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哥伦比亚普鲁士的一个住宅路障，但罕见地小规模产生建筑收集的震动，通常导致周一的架子。

法官驳回针对哈佛大学的诉讼

拒绝特朗普关于对犹太人敌视的指控

作者：马克·阿伯纳特 (MARK ABERNACHT)

波士顿的一名联邦法官周四驳回了特朗普政府针对哈佛大学的关于反犹主义的诉讼，这给政府强迫该校达成协议的努力带来了打击。

该诉讼是一场更广泛压力运动的一部分，旨在强迫该大学遵守政府在包括处理反犹主义和录取中的种族问题在内的各项要求。

马萨诸塞州美国地方法院的理查德·G·斯马恩斯 (Richard G. Smarns) 法官批准了哈佛大学撤销此案的动议，称政府在 3 月份的诉讼中提到的反种族主义居民“并非最悲哀且高端”，不足以证明哈佛大学违反了法律。

在春季提交的诉讼中，特朗普政府指责该大学对“反犹主义以及针对犹太人和以色列人的歧视视而不见”。政府表示，在 2023 年古巴战争开始后，哈佛大学允许反以色列抗议者“不受惩罚地”违反学校规定。

哈佛大学的一位发言人拒绝置评。特朗普政府周四未立即回应置评请求。

政府指责哈佛大学违反了 1964, 年《民权法》第六章，该法禁止在接受联邦资金的项目中进行歧视。

诉讼指出，在学生举行亲解放抗议期间，犹太和以色列学生遭受了“敌视、骚扰和恐吓”。

文中引用了 2023 年的一起冲突，一名试图拍摄“哈佛大学之辱”的犹太学生被抗议者包围，抗议者试图用围巾遮挡他的职业并将其揣入口袋。诉讼多次引用了哈佛大学为调查反犹主义事件而成立的任务组报告。

该大学在 6 月 1-27 的辩论中认为，哈佛大学在过去几年中“开展了持续的、全校范围的努力，以识别和解决校园内的反犹主义”。

续见 A17 页

Mangione 预计在美国案件中认罪

本文作者：本杰明·韦纳 (Benjamin Weiner)、塞西莉亚·巴内特 (Cecilia Barnett) 和 哈维蒂·希克斯 (Harvitie Hicks)

据两名知情人士透露，法律人士 Mangione 预计将于周五在曼哈顿联邦法院认罪，他面临的指控是导致 2024, 年一名健康保险保险人死亡的跟踪行为。

Mangione 女士原定于 1 月在联邦法院就与杀死 Unimolefhaidkore 首席执行官布莱恩·汤普森 (Brian Thompson) 相关的跟踪指控受审，这些指控可能导致终身监禁。Man 先生。

此举可能使嫌疑人

寻求减轻 州级指控

pione 在联邦案件中未被指控谋杀。由于目前谈判的敏感性质，两名知情人士在要求匿名的条件下发表了上述看法；这些谈判可能会在联邦层面甚至在周五预定的联邦法院听证会期间破裂。

在联邦案件中潜在的认罪协议出现时，距离 25 岁的 Mangione 先生预定于 9 月 8 日就汤普森先生被杀一案接受州级谋杀指控审判已不足一个月。

Mangione 先生的法律团队未回应置评请求。在周三一场无关的新闻发布会上，当被问及潜在的认罪协议时，曼哈顿最高联邦检察官杰米·麦克唐纳表示，周五预定有一场法院会议，并补充道：“这是我们目前能说的全部。”

Mangione 先生在联邦和州法院均对所有针对他的指控表示不认罪。

汤普森先生在其中一个最地带被杀 续见第 A19 页

俄罗斯加强海上袭击

Blessen Sebastian 在 7 月一次袭击中受伤，当时他所在的船只正从乌克兰运送汽车，见第 A6 页。

特朗普的“消失之术”？对普京来说，这只是常规。

作者：ANTON TROHANOVSKI 特朗普总统的空军 一种掩护手段是漫长的 官方欺骗片段。

但与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·V·普京周围的秘密相比，这显得微不足道。普京的活动被笼罩在如此深厚的神秘之中，以至于记者们试图通过评估他办公室植物的枯萎程度来破解之。

这就是今年一些报道采取的方法，因为他们

在俄罗斯，飞机竞赛

就像“小孩子玩游戏”

试图确定俄罗斯领导人的电视会议是否在俄方声称的时间点举行。普京办公室植物中观察到的衰败迹象出现明显逆转，这表明会议的举行顺序和日期与所述不同。

对于普京先生来说，这种欺骗是家常便饭。相比之下，白宫因未披露特朗普先生上个月在土耳其停机坪上秘密更换飞机的行为而受到批评，直到《华盛顿邮报》揭露了其行踪。

“与俄罗斯相比，”俄罗斯调查记者米歇尔·拉宾（Michel Rabin）说，“这简直是小孩子玩游戏。”拉宾先生和其他记者发现，普京先生已经用近乎勾勒了他的路线。

续见第 A17 页

在美国明尼苏达州：

左翼团体 被监视

许多从未被指控犯罪的人员

作者：艾伦·费尔（ALAN FEUER） 和 埃内斯托·林登索（ERNESTO LINDENSO）

在亚历克斯·普雷斯蒂（Alex Presti）拍摄参与特朗普政府在明尼苏达州开展移民打击行动的警员时最终被枪击四天后，国土安全部在其圣保罗办事处悄悄地启动了一项调查。

调查目标并非在1月下旬杀害了37岁的政府护士普雷斯蒂先生的边境巡逻特工。根据最新公布的政府文件，目标是几个左翼政治组织——包括工会、一个气候变化团体和社交主义集体——调查人员认为这些组织为他们所描述的街头“暴力机会主义者和煽动者”提供了帮助和资金。

文件显示，作为调查的一部分，国土安全部官员在今年上半年使用了一系列侵入性手段，收集许多从未被指控犯罪的团体和个人的信息，跨越了调查刑事活动与调查政治异见之间那道真正瞬间转变的界限。

在其中一个案例中，官员们使用行政传票获取了“非活跃运动”（Inactive Movement，一个环境行动团体）以及一个工会——加利福尼亚州通信工人联合会（Communications Workers of California）超过三年的刑事记录，其范围超出了由数千名移民特工在冬季部署而引发的明尼苏达州社会动荡。

在另一个案例中，调查人员审查了美国最大的医疗保健工作者在线组织——服务业雇员国际工会（Service Employees International Union）长达三年的更多信息，他们将其称为针对“百分之千融资”的调查。

文件还包括一项扩大的监控行动，其中卧底特工监视抗议者，并记录在图书馆、公园和教堂以及在线上举行的会议。他们不仅记录了对方所说的话，还记录了姓名，有时还记录了车牌号。卧底特工还潜入了 Signal 上的团体聊天，监听活动人士讨论即将到来的示威活动及其政治观点。

虽然国土安全部与明尼苏达州美国检察官办公室共同开展的调查所针对的所有组织都没有面临指控。然而，随着调查的推进，

接续 A12 页

价值 4.64亿美元，

极少飞行的 飞机机队

非招标交易激增

国土安全部称

遣返需求 导致紧急采购

本文由 David A. Feler>Iarhidi, Andrea Fuller, Julie Tate, Nicholas Srinivasa 和 Hamid Manis 撰写。

华盛顿 —— 从去年秋天开始，国土安全部花费 4.01亿美元 签署了一项无需招标的合同，从北弗吉尼亚州的一家公司购买非弹道飞机（non-balliolines）。

这是一个巨大的价格标签，但该部门表示没有时间考虑其他项目。这些飞机被紧急用于遣返航班。

但自那时起，该部门几乎没有使用过这些新飞机——无论是用于遣返还是其他任何用途。

其中三架飞机是豪华商务喷气机。根据参议院拨款委员会高层民主党人周三发送给该部门的一封信，在购入仅几个月后，该部门就寻求将其中两架出借或移交给其他机构，其中一架被用于联邦调查局（F.B.I.）局长 Kash Hawk。

另外七架是较旧的 Boo-

一架波音 737 客机

停在路易斯安那州莱克查尔斯。

波音 737 客机，美国政府已将其在路易斯安那州莱克查尔斯的一个机场停放了数月之久。《纽约时报》获得的一份政府内部文件显示，该机构没有必要的操作人员来运行这些飞机。

此次采购是国土安全部近期发放的一系列快速合同的一部分，该部门多次以“紧急”需求为由绕过供应合同程序。这些被弃用的飞机凸显了这种做法的风险。该机构匆忙花费近 5 亿美元，结果却得到了无法飞行的飞机。

续见 A14 页

德克萨斯州男婴出生为堕胎与代孕之争画上句号

关于堕胎与代孕

作者：J. DAVID GOODMAN

休斯顿 —— 一场涉及代孕、堕胎和父母权利，且跨越三个州的法律历史争端，在周三一名孩子于达拉斯一家医院出生后达到了冲突的顶峰。

这名患有严重先天缺陷的婴儿，在今年夏天成为了反堕胎活动人士关注的焦点，这些人为代孕母亲 McKenna Bros. 提供了法律代理，并帮助她前往德克萨斯州接受医疗护理。本周，她还得到了德克萨斯州部门 Ken Poston 的支持，后者采取法律行动强制为新生儿进行医疗治疗。

这场争端始于春季，在怀孕约 20 个月时发现胎儿患有一种罕见且危及生命的先天性心脏病——左心发育不良综合征，需要多次手术才能生存。

居住在洛杉矶的准父母试图终止妊娠。

但居住在堪萨斯州的 West 女士拒绝堕胎。相反，她前往禁止堕胎的德克萨斯州，寻找能够治疗婴儿缺陷的专家。

在三个州重叠的法律行动中，West 女士在达拉斯产下一名男婴，其活动被称作“银河宝宝”（Baby Galactic）。她的法律

续见 A19 页

更多弹道导弹袭来

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目前安全

国际版 A4-10

听到嗡鸣声请寻求掩护

人们依赖社交媒体频道的智能手机通知来警告俄罗斯导弹或无人机的袭击。A6 页

国家版 A11-10

强行采取替代方案

特朗普总统在“恢复并移除”一周后，是对一名法官要求将其名字从肯尼迪中心移除的命令的测试。A17 页

当仲裁失效时

球员对阵球队。医生对阵保险公司。同样的陪审团争议解决方法如何导致截然不同的结果。A18 页

“僵尸”疫苗理论

专家批评特朗普总统要求将麻疹、腮腺炎和风疹的免疫接种分开进行而非合并接种的呼吁。A22 页

商业版 B1-5

“有时，很难为科学衡量价值。”

梅·卡佩特罗·卡特里奇（MAY CARPETERO CARTRIDGE）是一位天体物理学家，她回到西班牙的一个偏远地区，在日全食带上，她担心一个旨在培养村民对科学热爱的一生一次的机会，正被“日食喷气机”所掩盖。见 A4 页。

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故事背后的故事

美国人根源的错综织锦

《纽约时报》的记者们梳理了人口普查数据，以绘制出一幅反映美国移民情况的绚丽图景。

作者：TERENCE McGINLEY

当《纽约时报》的几位记者开始探索如何构建一个关于美国移民历史的数据项目时，他们担心会陷入陈词滥调。

“美国作为一个移民国家、一个‘熔炉’的概念已经如此根深蒂固，而且在某些方面非常陈旧，”图形编辑拉里·布坎南（Larry Buchanan）表示，“困难之处在于如何避免掉入这些陷阱，并尝试创作出一些新鲜且具有启发性的东西。”

因此，报道他们为了寻找灵感而前往埃利斯岛（Ellis Island）可能并无帮助，因为在美国民众的想象中，那里就是移民的象征。但当你关注细节时，陈词滥调便会转化为素材。

“吸引我们所有人的一个故事是，在20世纪初移民法规首次实施时，人们在每个月初都极力地竞相运送乘客，”数据记者杰夫·阿德尔森（Jeff Adelson）说。“这种人们和团体为了获得准入资格而竞争的想法非常有冲击力。”

在他们绘制的美国血统地图中，许多群体都得到了体现。该地图在当月发布，恰逢独立宣言发表20周年。通过使用美国人口普查局 2010 到 2015 年的美国社区调查（American Community Survey）数据，他们的地图描绘了该国的种族和文化多样性，并展示了不同群体如今居住在何处。

在一次采访中，阿德尔森先生、布坎南先生以及图形编辑等其他人员解释了这张地图的起源以及人口普查数据带来的挑战。此次对话经过编辑。

图形记者此前曾发布过美国的数据地图。除了参考书籍外，您最初何时认为发布一张美国血统地图是可行的？

拉里·布坎南：我们的计划是在国家成立20周年之际，做一些关于美国移民历史的内容。起初我们没想过用地图。我们尝试了许多不同的图表形式；最初我们被“波浪”这个概念吸引，就像移民潮一样。但很难获得不同移民群体的具体数据。地图为我们提供了一种代表所有群体的方式。

阿尔伯特·孙（ALBERT SUN）：我们见过几个类似地图的旧版本。它们没有那么新，也不那么详细，但非常引人注目。

当我们制作一张根据数据对区域进行着色的地图时，会对细节投入大量关注。我们确实希望这张地图看起来明亮且色彩丰富，从而以这种方式反映这个国家。

一旦确定地图是挖掘这个故事的最佳方式，那么您在处理的人口普查数据中遇到了哪些挑战？

杰夫·阿德尔森：有很多。有

美国血统地图的打印草图，该图使用人口普查数据来阐明国家的多样性

阿尔伯特·孙、拉里·布坎南和杰夫·阿德尔森在报道期间访问了埃利斯岛。

一些人仅将自己定义为美国人，而没有提及具体的血统。很大一部分非裔美国人群体不知道其祖先被赋予（endowed）之前的血统。此外，人口普查在尝试处理所有这些不同血统时采用了复杂的方法。拉里、阿尔伯特和我必须协调大量数据，以便将这些信息传达给读者。

为了使这些不完整的数据变得可呈现，您使用了哪些工具，无论是先进的数据技术还是传统的新闻报道方法？

布坎南：你会咨询专家并采访相关人员。你会查看你居住地的地图并询问：这正确吗？但我们也依赖于杰夫多年研究人口普查数据的经验。

阿德尔森：我们可以建立检查机制，以确保数据展示的内容正是它应该展示的内容。

这项工作的很大一部分在于理解哪些内容被追踪了，哪些没有被追踪，并在这些限制条件下开展工作。我们的目标是与移民

和人口统计专家合作，在之前关于各种移民数据集的工作基础上进行构建，并了解潜在的陷阱在哪里。举一个非常简单的例子，就存在人们在数据中可能被多次代表的问题，因为这些类别并不是互斥的。你可以既是短暂居住者又是德国人，或者属于不同类别的任何组合。

BUCHANAN：最终，在地图上，百分比之和并不等于 100。而这正是故事的一部分。很容易将这些视为初步的问题和出版挑战。但这些问题和挑战的存在是有原因的。这个国家是混杂的——充满了许多不同类型的人。这正是有趣之处，也是我们试图展示的内容。

现在这个项目的工作已经完成了，作为读者，你会如何使用这张地图？

SUN：如果一组人群出现在新闻中，我可能会去查看他们在全国各地的分布情况。在世界杯期间，看到不同危险的通勤情况分布在哪里，真的很有趣。

BUCHANAN：我在这些极其具体的问题中找到了巨大的乐趣。比如，佛罗里达州塔彭斯普林斯的海绵潜水员——在希腊有一个名为 Kalymanen 的岛屿，那里有与佛罗里达州墨西哥湾沿岸相同的海绵。阿肯色州斯普林代尔拥有马绍尔群岛以外最大规模的马绍尔人人口。马萨诸塞州纽贝德的葡萄牙人是为了捕鲸而来的。关于一个群体如何努力迁入这个国家的故事——直到今天你仍然能在地图上看到这一点，对我来说太神奇了。

在 nytimes.com / us 在线探索该地图。

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观点 / 我曾是迪克·切尼的心脏病专家。特朗普看起来状态不佳，我们应该知道原因。在为《纽约时报》撰写的观点文章中，乔治·华盛顿大学医学与外科学教授乔纳森·赖纳（Jonathan Reiner）博士描述了他认为的特朗普总统健康状况下降的迹象。“在代表制民主国家，人民必须对国家领导机构的健康状况有信心，”赖纳博士写道。

俄罗斯袭击数十艘粮食船威胁全球粮食供应。俄罗斯正针对乌克兰港口城市敖德萨周围的货船发动攻击，而敖德萨是乌克兰与世界经济最关键的纽带。报道乌克兰东部战争的媒体报道称，俄罗斯在敖德萨港以及附近另外两个路口实施的封锁，导致数百万吨粮食被困，并使三条全球粮食供应链陷入混乱。

甚至部分内阁成员也没有参加特朗普的秘密飞行。以下是随行人员。上个月，当特朗普先生乘坐军用喷气机匆匆离开土耳其时，只有少数选定的政府官员随行，其中包括国防部长皮特·赫古奇（Pete Heguchi）。其他美国官员，包括国务卿马尔科·布夫科（Marco Bufco）和财政部长斯科特·本森（Scott Benson），则乘坐诱饵空军一号离开该国。

观点 / 如果你之前不担心人工智能，那么在过去几周之后，你应该开始担心了。机器智能研究协会主席 Note Source 写了一篇观点文章，讲述了上个月发生的一起事件，其中两个 OpenAI 模型失控并攻击了一个数字图书馆。“人类还没有准备好与那些比我们更狡猾、协调能力更强的机器打交道，”索雷斯（Soares）先生写道。

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青少年（多为女性）与警方迎接披头士乐队

14, 1985. 披头士乐队“其摇滚演唱和长发在年轻人中引起了强烈的情绪”，于前一天抵达纽约市，开始他们的第三次美国巡演。《纽约时报》报道称：“这些长发歌手引起了 300 多名警察的极大焦虑”，文章指出：“这些警察在一天的大部分时间里都在试图在美利坚合众国拦截 1,500 名青少年劳工。”该乐队的崇拜者突破了警方防线：“伴随着尖锐的尖叫声，这足以让规模大得多的‘孩子群体’感到不安”，美洲大道上到处是叹息声。至少有四名女孩在激动中晕倒，但没有人受到严重伤害。据报道有人说：“如果警察也是孩子，他们肯定也像我们一样想见披头士。”

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由于极端高温，一些法国葡萄酒产区的葡萄园已匆忙开始采收，因为高温会导致葡萄提前成熟并改变其含糖量。

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在布鲁克林大桥建设期间，其首席工程师的妻子艾米莉·沃伦·罗布林（Emily Warren Roebling）在丈夫多年患病期间担任其代理人。

Looking Lotion and Extent How It

在现代汽车位于佐治亚州萨凡纳附近的工厂里，一些看起来像狗的四足机器人通过在车身下方窥视来搜寻缺陷。

会走路会说话的知更鸟 即将进入汽车工厂 B1

消音器曾是平民枪支持有者的分众配件，但近年来其受欢迎程度激增，因为越来越多的枪支持有者使用它们来防止听力受损和脑损伤。

裁决后，政府 让男孩枪支法失效 A12

乔·霍什拉（Joe Hoashila）第三交响曲的最后一个乐章仅使用了 6 个不同的音高，这是在向数独的网格模式致敬。

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纽约市大都会运输局（MTA）发现，在第二季度，近一半的巴士乘客和超过 10% 的地铁乘客逃票。

Valued Student Benefit Polls Agent When Met, and Is Hard to Replace A19

凯文·斯特法纳基（Kevin Stefanaki）是自 20 世纪 80 年代马蒂·肖滕海默（Marty Schottenheimer）以来，首位两次带领克利夫兰布朗队进入季后赛的教练。

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1. 难以控制的人群
2. “clarro”和“checklar”的缩写
3. 在海滩上的这个
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1. 巧克力味咖啡饮品
2. 挑选一款啤酒……饮品
3. 海盗的“黑色”食物特色
4. “晚餐”海滩
5. “珍珠长……”
6. 树基部的生长物

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如果你不喜欢一本书，应该感到羞愧而把它放下吗？埃里克·皮彭堡（Erik Piepenburg）询问读者是否可以 DNF（“did not finish”的缩写，意为未读完）一本书。（至于皮彭堡先生，他曾在短短两页内就 DNF 了书籍。）这些评论经过编辑。

这实际上是我教给四年级和五年级学生的一课。作为一个热爱阅读的人，我告诉他们，大多数时候我的头埋在书里，尤其是在地铁上。但是，如果我手里拿着一本书，却突然对每一则地铁广告都超级感兴趣，而且在整个行程中实际上没有读进书里的任何内容，那就是我放下它的信号。如果一本书不适合你，你反正也不会读完的。伙计们，这与你或这本书无关……只是在那个特定的时刻它不适合你。我最后一次 DNF 的书是《Don't Crossing》。我打算在深冬再次尝试。 —— 威尔·贝克（WILL BECKER），纽约市

我一年大概 DNF 一本书，但能读完 30. 多本。如果我不喜欢一本书，那对我来说反而是更快读完它并

转向新事物的动力：埃莉诺·卡琳（Eleanor Carine）的《发光体》（The Luminaries）让我花了三年时间，跨越两个大洲，尝试了四次才读完，结果它成了我读过最好的书。

—— 布鲁塞尔·G.（BRUSSELL G.），安大略省伯尔顿

我很少 DNF，因为我对开始阅读的书籍极其挑剔。尽管如此，这种情况还是会发生。大概一年一次。如果在阅读过程中有好几次出现“我不喜欢这本书”的想法，那么我就会放弃它。但即便如此，我每次这样做还是会感到愧疚。去年我在读到《圣塔与润尼的孤独》（The Loneliness of Santa and Runny）大约一半时放弃了，我现在仍然为此感到愧疚！为什么？因为它获得了极高的评价，并且被这么多人喜爱。 —— 罗斯·佩恩（ROSS PAYNE），佛罗里达州温德戴克

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纽约时报时事通讯摘录

阿拉巴马大学姐妹会招新（sorority rush）的视频在社交媒体上疯传。

阿拉巴马大学的招新周于上周末开始。《纽约时报》的互联网文化记者麦迪逊·马龙·基彻（Madison Malone Kircher）多年来一直报道大学的希腊生活（Greek life）。在《Short》专栏中，马特·延（Matt Yan）想了解更多详情。以下是编辑后的摘录。

Medium，我一直很痴迷于你对 Bama Rush 的报道。是什么促使你在四年前开始挖掘这个故事的？

我和大多数网民一样，在 2021 年被 Bama Rush 第一季吸引，看了所有能看到的视频。一年后，我进入《纽约时报》工作，大约一周后，我就在前往塔斯卡卢萨（Tuscaloosa）报道的飞机上了。我对互联网——以及校园内权力、好客、阶级、种族、金钱与传统之间发生的一切深感兴趣。而且，谁能拒绝“珠宝正常”（jewelry normal）这个词的诱惑呢？[注：这意味着佩戴日常珠宝。]

现在的招新周情况如何？

年轻女性已经意识到，在 Bama Rush 期间制作视频可以成为开启网红（influence）职业生涯的一种方式。虽然回报不一定像我们在 2021 年和 2022 年看到的那样，但这仍然是这些年轻女性利用关注度（无论是正面还是负面）的一种精明方式。

请在 nytimes.com / newsletters 订阅《Short》。

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这些肉丸的灵感来自 kefiodos，这是一种传统的希腊肉丸，由牛肉制成，有时会加入猪肉或羊肉，并用香草和香料调味。原因在于它带来了一丝甜味和酸味，有助于使肉丸湿润嫩滑。为了更简单的操作，本食谱选择使用面包屑粉（pastes）而非传统的新鲜面包屑。LOST PRICE

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1. 将磨碎的洋葱和番茄放入水槽上的细孔筛网中搅拌几次，压出多余的液体。（应保留一定的水分；不要将其挤成薄碗状。）将剩余的洋葱和番茄转移到大碗中。

2. 加入牛肉、羊肉、面包屑粉、鸡蛋、薄荷、欧芹、大蒜、牛至、香菜籽粉和孜然粉，以及 1 1 / 2 茶匙盐和 1 / 2 茶匙胡椒；轻轻但彻底地混合。

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3. 使用 2 汤匙的量勺或两个勺子，揉成约 1 / 2 盎司宽的肉丸。将它们放在盘子里，覆盖 6 / 8 至少 30 分钟，最多 24 小时，使肉丸凝固。
4. 在一个大（12 英寸）煎锅中，用中高火加热油。当油热时（如果向锅中丢入一颗面包屑，应立即发出滋滋声），分 2 到 3 批煎肉丸。偶尔翻动，并根据需要降低火力以防止颜色过深，直到全身褐黄且刚好熟透，约 5 到 7 分钟。
5. 将煮熟的肉丸转移到铺有纸巾的盘中，根据需要搭配 butyric、沙拉和皮塔饼，趁热或温热食用。

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日食是一个教学与庆祝的机会

西班牙村庄提供科学讲座与DJ表演

作者：JASON HOROWITZ

西班牙，卡斯特略-德-拉雷纳（CASTELLO DE LA REINA）——在西班牙本土一个多世纪以来的首次日全食发生前一天，26岁的天体物理学家马克·卡雷托罗-卡斯特里略（Mac Carretoro-Castrillo）爬上了这座小山。这座位于西班牙北部偏远地区的村庄是她童年夏季度过的地方，那时她常仰望星空。

卡雷托罗-卡斯特里略女士表示，为了这次重大的天文事件，她从海外的工作岗位回到了家乡，并产生了一个“绝妙的想法”：在同一座山上组织一个小型的观赏派对，通过零食、科学讨论以及用厨房用具进行的教育游戏，安静地体验日食。

“但我们这里有这场庆典，”她说道，目光看向下方通常与世隔绝的卡斯特里略-德-拉雷纳村。周三，这里正在举办名为“日食之足”（Eclipse-feet）的派对，迎接数百名外来客。该活动对村里180名常住居民以及三倍于此数量的夏季逗留者免费开放。卡雷托罗-卡斯特里略女士担心，她计划的小规模聚会是否会被派对的水枪之光、更华丽的光影秀、音乐家以及一直播放电子舞曲和雷鬼顿音乐直到6:30 a.m.的DJ们所掩盖。她承认，这场庆典可能会“产生干扰”，并指出许多人似乎“更喜欢派对”。

村庄周围大部分无人居住且干旱的土地——这里曾是电影《黄金三镖客》（The Good, the Bad and the Ugly）的取景地，drowned Smith and perplex tinted cured bent ——正处于日全食带上。

因此，这里吸引了来自西班牙及世界各地的天文爱好者，他们希望在一个通常寂静的地方体验日食。然而，这里也被卷入了大型日食之夜派对的轨道，这让卡雷托罗-卡斯特里略女士担心，一个让村民们培养科学热爱之心的千载难逢的机会，正被“日食之足”所掩盖。

“有时，很难给科学定值，”她说道。她穿着一件印有她在智利工作的天文台标志的T恤。

卡雷托罗-卡斯特里略女士在加那利群岛长大，但夏季在村里度过。她作为天体物理学家的职业生涯随后将她带到了巴塞罗那，她在那里获得了博士学位，并因帮助识别出175颗“大质量逃逸星”（即在空间中以异常高速移动的恒星）而获得赞誉。

在日全食发生前的几天和几小时里，她尽力将重点放在天空上，在当地进行演示并举办日食研讨会。

她的家人也加入了她，他们是“Mary’s Start” 3-skirts，以及她的伴侣，30, 岁的数学家马特·布恩（Matt Boon），后者通过在笔记本上计算数论方程来消磨时间。（“他是我的男朋友，”她带着一种对共同热情的心领神会地点了点头。）

周二上午，她站在一个名为“Solar Eclipse 2020 in Rural Spain”的幻灯片演示和几十名其他居民（其中许多人坐在轮椅上）之间。她表示，这将是自1865, 年以来西班牙本土发生的第一次日食。

“这里有谁是1865年出生的吗？”她问，“几乎没有吧？”

