

Protests erupted after the district attorney in Salt Lake City said there would be no charges against the officers involved in the May shooting of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal.

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Daily Virus Death Toll Rises in Some States

In several states where the virus has surged in recent weeks, the death toll is edging up. That may end a long period in which the national toll has steadily declined.

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Defrauded Student Loan Borrowers Win, but Still Lose

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is denying huge batches of relief requests from students whose schools defrauded them. Even those who aren’t denied are getting very little — or sometimes nothing.

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How ICE Spread Coronavirus At Home And Abroad

An investigation by The New York Times and The Marshall Project reveals how Immigration and Customs Enforcement became a spreader of the coronavirus.

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