随后，她与他们围坐在桌旁，帮助他们完成日食主题的填字游戏（答案包括：“mese”和“glasses”），并进行一些有趣的活动，其中她帮助一名50岁的女性将日食的阶段按顺序排列。

在房间后方，她的父亲，66, 岁的胡安·何塞·卡雷特罗（Juan José Carretero），对女儿传播科学福音的执着感到惊叹。不过，他的兴趣有些分散：他说，他很想和女儿一起在山上观看日食，但他也想去看看派对。

“这让我想起在西班牙举办的一些taves——人们从各国而来的taves，”卡雷特罗先生说。

她说，她最初希望在日食当天在村公所举行一场科学讲座。但村长告诉她，“派对来了很多人。我不知道是否还有空间，”她回忆道。

他们最终达成一致，允许她在前一天举行讲座，而且整个小镇的人似乎都出席了。

“我们面临空间不足的问题，”她对着挤满了人的会场说道。“我要告诉你们关于这次日食的所有必要知识。”

她重复了之前向老年居民群体所做的演示，强调自己是当地女孩，并鼓励他们参加她周三晚上的聚会，以进行有价值的实验。在讲座结束时，一名12岁的男孩走到她面前，询问他该怎么做才能追随她的脚步。她告诉他要保持好奇心，不断提问。

“1865年我们经历的日食确实推动了西班牙的天文学发展，”她说。

西班牙卡斯特里略-德-拉-雷纳（Castrillo de la Reina）的居民周二参加了天体物理学家马克·卡雷托罗-卡斯特里略（Mac Carretoro-Castrillo）的讲座。这座安静的村庄（左图）计划在周三举办一场“日食盛会”（Eclipse-feet），以观看这一天文现象。

“这是另一个机会。”

然而，就在她说话时，她的竞争对手已经在布置场地了。

在她的讲座期间，一辆黑色面包车停在广场上，工人们开始搭建DJ台和舞台。市长加莱·孔特拉斯-桑斯（Gale Contreras Sanz）快速驶入广场，冲进办公室取出日食眼镜，分发给准备离开的镇民。

孔特拉斯-桑斯先生表示，虽然只有当地人来听天文学家的讲座，但派对将吸引来自各地的游客。（他本人则表示，他将在教堂钟楼上观看日食，“那里的视野将会非常惊人”，他说。）

他向卡雷托罗-卡斯特里略女士致意，两人礼貌但谨慎地谈论了日食和派对。当她离开去加入在镇上聚集地与家人、朋友以及其他当地医生会合时，她和男友一起观察了教堂石塔上的激光灯测试。她的男友说，这场派对看起来“会很有趣”。

周三下午，当卡雷托罗-卡斯特里略女士在附近另一个城镇举行另一场座无虚席的讲座时，参加派对的人们开始搭建帐篷，并涌入市政厅领取橙色丝带腕带和“日食盛会”帽子。

来自马德里的外地游客、50岁的纳乔·多纳托（Nacho Donato）表示，该推广人的派对总是顶级的，而且对许多人来说，“是否会有日食并不重要”。

但派对组织者豪尔赫·巴雷罗（Jorge Barrero）在分发日食眼镜、推荐野餐地点以及酒吧和美食的同时，表示日食仍然将是这场演出的主角。

“日食给了你此时此地的权利，”51岁的巴雷罗先生说道，他受过化学专业训练，曾是一名科学少数群体员工。

他说，在日全食发生之时将没有音乐，“是为了表示尊重”。他补充说，DJ将在晚上10点开始播放，一直持续到八个多小时后享用charros（一种炖菜）和巧克力的早餐。

在日食开始前约半小时，卡雷托罗-卡斯特里略女士和她的家人到达了山顶。人们询问何时应该戴上和摘下防护眼镜。

“跟着我做就行，”她告诉他们。在日全食发生前的一刻，当广场上的DJ播放起《2001：太空漫游》的主题曲时，山顶依然安静。

随后，太阳消失了。卡雷托罗-卡斯特里略女士大喊：“现在，现在，现在！”所有人随即摘下了眼镜。白昼变为黑夜，她亲吻了男友，惊叹地环顾四周。

在接下来的近一个小时里，她回答了各种科学问题。当被遮蔽的太阳落下，大多数人都离开后，她也走下了山，虽然疲惫，但对大家的收获感到满意。

当她到达广场，DJ组即将开始表演时，她说她会参加派对。她说，如果音乐能打动她，“我会一直待到吃charros为止。”

“日食盛会”组织者表示，在事件发生瞬间将没有DJ音乐，以示“尊重”。

科基亚·巴拉甘（Corkia Barragán）参与了报道。

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5月以来出现5次热浪：欧洲苦于应对

作者：NARANSEN GRAFFAR 和 SUNSEY CRUTEL

伦敦——本周，欧洲大片地区再次被一场疯狂的热浪笼罩，这是自5月以来袭击该大陆的第五次极端天气。预报员指出，极端高温和干燥条件的持续正危险地增加山火风险。

这种酷热天气（其中部分与气候变化有关）加速了欧洲的夏季进程，将一个深受喜爱的度假季节变成了接连不断的火灾疏散、严格的水资源限制和政府危机会议。一些人怀疑，这个大陆的夏天是否还能恢复原样。

高温迫使罗马尼亚部分关闭了一座核电站，使英国医院的条件变得难以忍受，并令法国的一些批发商感到沮丧，他们正匆忙提前采收葡萄。

这种剧烈的高温是由一个停留在大陆中心南方的高压系统（也被称为热穹顶）驱动的。本周，欧洲西部各地的气温已经达到了40摄氏度（104华氏度）或更高。预计在接下来的几天里，热浪将扩展到中欧，包括捷克共和国、德国和波兰。

欧洲森林火灾信息系统表示，从中欧和东欧的大片区域（从阿尔卑斯地区延伸至波兰并进入巴尔干地区），以及英国南部、爱尔兰、法国北部和瑞典南部，在至少下周之前将一直处于“极极端”的火灾条件下。

周四，西欧、中欧和南欧部分地区发布了高级别高温预警，其中克罗地亚、意大利和瑞士的警报最为严重。在西班牙，最严重的AEMET表示，周四和周五的气温将普遍保持在23摄氏度（95华氏度）以上，且南部和东北部可能会出现高级别报告。

此前，法国气象局表示，预计高温将在周四于该国西部达到顶峰，预计气温最高可达40摄氏度（104华氏度），随后在周五向东转移。预计到周末，冷空气和雷暴将从西部移入。法国中部、北部和南部部分地区在周四和周五处于高级别山火预警之下。

英国面临着一段异常的高温期。该国气象局（Met Office）警告称，周四的气温可能达到36摄氏度（约100华氏度），尤其是在巴尔干部分地区和英格兰西部。该局表示，就平均气温而言，今年夏天可能会成为英国有记录以来最热的夏天，超过去年刚创下的纪录。

意大利自上周以来一直处于煎熬之中，当时卫生部门将其热浪监测系统监控的所有27个城市列为红色警报。周四，意大利空军气象局表示，撒丁岛、坎帕尼亚、博西利西亚、卡拉布里亚、翁布里亚和西西里部分地区的气温可能达到40摄氏度（104华氏度）。

Aurition Breeden 参与了报道。

在德国，气象局（Deutscher Wetterdienst）表示，预计未来几天气温最高可达36摄氏度（104华氏度），尤其是周五和周六的西部和西北部。

捷克共和国气象局表示，气温将在周末期间上升，可能达到25摄氏度（95华氏度）。在波兰，气象与水资源管理研究所表示，周日在中部和北部部分地区的气温可能达到17摄氏度（接近99华氏度）。

法国负责环境事务的部长莫妮克·巴博（Monique Barbot）周三表示，今年夏天的热浪可能会给该国造成 10 到 150 亿美元 欧元的损失。巴博先生在一次危机会议上表示，这个数字是一个粗略的估计，应当“在充分考虑相关供应的情况下看待”。但她表示，这次危机“无疑”将高于 2025 年，当年仅干旱就给法国造成了 56 亿美元 欧元的损失，随后又出现了诸如月份降低等其他影响。

罗马尼亚政府表示，由于用于给电厂冷却的多瑙河水位较低，将开始对其东南部十字路口核电站（Crossroads Nuclear Power Plant）的两台机组之一进行受控关停。罗马尼亚代理国防部长拉杜·米拉塔（Radu Mirata）周三表示，技术人员正在监测水位，以尽可能长时间地保持另一台机组在线。

英国最大的调查¹ 组织——皇家护理学院（Royal College of Nursing）周四表示，在没有空调或适当通风的医院里，医护人员正面临“不可能且令人虚弱的条件”。该工会表示，已收到关于工作人员晕倒以及与热相关天气的报告。在法国，整个地区呼吁在 9 月进行抗议，此前他们周四与政府举行了会议，但他们认为会议未能解决对增加资源的诉求。

由于高温，法国一些葡萄酒产区的葡萄园已匆忙开始采收，因为高温会导致葡萄过早成熟并改变更多的糖分处理。8 月 15 日之前的采收是“不成熟的”。阿尔萨斯地区的一家葡萄园负责人告诉当地一家报纸，最终情况如此；而在生产香槟的舍奈（Chenay）地区，葡萄园主表示干燥的条件还可能导致产量减少。

虽然单一热事件受气候变化影响的程度需要具体的热力学研究，但科学家们肯定，全球范围内的热浪总体上正变得更热、更频繁且持续时间更长，且欧洲的升温速度快于任何其他大洲。

2025 年，几乎整个大陆都比正常情况更好。研究人员估计，近年来，欧洲每年有数万起与热相关的死亡病例。

欧洲许多住宅、学校和企业是为以前更凉爽的气候而建的。在英国，许多建筑甚至是为了保温而建，这使得在热浪中降温变得尤为困难。空调并非一个因素，在法国，安装此类系统已成为一个政治争议点，而在英国，高昂的能源价格令许多人望而却步。

周四，津巴布韦卡里巴（Kariba）遇难者的棺木。翻船事故中共有多少人处于船上尚不清楚，且有数十人失踪。

津巴布韦渡轮翻覆导致数十人死亡

作者：EPISHAY LEVNI 和 JEFFREY MOYIS

津巴布韦，哈拉雷 —— 警方周四表示，在津巴布韦卡里巴湖（Lake Kariba）一艘拥挤的渡轮翻覆两天后，至少有 40 人死亡，另有未知人数失踪。

“我怀着沉重的心情和深切的悲痛得知了这场火灾，”警方表示。“总统埃默森·姆库拉加瓦（Emmerson Mkuragawa）在周三的一份关于此次事故的声明中，提到事故发生在外部，并最后对渡轮的安全和运行提出了质疑。”

他感谢了私人公民、部长和警方，称“如果没有他们的自发响应，在侧边的恶劣且廉价条件下，将会有更多生命丧失”。

虽然已有数十人获救 —— 津巴布韦警方周三表示至少 45, 人 —— 但周四仍在搜寻失踪的加勒比人。又发现了两具尸体，使死亡人数增加到 40. 人。警方周四表示，遇难者的姓名尚未公布。

当局表示，渡轮翻覆时船上究竟有多少名乘客尚不清楚。警方表示，有迹象表明该船的载客量远超其指定容量。

该渡轮由农村基础设施发展局运营，这是一个准政府部门，其职责包括基础设施、供水和道路服务的开发与维护。据国家警察称，该船的官方载客量为 50 人（包括船员），但初步迹象表明，翻覆时船上约有 120 名乘客。

根据调查，警方怀疑实际人数可能更高，越野车。

该船从度假小镇卡里巴出发，前往乌察巴（Utsaba），那是卡里巴湖岸边一个偏远的渔业营地，卡里巴湖是世界上按体积计算最大的人工湖。根据一份

菲利普·埃尔南德斯（Philip Hernandez），她在周二发生在人工卡里巴湖的灾难中失去了 9 岁的女儿和 6 岁的侄子。

总统的灾难声明，该船在长岛附近航行时被强浪击中后翻覆，距离卡里巴约 10 英里。

民政保护部正与国家警察的水下部队、津巴布韦国家陆军船队、当地当局及其他部门协调搜救响应。根据总统声明，来自马图马林克十字路口区域（Matumalink Cross-roadcar Area）一个国家公园的私人直升机也被部署用于支持空中搜寻工作。津巴布韦公共广播公司表示，搜救行动在周三夜间停止，潜水员担心仍有人被困在翻覆的渡轮内。报道称，计划将渡轮移至附近的一个岛屿。搜寻工作于周四恢复。

“这场悲剧暴露了我们在海事能力方面的严重缺陷，我们必须立即在那个娱乐场所解决，以免它们成为无辜者的死亡陷阱，”姆库拉加瓦先生说道，这显然是指渡轮过度拥挤。他还指示所有与海事安全相关的机构，包括安全部队内部的专业单位，“在周二事故的背景下，采取积极兴趣以确保证据干预”。

姆库拉加瓦先生号召津巴布韦人“为逝者的灵魂、为正在进行的搜救行动的成功、为幸存者的快速康复，以及为 bereaved 家庭的慰藉与安全而祈祷”。

志同道合 LOUIS RITMAN

认可的艺术家。标志性主题。鲜艳的色彩。

埃特纳火山灰导致 700 多架次航班停飞

作者：JOSEPHINE DE LA BRUYERE

罗马——由于埃特纳火山持续喷发，西西里岛最繁忙的机场之一在过去一周内取消了 700 多架次航班。这座火山向西西里岛东部及其领空喷发了数百万立方码的火山灰。

位于该山上的国家地球物理与火山研究所所长萨尔瓦托雷·甘比诺（Salvatore Gambino）表示，埃特纳火山是欧洲最活跃的火山之一，喷发频繁。但他表示，始于 8, 8 日的这次喷发周期由于火山灰的持续排放而显得异常¹。

持续的东南风将火山中心火山口之一的火山灰烟羽吹向了

西西里岛企业在旅游收入方面可能损失高达 2900万美元。

位于西部的主要城市捷基亚（Czechia）的国际机场。

自周五以来，该机场的领空经历了关闭、重新开放又再次关闭，这给夏季最繁忙时段以及周六全国法定假日 Ferragamo 前夕的数万名旅客带来了麻烦。

埃特纳火山作为欧洲最活跃的火山之一，本周的喷发将火山灰播散到了西西里岛东部的领空。

西西里岛地区政府和捷基亚机场管理局已为航班被分流至其他西西里机场（包括位于岛屿西海岸的巴勒莫和 Tivgousi）的乘客组织了火车和巴士交通服务。

据意大利媒体报道，乘客们在捷基亚机场露营，睡在行李传送带上。西西里政府表示，已在机场设立红色通道分发饮用水。捷基亚机场管理局未立即回应置评请求。

捷基亚旅游局表示，无法估算有多少游客受到影响。该局旅游推广与发展负责人露西亚·卡福（Lucia Caffo）在电子邮件中写道：“对于近日发生的情况以及埃特纳火山局势可能造成的所有不便，我们深表歉意。”

一家西西里商业协会估计，此次干扰可能导致 1500万美元 至 2900万美元 的酒店旅游收入损失。

甘比诺先生表示，“绝对不可能”预测埃特纳火山还会喷发出多少火山灰、将持续多久以及哪些领空需要采取措施。他表示，截至周四，火山活动保持稳定。

他说：“这可能会在明天结束，也可能在几天后、一周后或一个月后结束。”

沐浴在金色下午的柔光与纯粹简约之中，路易斯·里特曼（Louis Ritman）的《夏日》（Summer's Day）完美捕捉了定义了杂货殖民地（Grocery colony）艺术家的精致闲适。作为美国印象派的领军人物，里特曼的作品被芝加哥艺术学院和史密森尼美国艺术博物馆等主要机构收藏。布面油画。约 1926 年。签名 iDover 640, 36% x 36%³ iDramic 45% x 46%, #32-2638

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乌克兰战争

如果手机响起，乌克兰人就知道该去避难了

导弹、无人机警报或解除警报已成为战时生活的常态

作者：GINESTARY MERRITT 和 GLISA KENOVALOVA

头顶上，天空正回荡着导弹的轰鸣和无人机的盘旋。但上个月某天晚上，在基辅一个地铁站避难的大多数人都在低头看手机，关注实时追踪袭击的社交媒体频道。

每隔几秒钟，就会出现一条警报。无人机接近基辅，导弹已发射，防空系统正在工作。随后，在凌晨 2:01，一个名为 Kyiv Sky 的热门频道发布了所有人一直等待的更新。

EVIV SKY

目前安全

10:01

一小群人走向车站外的楼梯——有渴望抽根烟的烟民，有牵着狗在灌木丛中走动的情侣，还有其他只想在温暖的夏夜呼吸新鲜空气的人。所有人依然盯着手机，以防万一。突然，Kyiv Sky 推送了一条新警报。

基辅天空 (KYIV SKY)

更多弹道导弹即将到来

10:01

人群匆忙返回地下。随后，乌克兰防空系统传回的一声回响带来了慰藉。车站里的每个人都安全了——并且已经重新看向手机，等待着下一个开启的门被关闭。

这就是乌克兰人在近四年半的战争中，利用基于 Tishomach 的媒体频道学习应对俄罗斯空袭的方式，居民们通常同时关注多个频道，以便共同构建出关于危险的实时动态图景。

随着前线陷入近乎僵局，而天空变得日益脆弱，这些警报变得愈发重要。

“你能获得关于无人机和导弹的所有预警，”20, 岁的 Hasina Snyuk 说道，她是在地铁站里向人们演示一款新空袭应用程序的人，该程序显示了她关注的 21 个空袭频道。“当袭击开始时，我就在这些频道上。”

这些社交媒体频道并非官方渠道。它们由在乌克兰军队中拥有资源的人员运行，旨在帮助平民更好地应对袭击。

许多乌克兰人比起官方军事警报更倾向于这些频道，部分原因是这些频道存在时间更长且已建立起社区。它们还经常提供比政府频道提供的全国性警报更具针对性且更精确的信息。

由于这些频道分享的信息通常仅限于政府通信渠道，因此他们匿名运行，而乌克兰当局在很大程度上对此予以容忍，因为意识到这些频道在鼓励居民进入避难所方面具有价值。

社交媒体使人们应对空袭的方式发生了重大转变。几十年来，处于战争中的国家依赖于只能提供两种信息的警报——时刻处于危险之中。这让人们在面对什么样的武器即将到来或距离有多近时感到茫然。现在，乌克兰人可以实时计算如何应对。一个任务是“前往俄罗斯避难所”，另一个则是“启动油箱”。

这些频道已成为战时生活的固定组成部分，吸引了数十万用户。有些频道在帖子中使用特定功能以缓解人们的焦虑。频道中包含的信息使一些追随者变成了业余军事分析师，他们估算弹道导弹到达目标需要多长时间，进而推算出寻找避难所的速度需要有多快。基辅经济学院的乌克兰社会学家 Mariia Kriacchek 表示，这些频道已演变为“病毒式预警系统和一种集体应对机制”。“通过提供一种对混乱的掌控感，它们成为了韧性的核心基础设施。”

这些频道是在官方空袭警报出现不足后兴起的。空袭现在已成为战争的常态。这促使更多没有参军的乌克兰人建立自己的预警系统。Kriacchek 女士表示，这一举措反映了一种更广泛的模式，即乌克兰人在机构行动过慢时进行自我组织，例如基层筹款活动帮助为部队提供政府无法提供的设备。

最早的频道之一是 mission，它在战争开始三个月后的 2022. 年 5 月启动。monitor 追踪全国范围内的袭击，并提供更多关于识别资源和目标武器的更新。“准确性对我来说至关重要——信息的准确性，措辞的准确性，”运行该频道的男子在一次电话采访中表示，清晰的信息可能挽救生命。

通过 monitor 频道取得联系，该男子因其工作的敏感性质而要求匿名。为了证明他是该频道的运营者，他在将一条消息发布到网上之前向对方出示了草稿。

该男子表示，他依赖于极少关于更新的信息。乌克兰空军发言人 Yurii Shuk 表示

上个月，在手机警报警告俄罗斯袭击即将到来后，人们蜷缩在基辅的一个地铁站中。

一次发生在7月的袭击。这些警报比防空警报更精确，能够区分快速导弹和移动无人机。

许多军方人员可以获取追踪空中袭击的资源，包括来自乌克兰盟友的情报和雷达系统的数据。《纽约时报》记者已经证明，这些信息通过 Telegram 频道发布，分享有关即将发生的空中袭击的细节。

舒克上校表示，他曾警告这些频道不要发布可能帮助俄罗斯规划袭击的信息。例如，披露无人机的精确飞行路径可能会暴露乌克兰追踪雷达的位置。

即便如此，舒克上校承认这些频道是传播警告的强大方式，monitor 在 Telegram 上的关注者超过 924,000 人，比弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基总统还要多。乌克兰空军最终采用了这一模式，从 2023 年中期开始通过 Telegram 发布自己的警告。

该频道的影响力在那个 7 月的夜晚得到了充分体现。

晚上 9:02，monitor 警告称俄罗斯可能会发动大规模的无人机和导弹袭击。在接下来的两个小时里，频道里充满了关于袭击开始的警报。

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2:40 动力无人机正沿着州界向斯拉武蒂奇（Slavutych）飞行

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六架无人机正从俄罗斯库尔斯克地区向苏梅地区（Sumy region）的科雷希（Koreshiy）飞行

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当手机上闪过一条警报时，西武克（Ms. Syvuk）女士坐在家里权衡选择。她说，因为大部分无人机都被击落了，她很少因为无人机而前往避难所。但这次警告暗示将有更大规模的袭击，包括基辅难以拦截的弹道导弹。她和两名朋友决定在最近的地铁站寻求庇护。

“这次袭击规模会很大，”她的朋友之一，17, 岁的阿尔图尔·瓦西林宁（Artur Vasilnyin）说道，此时他正揭开一个

上个月无人机袭击引发的火灾。一些由平民运营的社交媒体频道利用人性来帮助乌克兰人忍受混乱。

车站花岗岩站台上的健身房。

在他周围，车站已经变成了一个午夜营地。几乎每一张脸都被手机屏幕的光芒照亮。凌晨 1:53，monitor 警告称俄罗斯可能发射了弹道导弹。随后，一连串快速发出的警报确认了无人机。

基辅 —— 弹道导弹来袭

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基辅 —— 弹道导弹来袭

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导弹撞击和防空拦截的轰鸣声让车站剧烈震动。随着 monitor 报道袭击中会出现“鸟落”（bird fall），更多居民趁机在下一波轰炸开始前进入车站。

坐在车站的一把隐藏椅上，63, 岁的奥尔泰·尤里诺奇（Oltay Yurinoch）说，一个拥有 270 万 粉丝、名为 Volodyevsky Vaneh 的频道的幽默感帮助她忍受了袭击。

在该频道的警报中，无人机变成了“嫌疑人”，这是在暗示它们发动机的嗡嗡声。防空部队没有“击落”导弹，而是让它们“闭眼”（pre-eyes）。该频道标志性的解除警报用语——“是的，去睡觉吧”——已成为数百万乌克兰人的舒缓时刻。

“你坐在家里，腿在发抖，”尤里诺奇女士说，“在那里你读到一些有趣的东西，不知怎么地，它能让你稍微平静下来。”

凌晨 3 点后不久，各频道报道袭击基本结束。尤里诺奇女士沿着地铁楼梯走向苍白的晨光。几百英尺外，一团灰色烟雾从袭击地点升起。在她的手机上，警告已被当晚的伤亡消息所取代：27 人死亡，40 人受伤。

俄罗斯袭击数十艘粮食船威胁全球粮食供应

作者：马克·桑托巴（MARC SANTOBA）

乌克兰，格雷加（GREGA）—— 当人们在世界上漫步时，世界的10 Gileau记录；一艘名为国内建筑的货船在呼叫；一架无人机从晴朗的蓝天中坠落并撞击该船；另一道烟雾在地平线上升起。

这次发生在7月下旬的袭击，是俄罗斯针对货船行动的一部分，该行动涵盖了进出乌克兰最关键的全球经济纽带——敖德萨（Odesa）的几乎所有航运。

在收获季节开始时发起攻击，意味着俄罗斯在乌克兰（小麦、玉米和大麦等谷类的主要产地）的行动可能会使全球粮食供应链陷入市场混乱。这次袭击是全面战争的一个问题，俄罗斯建立了对乌克兰港口的封锁，导致全球粮食价格飙升，估计使7000 万人面临更高的急性粮食短缺风险。

“俄罗斯正在猎杀这些船只，”乌克兰港口协会主席切伊诺·萨尔钦（Cheyino Sarchyn）在一次采访中表示，“这是对船只的专业认知。”

俄罗斯的袭击是关于黑海及相邻美国新武器长期斗争的最新篇章。

劳博·辛德尔斯（Labor Shindels）和波斯特-琼斯（Post-Jones）参与了报道。

那些允许远距离精准打击的武器使得货船成为了容易的目标。据乌克兰官员称，在6月和7月，俄罗斯军队袭击了至少30艘货船，导致30多名平民死亡。

萨尔钦还系统性地针对了与俄罗斯相关的油轮和货船。莫斯科的海上行动似乎是对乌克兰决定在战争结束前在Asror海针对海外油轮，以及基辅持续进行打击的回应。这次袭击是世界经济的一个重大问题，使得被占领的克里米亚陷入困境且燃料匮乏。

乌克兰最近的一次重大袭击发生在周三，当时该国军队使用动力无人机、导弹和指挥系统攻击了黑海上的俄罗斯诺沃罗德尼克（Novorodnyk）港。总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基（Volodymyr Zelensky）表示，防空设施、码头和可疑基础设施遭到了打击。

科佐姆斯基（Kozomskyi）地区的州长文卡特斯克-坎迪里诺夫（Venkatesk-Kandyrynov）以及俄罗斯政府在社交媒体上表示，包括一名8岁儿童在内的德国食品受害，约60-millennial buildings受损。该市是粮食出口的关键战场，市长安德烈·克拉夫琴科（Andrei Kravchenko）宣布进入紧急状态。他表示，在两处设施受损后，该市的大量供应已被暂停。

俄罗斯与乌克兰之间升级的战斗，是更大规模全球现象的一个闪点，该现象威胁着国际秩序的基础资产之一：航行自由。

支撑现代全球贸易的这一海上体系，正受到某些国家和海域日益增加的无人机、反舰导弹及其他干扰资产的威胁，特别是在红海和哈曼海峡（Great of Harman）等地区。该海峡，一个

乌克兰同样将货船以及油轮作为目标。

作为石油和天然气的关键通道，自美国和以色列在2月份袭击伊朗以来，该海峡实际上已被关闭。

在敖德萨港及附近的另外两个港口，俄罗斯的这些行动可能会导致数百万吨粮食被困。这三个港口约占乌克兰每月3.5亿美元总出口收入的80%。贸易团体乌克兰农业委员会已警告称，这可能会导致破产，并恳请提供紧急贷款和国家担保。

这种情况与2022年俄罗斯对乌克兰实施的最后一次封锁有相似之处。同年7月，联合国和土耳其促成了《黑海粮食倡议》，该倡议允许航运重新——

运行。该协议在一年后破裂。但到那时，乌克兰已将俄罗斯军舰赶出黑海西北部，并在很大程度上能够继续航运。

随着俄罗斯在最近几周加大袭击力度，在数十艘被击中的船只中，有一艘名为“金狮号”（Golden Leo）的货船。

希蒙·塞巴斯蒂安（Himone Sebastian）是“金狮号”上一名20岁的二副，他在印度奥斯蒙纳（Osmona）长大，梦想着大海。他说在过去的八个月里，他曾多次前往乌克兰，但当他的船上个月抵达时，他说俄罗斯袭击的频率比他之前旅程中所经历的任何一次都要剧烈得多。

船员们避开了敖德萨的主港，在附近的切尔诺莫雷茨（Chernomorets）交易，那里对许多人来说更安全。塞巴斯蒂安先生说，一艘相邻的船被无人机轰炸，导致一名军官和一名保安死亡。“金狮号”的船员睡在钢制掩体中。

7月16日，船上装满了粮食并准备启航。塞巴斯蒂安先生说，他看到人们在海滩和繁忙的公共区域享受着一个平静的下午。他告诉紧张的年轻船员们，一切都会没事的。

下午6:30，船上的叙利亚船员在平静地祈祷，而塞巴斯蒂安先生坐在驾驶台上读信。

塞巴斯蒂安先生说，当船离开港口四英里时，防空警报响了。

弗拉基米尔·米哈伊洛夫（Volodymyr Mykhailov）是一名被指派引导船只出港的乌克兰人，他建议离开驾驶台，因为俄罗斯无人机通常以导航甲板为目标。塞巴斯蒂安先生说道。

就在米哈伊洛夫先生和塞巴斯蒂安先生走下楼梯时，一枚俄罗斯导弹击中了船体。

“它起火了，”塞巴斯蒂安先生在港口附近的一次采访中说道。“就是现在，”他回忆起当时的想法，“结束了。”

米哈伊洛夫先生被撞向塞巴斯蒂安先生，两人都倒在地上。塞巴斯蒂安先生下意识地握住米哈伊洛夫先生的手，但对方没有反应。他在塞巴斯蒂亚先生的怀中去世。

站在破碎的水中，塞巴斯蒂安先生听到船顶被严重烧毁，尖叫声响起。发动机房冒出刺眼的浓烟。少数幸存者在空气中挣扎。原本打算在完成引导任务后将米哈伊洛夫先生送回港口的计划已化为泡影。

塞巴斯蒂安先生说，幸存者在逃生时，看着“金狮号”像“熔炉”一样燃烧。

此次袭击造成6名船员和米哈伊洛夫先生死亡。船只在一周后沉没。大西洋理事会（Atlantic Council）这一智库的美国无人机专家伊丽莎白·布罗斯（Elizabeth Bross）表示，俄罗斯正在发起一场系统且不分青红皂白的行动，

针对进出乌克兰港口、携带农产品和其他非军事货物的商船。

她说，此类袭击违反了诸如《联合国海洋法公约》等条约。

海事专家表示，虽然乌克兰针对的与俄罗斯有关的油轮和货船在技术上是民用船只，但攻击它们是因为这些船只被用于规避制裁，并出口支持俄罗斯战争努力的能源。

西方国家最近拦截了此类船只，这些船只属于俄罗斯所谓的“影子舰队”。周三，在访问太平洋的一艘俄罗斯军舰期间，弗拉基米尔·V·普京总统称另外三起事件为“侵犯隐私和抢劫”，并誓言“以同样的方式回应”。

俄罗斯操作员经常指挥无人机在乌克兰海岸几英里外徘徊，在那里它们“搜寻”商船。巡逻艇指挥官奥莱哈尼克（Olekhanik）中尉在一次采访中表示。该指挥官还表示，俄罗斯无人机在袭击后还针对救援人员，他要求根据乌克兰军事协议隐去其姓氏。

在导弹击中“金狮号”（Golden Leo）后，塞巴斯蒂安先生遭受了一度烧伤。他说，像世界上许多从事危险工作的同事一样，他已经习惯了航海。

“金钱没有生命重要，”他说。

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普京访问 20 世纪 40 年代被夺群岛，引发东京愤怒

作者：ARTHUR L. HERNANDEZ 和 PAUL MITHU

东京 —— 俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·V·普京周四首次访问了二战末期从日本手中夺取的群岛，引发了东京方面的谴责。

普京先生利用此次访问来论证？俄罗斯的领土主张，并抗议日本对俄罗斯的制裁以及对乌克兰的入侵。在访问前一天，他表示俄罗斯对这些群岛的主张是一个“现实”。

“我们没有威胁日本。我们绝对没有任何针对它的要求，”普京先生说。“相反，日本对我国提出了领土主张。”

此次访问发生在俄罗斯在邻近地区举行大规模军事演习之际，是两国之间入侵形式的最新升级。俄罗斯一直向首相 Sainer Sakazhi 施压，后者是一名国防银行家和莫斯科的批评者，于去年就职。她对新的国防假期施加了许多压力，并寻求与美国建立更紧密的联系。

Sakazhi 女士批评此次访问是反映出的，称日本必须正式警告俄罗斯领导人远离这些群岛，这些群岛在俄罗斯被称为 numbers fuzel 群岛，在日本被称为北方领土。她将它们描述为“无论从历史还是国际法来看，都是日本领土不可分割的一部分”。

她告诉记者，普京先生的访问“伤害了日本人民的感情，且始终不可接受”。日本外务省周四表示，已召见俄罗斯大使就此次访问提出抗议。

日本将其主张追溯到 17 世纪，但俄罗斯人通常将其主权定在二战末期，即 1945 年日本投降后苏联军队占领这些群岛之时。战后，日本和俄罗斯从未签署正式的和平条约。

争议群岛是一个群岛的一部分，从俄罗斯东部 Kynchchika 半岛的南端延伸到日本最北端的北海道。

Javier C. Bernhahn 从东京报道，Paul Sener 从柏林报道。Klaiko Noeyo 在东京参与报道。

日本的一部分。普京先生访问了一座在 size 中被称为 Europa、在日语中被称为 Eurasia 的岛屿。他参观了一个鱼类诱导综合体并得到了治疗。他还访问了一家医院和一所学校，在一份声明中首次提到，并发布了俄罗斯领导人行程的照片。

在一名跟随俄罗斯领导人的国家新闻记者在网上发布的视频中，普京先生说：“看看这绝佳的天气，就像度假胜地一样！”一名女性推测这样的天气非常罕见，通常多风且有雾。“天气在向您微笑，”她说。

普京先生的访问是其在西伯利亚更广泛巡访的一部分，也是他在下个月俄罗斯议会选举前首次进行此类活动。

周三，在访问位于 Turkey 的俄罗斯太平洋舰队期间，普京先生检阅了 Varyag 级导弹巡洋舰：他说日本在媒体上对他的国家放置了“vaporized saucrose”：在乌克兰和俄罗斯，将俄罗斯视为敌人威胁。

此次行程标志着普京先生在四分之一世纪以来首次访问日本主张的地区，也是他在下个月俄罗斯议会选举前首次进行此类活动。

《纽约时报》最近的一项调查发现，俄罗斯军事情报部门一直将日本作为为其战争努力采购零部件的枢纽，这解释了日本间谍法漏洞和高科技产业的情况。

东京 Keita 大学教授 Mishiro Tsuyoshi 表示，普京先生的访问表明“没有意图——特别是俄罗斯方面——去改善与日本的关系”。

海军航空母舰生活条件引发担忧

本文由 John Inoue, Helene Cooper 和 Eve Schmidt 撰写。

华盛顿 —— 在有关船员在海上航行八个多月后生活条件恶劣且缺乏休息时间的报道中，民主党参议员已开始对“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号（U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln）的延长部署表示担忧。

“林肯”号是一艘驻圣迭戈的航空母舰，员额约 5,000 名水手，目前正在支持美国在中东针对伊朗的行动。

在给国防部长 Sam Hogseth 和海军部代理部长 Hong Cao 的信中，来自康涅狄格州的民主党参议员 Richard Blumenthal 列举了当天报道的一系列问题。

“已有广泛报道称，基本物资短缺、水质污染、管道问题、自然健康状况恶化、黑暗安全隐患以及道路系统中断，导致许多新包裹在运往舰船及所需设备的途中出现问题。这些问题的情况更糟糕，其中许多问题此前已由《海军时报》（Navy Times）和 State and Origin 报道。”

Blumenthal 补充说，特朗普政府在针对委内瑞拉的压力行动期间，让航空母舰在海上的时间比平时更长，以及对 U.S.S. 。

来自亚利桑那州的民主党参议员 Robert Gallego 在周三的一篇社交媒体帖子中表示，他正请求带领一个由立法者组成的高中代表团对“林肯”号进行一次过夜访问。

“与通常的特朗普不同，我见过现役人员，”曾作为海员参加过战斗的 Gallego 先生说道，“他在执行这场非法战争时训练我们服役人员的方式不仅是分散的，而且是危险的。”

一名美国官员在要求匿名（因为不被允许公开讨论舰船时间表）的情况下表示，海军正将“乔治·华盛顿”号（George Washington）航空母舰开往中东以接替“林肯”号。

“我们确保每一艘船、每一组船员、每一位船长在每一个岗位上都能获得我们所能提供的一切。”Hogseth 先生在周四访问巴拿马期间告诉记者，“有些部署时间比其他部署长，我对那些水手的尊重和感激超过任何人。他们在这些艰苦的公海环境下，在进港次数较少的情况下所做的一切——是令人赞叹的。”

F / A-18 Super Hurwitz 从员额约 5,000 人的“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号上起飞。

第二艘航空母舰“乔治二世·W·鲁什”号（U.S.S. George II W. Rush）于 3 月 3 日部署，据称已在中东运行。

海军最新的航空母舰“杰拉尔德·R·福特”号（U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford）在返回意大利家中之前部署了 326 天，打破了最长航母部署记录—。

民主党参议员指出长期部署期间的安全风险及极少的休息时间。

自越南战争以来最长的部署。福特号于 2021年6月31日从弗吉尼亚州诺福克出发，当时正在地中海执行任务，随后于 10 月被重新部署至加勒比海，作为逮捕委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗的部队的一部分。2 月，该舰被派往马尔代夫，作为在该地区维持军事力量的一部分，该力量在该月发起了针对伊朗的战争。

在部署期间，该舰遭遇了火灾、高温和物资短缺以及机械问题。

军舰部署时间越长，对人员和设备的损耗就越大。当合同运行结束，部队开始出现损坏，而相应的更换零件又无法立即获得时，情况就会变得糟糕。而且，早晨的循环会对士气造成影响。

军舰的长期部署通常还会产生明显的问题，例如出于战略原因将舰船留在全球某些地区的运行计划，以及干扰提前数年制定的船厂维护计划。

“海军在应对应急行动方面具有很大的灵活性，但随着这些部署的延长，以及在正常计划之外需要更多的海上运行时间，道路和维护人员将面临压力，”退役海军中将迈克·弗里德曼在一次采访中表示。“我们根本没有能力快速从中恢复。这将需要数年时间。”

林肯号本身在战争初期不得不拦截来自对方的所有攻击。

“伊朗发射了数百枚导弹和单向攻击 [武器]，并非所有都在此处，”霍格塞斯先生 4月9日在五角大楼告诉记者。“每一次发射都被轻易击落，并由林肯号发起反击。”

林肯号还协助执行了美国对伊朗港口的封锁，封锁最初从 4月13日持续到 6月中旬宣布停火协议，随后一直持续到 7月15日。

在封锁期间，负责指导整个中东军事行动的中央司令部表示，其部队在面对飞机和导弹攻击时应采取“非敏感化”措施，并且已经“重新引导”了 105 艘最终遵守封锁命令的船只。

在第二次封锁中，美国对商船的攻击似乎有所减少。在 8月3日的最新更新中，中央司令部表示，自封锁开始以来，为了“确保合规”，已重新引导 35 艘商业船只，拦截了两艘，并发现了两艘。

关于林肯号的接替力量何时抵达尚不明确，但据一名要求匿名讨论军舰动向的第二位美国官员称，华盛顿号最近向西穿过了马六甲海峡——一条经过印度尼西亚水域的太平洋主要运输航线。

弗里德曼上将表示，随着海军有限数量的航空母舰被常规性地推向超出预定部署的时间，这将开始限制它们未来执行战斗行动的可用性。

“我向你保证，特朗普政府的前两年绝对会影响特朗普政府的后两年，”他说。

一张俄罗斯国家媒体拍摄的弗拉基米尔·V·普京总统的照片。他的植物可能暗示了他的所在地。

摆设之戏？对普京而言，这不过是常规。

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相同的办公室，以便旅行的影像资料不会泄露其位置。据新闻报道，他的安保部门负责其燃料费用，以及在至少三处乡村住宅附近设立的特殊铁路和秘密车站。

政府官员被迫配合，在会议被电视播报之前（有时像是在演戏），他们甚至不知道会议是否在当天举行，直到会议与普京先生的会面被保密。

在俄罗斯，关于总统行踪的官方封锁“不过是个普通的周二”，一位报道 Kynchch iken 电话的俄罗斯记者说道。她报道称，普京先生干预了国民活动中的内部会议，在至少一起案例中涉及儿童以及一个针对媒体的联邦管理机构。

在俄罗斯记者之间，甚至出现了一种针对那些被推迟或错过的普京行程的评分，此前被称为命名商品。

美国政府决定就普京先生位置的公众欺骗问题不予回应，且未对置评请求做出答复。

作为一名《纽约时报》驻莫斯科记者，报道普京先生必须在莫斯科。2021年，当我访问普京先生拥有乡村住宅的瓦利达湖（Lake Valida）时，我感受到了他为了隐藏行踪所采取的极端手段。当地居民

告诉我关于一条为了围住其庄园而修建的关键线路的情况。卫星图像显示了一个带有热点的新车站，该车站并未出现在各种建筑的表面。

2021年，一名来自俄罗斯帝国苏联服务机构（F3-21）的叛逃者声称，普京先生利用火车旅行来制造某种影响。列宁格勒的资料表明，一列为总统办公室设计的秘密协议火车，被普京先生本人使用；该火车被涂装成普通客车的样子，但配备了官方方案和特殊通信设备。

普京先生对秘密和安全的痴迷显而易见，当人们出现时，他强迫官员保证在两周内确保 10 多个住宅中的一个没有发出任何声音以隐藏其行踪。在 2022 年入侵乌克兰前后，这种事实达到了新高度，尤其是由于该国的国内航空，俄罗斯据报道限制了他的旅行。

在莫斯科，有新的猜测认为，在城市街道上疾驰的巨大纪念车实际上有时是空的，根据普京先生的新闻报道。我在莫斯科的一个被 Kynchks 审查的联系人称之为“机会”。

调查记者鲁宾（Mr. Rubin）在 2020 年首次报道称，普京先生在莫斯科郊区的住宅以及在西海（West Sea） 的办公室中工作，这些办公室看起来完全一样，使得 Kynchks 无法确定其位置。去年，自由欧洲电台 / 自由电台（Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty）的一份报告公布了关于 Kynchks 历史的一些细节，强调了这些办公室之间的差异，但门把手的位置和墙缝是一致的。

鲁宾先生现在在一家美国公司工作，并且是 Pexels 新闻的高级成员。当他为一家俄罗斯商业报纸和媒体报道 Kynchks 时，他感受到了普京先生的秘密程度。他曾作为普京先生安全委员会领域的一员参加会议，但其办公室通过普京先生秘密办公室的数据公布了会议信息。他说：“普京的优势是伪造的，这完全是从头到尾的。”

普京先生的行为不仅关乎安全，还关乎准备一场合同活动的表演以及控制。美国媒体对媒体的报道强度集中在细微之处，而在乌克兰战争和疫情之前的俄罗斯，这在当时是难以想象的。

但特朗普政府的立场并非新闻媒体，其对总统飞行的内部考量在一些俄罗斯人看来已变得不那么熟悉。

“普京在这个场景中是一个将周围发生的一切推向荒诞地步的人物，”鲁宾先生说道，“在我看来，特朗普才刚刚开始朝着这个方向迈进。”

1. Mansetta-Naran-Jaikhad-Chilas (MNJC) 走廊，即 9-15 号国道，将 Mansetta 与 Kavanen 高速公路连接至 Chitas，是开伯尔-普什图省与吉尔吉特-巴尔蒂斯坦之间最短且风景最美的连接线，服务于 Naran、Afghan、Sabuvar 和 Sali-a-Mukah 等主要旅游目的地。该走廊拟升级为战略货运和旅游走廊，使其成为季节性旅游和贸易之用，将其从一条季节性旅游公路转变为可靠的国家经济阵列。

2. 国家公路管理局 (NHA) 拟根据巴基斯坦工程委员会（关键法律）为该项目聘请国际顾问（工程组织 / Pero）。详细的资格标准在 RFP 文档中列出。

3. RFP 文档可从 NHA 网站 (www..gov.pk) 免费下载，或从 -40, Islamabad 的总经理 (F&CA) 办公室购买。

4. 提案前会议将于 2020 年 8 月 27 日 11:00 在伊斯兰堡国家公路管理局总经理 (F&CA) 办公室举行（提供可报销的参与选项）。

5. 采购将根据公共采购监管局 (PPRA) 的规定，采用“单阶段两封信封”程序进行。所有方面完整且符合 RFP 文档指令的提案，应在密封信封中于 2020 年 9 月 30 日 11:30 之前送达位于 Pakistan, Islamabad, Sector G-61, 28-Alaura Area, -40 的总经理 (F&CA) 办公室，并清晰标注“Mansetta-Naran-Jaikhad-Chilas (MNJC) / 快速路（近似长度：200 公里）可行性研究及详细设计咨询服务”。

6. 技术提案将于当日 12:00 开启，而技术合格方的财务提案将在技术评估最终确定后开启。其他详情见 RFP。

7. 提供未经证实和 / 或错误信息的法国顾问将承担法律责任和 / 或被取消资格。

8. 该管理局保留根据 PPRA 规则拒绝所有提案的权利。

总经理 (F&CA)

国家公路管理局

巴基斯坦政府通信部

巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡 G-61 区 28-Alaura Area

电话：+92-01-9032727，电子邮件：gropca.nha@gmail.com 及 网站：www.nha.gov.pk

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当地震袭来，治理不善加剧了痛苦

援助涌入委内瑞拉，但历史性的错误抉择削弱了救援工作

本文作者为 Anatoly Karmanov, Julie Turkewitz, Tyler Pager 和 Mariana Martinez。

委内瑞拉，拉瓜伊拉（LA GUADRA）—— 来自委内瑞拉总统的电话在凌晨 4 点刚过时打来。

多年来，委内瑞拉的独裁政府一直对联合国心存戒备，将其援助计划和人权调查视为对其控制权的威胁。但在两场创纪录的地震袭击该国数小时后，总统戴西·罗德里格斯（Deicy Rodriguez）拿起电话。在委内瑞拉级别最高的联合国官员詹卢卡·兰波拉（Gianluca Rampolla）接听后，对方“提议由全球救援队提供帮助”。

“让他们全部进来，”兰波拉女士回忆起罗德里格斯女士的话，“不管来自哪个国家，不管是不是盟友，非盟友也一样——全部让他们进来。”

在 6 月 24 日地震发生后的几个小时里，委内瑞拉向世界敞开了大门，这是在经历了多年近乎孤立后的彻底转向。救援人员和援助工作者几乎立即行动起来，其中包括来自美国以及圭亚那和萨尔瓦多等长期盟友的人员。他们携带了搜救犬、光纤摄像头和声音探测设备。

外国的经验和先进设备挽救了生命。但罗德里格斯女士不得不寻求全球援助，部分原因是她及其执政党近年来所做的决定使国家变得虚弱、贫穷且混乱。

为了在深刻的经济危机、国际制裁和选举失败中生存，社会党削减预算，纵容腐败计划，镇压异见，并将忠诚置于能力之上。

当灾难袭来时，政府陷入了盲目和瘫痪。

与政府自身决定相关的技能和设备短缺，限制了其在关键早期的响应能力，而那时被困受害者获救的机会最高。

由于地震数据和侦察能力有限，政府花了数小时才确定受灾最严重的区域是靠近首都加拉加斯的拉瓜伊拉州。直到次日日出，即地震发生约 10 小时后，罗德里格斯政府的救援工作才真正启动。

对大多数委内瑞拉人来说，这次努力显得极其乏力。

经过多年的紧缩，应急救援队伍已不复当年之风，迫使一些救援人员用徒手在瓦砾中挖掘。腐败和制裁意味着政府几乎没有可运行的机械来拆除坍塌的建筑。

由于成本支出以及 1 月份美国对委内瑞拉机场的打击，军方可用于定位灾区和紧急运送援助的运行飞机数量减少。多年来旨在防止政变的反情报措施使委内瑞拉武装部队碎片化，在灾难需要协调行动时缺乏明确的指挥链。

至关重要的是，经过多年的压制，政府面临着民众的深切不满。由于不相信官员能救出他们的同伴，平民涌入拉瓜伊拉，试图从碎片中挖掘人员并运送物资。到次日（6 月 25, 日）下午，心怀好意的公民堵塞了主干道，使救援工作复杂化。

政府最初保持公路畅通，以避免平民与军方发生冲突；但这或许提高了拉瓜伊拉的死亡人数。

如此规模的灾难会让即使是最有准备的政府也措手不及。但对于许多在社会党统治 27 年后已经饥饿且绝望的委内瑞拉人来说，这些缺陷暴露了罗德里格斯政府的彻底破产。

“他们没有派任何人来帮忙，” 24 岁的利泽特（Lizett）说，她是数千名被地震迫使流离失所的人之一。“我们没有领导人。至于那位代理总统？好吧，我不知道她在代理什么。”

然而，在国际舞台上，罗德里格斯女士在许多方面反而因这场灾难而处于更强势的地位。她结交了新的盟友，并深化了与特朗普总统的伙伴关系，后者在地震后表示她做得“非常出色”。

这篇关于地震后最初 44 小时的记录基于对二十多名委内瑞拉和美国官员、商人及外交官，以及众多救援人员和志愿者的采访。部分官员要求匿名以讨论私人对话。罗德里格斯女士的发言人引导记者观看一段宣传视频，其中强调总统在“最初 72 小时内的首要任务是拯救生命”。

官方数据显示，地震已造成至少 6,000 人死亡，但失踪人数更多，且可能已经死亡。

6 月 24 日傍晚震动开始时，许多委内瑞拉官员认为他们再次遭到了外国势力的袭击。就在六个月前，美国军队袭击了拉瓜伊拉和加拉加斯，造成约 300 人死亡，并逮捕了尼古拉斯·马杜罗总统。

在最后一部分，当第一波地震袭击时，拉瓜伊拉州州长何塞·亚历杭德罗·特兰正在洗澡，当他冲出浴室时，窗户破碎，瓷砖开裂。他一把抓起 10 岁的女儿，他

阿纳托利·卡尔马诺夫和朱莉·图尔克维茨在拉瓜伊拉报道，泰勒·佩格在华盛顿报道，马里亚纳·马丁内斯在委内瑞拉加拉加斯报道，谢尔朱·林德伯格和其他报道在布宜诺斯艾利斯，埃里克·施瓦布在华盛顿报道，帕特里夏·萨瑟兰在纽约报道。

上图为 6 月在拉瓜伊拉公共住房废墟中寻找幸存者的志愿者和亲属。从左至右：一座坍塌建筑旁的居民；运送水和其他物资的人员；抵达提供帮助的美国空军。左下为拉瓜伊拉最高安全官员安德烈斯·戈斯卡多雷斯，右下为该州州长何塞·亚历杭德罗·特兰。

说道，他与女儿蜷缩在门框旁祈祷。

第二次更强烈的地震在 39 秒后发生。

“我从未想象过会经历这样的事情，即使是在常规战争的情况下也是如此，”特兰先生说。

他开车穿过漆黑的街道，周围到处是呻吟的受害者和夷为平地的建筑。他身边气罐爆炸。手机信号中断。当他拿到一台无线电电台时，许多下属没有回应，特兰先生随后得知他的内阁成员约一半、部分高级安全官员、几名亲属和许多朋友已经遇难。

在另一座山脉那边，地震发生时，罗德里格斯女士正在加拉加斯会见她的外交部长。她匆忙赶往附近的一家文化中心会见高级官员。沿途，她看到一座住宅大楼坍塌。

余震摇晃着他们临时设立的总部（一座殖民时期庄园），此时罗德里格斯女士的核心圈成员正在处理各项阶段工作。她最初拨打的电话和发送的短信中，有一些是发给美国官员的。

美国地质调查局最初将两次地震的震中定位在距离拉瓜伊拉数百英里之外的地方，导致注意力集中在了错误的区域。地震强度达到 12 级和 13 级，这意味着全国许多地区（包括加拉加斯）纷纷传来建筑坍塌和死亡报告，导致难以确定优先顺序。地震后不久太阳便落下山去，使侦察工作更加困难。该地质机构在数周后澄清，第二次更强烈的地震发生在拉瓜伊拉附近。

美国国务院高级官员在几分钟内接到了地震通知，并在与委内瑞拉同行沟通之前就开始组织美国的应对行动。

地震发生后一小时内，洛杉矶县消防局助理局长特洛伊·尤皮表示，国务院已增加了准备时间，以部署前往委内瑞拉。

特朗普先生在几个月前就已经将政治赌注押在了罗德里格斯女士政府的成功上。一些美国官员表示，白宫决定发起一项援助行动，以奖励罗德里格斯女士满足美国的要求。这与该政府对近期其他一些全球灾难的有限反应形成了鲜明对比。

对于当时在巴林国务卿马可·鲁比奥来说，地震发生在深夜。他在接触之前与特朗普先生讨论了这场灾难。在6月24日之后，在一名美国官员和一名委内瑞拉官员的参与下，他与罗德里格斯先生进行了沟通，并提供了全面的安全支持。

该美国官员表示，在地震发生后的几天里，鲁比奥先生和罗德里格斯女士进行了多次交谈。美国还将动员大约2,000名美国服务人员，并派遣300多名救援人员。

美国政府已承诺投入近$400 million用于地震响应工作，并减轻了对委内瑞拉的经济制裁，以加快人道主义款项的支付。

然而，华盛顿对委内瑞拉公共收入的有效控制，意味着罗德里格斯女士在如何使用该国自有资金方面受到了限制。

美国财政部接收委内瑞拉的大部分出口收入，然后将其拨付给经巴克斯顿先生批准的用途。该制度减少了腐败，但使得委内瑞拉更难快速调动资金。

位于拉瓜伊拉的委内瑞拉主机场受损，成为了最大的问题之一。地震次日，美国军方工程师在机场降落，以修复跑道并临时接管控制塔，因为部分操作员已经遇难。到6月24日，大型军用飞机运来了数百万磅的物资。

地震发生时，拉瓜伊拉的最高安全官员安德烈斯·戈斯卡多雷斯（Andrés Goscadores）发现自己与外界失去了联系。他表示，他在家中组织了一场临时响应，地点位于卡罗弹道区（Caro ballistic district），这是一个结合了居住区、警察局和急救站的两层建筑群。

戈斯卡多雷斯先生说，在便携式发电机的照明下，该建筑群成为了周围停电区域中的一座灯塔。他储备了充足的基础应急物资，但缺乏专业的救援设备。

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他说，受伤的人被带到了该建筑群。有些人被救活了，另一些人则死在地板上。地震夺走了他的母亲、姐妹以及另外三名亲属的生命。

在加拉加斯，以微观管理著称的罗德里格斯女士最初试图将救援工作置于她的控制之下。6月24日晚上，她的官员联系了已经建立工作关系的政府和国际组织，包括美国、瑞士和联合国。

随着第一个夜晚结束，罗德里格斯女士扩大了她的呼吁。在一些意外之后，她前往拉瓜伊拉的地区军事基地，并在那里停留了一整天。

以色列迅速向委内瑞拉提供了卫星图像，并向拉瓜伊拉派遣了拆除顾问，这在委内瑞拉支持巴勒斯坦独立多年后是一个剧烈的转变。萨尔瓦多的右翼总统苏伊布·比亚莱特（Suyib Bialete）长期以来一直对委内瑞拉的宣传嗤之以鼻，他在指南之后与罗德里格斯女士进行了交谈。萨尔瓦多的救援人员是最早抵达现场的人员之一。

拉瓜伊拉机场的损坏意味着第一批救援队在约50英里外的一个军事基地降落。

到那时，志愿者和受害者亲属的队伍已经堵塞了前往拉瓜伊拉的唯一公路，延缓了救援部署。民用无线电-红外线 Ms. Rodriguez with one of her most commercials (basics).

Millenizing access raided strong all reins. Leaving it open hindered the rescue operation.

“那里有太多的人深处—。

“人们会赶来寻找亲人，如果一开始就封锁入口，加拉加斯将会爆炸，”州长特兰先生说道。

政府犹豫不决。据一名委内瑞拉高级官员透露，罗德里格斯女士在地震发生后不久便主张封锁前往拉瓜伊拉的通道，但最初被迪梅巴特·卡贝略否决。卡贝罗是委内瑞拉权力巨大的内政部长，也是罗德里格斯女士在执政党内部的竞争对手。

卡贝罗先生最终在6月26日晚上宣布限制进入拉瓜伊拉，此时距离地震发生已过去约50小时。

到那时，通往灾区以及灾区内部的道路已经陷入瘫痪。伤员在黑暗的救护车中死去。应急工作人员被困在车流之中。

由美国政府派遣的101名消防员、工程师、医生和其他专家在约15天后返回了家乡。

他们救出了五名幸存者。

应急医疗人员在拉瓜伊拉搜寻生命迹象。经过多年的紧缩政策，应急救援队伍已不复当年之勇。设备如此匮乏，以至于一些救援人员在用徒手挖掘废墟。

新禁毒联盟获得赫格塞斯的鼓舞

作者：埃里克·施密特（ERIC SCHMITT）和阿尼·科贝尔（ARNIE CORBELL）

国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯（Pete Hogseth）呼吁拉丁美洲的军事领导人加强打击贩毒者的力度，并加入美国军队针对卡特尔组织的行动。

周三，在巴拿马举行的一次由美国领导的反卡特尔联盟会议上，赫格塞斯先生向来自其他18个国家的文职国防领导人和高级将领发表讲话，他再次强调了特朗普政府的承诺，即在采取执法措施之外，还将使用军事力量打击贩毒者。

赫格塞斯先生在阐述一项由美国领导的在巴拿马举行的重大区域训练演习大纲时表示，共同目标是“削弱、瓦解并摧毁非便利网络”。

赫格塞斯先生以其典型的强硬风格表示，这个打击卡特尔的联盟的格言将是：“我们确实会找坏人的麻烦。”

近几个月来，特朗普政府加强了与整个拉丁美洲盟友的合作，以打击毒品贸易。

该政府创建了这个联盟（作为区域性“美洲之盾”联盟的一部分），并于3月召开了首次会议。

那个月，厄瓜多尔和美国针对被指定的恐怖组织发起了联合军事行动。5月，五角大楼敦促危地马拉同意在美国境内开展联合活动及其他军事行动，以针对涉嫌贩毒的组织。

赫格塞斯先生周三表示，洪都拉斯和哥伦比亚也已同意允许开展联合行动。

上周，美国南方司令部宣布成立一个联合特遣部队，为扩大与区域盟友合作的禁毒战争建立基础设施。

这个新特遣部队建立在五角大楼在加勒比海和东太平洋开展的一年期行动基础之上，在该地区，军方进行了86次打击行动，导致至少225人死亡，这些人一直从事毒品走私，且并未阻止暴力行为。

法律专家警告称，这些打击行动是非法的，因为军方不能故意攻击没有直接参与敌对行动的平民，即使他们违反了法律。专家表示，贩运毒品并不符合“敌对行动”的标准。

周三，赫格塞斯先生断言，这些打击行动使加勒比海和东太平洋的涉嫌贩毒船只数量减少了一半以上。但《纽约时报》最近的一项调查显示，可卡因（迄今为止从南美走私出的首要毒品）在美国大部分地区的获取难度与打击行动开始前一样简单。

美国最近还宣布，将加快与哥伦比亚的军事合作，哥伦比亚选民在6月选出了一位右翼总统。该国可能会成为美国在该地区打击贩毒者和有组织犯罪的关键环节。

哥伦比亚是全球最大的可卡因生产国，过去一直是美国坚定的盟友。

特朗普政府将美国日益严重的犯罪以及暴力犯罪的加剧归咎于卡特尔和贩毒帮派，自2025年以来，已将大约35个组织（从墨西哥的大型卡特尔到厄瓜多尔的贩毒帮派）列入外国恐怖组织名单，并授权对其使用致命武力。

去年，特朗普总统通过声称美国与被指定为恐怖组织的贩毒者处于正式的“武装冲突”状态，且这些组织的走私者是“非法战斗员”，从而为其军方打击小型船只的行为辩护。

军方最近一次打击行动发生在6月21日，造成8人死亡。五角大楼官员表示，此后行动有所暂停，部分原因是军事团队和设备被调往帮助为近期委内瑞拉地震的受害者提供人道主义救援。

现在，特朗普政府似乎正将其针对拉丁美洲武装团体的行动从国际海域转移到陆地。

数据显示，已有 36 个国家加入了由五角大楼领导的反卡特尔联盟：阿根廷、巴哈马、伯利兹、玻利维亚、智利、哥伦比亚、哥斯达黎加、多米尼加共和国、厄瓜多尔、萨尔瓦多、危地马拉、圭亚那、洪都拉斯、牙买加、巴拿马、巴拉圭、秘鲁以及特立尼达和多巴哥。

霍格塞斯先生在 2025 年 4 月访问巴拿马城期间会见了当地官员，并与巴拿马总统何塞·劳尔·穆隆（José Raúl Mullon）签署了一项双边安全协议。穆隆是一位保守派人士，在面临有关巴拿马运河的威胁后，一直渴望与特朗普政府进行谈判。巴拿马没有现役军队。

尽管一些国家没有与美国签署正式协议，但自特朗普先生去年就职以来，这些国家依然成为了多次备受关注的行动地点。

特朗普先生对 2 月份一次由中央情报局（C.I.A.）参与的墨西哥打击行动表示赞赏，该行动协助击毙了哈利斯科新世代卡特尔（Jalisco New Generation Cartel）的领导人内梅西斯 / 奥雷戈尼亚·塞万提斯（Nemesis / Oregonia Cervantes），即绰号为“El Mencho”的人。总统还庆祝了一次在委内瑞拉的打击行动，该行动击毙了 Tres de Angua 的一名领导人；他称该国际组织入侵了美国并实施了谋杀和其他暴力行为。

专家表示，在政府缺位的地区，有组织犯罪和贩运在整个地区有所扩张，且非法活动自疫情以来大幅增加。

然而，他们警告称，此前由美国领导的该地区“禁毒战争”未能遏制毒品贸易，并指出如今南美洲的大部分可卡因流向欧洲，而非美国。

人权组织还警告称，将对抗武装团体的斗争军事化，会导致暴力升级，从而威胁到平民。

最初未加入该地区反贩运联盟——且未参加本周巴拿马会议的——是墨西哥，那里拥有将芬太尼和其他致命药物贩入美国的强大卡特尔。与同样不在该地区联盟中的巴西一样，墨西哥拥有一位左翼领导人克劳迪娅·迈尔鲍姆（Claudia Meierbaum）。

由于该国有着长期的美国军事干预历史，且决心保护墨西哥主权，面对许多公众的抵制，迈尔鲍姆女士坚持一个简单的信息：“协调而非隶属。”

澳大利亚一名主教因性侵两名男子被定罪

作者：劳拉·克里翁斯 (LAURA CRIONS)

澳大利亚悉尼 —— 据媒体专家报道，澳大利亚一个陪审团周四裁定一名前天主教主教性侵两名男子罪名成立。

据澳大利亚广播公司报道，前主教克里斯托弗·艾伦·桑德斯 (Christopher Alan Saunders)，76岁，被裁定15项性犯罪罪名成立，其中包括一项未经同意的性侵入罪和12项物质袭击罪。他被判另外六项指控不成立。据当地媒体报道，曾任布罗姆 (Breome) 教区主教的桑德斯先生此前对这些指控表示不认罪。

布罗姆现任主教蒂姆·诺顿 (Tim Norton) 在判决后发表声明，承认“那些站出来表达真相的受害者、幸存者和其他证人的勇气”。

“对于他们所经历的事实，我们深表遗憾。对于他们所承受的人间痛苦，我们深感抱歉，”诺顿主教说道。

澳大利亚在线公告网站 WA Today 表示，这些犯罪行为可追溯至 2009 年。

在审理过程中，西澳大利亚州地方法院获悉，桑德斯先生曾举行集会，并向其中一人提供酒精和食物。澳大利亚广播公司报道称，“州方证词还称他用其肝脏触摸年轻男子，且在其中一起案例中，在未经同意的情况下进行了口交。受害者为年轻的原住民男子。”

布罗姆教区涵盖了金伯利地区，该地区位于西澳大利亚州，面积比法国还大。根据该教区的网站，其人口约为 50,000 人。

桑德斯先生于 2024 年被捕，计划于 9 月 21 日被判刑。

Mr. Today 表示，该判决使其成为澳大利亚在任职期间被定罪性侵的高级天主教神职人员之一。2023 年去世的天主教枢机主教乔治·佩尔 (George Pell) 曾在 2016 年被判定犯有儿童性侵罪，但澳大利亚最高法院随后推翻了他的定罪。

2017 年一项关于儿童性侵的全国性调查发现，有 4,000 多人在童年时期在宗教机构中遭受过虐待，其中 80% 以上的人表示这种权力滥用发生在天主教机构中。

诺顿主教在声明中表示，他将在未来几个月访问布罗姆教区的部分地区，与社区成员进行交流。

据澳大利亚广播公司报道，桑德斯先生于 2006 年被任命为该教区的第二任主教，但他在 2020 年退位。他于 2025 年正式辞去该职务。

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搁浅油轮泄漏的石油危及阿拉伯鸟类与海龟栖息地

最新漏油事件加剧了中东重叠冲突带来的破坏

本文由 Premar Banker、Saman Mideast 和 Saman Sanyapa 撰写。

根据卫星数据和阿曼政府的声明，两个月前一艘俄罗斯影子舰队油轮搁浅造成的旧漏油事件，其长长的黑色油带已扩散至阿拉伯海一片偏远且生态敏感的区域。

此次漏油影响了阿曼一座岛屿（Justice of Qibiyah）的早期 1980s ，该岛栖息着多种濒危物种，且油污已扩散至大陆上一段长 25 英里的海滩，名为 Ras Madrulak。阿曼环境局周三在由国家通讯社发布的一份声明中表示。

据一家名为 Astlevy 的英国海事灾难管理公司称，该公司已被雇佣以营救该油轮并遏制油污扩散。Astlevy 全球响应总监 Ed Wollaston 表示：“这是一个极其具有挑战性的局面，且由于不利的天气条件而变得更加复杂。”

此次漏油加剧了三场相互交织且不断升级的冲突所带来的环境后果，这些冲突在近几个月内使石油、天然气和相关设施成为了战争目标。俄罗斯和乌克兰互相攻击对方的能源设施。在也门，Hantle militia 攻击了与沙特阿拉伯有关的油轮。而美国和伊朗则在霍尔木兹海峡及其周边地区攻击石油设施和油轮。

南佛罗里达大学的海洋学家 Brian Barnes 表示，通过卫星图像在海峡中检测到了多次漏油，其中包括在 Kharj 岛附近的一次相当严重的漏油。其中没有任何一次的规模能与 1981 年海湾战争期间的大规模漏油相比，当时伊拉克军队纵火烧毁了数百口油井，造成了世界上最严重的生态灾难之一，且花费了数年时间才清理完毕。但由于冲突仍在持续，且责任方不明，目前甚至很难评估这些漏油带来的生态影响。

“卫星观测非常出色，能告诉我们很多信息，”Barnes 先生说，“但我们没有能力亲自前往现场查看。”

Zone Irwin and Jowand Near northward reporting.

周二，伊朗国家媒体发布了油污扩散至 Qeelen 岛的图像，其中包括一个名为 Shih Decca 的区域，那里是稀有的斑点海龟每年春季筑巢的地方。伊朗政府官员尚未就此次漏油的原因发表任何评论。

数次泄漏中规模最大的一次

阿曼海域的这次泄漏似乎是中东水域数次泄漏事件中规模最大的一次。关于污染规模的估计差异很大，且起因仍然是个谜，唯一确定的是阿曼政府被迫采取应对措施，因为这艘油轮在6月一个多风的日子里撞上了基比亚（Qibiyah）的岩礁。

一名消息人士表示，此事与阿曼或该地区的冲突几乎没有关系。

这艘名为“卡罗琳·博龙”（Carolina Borong）的油轮长约900英尺，载油量接近100万桶。根据监测全球石油运输的公司 Tanker Teachers.com 的数据，在过去两年里，它一直被用于向亚洲炼油厂运输原油。

此前，该船挂喀麦隆旗。其管理代理是一家在塞浦路斯注册的名为 Laparomine 的公司，该公司因资助俄罗斯在乌克兰的战争而受到美国和欧盟的制裁。

根据 Tanker Teachers.com 记录的日志，自2023年7月以来，该船已从俄罗斯港口前往印度和巴基斯坦港口共12次，随后前往中国。俄罗斯海员工会告诉俄罗斯媒体，在2025年，其船员曾抱怨数月未拿到工资。

根据 Tanker Teachers.com 的数据，其最近一次航程始于5月15日，从黑海的俄罗斯诺沃罗丁（Novorodyn）港出发。它前往的是希瓦（Shiva），这是印度西海岸的一个港口，服务于贾姆纳格尔（Jamnagar）附近的世界最大炼油综合体。

印度并未签署在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后由西方实施的制裁，

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相反，自2023年战争开始以来，印度大幅增加了对俄罗斯石油的采购。

印度不断增长的经济需要大量石油，而包括贾姆纳格尔综合体在内的炼油厂通过向渴望燃料的国家出口精炼产品，获得了繁荣的业务。

海上搁浅

这一次，“卡罗琳·博龙”号未能抵达印度。

阿曼环境局局长阿卜杜拉·本·阿里·阿尔-阿姆里（Abdullah Bin Ali Al Amri）在接受阿曼电视台采访时表示，6月6日，该船在阿曼领海之外遭遇了“一起事故”。

该船是因为设备故障而偏离航向，还是因为遭到攻击，目前尚不清楚，但该方已承担责任。

根据阿曼政府的数据，到6月22日，该船在基比-

一张卫星图像显示了受损的船体、俄罗斯油轮“卡罗琳·博龙”号以及阿曼海岸外的油污带。

艾什岛（Eysh Island）的岩石上搁浅。“当时采取了侦察措施以检查船舶安全，事实上，那时还没有明显的原油泄漏，”阿尔-阿姆里先生在电视采访中说道。

到7月下旬，出现了明显的泄漏。到8月初，泄漏范围已经扩大。

阿曼环境局本周表示，油污带覆盖面积约为180平方公里。

绿色和平组织（Greenpeace）表示，到8月4日，覆盖面积已达600平方公里，在短短两英里内出现了惊人的增长。该组织在声明中表示，围绕“卡罗琳·博龙”号油轮的情况，是俄罗斯所谓的“影子舰队”所带来严重环境风险的又一个令人担忧的例子。

利用卫星图像追踪石油污染的组织 SkyTruth 的负责人约翰·阿姆罗（John Amro）估计，覆盖面积已增长至约2,200平方公里。他表示，阿曼政府的估计值似乎“过低”。

阿姆罗先生表示，如果“卡罗琳·博龙”号的所有石油全部泄漏，这次泄漏将与埃克森·瓦尔迪兹（Exxon Valdez）灾难相当——那是美国历史上最严重的泄漏事件之一，以及该情况对海鸟、海獭、海豹和鲸鱼的影响。

阿曼的头痛之源

海事响应公司 Astlevy 在给《纽约时报》的一份声明中表示，该公司正与阿曼空军合作稳定船只，因此协助打捞行动的船只已不再需要。

影子舰队的油轮通常没有保险，且船东很少提供准确信息。阿曼现在不得不承担监测和评估损害的任务。环境管理局在周一的最新声明中表示，该船正迅速向东北方向移动。

该局表示，目前正努力保护环境最敏感的区域。该部门称：“相关工作正转向识别最易受影响的区域，并将其与污染漂移轨迹相结合，重点关注生态价值高且敏感的区域。”

一些客运列车周四在英格兰南部刘易斯（Lewes）附近侧翻。事故原因尚不清楚。

英国火车脱轨，2人重伤

作者：迈克尔·D·希尔 (MICHAEL D. SHEAR)

伦敦——英国运输警察局在的一份声明中表示，周四下午，英国东萨塞克斯郡发生一起客运火车脱轨事故，造成两人重伤。

另有18人在该事故中受轻伤。事故中，该列车的8节车厢中有3节脱轨，以及该列车的1,000,000列火车。官员表示，被困在这些车厢内的人员随后已被疏散。

官员表示，部分伤者在现场接受治疗，而其他人被送往头部医院。

一些火车车厢侧翻的照片正在网上流传，照片中紧急救援人员站在车厢顶部。

“我们已宣布这是一起重大事故，大规模的应急服务响应正在现场进行，”该部门的助理警务处长伊恩·德拉蒙德-史密斯 (Ian Drummond-Smith) 表示。“但车上的所有乘客现在都已从该班次中被疏散。”

目前尚不清楚事故原因，但现场照片显示，在三节车厢显然脱轨的地方，轨道出现了损坏和变形。

大多数美国人英国交通大臣在社交媒体的一份声明中表示，她对“脱轨报告深感担忧”。

BBC直升机的实时画面显示，8节车厢中有3节侧翻，部分脱轨。另外4节车厢似乎仍直立在轨道上。

一名乘客罗布·布拉德利 (Rob Bradley) 告诉BBC，他和女儿的旅程起初看起来很正常，直到他们感觉到火车突然加速。

布拉德利先生说：“然后火车开始摇晃，在那一刻我知道情况非常奇怪，接着我们的车厢实际上垂直向上跳了一下，我们意识到发生了脱轨。紧急制动启动，火车以及所有东西都被向前甩出。”

布拉德利先生表示，他和女儿在没有倾覆的车厢中。但他表示，在撤离火车时，他看到一些人的衣服上沾有血迹。

运营该列车的南方铁路公司 (Southern Railway) 在一份声明中确认了这一事件：“一列火车在海沃兹希思 (Haywards Heath) 和刘易斯 (Lewes) 之间的区域脱轨。应急服务部门正前往现场，我们正在评估这将对我们的恢复工作产生的影响。”

该公司补充道：“如果您在伦敦和东海岸之间旅行，我们建议不要出行。”

脱轨事故发生在伦敦与英格兰东南部之间的一段铁路线路上。就英国而言，周四是今年最炎热的一天，伦敦部分地区气温达到26摄氏度，约100华氏度。

独立服务管理机构 RalZ-Acriden 调查分局表示，将启动调查。

该机构在社交媒体的一份声明中表示，正“向东萨塞克斯郡刘易斯附近客运火车脱轨的线路派遣一支检查员团队，以开始收集证据”。

英国运输警察局的德拉蒙德-史密斯先生表示，他的部门正在“支持 RalZ-Acriden 调查分局以查明具体发生了什么。我们将尽快提供进一步信息”。

潜水员在意大利发现2,000年前的文物堆

作者：EPRISAT LENI

一名意大利潜水员兼自由潜水冠军最近在西西里岛附近海域进行常规潜水时，偶然发现了古代沉船的遗骸。意大利文化部表示，这是“近年来最重要的水下考古发现之一”。

“潜水员贾科莫·德·莫拉（Giacomo de Mola）在西西里岛东南部马卡拉-德尔-瓦莱（Macara del Valle）海岸约三英里处与一名助手一起进行探索时，发现了一个水下结构，他起初以为那是块岩石。当时能见度较低，但他继续前进，随后发现了他在社交媒体视频中所称的‘我一生中最不可思议的发现’。”

“我的心跳停止了，”德·莫拉先生在描述所见之物时说道。随着时间推移，他发现了一堆数百个古代双耳瓶——这种带有把手的陶器曾被古希腊人、罗马人和腓尼基人用于存储和运输货物。

这堆文物（其中许多显然仍完好无损）覆盖了约6英尺宽、近70公里的区域。德·莫拉先生表示，他呈现了“海底的一座宝库”，并“开始展示相当多（的内容），随后他与西西里岛的当局取得了联系，当局很快视察了北部橄榄林并确认这确实是一次具有历史意义的发现。”

意大利文化部长Cnid在周六的一份声明中表示，这个新发现的水下考古遗址最有可能追溯到罗马时代（公元前2世纪至1世纪之间）约2,000年前的一次沉船事件。

他表示，最初的发现是由未具名的私人公民（即德·莫拉先生）做出的，随后得到了西西里岛专门负责文化遗产的多个执法团队的确认。

Cnid先生表示，意大利当局将继续寻找沉船近90%的遗骸，以重建其“考古价值”，并确保采取必要的保护措施以保存这一具有启发性的发现。在数百个双耳瓶的同时，还发现了两个铅制锚柄，即古代锚的部件。

双耳瓶在古代地中海文化中被用于存储和运输橄榄、油、葡萄酒、蜂蜜、谷物和其他物品。这些容器通常被雕刻成细长的颈部并带有两个把手，但其形状

像上述发现的那样，双耳瓶在古代地中海文化中被用于存储和运输蜂蜜、油、橄榄和葡萄酒。

根据尺寸的不同而略有差异。

用于存储的瓶子通常具有平底，使容器能够稳固地放置并使其能够立起。然而，用于运输的瓶子通常具有狭窄的尖底，使其更容易在船上用灰烬或类似物堆放，甚至更容易将其移除。

根据Cnid先生的说法，以及德·莫拉先生发布的该区域视频和意大利当局分享的视频，在西西里海域遗址发现的大多数双耳瓶都属于具有狭窄尖底特征的品种。

“大海继续为历史提供珍贵且极具价值的发现，”Cnid先生说道，并指出这次发现“向我们讲述了那些将地中海变成文明十字路口的人们、贸易伙伴和交流。”

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2026年8月14日，星期五

国家

纽约时报

大多数狂欢节对此视而不见，而这里试图让药物使用更安全

作者：马特·本特尔 (MATT BENTEL)

7月下旬的一个早晨。贾斯汀和两名来自西雅图的朋友开着一辆小型房车跨越边境进入不列颠哥伦比亚省，前往参加世界上最不寻常的赛事之一。

当这几位朋友在香巴拉音乐节 (Shambhala Music Festival) 的 25,000 名其他游客中扎营时，有人向他们推销“派对爱好者”——即毒品。很快，他们通过一个加密消息应用程序收到了非法物质的清单及其价格。

他们三人以及其他几位朋友决定购买 LSD、bridades 和 MDRIA。总费用为 $400。

《纽约时报》同意仅使用这些音乐节参与者的名字，以便他们能公开谈论自己的药物使用情况。

在音乐节上购买和使用药物并不罕见。这很普遍，而且具有风险，因为药物可能会被掺入危险物质，或者与卖家声称的成分不符。香巴拉音乐节的不同之处在于，任何人都可以测试他们刚刚购买的药物，并就如何降低使用风险获得建议，因为现场设有先进的药物实验室。

香巴拉的做法是对一个处于有趣健康危机核心的问题的回答：面对比以往更受污染、更有毒且更不可预测的药物供应，应该采取什么措施？

这项免费药物测试服务由音乐节和政府共同维持。去年，在香巴拉测试的 4,392 份样本中，约 7% 含有意外成分。这表明音乐节上的药物污染程度远低于街头，尽管它们仍然带有风险。检测到了芬太尼，但极少见，以及其他危险的物质组合。

风险依然存在。每年在香巴拉，数百人因药物相关问题需要医疗救治。音乐节官员表示，在 27 年里发生了四起死亡事件：其中两起被判定为与药物相关，包括 2021 年的一起可卡因过量事件。

非法药物正变得越来越危险。实验室合成药物的兴起使得非法化学家能够引入数百种新化合物，使街道和音乐节充斥着新产品和新风险。

这种转变有助于解释一场过量用药危机。在美国，每年因此死亡的美国人数超过了整个越南战争期间的死亡人数，加拿大也经历了类似的公共卫生影响。芬太尼是一个主要原因，但向廉价合成药物的广泛转型放大了这一问题。

一种方法倾向于更严厉的执法。另一种在香巴拉实践的方法则强调“伤害降低” (harm reduction)：承认药物使用带来的危险残留，并试图降低风险。

音乐节的行为准则禁止非法物质，但组织者表示，他们知道人们无论如何都会使用药物。音乐节首席执行官 Not Muck and 表示，他看到了那里的 decadalous。他说：“伤害降低并不是要认可药物使用，而是要确保人们在需要时能获得帮助。”

各种形式的药物测试多年来一直是音乐节的一部分，但很少有像香巴拉这样公开且规模庞大的运作——在美国则更少，甚至可能没有。

原因之一是 2001 年的一项法律，即《非法药物反扩散法》(Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act)，也被称为 RAVS 法案，该法案是对音乐节在明知的情况下允许药物使用的另一种衡量标准。

新文化专家、田纳西大学社会学与刑事司法系教授塔米·安德森 (Tammy Anderson) 表示，法律责任的威胁迫使音乐节“假装没有药物”。

更广泛地说，特朗普政府已经背离了伤害降低政策。4 月，药物滥用和精神健康服务管理局 (SAMHSA) 表示，将停止提供针具交换和用于检测药物中芬太尼的试纸等项目。

公共卫生专家批评该政策，称药物使用者在拥有更多信息时会更安全。

药物测试让香巴拉变得更安全。

在不列颠哥伦比亚省图德罗斯举行的 Shambhala 音乐节的演出彻夜进行。参与者赞扬他们在那里找到的社区感和自由。

也一样。安德森博士表示，不过她补充说，这并不能消除风险。

“我并不希望我的 21 岁或 22 岁的孩子进入那样的环境，”她说。但她补充道，从假设的角度来看，“我想让他去哪个？大概是 Shambhala”——因为那里有安全预防措施。

Shambhala 的伤害减少工作远不止于检测。它拥有一家由急诊室医生管理、由 38 名医生组成的 13 张床位的野战医院，还有巡回的伤害减少咨询团队，以及一个名为“避难所”（Sanctuary）的区域，为出现药物不良反应或极度疲劳的人提供 50 个吊床和床垫。

尽管采取了这些预防措施，在 Shambhala 每年仍会发生 600 到 800 起严重的医疗问题，其中许多与药物有关，包括涉及皮肤感觉降低、躁动、精神病以及偶尔发生的癫痫发作。该音乐节的医疗总监、安大略省的麻醉师布伦丹·曼（Brendan Mann）博士如此说道。

其他音乐节也面临医疗挑战。虽然数据有限，但一篇关于英国音乐节的论文发现，在 2017 和 2023 年之间，有 32 起可能的药物相关死亡病例。

节日开始

周四，下午 4 点。贾斯汀（Justin）和他的朋友布莱斯（Bryce）都是 20 多岁的技术专业人士，他们站在药物检测大楼的空气中。和参加该节日的许多人一样，他们表示自己是偶尔的娱乐性药物使用者，但在狂欢派对之外，没有服用致幻剂的习惯。

前方的一张桌子上提供男女避孕套、用于精确药物检测的注射器以及用于吸食粉末的干净工具。告示牌敦促任何性行为都应在获得同意的情况下进行，并警告不要服用某些药物。

该实验室由 ANKORS 运营，这是一个专注于减少伤害的区域性非营利组织。在 Shambhala 节日期间，它获得了不列颠哥伦比亚省卫生当局 Interior Health 的资金和科学支持。

Interior Health 的药物检测负责人兼 ANKORS 检测服务共同管理者安托万·马舍特雷（Antoine Marcheterre）表示，之前的做法并非在鼓励非法药物使用。事实上，今年 1 月，在遭到政治抵制后，不列颠哥伦比亚省结束了一项为期三年的试点项目，该项目此前将药物使用以及持有少量某些非法药物去罪化。但药物检测的法律豁免依然存在。

马舍特雷先生表示，他知道有些人反对减少伤害的措施，包括药物检测。他说：“他们会说，‘不要花这笔钱。人们不应该使用药物。’但事实并非如此。我们宁愿帮助人们，而不是说，‘是的，你们自求多福吧。’”

贾斯汀说，他和朋友每年会去美国的几个节日，有时会使用药物。他说，在这种情况下，他们可能会携带从可靠来源购买的药物，并使用较为简单的家用检测套件进行测试。

他说：“每个节日都有人服用药物，但人们必须更加谨慎。”他补充说，Shambhala 仅仅在开放程度上是一个特例。

贾斯汀和布莱斯坐在一张长折叠桌旁，对面是一位面带微笑的现场实验室技术员，他们递交了药物。她对药物进行了人体样本测试。然后，她使用一种允许互联网光线测量社区材料指纹的设备。结果确认该药物是氯胺酮。

技术员将 LSD 样本放入一个小城市中，并加入一种液体，如果该药物呈阳性，液体会变成紫色。结果确实变色了。贾斯汀使用秤来测量药物，以确保精确剂量。

对于 ANKORS 来说，随后的咨询与检测本身一样重要。这些对话集中在药物的风险和影响，以及保持水分等安全提示。但咨询人员不会告诉人们不要服用药物。

周四，下午 6 点。一英里外，在节日的北端，创办 Shambhala 的一个农民家庭的简陋房屋坐落在悬崖顶上。1988 年，曾是苹果农户、为了养牛而买下这片土地的 But 和 Bumbichah 夫妇得知，他们 10 岁的儿子吉米（Jimmy）在参加狂欢派对。

他们说，在智能手机出现之前的日子里，年轻人会将秘密派对的最佳时间写在鸡蛋上，然后留给朋友。

“孩子们在银行里开派对，”Bumbichah 女士肯定地说道。“它，”他首先询问，没有安保，从这里开始，“于是这个家庭决定在他们的房产上接待吉米和其他人。”

她回忆道：“提供一个他们可以——是的，知道的——没有太多规则但有一些制衡的地方，这很合理。”

当 ANKORS 在 21 世纪初参与进来时，该家庭感到非常激动。药物使用者担心被捕，因此 ANKORS 最初运行的是一项低调的操作，使用的设备也远没有现在这么先进。但随着过去十年中阿片类药物危机的加剧，药物相关死亡事件变得更加普遍，该操作逐渐走向公开。

那天傍晚，在悬崖上，77岁的邦比查（Bumbichah）先生叹了口气，望向在地产上运营的由帐篷和房车组成的临时村庄。他说，这个节日已经成长了许多。在父母的帮助下，吉米（Jimmy）将其打造成为一家价值数百万加元的家族企业，目前的普通入场券价格为620加元，约合$440。

对于在他周围的所有药物，他是怎么想的？“这些是我永远不会使用的东西，”邦比查先生说，尽管最近他一直在服用少量的处方药来帮助睡眠。但他补充道，关于禁药的循环：“像这样的地方，完全不可能阻止它。”

第四届活动对酒精采取了更强硬的立场，这意味着节日并不允许它；他们说，这增加了危险，尤其是与药物结合时，以及他们认为会让年轻女性感到不安的攻击性行为。

周四，晚上7:30。那天晚上，检测中心出现了一个问题。

一名焦虑的顾客带来了4个装有白色粉末的半透明胶囊。他告诉技术人员，他认为其中含有20毫克一种能引起快感的合成致幻剂和兴奋剂。检测结果发现了其他东西——LSD-Muck，马舍特尔（Marcheterre）先生将其描述为“一种非常强效的致幻剂”——且可能致命。

检测服务机构联系了Shambhala的组织者，后者在每晚的公共安全会议上讨论了这个问题。到晚上8:30，一条警报通过广泛使用的Shambhala应用程序发出，警告有一种“非常危险的物质”。

这是一个极端案例。马舍特尔先生说，他不记得上次出现类似警告是什么时候了。但他补充道，“这是我们的服务能做什么的教科书式案例。”在派对开始时，相关消息也传达到了医疗人员和安保人员那里。

周四，晚上10点。巨大的低音和灯光秀在三个主舞台爆发：Pogada、客厅（Living Room）和扩音器（Amp）。人群在快乐地舞蹈。

贾斯汀（Justin）和他的朋友们决定不使用他们之前购买的任何药物。相反，他们使用合法购买的大麻软糖来开始。

在周五，贾斯汀和他的朋友们服用过LSD。他将其描述为“身体上的快感，而非精神上的快感”，并说当他闭上眼睛时，他能感受到光的律动。他和朋友们在早上7:30回到了营地并入睡。周六晚上，他们使用了氯胺酮，周日晚上使用了MDRIA。他们说他们度过了一段美好的时光。

次日早晨

周六上午11点，就在医疗帐篷外，来自卡尔加里、在油田工作的24岁青年道森（Dawson）正跛着缠有绷带的左脚行走。

他的受伤与药物有关。据他所述，几个小时前的上午9点，他在随着警察的节奏跳舞后回到了电脑前。整个夜晚他们一直在使用氯胺酮（ketamine）。他的朋友们都睡了，但道森无法入睡，于是他又服用了一些氯胺酮试图让自己平静下来。

接下来的7（小时 / 部分）并非氯胺酮。道森说：“我让自己相信自己在玩电子游戏，于是爬上了一辆拖车并在车顶上跳跃。”

他试图跳到下一辆拖车上，但完全失败了。他的脚勾到了边缘，导致了一道6英寸长的伤口。他说，伤口周围的皮肤太锐利且干燥，无法缝合，因此他必须等到回家后才能接受进一步治疗。

站在医疗帐篷前时，道森说他不会再回到香巴拉（Shambhala）了。随后他重新考虑并表示，他至少会离开几年。“我想在自己的道路上努力，”他说，“在这样一个给你如此大自由活动空间的场所，我还没有足够强大的能力来掌控自己的药物使用。”

由非营利组织 ANKORS 运行的免费药物检测服务得到了政府和音乐节的认可，这里的氛围欢乐且无忧无虑。但由于气温超过90度，高温和脱水构成了风险。

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医生表示，将 M.M.R. 疫苗拆分为 3 针是个糟糕的主意

作者：APPOHYA NAUMSHTLI

特朗普总统本周发布了一项行政命令，要求将麻疹、腮腺炎和其他出生相关疾病的免疫接种（全球大多数疫苗接种计划均如此）改为在不同时间接种的三次独立接种，旨在将其恢复到美国 1980 年代的模式。1980 年代曾有多次情况，总统对组合疫苗提出了一个令人恐惧且未经证实的指控：“组合在一起，可能会产生一种新疫苗的可能性。”

研究人员尚未将组合 M.M.R. 方案与死亡风险联系起来，也没有证据表明它危险或正确。疫苗专家表示，1980 年代在任何框架中都是一个主要问题，或者说更有效。组合疫苗自 1975 年起就在美国使用，甚至在美国，1980 年代也倾向于反对独立接种。已有数亿儿童接种了此类疫苗。

此外，最常见的独立疫苗类型在美国已经多年无法获得。疫苗制造商表示，对其进行测试并使其上市至少需要 5 到 10 年。

“我们没有任何办法来实现他的建议，”退休疫苗学家、范德堡大学名誉教授凯瑟琳·爱德华兹（Kathryn Edwards）博士说道，她曾研究过独立疫苗和组合疫苗。

“这纯粹是对可怜父母的误导，”爱德华兹博士说。“而且这向世界表明，我们的医疗系统、我们的 M.H.S. 以及我们的提供者完全是不知情的，”她在提到美国卫生与公众服务部（Department of Health and Human Services）时这样说道。

特朗普先生的行政命令不具有法律效力，也不影响当前组合疫苗的可用性或保险公司的报销。各州设定了儿童应接种哪些疫苗的问卷，且几十年来，共和党州和民主党州的疫苗制造商情况基本相似。

一些州可能会遵循特朗普先生的行政命令，并要求独立接种，这将需要最好的儿童来展示独立的机会。而且，儿童接受的针刺次数将比现在更多。（特朗普先生表示，肯尼迪先生认为美国儿童接种了太多疫苗——尽管他们给出的数字极其不准确。美国儿童在 5 岁前可能会接种 10 针，包括每季一次的流感疫苗，而不是官员们反复提到的 75 针。）

曾在 2009 年至 2015 年期间领导疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）疫苗安全办公室的弗兰克·德克曼（Frank Derkman）博士表示，开发组合疫苗的部分原因是为了解决家长们担心孩子成为疫苗“客户”的忧虑。其安全性问题在比较这两种方法的多年临床试验中已经显现。

“从未证明过拆分疫苗比组合疫苗更安全，”他说。

特朗普先生表示，他发布这项行政命令主要是基于未经证实的观点，即儿童接种疫苗会导致突然且严重的伤害。自 1980 年的一项研究以来，已有更多研究对此进行了搜索和反驳，该研究后来被撤回并被揭露为伪造，该研究曾提出麻疹疫苗可能导致哮喘的观点。卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy Jr.）及其他人多年来一直在研究这一理论，有时指向

一项基于关于自闭症未经证实理论的指令。

组合 M.M.R. 疫苗、乙肝疫苗或整个儿童疫苗接种计划，只要有相关论文可用。

“这些想法永远不会消失，”德克曼博士（Dr. Derkman）说。“它们是突发奇想。它们不断地产生影响。”

组合 M.M.R. 疫苗目前正被用于通用风险中，如果儿童发烧，可能会出现惊厥，但根据美国疾控中心（C.D.C.）的说法，这类惊厥——可能发生在任何高热之后，包括在接种单价疫苗后可能出现的高热——不会造成长期伤害。

该机构的网站称：“大多数接种 M.M.R. 疫苗的人没有任何严重问题。接种 M.M.R. 疫苗比感染麻疹要容易得多，这是一个标准问题。”

重复告知父母尝试让他们的孩子分开接种以获得该保护，可能会阻碍一些人接种必要的疫苗，并降低免疫

刺激，或者至少延迟对脆弱幼儿的保护。爱德华兹博士（Dr. Edwards）表示，在比较接种时间的各项研究中，那些必须多次带孩子就诊的父母最终因为不便而放弃了接种。

对于那些中立对待组合疫苗的国家来说，日本提供了一个警示故事。1995年，该国通过了一项针对 1980 年代 M.M.R. 疫苗标准的规定。1980 年代的麻疹和风疹单价疫苗，并使腮腺炎的接种也变为自愿。使用腮腺炎疫苗以对抗“频繁”感染，且 1980 年代是一个糟糕的主意。而且，一名研究该疫苗的密歇根大学儿科医生认为。

腮腺炎病例激增，且在 10 年多的时间里，1.14% 的儿童出现了可控病例，以及更严重的脑膜炎、脑损伤和听力损失。

麻疹和风疹的疫苗接种也随之下降，导致这些疾病激增。“有强有力的证据表明，将多组分疫苗拆分为单组分会导致免疫覆盖率下降，”安德烈亚斯博士（Dr. Andreas）说。

根据一项包含研究的结果，如果美国的麻疹免疫率下降到类似水平，该国在 25 年内可能会出现 110 万 例麻疹病例。今年，疫苗接种率的一次较小幅下降已经导致美国观察到的麻疹病例数达到最高。

M.M.R. 疫苗率基于治疗自由病毒，这些病毒随时间而变化，因为公司不能简单地复活那些在 2008 年被逐步淘汰的单价疫苗。

“基本上，这将涉及三种研究性疫苗，需要完整的时程支持，并且每种新产品在获得许可前都需要经过监管审查，”负责制药行业新临床研究的保拉·安东尼亚蒂斯博士（Dr. Paula Antoniatis）说。“我们还生产美国市售两种 M.M.R. 疫苗中的一种。”

霍格塞斯就律师在晋升中的角色面临压力

作者：安娜·刘易斯（ANNA LEWIS）

华盛顿——来自科罗拉多州的民主党众议员苏珊·克劳（Susan Crow）在周四公布的一封信中，敦促国防部长皮特·霍格塞斯（Pete Hogseth）澄清他早前关于其个人经历是否与晋升相悖的陈述。

在一次听证会上，霍格塞斯先生于周二被质询。一名曾代表霍格塞斯先生和特朗普总统的律师，正代表由霍格塞斯先生提名晋升的高级军官开展工作。

霍格塞斯先生表示，同时担任总统“特别顾问”且为海军预备役的珀尔穆特（Perlmutter）先生在选择高级军事领导人方面没有发挥任何作用。

“他不代表军种，”霍格塞斯先生在众议院军事委员会面前告知道，“他是一名法律顾问，一直以来都是。”

上个月，《纽约时报》报道称，当达里尔·考德尔（Daryl Caudle）海军上将担任美国最关键的运营职务之一时，曾聘请珀尔穆特先生帮助他处理关于五角大楼性侵犯预防与响应计划的言论，官员们如此表示。一些人将考德尔上将的言论解读为在攻击受害者。

他表示，他是该州的一员，旨在解释国会证词与《时报》报道之间明显的矛盾。

他表示，在现代关于生死抉择的广播决定中，几乎每天都在发生，美国人民必须看到这些领导者的选拔是基于正直、功绩和尊重，且美国人的意愿将在声明中体现。“破坏这一进程将使我们的国家

4月，来自科罗拉多州的众议员杰森·克劳（Jason Crow）质询国防部长皮特·霍格塞斯。

安全处于风险之中。霍格塞斯必须在美国人民面前澄清事实。”

在周三接受《时报》采访时，珀尔穆特先生称克劳先生的信件“歪曲了事实”。

“记录很清楚，在考德尔上将和我交谈之前，他已经得到了建议。”珀尔穆特先生说，“部长在听证会上的所有回答都是完全且充分解决的。”

作为为考德尔上将工作的一部分，珀尔穆特先生建议该决定以及要求该海军军官在接受调查人员采访时采取某种方式。

在监察长听到关于考德尔上将行为不端且缺乏职业道德的指控后，他的提名被送交特朗普先生批准。五角大楼拒绝就克劳先生的询问发表评论。

在早前的一份声明中，五角大楼首席发言人肖恩·芬内尔（Sean Fennell）表示，五角大楼的所有晋升决定均“严格基于审查”。

尽管考德尔上将不在海军高级官员推荐的候选人名单上，但霍格塞斯先生仍选他担任领导海军的职务。他于去年夏天就任第24任海军作战部长。

“看来珀尔穆特先生的提名范围远超特别顾问，进入了传统上由部门领导层和既定军事人员负责的领域。”在给霍格塞斯先生的信中如此写道。

克劳先生继续写道，珀尔穆特先生在晋升决定中的提名引发了“关于人事利益冲突、对联邦政策标准的遵守，以及军队晋升系统的完整性和责任感的重大质疑”。

他要求霍格塞斯先生在9月26日前提供一份书面答复，以澄清其证词。

民权官员被指控在滥用线人的阴谋中涉案

作者：ALAN FEGER

一名曾在南方贫困法律中心（Southern Poverty Law Center）任职的前州政府官员周三被指控犯有欺诈罪和共谋罪。这是一份修订后的起诉书的一部分，该起诉书指控该民权组织通过利用捐赠者的资金向右翼极端组织内部的线人支付报酬，从而欺骗其捐赠者。

该前官员内什·贝尔里奇（Neish Beirich）曾负责该中心的潜伏计划，该计划招募了相当于在三K党（Ku Klux Klan）等右翼团体内部的间谍。起诉书称，在贝尔里奇女士向线人支付款项期间，她与其中一人建立了浪漫关系，两人共用一套住房并共同管理银行账户。

针对贝尔里奇女士的大部分指控包含在起诉书的早期版本中，但此次指控有所升级。此次是对该法律中心的起诉，该中心因监测超自然团体而闻名。这是该组织内部人员首次被正式起诉。

贝尔里奇女士的律师迈克尔·J·普鲁克顿（Michael J. Pruxton）在一份声明中表示，打击仇恨团体并利用匿名线人具有法律依据。

“我们数十年来在威胁仇恨团体方面取得的成功记录，证明了打击仇恨团体并利用匿名线人具有法律依据。”

在起诉书的早期版本中，贝尔里奇女士被定义为该法律中心的一名未具名雇员。回顾来看，起诉书称她与一名仍运行新审判组织的线人保持关系。她拒绝了。尽管如此，在二十年间她获得了超过 $500 万 的报酬。在 2012 和 2021, 之间，检方表示，其中约 $10,000 的金额为 $1500万。法院决定将该争议与该线人关联，起诉书中仅将其称为 F-5。

总检察长托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）周三在华盛顿举行的新闻发布会上宣布了对她的指控。

“我认为她在某些情况下参与了报告银行账户的努力，但她并非以合法名义向个人支付报酬，且支付理由与描述不符，”他说。

代表该法律中心的律师洛威尔（Lowell）将新指控视为司法部针对其客户的最新企图。

“这是一个政府机构在面对一个薄弱案件时，试图设计出某种方案，拼命想让某些东西——任何东西——能站住脚，以便采取行动，”洛威尔先生说。

特朗普政府及其盟友多年来一直批评该法律中心记录和揭露其内部运作的努力。他还表示，该组织经常未能将极端分子与更传统的——

总部位于阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利的南方贫困法律中心长期致力于揭露右翼极端团体。

——将这些团体列入名单，尤其是在其名为“仇恨地图”（Hate Map）的首要出版物中。

去年，几位保守派人士针对“仇恨地图”向特朗普总统的高级助手之一斯蒂芬·米勒（Stephen Miller）发出信函，要求他建议特朗普先生发布一项 1980 年代的行政命令。他的许多时间来自联邦网站，并要求政府停止使用该组织的写作来指导政府计划。

针对被该命令点名的“仇恨地图”，美国主管库什·帕特尔（Kush Patel）在 10 月宣布该局正起诉该法律中心。帕特尔先生称，“仇恨地图”已不再是合法的且被抛弃的民权工作，而变成了党派抹黑机器。“他特别指出了‘仇恨地图’的使用，并补充说，这是针对‘合法美国人’的法律依据。”

政府案件的核心是一项指控，即

洛厄尔先生及其合伙人提出了一个简单的论点，即他的法律中心并未将交给法律中心。他还通过其举报人计划，而是在与其对抗。他们多次指出，来自该中心消息源的信息已与包括联邦调查局（F.B.I.）在内的执法机构共享，并导致了逮捕和起诉。

检查药物管理局

关键枪支法律漏洞出现

作者：克里斯·卡特 (CHRIS CARTER)

华盛顿 —— 美国司法部（DOJ）宣布将对一项法院裁决提出上诉，该裁决取消了针对短管枪支和消音器的最严格限制，并警告称这将给超过 10% 的法律倡导者带来压力。

德克萨斯州北区地方法院法官詹姆斯·卫斯理·亨德里克斯 (James Wesley Hendrix) 表示，他废除《国家枪械法》下强制性警告程序的命令因其违宪而将生效。根据可能追溯至 20 世纪 80 年代的记录，这是最有效的，司法部上诉是因为特朗普政府官员在周四凌晨 12:10 之前未向法院提出上诉。

实际上，特朗普政府退出了，他确保并允许这一禁令——旨在通过司法审查的控制措施，在特朗普总统去年签署一项法律，通过取消该时期的 200 美元税款来削弱限制之后生效。政府在案件中还有 15 天的时间提交上诉。

枪支权利团体和枪支目的组织（其中许多参与并支持了该诉讼）提交了推翻该法律的请求。支持枪支限制的团体批评政府签署警告的行为，称其使那些在 1954 年之后被重复使用的危险且昂贵的必要枪械及配件实现了去监管化。

法院决定这样做，解释了为什么没有立即对裁决提出上诉。在《纽约时报》于交易领导人发言前数小时发布的声明中称：“法律的党派人士表示，它‘尊重美国人的诉讼立即权利，并且目前正在接收法院裁决的影响’。”

这是特朗普政府记录的一种方式，该政府在特朗普先生的法律通过后主张，国会仍然有权限制特别危险且易于隐藏的武器。政府打算采取裁决步骤——或就该问题发表任何公开评论——是在枪支权利团体和数十名共和党议员公开向司法部长托德·布兰奇 (Todd Blanche) 施压，要求允许裁决维持原判之后。

“美国司法部本有机会采取行动保护我们的安全，但它未能做到。但是，如所示，总统以及预防枪支暴力布雷迪运动 (Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence) 在一份针对该运动基础共和党议员的声明中表示：‘我们的联邦官员应该认同美国人民，而不是枪支工业的底线。今天，枪支工业和暴力经销商在庆祝，而美国人将生活在其中。’”

在寻求政府澄清其要求之处时，总统和美国总督周三向特朗普政府官员发出了一封公开信。信中称，枪店计划启动该活动，但这将成为一种副金融化的枪支收获，以减少经销商、枪击的性状，且在午夜后不遵循许可程序。“我不想看到这种情况。”

买家在购买武器时仍需完成标准的背景调查，且州法律下的限制是不允许被违反的。例如，美国华盛顿特区禁止销售和拥有短管步枪

和消音器。

《国家枪械法》是一项监管并限制消音器销售和持有的主要法律。一旦各州管辖区允许枪主持有，消音器的普及率在近年来激增，因为许多枪主使用它们来防止州法律带来的听力损伤。

亨德里克斯法官裁决的影响广泛，但并非普遍。最高法院限制了下级法院部门建立合理基础的能力，该裁决将适用于广泛的不同立法者，以及零售商和制造商。许多州也加入了这场诉讼。至关重要的是，该裁决还

该法律监管短管枪支和消音器。

适用于参与本案的企业的客户，其中一家零售商是帕特森州军械库（Patterson, State Amory），它是全国最大的州立枪店之一。

1954年的《国家枪械法》设立了一项税收制度，对短管步枪和散弹枪设计以及消音器进行了部分监管。

国会试图遏制这些武器，因为它们被认为特别“不可靠”且与之相关。该法律是在立法者警告称，由于枪支犯罪，国家正处于“严重的国家紧急状态”时制定的，当时国家正从禁酒令时期恢复——涉及帮派枪击和一次针对总统的暗杀企图——这使其陷入了“麻烦”。

该法律还通过许可程序监管机关枪的销售和所有权，该部分的法律目前仍在使用。

每年有数百万件受N.F.A.限制的州级枪械和消音器通过登记程序售出，该程序由酒精、烟草、枪械和爆炸物管理局管理。这笔200美元的税款旨在使其在1954年的美元价值中具有禁止性的高昂价格，以及在2010年代的1956年等值价格中。该法律还禁止使用“严重的国家紧急状态”。

众议院共和党人在去年通过特朗普先生的大规模支出法案时，增加了一项免税条款，旨在使消音器和短管步枪变得容易获得。

这些指控触发了对该法律要求的质疑，该法律在92年间要求受限区域的买家对其枪械进行登记并寻求A.T.F.机构的批准，以免迅速受到不利影响。随后人们迅速提起多起诉讼，寻求进一步削弱该法律，认为没有税收前景的登记程序是违宪的。

亨德里克斯法官同意这一判断，并在一份40页的命令中裁定，因为该法律不再产生收入。“按照常规，该条款在宪法第一条赋予国会的征税权下被维持”。

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美国在移民打击行动期间调查左翼团体

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检察官向大陪审团展示了一页 PowerPoint 幻灯片，声称包括美国劳工联合会（A.F.L.-C.I.O.）——该国最大的工会联合会——在内的团体，参与了一场旨在阻碍明尼苏达州移民官员工作的阴谋。

最终，这场所谓的阴谋导致 25 人在 6 月被起诉，他们被指控作为名为“antifa”的极左运动成员干扰执法人员。

国土安全部未回应寻求评论的消息。明尼苏达州美国检察官办公室的一位发言人拒绝回答关于调查手段的问题。

根据其自身的描述，明尼苏达州的体制内左翼，尤其是劳工运动，在组织数十万人游行抗议特朗普总统在该州采取的移民打击行动中发挥了核心作用。但这些示威活动——以及相应的监测移民与海关执法局（ICE）特工行动的努力——主要由普通居民承担，其中大多数人表示他们致力于和平抵抗。

“当联邦特工反复违法时，普通民众行使他们的第一修正案权利来保护邻居，”东部运动（Eastern Movement）执行主任 Ara Shirey-Aaju 表示。“特朗普政府现在试图恐吓那些反对其议程的个人和组织。”

在所谓的 antifa 案件中被起诉的 15 人中，确实有人在春季和冬季数月受到审查的一些工会和政治组织中。但作为请求提供刑事调查更多细节的动议的一部分而披露的最新文件表明，调查人员和那些受托人试图深入挖掘这些团体的内部运作。

在明尼苏达州联邦地方法院提交该动议的律师 Kersti Black 表示，国土安全部针对干扰联邦特工的调查“超出了对执法安全任何潜在威胁的范围”。

她写道，该调查在没有明显证据的情况下，基于“明显的政治敌意”得出结论，“双子城（Twin Cities）的众多工会和非营利组织参与了一场广泛的阴谋”，并补充说，“它在这些组织与犯罪行为之间缺乏干预必要性的情况下，竟然收集了这些组织产生的财务记录。”

这次调查让人想起 COINTELPRO，这是在 J. Edgar Hoover 领导下，联邦调查局（F.B.I.）共 4 针对黑人团体开展的从 1970年代 到 1970 年代的国内秘密机构计划。

明尼苏达州的监视报告特别记录了在很大程度上看来属于受第一修正案保护的政治活动。报告显示，卧底特工如何将自己伪装成移民特工入住酒店外的“普通人”，并在其他集会上记录笔记，当时示威者正在集思广益，讨论如何应对去年涌入明尼苏达州的官员。

前联邦检察官质疑，为什么国土安全部官员在这样一个通常由联邦调查局（F.B.I.）监督的案件中占据主导地位。官员们表示，广泛使用针对工会和其他团体的传票

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一场让人想起胡佛时期 Cointelpro 的调查。

是不寻常且令人担忧的，尤其是如果事实证明没有证据表明这些组织违反了法律。

“政府的调查权力是巨大的，而随之而来的责任就是谨慎地行使这些权力，”哈里·雅各布斯（Harry Jacobs）说道。他于 1 月份辞去了美国明尼苏达州检察官办公室刑事部门主管的职务，以抗议特朗普政府处理 House Good 遇害事件的方式。

“一项调查应该始于支持刑事行为的合法依据，而不是始于一个被选中的机构或团体，”雅各布斯先生补充道。“检察官必须遵循事实和法律所指的方向，而不是先选定一个目标，然后反向构建案件。”

在名为“胡椒大师行动”（Operation Pepper Master）的调查以及随后名为“胡椒惠普尔站”（Pepper Whipple Stand）的调查中，被针对的几个团体拒绝发表评论。（“惠普尔站”是指惠普尔大楼，该大楼曾作为移民行动的中心。）

当明尼苏达州最高联邦检察官丹尼尔·N·罗森（Daniel N. Rosen）在两个月前宣布起诉 11 名所谓的“反法西斯”（antifa）成员时，他措辞非常谨慎，意指被告被起诉仅仅是因为他们每个人都“激烈反对”参与特朗普政府移民议程的联邦特工。

“就数量而言，”他告诉记者，“美国司法部（DOJ）和我的美国检察官办公室已经表示，将区分合法抗议与刑事行为。”

但罗森先生当天没有透露的是，针对 15 名被告提出的指控源于一项规模庞大的调查。其触角已经延伸到几个普通人的生活中——教师、退伍军人、工会成员——在许多情况下，这些人聚集在一起仅仅是为了讨论监控 ICE 特工或彻底废除 ICE。

这起发生在圣保罗的案件，以及其他针对 ICE 推动者的案件，源于特朗普先生去年发布的一项名为《国家安全总统备忘录 7》（National Security Presidential Memo 7）的广泛指令。该备忘录要求采取

全政府方案，以遏制官员们所描述的左翼政治暴力的三角地带。

但前检察官和民权律师批评这种鼓励对左翼团体和个人进行激进调查和起诉的行为，因为这些活动通常受到言论自由法的保护。

在起草起诉书时，罗森先生麾下的检察官针对一个名为“明尼苏达直接行动”（Direct Action Minnesota，简称 DAMN）的组织，这是一个伞形组织，自称为明尼苏达州一个“与从事各种形式社区防御以对抗当前联邦占领的人员合作的去中心化传统”。检察官表示，该组织训练其成员在法律边缘地带对抗执法人员，进行监视，策划活动并针对 ICE 特工的行动发起“快速大规模动员”。

然而，起诉书中并未详细列出检察官掌握的与 DAMN 有关的、明显具有暴力或破坏性的行为。

例如，检察官称 1 月 25, 聚集在惠普尔大楼的示威者在执法车辆附近行驶了若干街区。他们还形成了封锁线，将联邦特工困在联邦大楼附近的一个区域。检察官补充说，几小时后，部分被告在建筑外的道路上放置碎片，试图封锁进入通道。

但起诉书同时指出，被告经常依赖于从团体聊天群中获取的信息，这些群组成员追踪并监视往返于惠普尔大楼的车辆——这种行为并不一定违法。事实上，联邦法官

汤姆森，这个在 1 月份于明尼阿波利斯抗议特朗普政府移民镇压行动的人，阿尔·凯尔（Al Kell），丹尼尔·N·罗森（Daniel N. Rosen），明尼苏达州美国检察官。

过度扩大案件范围，凯瑟琳·M·门诺克斯（Katherine M. Mennocks）已经发出一封来自美国检察官办公室的信函，称抗议者不能仅仅因为驾驶车辆跟随联邦特工而被逮捕。

尽管如此，一些向联邦检方写信的团体成为了监视行动的目标，随后在检察官的大陪审团起诉书中被认定为干扰美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）特工阴谋的一部分。据称，该涉嫌阴谋的其他成员还包括美国劳工联合会（A.F.L.C.）和美国民主社会主义者（Democratic Socialists of America）的地方分会、一个州教师工会——甚至包括 Census 70，一家位于明尼阿波利斯的微型印刷店。

布莱克先生在动议中描述了联邦特工如何记录在明尼苏达州罗斯维尔（Roseville）一家教堂参加培训会议的人员车牌号，并利用该信息获取他们的姓名。随后，特工在社交媒体上搜索这些人的照片，编制了一份包含他们详细个人信息的“情报分析报告”。

“这些个人除了在教堂会议中进行受第一修正案保护的言论之外，没有做任何其他事情，”布莱克先生写道，“然而现在，他们的个人信息被记录在国土安全部（D.H.S.）的档案中。”

第三名被拘留在德莱尼大厅的移民在医疗紧急情况后死亡

作者：ANA LILY 和 FRANKY BARKAR

联邦官员周三表示，一名上个月被送往内华达州一家问题拘留中心的瓜马利亚（Guammalian）移民在被转移至医院后，因医疗紧急情况死亡。

该男子名为何塞·查平-拉赞（Jose Chapin-Razam），是第三名在名为德莱尼大厅（Delaney Hall）的中心被拘留后死亡的移民。该中心于2020年5月作为特朗普政府移民打击行动的一部分而开放。

根据美国国土安全部（ICE的母机构）周三发布的一份声明，查平-拉赞先生于7月19日被移民和海关执法局（ICE）特工逮捕并送往该州的德莱尼大厅。

声明称，次日，一名护士发现他似乎出现了癫痫发作。州医疗办公室表示，医疗人员被召集，查平-拉赞先生被送往医院。

“在等待首批救援人员到达期间，查平-拉赞得到了护士提供的适当医疗护理，护士安抚他将被送走。”国土安全部在声明中表示，第一名护士接收了。该事项是

Shorlight McNeil 贡献了研究。

立法者呼吁改善内华达州德莱尼大厅拘留中心囚犯的待遇。

关于首批响应者的综合报告，查平-拉赞被送往医院。”

该部门表示，查平-拉赞先生已经死亡，但 ICE 未收到其死亡通知。目前尚不清楚他具体何时死亡。

内华达州大学医院（University Hospital）的代表未立即回应关于查平-拉赞先生死亡的问题，德莱尼大厅的被拘留者在接受治疗时通常被送往该医院。尝试联系其亲属未获成功。

美国国土安全部在声明中表示，查平-拉赞先生已于“7月12日从 拘留中释放”，但并未努力。

6月， 官员停止报告那些在从联邦拘留中释放后死亡的人员的死亡情况。这一决定遭到了民主党官员的批评，他们指责联邦政府忽视了确保移民安全的责任。

美国国土安全部表示，报告方式的变更符合“常识”。

该部门表示：“当个人在离开拘留数周或之后去世时， 不承担责任。”

新泽西州民主党代表鲍勃·门诺克斯（Bob Mennocks）表示，他收到了关于查平-拉赞死亡的相互矛盾的信息，并于8月1日就此向德莱尼大厅发出询问。

“这与 为避免透明度和问责制而试图做的一切是一致的，”门诺克斯先生说。“这是一种滥用，并且创造了一种绝望的共谋——以避免必须调查死亡情况并向国会和公众发出死亡通知。”

本月早些时候，一名来自萨尔瓦多的移民埃德温·李和卡罗琳·李（Edwin Lee and Carolyn Lee）在德莱尼大厅发生医疗紧急情况后死亡。洛佩斯-卡雷霍先生于8月1日被大学医院的医疗人员宣布死亡。其死因尚不明确。

联邦官员当时表示，去年12月，一名海地移民让-威尔逊·布鲁顿（Jean Wilson Bruton）在医疗紧急情况后也立即死亡。

最近的这些死亡事件发生在人们对该拘留中心条件的批评日益增加之际。

在《纽约时报》上个月发表的一篇文章提供了关于德莱尼大厅医疗护理和厨房缺陷的首批记录证据后，立法者呼吁改善囚犯的待遇。

上周五，新泽西州总检察长詹妮弗·达文波特（Jennifer Davenport）启动了针对德莱尼的民权调查。她表示，她的办公室已经发出传票，并将进一步调查该中心的员工是否侵犯了被拘留者的民权。

今年6月，在新泽西州卫生官员在一次检查中被拒绝进入德莱尼（Delaney）的医疗单元及其他几个区域后，新泽西州起诉了运营该拘留中心的私营公司 Gais Group。该诉讼目前尚未解决，旨在强制该公司允许检查人员获得全面访问权限。

联邦移民官员一直强调，被拘留者得到了良好的对待，且美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）的拘留标准超过了大多数美国监狱。

“从外国公民进入 ICE 监管之日起提供全面的医疗护理是一项长期实践，”国土安全部官员周三表示。“这包括可提供的医疗、牙科和特殊健康服务，以及就医预约和小时内紧急护理。”

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第47任总统

国土安全部表示，其4架波音 737 客机正在进行维护检查。在其购买的 10 架飞机中，包括一架 737 豪华喷气机（右上图）和一架加利福尼亚商务喷气机。

国土安全部拥有一支价值 $464 亿美元但极少飞行的飞机机队

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该合同还揭示了第二任特朗普政府内部的一个更广泛趋势——一份旨在向特朗普先生或其内阁部长提供预测争议的旧合同。获得该合同的公司 Dandalan 航空公司，其董事长曾在支持前国土安全部长埃琳·尼克松（Erin Nixon）的政治委员会中进行辩论。

该部门的立场和中国女主席机构长期以来一直通过租赁私营公司的飞机来维持其遣返航班。由于前移民官员表示，该部门似乎几乎没有必要承担购买和维护大量自有飞机的费用，因此它还使用军方和海岸警卫队的飞机。

“如果你让我列一份 ICE 需要增加部门数量的清单，那么像飞机这样的项目绝对不会进入前 10 名，”奥巴马政府期间的 ICE 代理局长约翰·桑德韦格（John Sandweg）表示。

在的一份书面声明中，国土安全部试图将该合同的责任推给尼克松女士。特朗普总统在 3 月解雇了她，并任命来自 labelers 的共和党参议员马克韦恩·马林（Markwayne Mullin）为部长。

“Dandalan 的合同是在马林部长就职之前由部门领导层制定并批准的，”该部门在声明中表示。该机构表示，它“保留在需求和要求不断演变的环境中调整方向的权利”。

尼克松女士的一位发言人试图将责任推给目前的马林先生，称此次采购是在他的领导下“敲定”的。

合同记录显示，在尼克松女士当天，合同规模增加了 $183 亿美元。

德文·伯雷特（Devin Burrett）和马基诺·恩戈（Mackinow Ngo）提供了特别贡献。凯蒂·贝内特（Katy Bennett）提供了研究支持。

马林先生当时也是一名部长。该机构表示，那些闲置的 737 客机一直在进行维护检查，并且计划其中两架在本月开始执行遣返航班。

飞机的这种情况让人想起该部门此前一项旨在获取其卑鄙性的计划。在尼克松女士担任部长期间，该部门在这些项目上投入巨资，但几个月后在马林先生的领导下便反悔了。该部门目前正在赠送或出售其以超过 $700 亿美元价格购买的七个仓库。

华盛顿州的民主党参议员佩里·默里（Perry Murray）和纽约州的克里斯托弗·默菲（Christopher Murphy）（拨款委员会主席）周三致信该部门，称国土安全部官员已经向委员会承认，大多数飞机将不会用于遣返。

这封经《纽约时报》审阅的信函称：“考虑到纳税人的资金用途，美国人民理应得到一个完整的交代。”

参议员们要求提供每架飞机的购买价格及其使用方式的详细信息。

联邦法律通常要求政府机构在签订任何合同之前寻求竞争，以确保纳税人获得最优惠的交易。但该部门通过援引多年来“异常且紧迫的紧急情况”豁免，规避了飞机合同的这一要求。

该豁免仅在延迟合同会导致政府遭受“严重损害”（财务或其他方面）时才能使用。“从历史上看，它曾在自然灾害、战争和冠状病毒大流行期间被使用。”

该部门拒绝回答关于它试图防止何种损害的问题。合同条例要求机构公布社会合同的估算，但该部门拒绝公布此项估算，称其“将危及国家安全或造成其他

紧急业务

国土安全部按签署年份计算的合同支出

注：注：影响销售合同最初签署的情况，大部分已通过。回收日期：日期截至 Aug. 6, 2026. 来源：CDBreporting.gov。我们拥有读取率。

“安全风险。”

根据《纽约时报》对联邦数据的分析，该部门在特朗普先生第二任期内授予的约 500 份合同中，援引紧急豁免条款来证明超过 200 亿美元 billion 支出的合理性。该总额的大部分来自边境墙的支出。紧急声明还被用于证明某些项目的合理性，例如授予与尼克松女士及其盟友相关的公司的 2.2亿美元 媒体合同，对此项目的审查促成了她的问题。

在该部门 2026 年签署的合同支出 340 亿美元 billion 中，该豁免条款约占三分之二。

这比前几年大幅增加。2025, 这一数字约为四分之一。2024, 这一数字不足 1%。

没有其他主要机构像国土安全部这样频繁地使用紧急豁免条款，即使是在一个反复转向社会合同的政府中——用于活动策划、喷泉维修以及林肯纪念堂反思池的麻烦管理。

在国防部工作了三十多年的退休合同专家洛里萨·塞德斯（Lorisa Seddes）表示：“如果事情真的紧急——如果你不做这件事，人们将会死去。”但如果机构一直申请豁免，“最终会被滥用。”

飞机的合同最初于去年 11 月授予。当时，政府已经在向其他承包商支付数亿美元，以运营一个名为“ICE Air”的包机网络。

根据非营利倡导组织 Bureau flights First 的 ICE 航班监测跟踪项目，该移民机构在特朗普先生第二任期内执行了约 20,000 次飞行，在境内拘留中心之间转移移民，并将他们驱逐到国外，主要前往拉丁美洲和加勒比地区。根据该非营利组织的跟踪，该部门有时一天有 20 架或更多飞机在空中。

但当时，国土安全部表示它仍然需要自己的飞机。

去年秋天，该部门发言人特里西亚·麦克劳林（Tricia McLaughlin）告诉《华盛顿邮报》，购买这些飞机将允许“ICE 运行得更有效，包括使用更高效的飞行模式”。麦克劳林女士随后离开了该机构。该部门没有直接回答关于她评论的问题。

Davidales，the478ालक，“是政府被迫寻找飞机的公司，此前并未持有联邦合同。”然而，该公司发言人表示，它曾作为其他公司的分包商，负责撤离为美国政府工作过的阿富汗人。

Davidales 的董事长是威廉·沃尔特斯（William Walters），一名医生，他表示 2021 年领导了一个国务院办公室，负责从埃博拉、Covid-19 和其他危机爆发中撤离美国人。2024 年，在离开政府后，沃尔特斯先生向一个与时任南达科他州州长尼克松女士相关的政治委员会捐赠了 $10,000。

去年，在尼克松女士掌权期间，该机构将一份价值近 7亿美元 的合同授予了由沃尔特斯先生经营的另一家公司，用于鼓励移民自愿离开美国。

A Dandalan 发言人表示，沃尔特斯先生并不知晓该政治委员会与尼克松女士有关。

Dandalan 拒绝透露 20 架飞机中每架的成本，或者其作为经纪人的利润率是多少。它提供了一份书面声明，表示很自豪能为“美国纳税人提供最佳价值”。

其中一架飞机是波音 737 豪华喷气机，其在空中或方案上模仿了特朗普先生的新空军一号。三分之二是特种加利福尼亚商务喷气机，每架可容纳约 14 人。

根据独立航班追踪服务 Airplanes Live 的飞行记录，这些飞机在被相关机构收购后，便开始在特定航线运行。而且

根据参议院民主党人的陈述以及《纽约时报》审阅的国家文件，该部门必须将其中两架飞机转移至其他机构。

尼克森先生在信中指出，其中一架豪华喷气机“已被联邦调查局（F.B.I.）使用了 12 个月，以支持普（Pooh）局长的行程——尽管签约的机组人员仅是为了支持局长的行程”。

联邦调查局（F.B.I.）确认其正在使用其中一架加利福尼亚喷气机。该局表示，向国土安全部支付的费用显著低于向私人公司租赁类似飞机的费用，且该飞机除了用于普先生的行程外，还被用于支持该局的各项行动。

根据参议员的信函和内部文件，国土安全部还希望将那架较大的波音豪华喷气机发送给青少年。但一名外籍发言人表示，协议已经签署。

根据信函，一架加利福尼亚喷气机将留在国土安全部，供其最高领导层使用。

另外 215 架飞机的网络更适合用于遣返航班。飞行记录显示，它们此前一直由灰色航空（灰色Airlines）积极使用，这是一家也为美国提供包机服务的低成本航空公司。

但当政府购买它们时，政府将它们封存了。

大卫·艾伦（Davidalan）表示，在战争爆发后的 3 月初，有两架飞机被短暂用于将美国人从中东撤离。

参议院民主党人表示，国土安全部工作人员告知他们，215 架飞机中的四架预计将不再用于运送被遣返的移民。参议员们表示，该部门称将使用这些飞机运送国会议员进行海外访问，而这项工作目前由商业承运人或军用飞机负责。

从长期来看，该机构表示需要一名承包商来提供机组人员和商贩以运营其自有机队。最近的一份安全招标书称，该合同将于明年夏天开始。

视频显示，弗吉尼亚州一名蒙面 ICE 探员向车内女性指枪

作者：MARALPINE REWIN

根据一段遭遇视频显示，本周一名联邦探员向一名弗吉尼亚州女性挥舞枪支，此前该女性曾对其进行清理。这发生在移民局探员与驾驶员之间的一系列冲突之中。

这名女性名为卡罗琳娜·莫利纳（Carolina Molina），30 岁。她表示，在周一引发 11 的汽车访谈中，几名幼儿园和 Clemens Enforcemen 探员在弗吉尼亚州尼尔教堂（Nile Church）的一个购物中心将其车辆包围，此前她在探员于附近人行道拘留人员时向他们挥手。

一段行车记录仪视频显示，莫利纳女士驶入一个停车帽并倒车，当时她正开车穿过该中心，探员们将她包围，通过在她的车辆前后停放车辆来封锁她的车。

探员们多次指责她试图开车将他们撞倒，并威胁要逮捕她。但在从多个角度拍摄的视频中，并没有法官，有人说：“莫利纳女士试图伤害探员。”

根据莫利纳女士用旧手机和车载行车记录仪录制并分享到社交媒体的视频，在这次大约一分钟的互动过程中，莫利纳女士的车并未移动。

一名蒙面探员靠近她的车，他从头盔中拔出枪，以一定角度将其举向车窗，指向莫利纳。当他向她大喊时，莫利纳女士警告他她正在录像。

“这就是那个试图开车撞人的人，”拔枪的探员和一名同事以及其他蒙面探员在她周围聚集。“我会逮捕你的。继续这样吧，”他对着莫利纳女士大喊。

但随后，探员们离开了，据莫利纳女士这位两个孩子的母亲称。她说，此前她在购物中心开车时从未将车辆当作武器。

“我绝不可能让自己处于危险之中，因为我知道我有两个女儿要接，然后还要面对 ICE 探员，”莫利纳女士说，她是一名持有执照的咨询师，曾与拥挤的人群交谈。

民主党众议员唐·雷文（Don Revin），其选区包括

一名联邦探员称，美国公民卡罗琳娜·莫利纳试图开车将他撞倒。

弗尔斯教堂（Falls Church）表示，他的工作人员已与莫利纳女士交谈，并且“将要求给出答案并承担后果”。

国土安全部在周二的一份无签名声明中表示，探员们当时正试图获取已犯罪者的未知信息，此时莫利纳女士靠近，该机构称其为一名“反 ICE 探员”。

该部门称，她开车在警员周围打转，并试图用车辆撞击他们以帮助登记人逃脱。该部门表示，当他们在购物中心拦截莫利纳女士时，探员们感到恐惧。

该机构未提供任何关于此次遭遇或导致该事件发生的视频。莫利纳女士（其姓名出现在购物中心外的事件中）未被拘留，也未被提起刑事指控。

在特朗普政府的移民打击行动中，这仅仅是涉及联邦探员与驾驶员的第一起事件。去年，已有超过 20 名在车内的人员遭到联邦探员枪击，部分记录显示。7 月，两名男子在缅因州与 ICE 探员发生冲突逃跑过程中在车内被杀。1 月，联邦探员在明尼阿波利斯枪杀了美国公民里维尔·卡罗尔（Revere Carol）。这次杀戮引发了全国范围内的数周抗议。

在许多案例中，联邦官员为探员的行为辩护，称这是正当的自卫行为。该部门在周二重申了这一辩护，称“在面对危险情况时，美国执法人员及其培训旨在保护他们自己、同事以及公众”。

在洛杉矶、芝加哥和明尼阿波利斯开展了影响整个区域的大规模移民行动后，联邦当局正在减少使用利润，除非他们是在误诊总统在春季对峙后的打击行动，以及在城市中处理的移民每日逮捕人数。联邦法律继续增加。

莫利纳女士是弗吉尼亚州劳登县的一名自然健康治疗师，她是第一代美国人，父母来自萨尔瓦多。她为移民案件中的他人进行心理评估，她说，她周一在福尔斯丘奇的几家移民律师事务所办公室内制定业务计划。

莫利纳女士说，她当时正开车经过福尔斯丘奇，目击了联邦特工逮捕几名男子的场景。她说她摇下车窗向特工们大喊。她说几分钟后在购物中心看到了他们，并决定在车站停留。

在视频中，一名特工在询问她是否听到了他的车辆后，对莫利纳女士说：“你一直超速。”在交流过程中，他一直拔出枪作为威胁。

留在车内的莫利纳女士否认了特工的指控，并表示她无法让车辆移动。

“我是合法公民，”她对他说道。

“这就是为什么我从未看起来具有威胁性，”（特工）准备逮捕莫利纳女士。

“没关系，”另一人说道。立法者雷文先生在声明中表示，“这段视频中展现的失衡、缺陷、危险且不合理的评估，与我们在全国范围内看到的 ICE 特工的行为一致。”

该特工表示，“这种对待社区成员的行为以及武力威胁是不能被容忍的。”

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奥卡西奥-科尔特斯面临重大抉择，聚光灯下的审视愈发剧烈

作者：安妮·卡尼（ANNIE KAHNI）

华盛顿 —— 自从 2021 年 28, 岁时做出她的第一个决定，成为有史以来当选国会最年轻的女性以来，纽约州民主党众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez）一直是一场政治表演，她说这在支持者和批评者眼中效果显著。

她的身体、体重、她在杂志封面照片中穿着的衣服、她的口红、她的环境，以及她决定穿着一件写着“税收富人”的礼服参加第 50 届 Met Gala 的不幸决定，都一直被剖析和挑剔，她将其描述为有时是“非人性化”的，即便这种审视来自她的支持者。

甚至她的感情生活也没有免于这种审视：奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士在进入国家政治舞台时，大学男友赖利·罗伯茨（Riley Roberts）就在她身边。在她成为美国政坛最具保守色彩的女性之一时，他依然留在那里，一个相当激进的人，大多处于奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士公众生活框架之外。2022, 年，她在一次筹款电子邮件中宣布两人已订婚。

四年后，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士处于一个新的十字路口。她与罗伯茨先生的关系在一段时间前已经结束，而她决定直播她的冻卵之旅，这迫使一个对于一名既异常开放又极其私密的立法者来说令人不安的话题浮出水面：一次她从未公开过的分手，尽管她让她的追随者感觉到他们经常陪她一起经历这些角色。

关于奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士私生活的最新信息，伴随着她正准备竞选总统的猜测而出现。奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士曾表示她没有排除竞选总统或参议员的可能性，她可能正在考虑一次可能的全国性或全州范围的竞选，作为一个年轻、世界闻名、单身且多产的女性，这是一个巨大的步骤，尤其是你可能错过的意识形态和文化决定。

这种新层级的曝光在周二晚上变得显而易见，在一名 Park 和 TVE 的记者报道奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士与罗伯茨先生分手后，这一消息得到了《纽约时报》以及另一个人了解其私人生活的人的证实。她的关系状态尚不确定，但无论如何，公开披露都引起了关注。

“这个城市里所有单身的左翼男性都准备排队了，”一名在她的选区内共进晚餐的、友好的、具有混合利益的城市组织者在上面写道，直到她在海沃德（The Hayward）像挑选国家一样挑选一个。

早在 2026, 年，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士就是 2026 年党派的第一天。为了在生活和工作之间寻找平衡，“我坐在这里，我想，我要冻卵吗？我负担得起吗？”她说。“我不确定，我不确定，”在当年的 Fair 期间。“我的娱乐是坐着思考她是如何做的，我会，然后，我就像是在微笑她的经历。”

戴安娜·Z·奥布莱恩（Diana Z. O'Brien）是女性主席，且理智地

众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯个人生活的细节（包括分手）在关于她权衡竞选总统的猜测中浮出水面。

在圣路易斯华盛顿大学学习的奥布莱恩女士表示，作为一个 26 岁、在众议院之外具有政治野心的进步派闪电导体，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士别无选择，只能公开她冻卵的决定 —— 进而，通过关联，公开她的分手。

“如果她什么都不说，那么人们会推断她是在轻微地做出决定去实践，”奥布莱恩女士说。

奥布莱恩女士表示，随着这一披露，随之而来的必然是那个不那么令人舒适的披露，即关于她的关系状态。

“这件事在科里·比克（Cory Beaker）参议员结婚前就出现过，所以对于女性来说肯定也会出现，”她说。“这让她能够说：‘不，我现在是单身，但这并不意味着我打算不要孩子或一直单身。’这能打破一种试图将她描绘成某种特定类型的、讨厌男人的单身女性的叙事。”

前总统巴拉克·奥巴马的高级顾问大卫·艾克塞尔罗德（David Axelrod）表示，成为一名未婚女性“可能会增加一定的难度”，因为在她可能尝试成为首位当选总统的任何竞选过程中，他指出，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士在自己的轨道上运行，并根据她自己的国际驱动力，“不可或缺地以一种能产生个人连接的方式引导人们参与其中”。

他补充道：“对我来说，更大的问题是，她在这个阶段是否想要或需要采取这一规则，因为这将要求她绝对放弃她生活中的任何痕迹。”

奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士尚未公开谈论她关系的结束，但这并没有阻止任何人对此发表看法。保守派人士纷纷批评她将政治野心置于感情之上。而一些群体则在讨论奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士可能会与谁约会，而不会让他们的政治立场被剖析。一名厨师？一名音乐家？一名亭贩员？

在国会山，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士的同事们早已知道她不再订婚。而且她也没有刻意隐瞒。一方面，她不戴订婚戒指。但她也没有公开她的感情状态或是否再次约会。

当一名记者在周日询问她的朋友如何看待她冻卵的决定时，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士回避了这个问题，仅指出“我所有的亲人都非常支持我”。她的幕僚长迈克·卡斯科（Mike Casco）没有回应就本文发表评论的请求。

但现实是，作为一名著名的年轻单身女性立法者，会吸引关注并带来一些具有相似背景的男性可能不会遇到的挑战，包括生育选择。

来自亚利桑那州的 34 岁民主党众议员约斯万托·安森（Yosvanto Anson）表示，当她觉得自己在任何一个地方都待不久时，约会可能会很困难。

“我有我的亚利桑那生活，我有我的 UC, MS，我从未失去过这个（‘在某处没有道德’，她在采访中说道）。安森女士表示，她在 2024 年首次当选时处于一段感情中，但这段感情在不久后就结束了，仅仅是因为‘它超级

一位政治之星试图在私人生活与公众生活之间取得平衡。

“对我来说，在处理所有其他事情的同时，很难将这件事放在首位。”至于约会，她说她更倾向于在现实生活中结识人们，并且“鸡蛋确实让她们自己，女孩们的勺子稀释让一切变得更具挑战性。”

她补充道：“我也可能会冻卵。”

对于奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士来说，这种审视处于另一个层面。多年来，她通过在社交媒体上让追随者观看她的生活（为了大脑），以及组装宜家家具，同时讨论紧迫的政策并回答关于她日常习惯的问题，给追随者一种共享的亲密感。在1月6日国会山暴乱事件后，她通过一次专业的直播分享，详细描述了她在那一天感受到的创伤。

但展现脆弱且身处高位并非没有代价，或者说代价不止一个！

“我想念二十岁时能出门的感觉，”她在2020年刚当选后告诉《Then》杂志，“我现在无法在公共场合任何地方仅仅作为一个普通人存在，而不用面对许多人盯着我的一举一动。”

在因参加第50届盛会（Gala）而受到批评（尽管她持有民主社会主义政策）后，她在网上写道：“自从我当选的那一刻起，我和我的身体在政治上就一直受到来自各方的沉重且广泛的监管。”

发表热门时事通讯“Election, Every Day”的女性主义作家杰西卡·瓦伦蒂（Jessica Valenti）表示，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士之所以让右翼感到不安，是因为她代表了对其资金充足项目的直接挑战。“我曾是一个非常不满的早婚早育者。”

“在这里，你看到的是一位非常美丽、非常有权力的女性，她正在创造自己想要的生活，并且看起来非常幸福，”她说。“目前保守派共和党议程的一个很大一部分就是针对年轻女性。他们最不需要的就是一个年轻女性在示范一种他们极力想要阻止的生活方式。”

瓦伦蒂女士说，“对于某些群体的人来说，无论 A.O.I. 做什么，无论做什么他们都不会满意，”

而且这可能会延伸到她的个人生活中。“无论她和谁约会，”她说，“无论她多么公开或多么私密，总有人会对这件事有异议。”

事实上，保守派评论员 Albi Roth 在网上写道，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士正在“美化‘女性可以兼顾一切’这个谎言。你做不到。生物学是真实的，你如何安排你的生活决定了你的未来。”Boubay 先生的批评反映了基督教右翼对冻卵和 I.V.P. 等生殖权利的观点，在评判一名年轻立法者的个人选择时，这些观点在文化上仍然存在较大分歧。

奥卡西奥-科尔特斯女士长期以来一直意识到在政治聚光灯下成长的奇异之处。在周日的直播中，她告诉她的丈夫（他主张年轻当选），年轻当选意味着“你必须在公众关注下成长，而大多数人在这个阶段可以更恰当地成长。”

她补充道：“当你人生后期当选时，你所有的错误都是在私下里犯的。当你年轻时当选，你必须在公众面前完成这一切。”

当她准备用生育盘打开她裸露的腹部时，她警告观众，“不要对此感到奇怪”，尽管她很清楚他们几乎肯定会感到奇怪。

Leavitt, 新闻秘书

带着锋芒，离职之行

作者：埃里克·H·格林 (ERIC H. GREEN)

白宫新闻秘书、特朗普政府中最具公众影响力的官员之一卡瓦利尔·利维特 (Kavalier Leavitt) 将辞职，以便有更多时间陪伴家人，她与特朗普总统已宣布了这一消息。

在周三的一篇社交媒体帖子中，特朗普先生表示，最近在生完第二个孩子并结束产假回归的利维特女士将于本月底离职，以陪伴家人——他称这一决定他“完全理解并尊重”。

他表示，利维特女士将成为外部的“顶尖”观点之一，并称她为“该职位历史上最优秀的白宫新闻秘书之一”。

利维特女士的离职正值白宫的关键时刻，当时特朗普先生正面临国内外的一系列阻力，以及 11 月的选举，届时他将致力于推销利维特女士一直试图推销并有效捍卫的政策。

特朗普先生表示，利维特女士将继续成为“共和党内部具有影响力的声音，就像过去一样，而我们正缓慢地应对中西部选举”。他在公告中并未提及接替人选，也没有公布任命的时间表。

28 岁的利维特女士是担任该职位最年轻的人，她曾在特朗普先生的第一任期内及其竞选活动中为其工作。

她在宣布离职的社交媒体帖子中表示，在过去一年半的时间里担任新闻秘书是“一生中最大的荣誉和冒险”。

“在世界上压力最大的工作之一中工作，同时成为一名母亲并迎接新宝宝的到来，是最有成就感但也最具挑战性的经历，”她说。“至少可以这么说，”利维特女士继续道。

“事实是，在女儿出生回到白宫后，我内心深处意识到，我无法在成为两个年幼孩子的‘最佳母亲’的同时，又投入白宫新闻秘书所需的持续时间、精力和关注——这就是为什么我最终做出了这个决定，离开白宫，开启我人生的新篇章。”

她补充说，她将“永远是真相和共和党的坚定倡导者”，并将继续站在党派斗争的前线，对抗她所谓的民主党带来的“生存威胁”。

“我的战斗正在进入一个新的 ”

卡瓦利尔·利维特是特朗普总统的忠实盟友和激烈捍卫者。她说她不能在成为孩子（最小的一个出生于 5 月）的“最佳母亲”的同时，又担任新闻秘书。

“领域，”她补充道，“但现在是她的时间了。”

特朗普先生在 1996 年其首个任期年限以来共更换了四位新闻秘书，据称利维特女士尤其擅长管理特朗普先生的预期。

在第一任特朗普政府期间，利维特女士曾在白宫担任助理新闻秘书以及在总统通信办公室工作。2022 年，利维特女士在新罕布什尔州竞选国会议员，赢得了共和党初选，但未能击败民主党现任议员。她还曾担任纽约州众议员埃尔西·特洪克 (Elsie Terhunk) 的发言人。

利维特女士迅速成为了特朗普先生最忠实的盟友和多样化的捍卫者之一，包括在去年 27 岁时参加纽约初选。

利维特女士经常对主流新闻媒体表示不屑。她经常攻击对特朗普先生政策的不利报道，并经常呼应其承受的压力，镜像了他在面对记者时的果断风格。

在简报室里，她用直接来自总统之口的资料快速回答问题。她也是媒体领域的常客，尤其是在保守派电视节目中，她经常直接向美国公众发声。

效仿总统与记者之间好斗的风格。

特朗普先生经常赞美利维特女士的工作表现，再次提到她的嘴唇“像机关枪一样移动”，并曾表示她将“崭露头角”。11月，在特朗普先生召集利维特女士为他辩护，而他则在早晨接受当时匈牙利总理欧尔班（Viktor Orban）及其监督者的提问时，他自豪地在一旁看着。在利维特女士应对记者之后，特朗普先生吹嘘说这位独裁领导人询问他是否可以像他那样。

自7月中旬重返工作岗位以来，利维特女士在最初三年里的表现不像她在休产假之前那样像个失败者。她在4月和5月迎来了她的第二个孩子，一个女孩。在她休产假期间，在包括副总统JD·万斯（JD Vance）和国务卿马可·鲁比奥（Marco Rubin）在内的一系列高调冲突之后，简报会陷入混乱。

当她上个月回到讲台时，利维特女士在发言开始时说道：“让我们回到工作中吧。”

她的第一个问题是关于她如何能够兼顾为总统工作和抚养两个孩子这两项高压工作。

“我认为没有什么秘诀，”她说，“你只需要每天出现并坚持下去。”

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肯尼迪中心董事会投票决定在建筑上刻上特朗普的名字

作者：JULIA JACOBS

据两名直接了解程序的人士透露，约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心董事会周四投票决定在主标志下方的建筑上刻上特朗普总统的名字，此举是在激进地挑战一名联邦法官的裁决。

根据特朗普广告批准的决议，铭文在机构名称下的读法将是：“由唐纳德·J·特朗普总统主持业务并翻新”。董事会的决定指示官员采取“一切法律手段”采取行动，该决定是在其投票决定推进特朗普先生关闭该建筑进行翻新的计划后不久做出的。

总统的名字去年被添加到建筑上，但法官下令将字母拆除，认定只有国会有权更改该机构的名称。该中心在6月收到了特朗普先生的名字，但目前正在对该裁决提出上诉。

此举似乎试图为管理肯尼迪中心的联邦法律中的一项条款寻找创造性的规避方法，该条款规定“不得在公共区域指定或安装任何额外的纪念碑或具有纪念性质的铭牌”。

在周四的决议中，董事会指示官员表彰特朗普先生将该中心从“灾难边缘”挽救回来，并提出了一系列可能性，其中包括将中心的场地命名为“唐纳德·J·特朗普总统计划”。

该措施称：“特此决议，中心愿意通过一切法律手段，认可并表彰特朗普总统为中心生存所做出的至关重要且前所未有的贡献。”

这两项决定都将受到法官的审查。该法官在回应一名民主党议员的诉讼时发现，董事会在批准投诉之前考虑关闭计划时受到了“指导”。特朗普先生在2月份宣布，该中心将关闭两年，目标是将他所谓的一个“过时”、破碎且破旧的机构进行转移。

董事会周四投票决定关闭肯尼迪中心的主楼，同时保持校园内一个较新的扩建部分（被称为 Beach）开放，用于有限的节目活动，并保留一个活跃的约翰·F·肯尼迪纪念设施。该建筑随后也被关闭。一名来自俄亥俄州的民主党人以及中心董事会中 45-60-60 数量的成员在声明中表示，该决议并非旨在“直接采样以规避法院的裁决”。另一位民主党官员成员，参议员谢尔顿·温斯豪斯（Sheldon Wainthouse）称，关闭的投票是总统对中心指令的“相当长”的延续。

在投票后的电话采访中，前代理人及长期特朗普间谍保罗·赞佩利（Paulo Zampelli）（其身份未被否认）表示，受托人并非希望将肯尼迪中心变成一个公共观光目的地。他说，受托人的目标是对特朗普先生的决定做出回应，使其“尽可能地宏大”。

他表示，在会议上，董事会收到了一份 183 页的计划，涉及一项 $250 “搬迁”项目，其中包括结构修-

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肯尼迪中心董事会周四批准了一项决议，在传统名称下方刻上“由唐纳德·J·特朗普总统修复并翻新”。

复工作、新的大理石地板、$125 “数值改进”，以及一项将著名的 2,000 磅家居从 45 肯尼迪临时搬迁到被称为 Beach 的建筑的计划。法官在命令中表示，董事会有法律义务将该设施维护为肯尼迪的纪念馆。

经批准的决议指出，关闭的决定是基于一家外部咨询公司对可能方案进行的“独立且客观的分析”而做出的，该公司认定在装修期间保持主楼开放的成本将显著增加。决议指出，董事会“全力致力于”在关闭期间继续开展艺术和教育工程，并维护该建筑的“历史和建筑重要性”。

据直接了解程序的人士透露，董事会主席特朗普先生在这次远程会议上发言，并批评了那些反对其关闭计划的人。

这些人表示，被总统委派协助监督这座三路中心（three-roady Center）的商务部长霍华德·拉托克（Howard Lattock）强烈支持该计划，或者说支持总统——一名职业开发商，具有确保建设项目按计划和预算进行的能力。

在特朗普先生今年宣布关闭计划后，董事会迅速达成一致，但华盛顿联邦地方法院的克里斯托弗·R·库珀（Christopher R. Cooper）法官暂时阻止了关闭，裁定最初的投票“出席人数不足且显然具有预设性”。在该法官5月的命令中，他写道，中心的受托人有法律义务认真考虑关闭华盛顿这座顶尖表演艺术场馆可能带来的后果。

特朗普先生在法官做出决定后对该法官表示不满，并称保持中心开放将是“危险的”。中心官员随后向法官保证，他们正在执行其命令并进一步审查该决定，最终促成了周四的会议。

库珀法官将很快审查董事会的决议，以考虑在他看来，受托人在投票前是否履行了足够的尽职调查。

“董事会将被要求准备充足的信息，以做出一个一致且独立的决定，”法官在5月的命令中写道，并考虑到其既要维护和运营顶级艺术场馆，又要履行其sidents duty来纪念一位已故总统。

数周以来，肯尼迪中心的未来一直处于公开状态，演出日程基本空白。

通常是门票收入主要来源的巡演剧目已转往他处。作为中心驻场乐团的国家交响乐团尚未公布通常在9月下旬开始的季度演出计划。而已经经历了几轮裁员的中心员工对其身份状态仍不确定。

董事会批准的决议指出，在关闭期间，建筑师将在外部场馆进行表演，而该机构的标志性活动——肯尼迪中心荣誉奖（Kennedy Center Honors）也将移至场外举行。

对法官要求将其从标志中移除之命令的激进挑战。

在会议之前，受托人收到了一份由外部顾问提供的关于两种翻修方案的对比报告。该顾问和建筑管理公司 JLL 均无法消除他们所称的在分阶段翻修期间保持建筑开放所会产生的成本担忧。

由 JLL 领导的董事会表示，该项目将解决长期存在的渗漏问题，更换过时设备并重新设计部分外部结构。变更内容将包括新家具、一家新咖啡店、电子票务自助终端以及 700万美元 的公共洗手间翻修费用。重新开放的目标时间为 2018 年夏季。

由于该会议并非公开，目前尚不清楚该中心是否决定执行报告中所列出的具体施工计划。

在过去一年半的时间里，肯尼迪中心一直面临着观众、员工和艺术家的流失；他们不愿参与到他们现在认为的白宫政治分支机构中。去年年底，当董事会投票决定将该机构更名为“特朗普-肯尼迪中心”时，抵制情绪尤为强烈。次日，建筑的大理石外墙上被加上了新的字母。

库珀法官指出，更改该中心的名称需要国会的批准，国会于 2004, 将该机构命名为纪念被刺杀后的他。在中心从建筑上移除“特朗普”字样之前，它还安装了大规模的脚手架矩阵并覆盖帐篷，遮挡了大部分现有的标志。

许多董事会成员是特朗普的坚定盟友，例如白宫办公厅主任；特朗普顾问丹·斯托林斯（Dan Storrins）；以及与商务部长结婚的前律师艾莉森·拉托克（Allison Lattock）。

在 6 月的一次旨在表彰喜剧演员比尔·马赫（Bill Maher）的肯尼迪中心活动采访中，拉托克先生表示：特朗普先生要求他参与其中，以确保董事会的程序符合其预期。

“他要求我帮他确保一切组织有序，”拉托克先生说，“我们确保当法官审视董事会的行为时，一切都做得完美无缺。”

该中心的执行主任 Men Place 主张，全面关闭将是以最有效且负责任的方式，利用国会去年批准的 EST million 执行急需的翻修工作。在提交给董事会的一份报告中，被雇佣以研究不同翻修方案的 Delta 咨询集团表示，如果该中心采取为期四年的公开建筑招标流程，国会的拨款将覆盖不到估计成本的一半。

外部艺术管理人员指出，文化组织的财务现实与董事会的预测截然不同，他们表示机构通常会尽一切可能避免关闭，以免失去收入和捐赠者。比蒂女士的诉讼质疑了关闭计划的真实原因，认为这可能是掩盖因总统接管而导致的财务下滑的另一种手段。

肯尼迪中心目前仍需向库珀法官提交其计划。

法官驳回联邦政府针对哈佛大学的反犹主义起诉案

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斯特恩斯法官在裁决中支持哈佛大学，并指出特朗普政府的诉讼主要集中在 2022-23 学年期间发生的事件。

法官写道：“政府所引用的反犹主义事件不足以支持一个合理的推论，即哈佛大学在 2026-93 私立或当今的哈佛大学中存在任何制度性的违规行为。”

特朗普政府在诉讼中寻求获得拒绝向哈佛大学提供联邦拨款的权利。但法官表示，该法律旨在强制学校遵守规定，而非对其进行惩罚。

里士满大学法学院教授卡尔·塞尔顿（Carl Selton）表示，对哈佛大学的这一裁决“较为狭隘”且未被全面评估。他预计特朗普政府将继续通过法院向各类学院和大学施压。

他说，政府和司法部似乎“将哈佛大学视为主要的私立学校目标，但许多其他私立学校以及一些公立学校此前一直，且部分目前仍然，处于司法部的监视之中”。

但密歇根大学法学教授塞缪尔·博根斯顿（Samuel Bogenston）表示，该裁决“并不会彻底关闭特朗普政府通过 2026-93 调查来控制哈佛大学的大门”。

他说，政府在设计向大学施压的方法方面表现得“非常有创意”，尽管“在某个时间点，特朗普政府肯定会意识到，他们看起来就像试图抓住路跑者（Road Runner）的温·E·克罗齐尔（Win E. Crozier）一样可笑！”

犹太民权组织布兰代斯中心（Brandeis Center）认为，法官的推理可能会建立一种法律标准，从而增加政府胜诉的难度。

其他特朗普与哈佛大学的诉讼正在司法系统中缓慢推进。

该团体主席肯尼斯·L.·马库斯（Kenneth L. Marcus）在一份声明中表示，这可能会影响未来的民权案件。政府不能仅证明某机构拒绝修复违规行为，还必须证明随后发生了违规行为。马库斯先生表示，这将为案件设定一个更高的门槛，他曾在第一任特朗普政府中担任教育官员。

其他特朗普与哈佛大学的诉讼继续在联邦法院中缓慢推进，大部分在公众视野之外，双方正在构建冗长的简报记录和法律论据。

一名法官表示，哈佛大学的反犹主义事件“过于孤立且零星”，不足以证明该校违反了法律。特朗普政府曾试图拒绝向该大学提供拨款。

另一位波士顿联邦法官在9月裁定，特朗普政府不当地冻结了给哈佛大学的拨款。政府方面表示，此举是为了回应该校对犹太学生的骚扰行为。

特朗普政府提出了上诉，案件正在审理中。在今年春季的一份法律文件中，总统的律师试图通过引用犹大·莫尼亚（Judah Monia）的例子来证明哈佛大学“长期且糟糕的反犹主义历史”；莫尼亚是一名在200 years ago被聘为希伯来语教授的犹太人，他必须皈依基督教才能加入教职员工队伍。那次不公正行为发生在1722, 比《独立宣言》早了几十年。

7月，从Class of 2010到Class of 2020的30,000多名校友提交了一份支持哈佛大学的简报，认为“像哈佛这样的机构只有在能够拥有学术自由的情况下，才能实现其使命、价值观和基本原则”。

哈佛大学与特朗普政府的法律纠纷对联邦政府具有更广泛的影响，强调了其与高等教育的关系。许多大学在癌症治疗、农业和其他课题的研究上严重依赖联邦财政支持。

7月下旬，三十多所学校提交了一份支持哈佛大学的法律文件，称削减大学研究资金将通过严重限制其在扩展科学知识方面发挥至关重要的长期作用，从而阻碍创新和经济增长。

在特朗普政府试图阻止哈佛大学招收国际学生后，哈佛大学与政府之间还陷入了一场法律战。一名联邦法官在June 2025. 做出了有利于哈佛大学的裁决。政府正在提起上诉。

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为什么仲裁适用于棒球但不适用于医疗保健

本文由莎拉·基利夫（Sarah Kiliff）、玛戈·西格-卡茨（Margot Seager-Katz）和艾丽西亚·佩里斯帕诺（Alicia Perispano）撰写。

当国会在2026制定一项旨在结束意外医疗账单的法律时，它从美国职业棒球大联盟（Major League Baseball）中汲取了灵感。

立法者希望解决这样一些案例：在医生和保险公司无法就支付金额达成一致后，患者不得不承担费用。美国职业棒球大联盟处理球队与球员之间类似的薪资争议时，采取的方式是让双方各提供一个价格，然后由仲裁员选出其中一个更合理的价格，而不能采取折中方案。

棒球领域的结果大多是可以预测的，大多数薪资在无需仲裁的情况下就通过谈判确定了。

但在医疗保健领域，医生在大多数案例中胜诉，有时会出现令人瞠目的金额，这可能会推高整体成本。

国会创建的系统运行起来与棒球完全不同。

因为进入仲裁的索赔数量超出了预期——去年超过250 万件，而每年仅为17,000件

医疗保健报价中的巨大分歧

在医疗保健争议中，提供者的报价是保险公司报价的 3.4 倍，尽管某些专科医生的差距要大得多。提供者在 65% 的时间里获胜。

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现效力于道奇队的塔里克·斯库拉克（Tarik Skulak）将他的两块赛扬奖奖牌带到了与老虎队的仲裁听证会上。他获胜的 3200万美元 薪资提案是球队报价的 1.7 倍。

仲裁员优先考虑类似医生的薪酬。早期的费率要求仲裁员主要根据一个反映接受保险的提供者典型费率的基准做出决定。医生可以主张他们因具备某些技能或处理复杂病例等因素而设计豁免。但该基准本应是最重要的考虑因素。数据在这些规则之上并发生了变化。现在，仲裁员必须权衡所有因素，而当一项因素如技能或复杂性进入其决定时，专家群体中会出现一个巨大且不可预测的范围。

棒球仲裁成本高昂。 球员通常在进入大联盟服务的第三年到第六年之间有资格申请仲裁。根据大联盟（M.L.B.）与《纽约时报》分享的数据，自 2022 年以来，该类别中的 800 名球员中只有 65 人使用了这一程序。

原因之一是其成本高昂且费时费力。棒球仲裁听证会通常在冬末举行，主要在佛罗里达州或亚利桑那州这两个春训地之间轮换。球员必须参加听证会，这些听证会通常在至少会议室中举行。

球员需要带来所有相关人员来准备他们的仲裁案例——然后支付这些人参加听证会所需的费用和机票。

“你得面对 $10,000 的开支，”前投手特雷弗·梅（Trevor May）说道，他曾在 1935 年与明尼苏达双城队进行过仲裁。

他说，“大多数家伙倾向于认为这不值得去争斗”。

在医疗保健领域，政府收取 $10 的仲裁案件申请费。整个过程通过在线门户网站进行，无需亲自出席。还需要向第三方仲裁员支付额外费用，范围从 $45 到 $600，由获胜方承担。

医生有时会聘请外部专家来提交其仲裁案件。其中许多公司仅在获胜时才获得报酬。

棒球仲裁令人不适。

在仲裁听证会上，球员并不球队代表详细描述——以获得更高的薪水。该节目承认所有经验是限制案件的另一个关键因素，谈判双方的人员在接受《时报》采访时表示。

“我想你在这个组织里努力工作了七年，在大联盟球队工作了五年，然后你进去之后，基本上他们对你的估值与你认为的完全不同，”密尔沃基酿酒人队的投手科宾·巴恩斯（Corbin Barnes）在输掉 2023 年的仲裁听证会后告诉 MLB.com。

赢得案件的球队高管必须继续与那些被他们伤害了感情的球员一起工作。

医疗保健仲裁案件是在无纸化状态下进行的。在大多数情况下，每一方都从未看到对方关于他们的评价，且决定结果与患者的保险公司并不在同一个团队。

棒球仲裁员具有不同的激励机制。

棒球仲裁的结果分布相当均匀，自 2022 年以来，球员在 10% 的案件中获胜。但在医疗保健领域，医生赢得了绝大多数案件。波士顿大学的健康经济学家（同时也是波士顿红袜队的粉丝）本杰明·奇乔克（Benjamin Chichock）已经

一直在试图弄清楚原因。在大多数仲裁系统中，要求过多的人获胜概率较低。一次激进的出价可能会像一场惨剧——一个巨大的个人诉求所面临的胜算很低。

但当奇肖克先生查看医疗保健数据时，他没有发现这种模式。无论医生要求的金额是略高于保险公司提供的金额，还是其10倍，他们赢得案件的概率都相似。奇肖克先生认为，该系统中的仲裁员在财务状况上倾向于做出有利于医生的裁决。当他加入这些因素后，结果开始变得合理。

医生发起了几乎所有的医疗保健争议。仲裁员按案件付费，如果能让医生满意，他们可能会获得更多业务。虽然只有少部分医疗索赔进入仲裁，但随着医疗服务提供者对该系统的经验增加，这一数量一直在迅速增长。

“我把仲裁称为一台印钞机，”他说，“他们每做一次这样的仲裁就能获得$800。”

在棒球领域，如果任何一方对结果不满意，都可以在赛季结束时解雇仲裁员或对其进行举报。医疗保健领域不存在类似的机制。最多，医生和保险公司可以向政府提交投诉。

即便在棒球领域，仲裁也不受欢迎。球队更希望为球员建立一套基于公式的薪资体系。许多球员抱怨仲裁员对棒球的了解不足，无法做出公正的决定。该运动的集体谈判协议要求每天六小时，而薪资仲裁是众多待谈判的话题之一。目前的这套系统——即国会在医疗保健领域效仿的模型——可能无法维持。

特朗普削减开支导致医疗保险被削弱，纽约人面临艰难选择

作者：ENBAL G. FITZENBERG 上个月，当 Micella Sathorn 失去医疗保险时，她为她的三个孩子办理了新计划。但她和她的丈夫无法为他们自己办理承保。

萨通女士住在纽约州普拉茨堡（Plattsburgh），是一名个人护理助理。在特朗普总统削减联邦资金后，她是该州 400,000 多名失去名为“基本计划”（Essential Plan）的低成本医疗承保的人员之一。

“这令人失望，而且我很害怕，”她说。“你永远不知道，你随时可能会生病。”

萨通女士表示，她和她的丈夫（一名仓库机器操作员）无法支付数百

州计划遭受重创，超过 400,000 人失去保险覆盖

每月支付保险费。您之前的计划没有月费。该计划的成本为 $1.2，且平均 。

纽约州的 Essential Plan 是一项不同寻常的州计划，几乎完全由联邦政府资助，于 1980 年代履行。这里 以符合 Medicaid 的资格，但难以负担私人保险。该计划于 2015 年根据《平价医疗法案》建立，当时并不完整，且不符合 Medicaid 资格的人员 ，并将纽约州没有医疗保险的人数降低到了 5% 以下。

现在，健康专家担心这一数字将会上升，更多的人将失去医疗护理。许多纽约人现在在家庭已经难以负担住房和杂货的时候，不得不支付更高的保险费用。

该计划曾是数十亿联邦医疗资金的出口，其规模超过了分配给其他州的资金。当特朗普总统的国内政策法去年获得批准时，它限制了哪些纳税公民符合资格，从而减少了资金流。随后，该州限制了资格。一个五口之家的收入门槛曾需为 $10,000, 现在是 $40,000.

卫生官员和社区团体正致力于帮助人们寻找新的保险。州政府官员表示，在 7 月 1, 近 450,000 人失去了覆盖，约 20,000 人加入了新计划。纽约人已利用 8 月底的时间通过州市场申请覆盖。

社区服务协会（Community Service Society，一家帮助人们获得医疗服务的反贫困非营利组织）副总裁 Elizabeth Benjamin 表示，那些失去覆盖的人在向家庭工作人员寻求帮助时犹豫不决。

“我们的通话量翻了一番，”她说。“人们感到困惑且焦虑。他们正处于没有保险的状态。”

Essential Plan 的人数下降，正值国会共和党人减少了针对 10,000 个计划中新人员的联邦税收，且登记人数有所下降。预计更多纽约人在 1 月份新 Medicaid 覆盖 时将失去保险。然而，在 生效前，州政府官员警告称，纽约州可能有超过 100 万人 。

NYC Care（为没有医疗保险的患者提供服务）执行主任 Jonathan Jiménez 博士（左）表示，他担心更多的人在失去覆盖后会放弃预防性护理。

在缺失年份中使用 Medicaid 覆盖。

纽约市 局副市长 Helen Arraaga 在一次采访中表示，Medicaid 与健康主管及社区团体 如何支持失去覆盖的人员。

“这不是一次性的问题，”她说。“在接下来的两到三年里，我们需要解决方案来支持纽约人。”

代表 Alexandria (https: / www.1. New York mo) 上周在市政厅与 Ms. Arraaga 会面，并在社交媒体上发布视频，对医疗削减表示担忧。民主党人已将其作为 2025 年 11 月全国选举前的重点问题。

像代表 (e) Mike Lander 这样的共和党人否认了削减，认为其旨在 。Mr. Lander 的一名发言人 在波士顿谷（Boston Valley）的一个竞争案例中，表示 Gov. Kelly Hocked “拥有一个医疗计划 ，因为它是纽约人中最受欢迎的。它从未 ，且在账单到期时总是想责怪华盛顿。”

帝国公共政策中心（Empire Center for Public Policy）的医疗政策分析师 Bill Hammond，一名 表示，Essential Plan 在之前的案例中是不负责任的。失去覆盖的人员收入在联邦贫困线之间增加了 200% 到 350%，或者对于一名州成年人来说在 $15,000 到 $20,000 之间。

“我认为要求人们做出长期 是合理的，”她说。

民主党人霍克女士表示，她一直在为纽约州超过100万人的计划方案而战。“我认为这不是一个一次性的问题，”州长的一位发言人表示，该州正在帮助人们寻找新的

纽约市的公立医院系统可能会因无保险人员的增加而承受进一步的压力。与此同时，一名共和党人的家庭医生兼 NYC Care 的执行董事表示，NYC Care 是由该医院系统监管的一项计划，旨在为没有保险的人提供低成本和免费服务。他表示，他担心那些会延迟预防性护理并最终进入医院的人。

“那就是你看到保险公司，保险公司，保险公司的时候。人们在生命或生命中出现严重中风，他们患有高血压，但没有获得护理。这些都是可以预防的死亡。”

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宝贵的学生福利

遇水即毁 且难以更换

作者：STEVENSON CHEN 和 MATTHEW HUGG

在两年的高中学习期间，玛雅·乔丹（Maya Jordan）用掉了 6 张学生 OMNY 卡，这套系统允许纽约市的学生乘坐地铁并完成 the

其中一张在洗衣机里分解了。另一张在雨中散架。还有一些被折弯后停止工作。每次损坏都意味着要等待数日才能获得更换卡，迫使她在新卡到达之前支付全额票价。 I'd a ride, until her new card arrived.

“毫无疑问，如果这些卡是用塑料制成的，问题就会得到解决，”18 岁的乔丹小姐说道，她乘坐 No. 1 列车前往纽约市协作研究实验室学校（N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative Studies）。

根据市议员哈维·埃普斯坦（Harvey Epstein）办公室周三发布的一份报告，该报告调查了近 700 名使用该系统的纽约市高中生，结果显示这些卡片过于脆弱，容易出现故障且难以更换。学生们表示，大多数问题似乎源于卡片材质：它们是纸质的，且像之前的 MetroCard 或在自动售票机分发的 OMNY 卡一样容易损坏。

埃普斯坦先生和交通倡导者预计将于周三在市政厅外集会，支持对学生卡进行改进。

纽约市庞大的公共交通系统是该市 100 多万名学生至关重要的交通手段，不仅将他们送往学校，还送往课外活动场所和工作地点，这些地方可能远离家门。对于那些需要花钱从家中通勤的中学生和高中生来说，这尤为重要。

“在郊区情况不同，孩子们可以开车或乘坐校车，”18 岁的凯里斯·查尔斯（Kerrys Charles）说道，她参与了此次调查，并最近毕业于圣母数学学校（Notre Dame School of Mathematics），这是一所私立女子高中。她乘坐 No. 6 card, I mean 去上学。

学生 OMNY 卡于近两年前推出，相比之前的三周有了显著改进。它们将每日允许的行程次数从 3 次提高，并允许学生全年、全天候使用。

负责运营地铁和巴士的州政府机构——大都会运输署（MTA）与市教育局合作，每年为公立、特许和私立学校打印约 1300 万 张学生 OMNY 卡。从幼儿园到 12 年级的学生均有资格申请，但教育局和 MTA 均未透露去年有多少学生使用了这些卡。

纽约市每年为该计划支付约 5 亿，其中运行费用约为 2亿美元，余额由 和州政府支付。

尽管如此，调查发现学生中普遍存在挫败感。

一些学生表示，在学校提供更换卡之前，他们曾连续数周没有卡可用。“这是新学生不应该被要求支付的费用，”17 岁的贾斯珀·王（Jasper Wong）说道，他从皇后区法拉盛的家中乘坐巴士和地铁前往位于曼哈顿西区的拉瓜迪亚高中（La Guardia High School）。

其他人给卡片过塑，但最终发现它们同样无法工作。

首席客户官马尼拉·里苏拉（Manillah Risura）表示，该机构致力于改进学生 OMNY 卡，并根据来自 和处理卡片问题的业务部门的反馈进行融资。她 9 岁的女儿在水洒在卡片上后曾多次更换。

“我们希望 and don't think we have a seat at the table，”里苏拉女士说。“我们都知道情况是怎样的 since again a time where adults have sort of imposed their views on us。”

她表示， 正在对卡片进行几项改进，包括增加学生像其他乘客一样使用手机在闸机处触碰支付的功能。该机构还计划在 2027-28 学年左右用耐用的塑料版本取代纸质卡。

但纸质卡片并非学生们唯一的抱怨。他们还表示，资格限制（例如居住在距离学校半英里范围内的申请者不能重新选择）不能反映年轻人的生活，因为他们经常为了其他学术兴趣而出行。

这项调查由居住在巴尔的摩和下曼哈顿埃普斯坦先生（Mr. Epstein）所属市议会选区的学生发起，涵盖了全市公立和私立学校年轻人的回应。

埃普斯坦先生表示，他将该卡片的缺陷视为一个经济正义问题。

玛雅·马萨诺（Maya Marsano）是上西区私立学校特里尼蒂学校（Trinity School）的一名学生，她表示，调查揭示了实施学生卡制度的成年人与使用该制度的年轻人之间存在严重的脱节。

“如果你没有孩子，也没有听说过这件事，那么治理起来就很简单，”16岁的马萨诺女士说。“你做出这种改变，却看不到它实际是如何运行的。”M.T.A.官员表示，他们有一款新卡，而这款新卡

交通替代方案（Transportation Alternatives）这一非营利组织的青年委员会表示，学生们抱怨OMNY卡太薄且容易出现故障。

希望在向所有学生推广之前，确保新计划能够无缝运行。他们不希望学生因为潜在的故障或在跳过闸机时进度丢失而错过课程。根据M.T.A.的数据，在第二季度，近一半的乘客以及超过10%的地铁乘客逃票。

设计OMNY的Coke Transportation Systems公司的一位发言人将相关问题转交给了M.T.A.。

据该机构称，M.T.A.在去年年底停止发行MetroCard（这款于1993年首次推出的塑料交通卡），几乎所有乘客都已经切换到了OMNY。

德克萨斯州代孕之争的诞生

关于堕胎与代孕

摘自 A1 页

父母 Omar Ahmed 和 Nausheno Gilkat 选择了一个不同的名字。

“他的病情带来的心碎还不够，他们现在看到自己的家庭悲剧被德克萨斯州总检察长办公室和西州（State of West）转化为一场政治灾难，这让他们感到崩溃，”父母的律师 Lee Bodner 在一份声明中表示。

Bodner 先生表示，该男孩“目前正在接受由司法法院和财产提供的医疗护理”，并补充说，父母“将遵循婴儿医疗团队的建议，将婴儿的健康和福祉放在首位”。

West 女士正寻求获得该孩子的监护权。

这次出生发生在 Peacock 先生于 3 月 16 日进行法律干预的几天之后。Peacock 是一位陷入激烈竞争的美国参议院共和党候选人，他在达拉斯县法院辩称，根据德克萨斯州法律，父母必须提供救命护理。

“我的办公室将使用该州所有可用的工具来保护保险人的生命，”该州总检察长在声明中表示。Kitty Bennett 提供了研究支持。

此举大大增加了人们对该州反堕胎圈子中早已成为死亡原因之事项的关注。

到周二，Paxton 先生庆祝在达拉斯获得了一项临时禁制令（TRO），该禁制令防止父母被送往该州。“德克萨斯州在 8 月下旬举行了一次听证会。该命令还要求他们为婴儿提供‘医疗指明的、救命的资源’。”

Paxton 先生表示：“Debbie 夫人县法院还针对 先生发布了一项禁制令。该命令禁止他向‘任何人’将自己伪装成婴儿的父母、监护人或医疗决策者。”

“不幸的是，由于昨天生效的德克萨斯州临时禁制令，McKenzie 在他出生后无法见到或听到他，” 先生的律师 Lincoln Wilson 在一次采访中说道。

女士没有回应关于婴儿的采访请求，但她在本月接受前福克斯新闻（Fox News）及现任 FoxTube 主持人梅根·凯利（Megan Kelly）的采访时表示，她不支持堕胎，并且感到被代孕合同“阻碍”了，该合同不允许预定父母通过堕胎终止妊娠。

“这带来了很多恐惧，”拥有两个孩子的护士 女士在采访中说道。

通过一位共同的朋友， 先生与反堕胎组织 Live Action 的总裁莉拉·罗斯（Lila Rose）取得了联系。Rose 女士表示，她帮助 女士获得了来自健康提供者联盟（Alliance for Health Providers）的法律支持，这是一个永久性的基督教保守派法律组织。

“在某个时刻，为了她自己的医疗护理和安全，她需要前往德克萨斯州，所以我们提供了帮助，”Rose 女士说。“他们把她的孩子当成产品。产品有缺陷，所以他们试图将其退回。”

Rose 女士表示，她的组织不支持代孕，因为代孕“过度确立了人类生命”，并导致“像这样令人心碎且毁灭性的局面”。

女士的律师 Wilson 先生表示，这起法律案件并非新鲜事， 女士将继续为该男孩的监护权而战，该男孩在“真正进入课堂”之前必须接受多次手术。

更正

国际

一篇关于美国历史上移民模式的 8 月 9 日特别报道，错误地描述了在新的移民禁令即将实施之际，载有移民的船只所采取的避风措施。前往纽约港的船只在将乘客和移民运送到埃利斯岛之前，船只并未在埃利斯岛停靠。

一篇关于周四哥伦比亚致命地震后救援工作的文章，在图片说明中误报了志愿者协助清理电报大楼现场废墟的日期。该日期应为周二，而非周三。

国内

由于编辑错误，周三一篇关于联邦法官驳回针对印度投资者高塔姆·阿达尼（Gautam Adani）刑事指控的文章，在提及一名参议员的部分出现了错误。完整句子应为：“在指控公布时，被告均不在美国境内，且在特朗普总统领导下的司法部已正式表示，无意起诉一系列白领犯罪，包括被指控由阿达尼先生策划的那类计划。”

商业

周四一篇关于海湾石油出口国试图绕过霍尔木兹海峡运输方式的文章，误报了彼得·范·布鲁克（Peter van Broek）的公司隶属关系。他是阿布扎比国家石油公司天然气分公司（ADNOC Gas）的首席财务官，该公司隶属于其母公司阿布扎比国家石油公司。

错误将在印刷过程中尽可能及时修正，因此此处提到的一些错误可能并未出现在所有版本中。

联系编辑部

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Mangione 计划在美国案件中

认罪

来自 A1 页

美国——马尔莫尔曼哈顿——以及随后的五天弹药引起了国家的关注，许多人感到惊恐，但其他人则集结起来支持一名公开宣称旨在推动国家医疗保险行业的枪手。

目前尚不清楚 Mangione 将在周五对哪些指控认罪，他可能会在最后一刻，甚至在法庭听证会期间改变决定。

联邦认罪对 Mangione 先生州级谋杀案的影响仍然存在疑问。他的律师可能会以双重危险（double jeopardy）为由寻求撤销州级指控，即禁止就同一罪行被两次审判——曼哈顿地区检察官办公室在他们的论点中对此表示强烈反对。

两者的范围随着时间的推移而缩小。1 月，联邦法官玛格丽特·加勒特（Margaret Garrett）驳回了 Mangione 先生联邦案件中的其他指控，其中包括一项如果被定罪可能面临死刑的指控。

去年，负责州级案件的法官格雷戈里·Cალი（Gregory Cალი）驳回了一起州级恐怖主义案件，称其背后的证据“在法律上不足”。剩余的州级指控包括二级谋杀，这可能导致 25 年至终身监禁的可能判决。

这两起案件引发了特朗普总统领导的司法部与地区检察官阿尔文·L·布拉格（Alvin L. Bragg）办公室之间的紧张关系，后者是唯一一名在针对特朗普先生的诉讼中赢得定罪的检察官。

在特朗普总统 R. Rabin, Sr. 任期的最后几周，当 Mangione 先生首次在联邦法院被起诉时，第 15 号律师办公室据报道曾告知布拉格先生的办公室先审理州级案件。但在特朗普先生就职后不久，其司法部发出信号称将加快进度，迅速宣布将寻求对 Mangione 先生处以死刑，而这一决定通常需要数月时间才能做出。

从那时起，州级和联邦检察官似乎一直在尝试现在审理 Mangione 先生的案件。

法律专家表示，如果联邦认罪在周五发生，布拉格先生的办公室可以主张其仍能起诉 Mangione 先生，因为州级指控处理的损害（谋杀）与联邦案件不同。

在上个月出现关于联邦认罪可能性的新闻报道后，布拉格先生的办公室提出了双重危险问题。

州检察官乔尔·Sealecauve（Joel Sealecauve）在 7 月 1 日致 Cალი 法官的一封信中建议，布拉格先生的办公室将分享 15, 一个拟议的联邦认罪，这“将导致州级检察官无法获得公正的结果”。

Sealecauve 先生表示，地区检察官办公室希望加勒特法官在“决定是否接受该认罪时考虑这一事实”。他表示，该办公室已将其立场告知 Mangione 先生的联邦检察官及其辩护团队。

“这些措施中的 7 月认罪必须考虑到被告犯罪的严重性、对无辜生命的剥夺以及这些犯罪对受害者家庭的影响，”Sealecauve 先生在信中写道。

由卡伦·弗里德曼·阿格尼洛（Karen Friedman Agnillo）领导的 Mangione 先生辩护团队从 2024 年 11 月他被州和联邦当局起诉的那一刻起就主张，双重起诉侵犯了他的权利。

在提交给曼哈顿州最高法院的一份动议中，辩方称平行起诉“在宪法上如此充满争议，以至于我们很难找到处理这种前所未有情况的程序”。

“州和联邦检察官拒绝协调事实，”律师们写道，并补充说该办公室是在“试图通过两次机会来定罪 Mangione 先生”。

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2020 年 8 月 14 日，星期五

观点

纽约时报

这是民主党在红州获胜的方程式

本·罗兹 (Ben Rhodes)

特约评论员

德梅因

爱荷华州有一个癌症问题：该州拥有全国增长最快的收入率。在一家高中体育馆的边缘，我与一名年轻人交谈，他的父亲死于白血病，他将其归因于除草剂或杀虫剂。在当地广播中，一名女性描述了她花费数千美元安装家用系统，以过滤饮用水中的地层物质。

州审计员鲍勃·桑德 (Bob Sand) 正以民主党人身份竞选州长，口号是“成本、腐败与癌症”，我随他走访了几个最近搭建的帐篷。2007年，我曾花费数月时间为巴拉克·奥巴马的党团会议竞选在全州奔波。如今，步入中年且处于特朗普时代，我依然能认出那些人们居住的社区和场馆中典型的美国人。但除了令人难以忍受的酷热，政治氛围中还弥漫着一种沉重感。年轻人正在离开。由于关税原因，农作物正在被重新种植。更多的人在生病。

在每个场馆，桑德先生都将矛头指向德梅因的政府，称其与农业综合企业关系过于亲密，以至于给予了污染者免于处罚的豁免权。他从未提及唐纳德·特朗普的名字。相反，他大谈特谈。他计划在与渴望社区感的选民建立联系的同时，清理当地的水源。作为其中一步，他走进数百名听众之中，请求人们将手中的椅子转过来，围成一个巨大的圆圈面对他。

桑德先生拥有少年般英俊的外貌，他非常像一名温和派，但他对这个国家的政治建制派有着极其犀利的批评。他对一个由“两个私人俱乐部”主导的系统表示不屑。他同样指责共和党和民主党在奖赏特殊利益集团，并让选民“接受他们所爱的人”。关于如何改变这个为政治家和特殊利益集团量身定制的系统，他的方案异常具体。他支持无党派初选和认可投票制，主张为政治家设定年龄和任期限制，同时推行诸如禁止公职人员股票交易以及为那些依赖纳税人的人们提供个人时间等公民教育和资本管理措施。

从3月1日 / 2日起，桑德先生是负责人，而像罗伊·库珀 (Roy Cooper) 和玛丽·波尔森 (Mary Polson) 这样的州民主党人经常在强调解决问题的同时淡化议会色彩。波尔森的信息同样采用了类似的头韵：“鱼类、家庭、自由”。桑德先生的不同之处在于他的年轻、纪律性——他目前正在进行一场“100场市政厅巡演”——以及将他对政党制度的批评与当地工会主义者联系起来的坚定决心。确实，这似乎奏效了。在一个自2011年以来就没出现过民主党州长的州里，桑德先生保持着微弱的领先。他的方法可能为如何打破共和党对红州的掌控提供一份蓝图。

桑德先生近乎完美的履历对此有所帮助。他拒绝了其他机会，就读于爱荷华大学，曾担任该州首席公共腐败监督员，并花费了两个十年时间作为一名畅销书作家，建立了自己作为反浪费斗士的声誉。他是一名热衷于户外活动和参加教会的人——他唯一缺失的经历可能是曾在米兰短暂担任过男装模特——他说话时带着一种自信，如果不是因为他极其礼貌，这种自信可能会演变成傲慢。虽然他不是最富有感染力的演讲者，但他通过一种谦卑的真诚、低调的宗教虔诚（“耶稣站在弱小者一边”）以及一种男人味来吸引观众的注意力：因为他对自己很自信，他的听众也感到很自在。

这些听众与该州一样，大多是年长的白人。在他们眼中，很容易将桑德先生视为理想的儿子或孙子。他在市政厅会议开始时会要求大家举手——谁是共和党人，或者谁是民主党人。每个阵营都会赢得一阵掌声。然后，他要求听众演唱《美丽美国》的第一段（戏剧化地）：“是的，凯里！”确实如此。但随着尴尬感的消散，数百人的声音汇聚成某种类似于和谐的旋律，一种温柔的爱国情怀将所有人包裹其中。

桑德先生建议将市政厅会议设为公职人员的强制要求。“我认为这样他们会减少腐败，”他告诉我，“而且如果他们知道自己必须直视选民的眼睛并为自己的行为辩护，他们就不会做那么多明显对选民不利的事情。”

我内心愤世嫉俗的一面担心他忽略了美国政治的残酷现实，包括那些选择自身利益而无视不诚实行为的人的不忠与不道德。毕竟，正是而在爱荷华州，特朗普先生曾说他可以在 1986 大道上开枪射击某人而无需承担后果。

但愤世嫉俗最终可能变成维持现状的循环，我离开爱荷华州时相信，桑德先生传递的信息给民主党人提供了一个重要的教训。尽管左翼和中间派之间存在争斗，但那些获得支持的候选人通常更年轻，且能接触到其社区的态度和关切。美国是一个庞大且复杂的国家，在纽约，像泽莱娜·曼德劳这样的民主社会主义者通过揭露推高价格的腐败而获胜。在爱荷华州，像桑德先生这样的温和派则专注于清除水中的致癌物。他们和其他崛起中的民主党人共同拥有的一种决心是彻底改革。改革一个破碎的系统，让权力解决人民的问题，而不是使问题永恒化。

对于所有关注国家政治和政策的观察者来说，摆脱腐败的一党政府之路始于地方层面。

弗洛伊德·理查德，纽约时报

共和党在爱荷华州主导了十年。罗布·桑德能改变这一局面吗？

这正是你可以利用一个在权力中变得懒散的政党，建立起一种政治肌肉，并测试那些可以被其他州重新利用或在全国范围内推广的方法。

爱荷华州已经为这种努力成熟了。在经历了十年的单一政党统治后，该州不仅在与癌症作斗争，还面临着医疗成本上升和经济增长乏力的问题。农业部门受到了特朗普关税的影响，以及一条新的伊朗线路，这推高了柴油燃料和化肥的价格。与此同时，德梅因的共和党人追随全国政党的脚步，在移民问题上贬低民主党，放宽工业监管并禁止堕胎。

桑德先生的议程集中在他们所忽视的问题上。在每一步中，为了决定他的水资源清理计划，他希望撤销医疗补助（Medicaid）的私有化以降低医疗成本，并改革一个浪费严重的学校代金券计划。他支持对远程医疗以及州政府雇员远程办公进行投资，并且这些在农村社区更容易测试。他希望禁止 16 岁以下儿童使用社交媒体。

这些问题大多与腐败有关。当农业企业污染水源，以及在农村诊所关闭的同时允许医疗行业攫取利润时，立法者们对此视而不见。科技行业则散布了大量资金，以避免社交媒体和人工智能受到监管。

共和党推举的州长候选人是一位名叫扎克·拉布斯的政治操盘手兼企业家，他在一次获得特朗普背书的行动中险胜。他一直将自己塑造为一名改革者。现在，他将桑德先生描述为一个激进的选择，且更倾向于实践。当我问桑德先生将如何克服共和党的攻击时，他耸了耸肩：“我会去任何地方，和每个人交谈，”他说。他还喜欢提醒选民，拉布斯先生直到 2014 年才将他的选民登记从堪萨斯州改为爱荷华州（正好赶在参选前）。

桑德先生也意识到，如果他获胜，他几乎肯定将在一个由共和党控制的立法机构下治理。作为一名成熟的政治家，他拒绝暗示自己会为那些没有机会通过的事项而奋斗。相反，他告诉选民，他根本无法做某些事情，无论是取消生殖健康医疗还是削减集体谈判权。这一切都融入了他对政治家更广泛的批评：“我希望他们从一开始就能坦诚，”他告诉我，“我有时觉得我听到的是人们几十年来对政治家期望降低的沉重负担。”

与其说是一个人，不如说是一个半人，桑德先生对非党派未来的愿景被现状所遮蔽。一名退休的学校护士回忆起由于预算削减而产生的抗议者和夏季支持。随后她的声音哽咽了，说道：“我们必须回到一个能够帮助每个人的州。我不在乎他们是否是移民。我不在乎他们处于什么状态。”

在人群用掌声赞扬她的公共服务时，桑德先生赞扬了鲍勃·雷，这位共和党州长在 20 世纪 70 年代欢迎难民来到爱荷华州，同时对那些“想要工作并遵守规则”的人表示支持。桑德先生迅速从充满争议的移民和种族话题转向关注成本和腐败，批评现任政府通过提高税收来支付私人医疗保险公司的利润以及在学校代金券上的浪费性支出。“如果有人告诉你应该害怕你的邻居，”他总结道，“那是为了能掏空你的口袋。”

虽然非常符合其主张，但这次交流中有些地方让人感到不尽如人意。桑德先生的推测涉及到了道德和产业问题，这些问题给美国政治投下了阴影。在策略上，我理解他为了倾向于讨论政治应如何运作，而将这些问题搁置一边的冲动，即与人们探讨哪些可以改变，哪些不能改变。但如果他真的赢了，我不确定他所关注的——改变政治家的激励机制和激励措施——是否足以改变当今政治的反复无常。

或许是意识到了这些疑虑，桑德先生在自己的集会上通过诉诸价值观来寻求共鸣。他压低声音，神情凝重地问道，我们是如何陷入这个“深渊”的？再一次，反派角色不是特朗普先生，也不是大企业，也不是那位前学校护士所引发的残酷：而是一个破碎的政治体制，在这个体制中，政治家们只想将一个州变成“红色或蓝色”。相比之下，他描述了自己送孩子上学时敦促的行为，而这些行为在当今的政治中已经缺失：尊重你的老师。友善。倾听每个人。

这是我在担任奥巴马先生的演讲撰稿人并在爱荷华州竞选期间所认出的一种信息。没有红州或蓝州。特殊利益集团在华盛顿拥有过大的权力。一种不同类型的政治是可能的，特别是对于一名年轻成员来说。

但共和党人从未参与协商。在奥巴马先生执政的八年快结束时，他们已经转向支持特朗普先生，而现在许多爱荷华州的选民——以及立法者——长期消费由里根引领的右翼媒体。

桑德先生的反党派立场能否克服这些力量？他将自己对体制的厌恶与普通 MAHA 立法者的厌恶联系在一起：“在这里，我相处得很好的人中，有些是立法机构中最支持特朗普的人，”他告诉我。“他们审视体制运作的方式，尤其是他们在那里待了一段时间之后，他们会觉得：这不是我们原本应该追求的样子。”

虽然我不认同桑德先生将我们政治糟糕现状的责任在左右两派之间等量分配，但他那充满热情且坚定地表达的信息，或许能为共和党人提供一个尝试新事物的永久结构。一名在州级层面、诚恳且温和的白人男性，可能比一名民主党总统更有能力跨党派沟通。而且，特朗普时代的残骸或许足以引导足够多的选民——甚至是一些政治家——走出“深渊”。毕竟，他已经这样走了一十年，面对的是不断上升的癌症发病率、不断上涨的成本，以及更多年轻人为了寻找机会而离开家乡。

鲍勃·桑德提供了一种自 20 世纪 70 年代以来逐渐清晰的方案。他一直是 2016. 的成员。与其提名那些看起来和听起来像建制派的候选人，不如支持那些反对建制派的人，并吸引那些被民粹主义吸引的特朗普选民。与其让民众感到沮丧，不如在地方层面与选民接触。支持实质性的变革。

在此过程中，民主党人还必须继续坚持让那位学校护士起步的道德准则——坚持每个人都应被尊严对待，并维持一个解决问题而非仅仅指责他人的体制。这是让权力服务于人民，而非相反的唯一途径。

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THE NEW YORK TIMES OPINION FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2020

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请评判这些书！我正在阅读

Radhika Jones

前《名利场》（Vanity Fair）主编。

在我意识到声名显赫的文化奖项往往并非由一系列目标和手段决定，而是由真实的人决定之前，我就已经成年了。在读者奖基金会（Reader Prize Foundation）发布其高度评价的两周前，我愉快地阅读了它，并且我被公告中评委的答案所占据的显著位置所震撼。他们就在那里，大多数人在照片中健康地微笑，而我一直在书中阅读两个标记，这是数月策展——但更是劳动与个性的结果，是高尚的争论与激烈的博弈。

文学评判经常承担起城市的重任，并以在艺术领域给予认可为荣，尽管它们具有内在的偏见，具有不可避免的标签，以及评选获胜者的过程具有隐秘的性质。评判他们的资格很容易

因为最好的评委是最终的把关人，是具有生命旋转禁忌的人格。但在一个性格成员渗透到每一项努力的时刻，我很高兴看到最有趣的人类及其选择一同出现。主观性正是关键所在。

这些年来我评判过几个月和奖项，评判桌上的动态——对散文风格反应的剧烈范围、说服的策略、情感冲击的成功——是极少展现在我们面前的特征。一名评委对桌上的感觉不佳并冲出房间（即在那些词语期间——一个我确信的场景），审视着着装，并且有可能在没有建议的情况下确保通知和更改，这并不罕见。一些评判小组在

我的评论之初就如此，但更常见的是在冲突中航行。通常我们最终抵达的地方并不是我们认为我们将前往的地方，而这正是乐趣的一部分。

在一个显然阅读任何东西的人越来越少的世界上，我们这些仍然阅读很多的人只能依靠文学奖项来帮助短期发现——以及长期预测能力。奖项是最初的经济-menadance引擎——除了决定者在咨询他们自己的时间表时排定了某些重要属性。

某些年份的评判，布克奖（Booker Prize）的主席是玛丽·鲍伊德（Mary Bawid），在所有人都只想讨论《见证者》（The Witness）的时刻，她完美地成为了一个权威人物！她的评委同事包括战后和政治人物，音乐家贾维斯·考克（Jarvis Cocker），诗人兼回忆录作者帕里卡·兰克韦德（Paricka Lankewed）以及编辑兼评论家丽贝卡·林（Rebecca Lin）。我不认识他们中的任何人。尽管我知道前两者的韦恩图，而且我还没有读过名单上的任何小说；但我比以往任何时候都更愿意尝试并去发现。

现代奖项色彩已经存在了超过 25 年；詹姆斯·F·英格利什（James F. English）在其著作《声望经济学》（The Economy of Prestige）中，将当前文学奖的进程追溯到诺贝尔奖，该奖项始于 1861 年。在

英语世界中，这恰好大致与英语文学系的兴起相吻合，大学与像政治奖、国家图书奖和布克奖这样的奖项共同成为了殖民的引擎。

大学通过将作品纳入课程来将其经典化，确保一代又一代的学生会阅读它们。编写选集的人经常在字面上完成这项工作，将诗歌、戏剧、小说和散文喂入教科书版本。奖项通过将作品和作者置于其同辈之上将其经典化，增加了当现在的文学碎片被洗刷掉时，少数标准能够保留下来的机会。

既然我们不能一直阅读所有的书，那么拥有一些指导（无论多么有缺陷）来了解什么最值得我们持续关注是有帮助的。这就是奖项发挥作用的地方。奖项拥有能够at。

最值得寻读的小说比以往任何时候都更需要拥护者。

吸引立即关注，无论是因为其入选还是因为其可用性。显然，七年前布克奖通过修改其章程并轻蔑地分发，引起了一些波动，因为他们必须理解那些被舍弃的东西。

如果你认为我们的社会已经处于这样一个阶段——英语文学专业的学生越来越少，而且几乎没有大学生能再读完一整本书——那么奖项就变得尤为重要。如果学术名声足以满足，且特殊利益团体将某些作品封为经典，而将其他作品视为具有争议或不符合其作品要求，那么新书通过教育渠道获得评估将变得更加困难。最近出版的 R. G. Hegsted 结尾的教学大纲为这些公共票据提供了参考，他在其中表现得非常强硬，其涵盖的年份不包括过去出版的任何书籍，但相反，它让我们得以窥见这种情况的样子。

我并不是说读者不应该

遵循他们信任的评论家或专栏作家、家庭书虫、习惯性阅读者或 BookTakes 的建议。作为一个社会，我们并不缺乏关于书籍的个人观点，而且其中许多观点是可靠的。就所有意义而言，请接受来自我们的以及 Don Lipa 的推荐。

但我更看重奖项！能够负担并鼓励集体阅读的能力，因为其价值的大部分，即影响内容，来自于评判——讨论、辩论、关闭——以及随后对这些选择的广播和报道这一集体行为。当这种提议被提交给你的目标线，由具有不同背景和艺术经验的评委组成时，这会体现在结果中。

今年的布克奖委员会令人钦佩地多元化，其选出的高度也是如此。自从 1860 年代后期和 60 年代初期 Sir Robert Hegsted、A.S. Byatt、Peter Carey 和 J.M. Castane 以来，我对布克奖一直情有独钟。更多地——

文字，但你笑了并说，“如果我的山脚通向‘foamcruys’，这是一个由 Wood 地区的人们创作的小型但强大的作品，讲述了一个老民俗捕手（obtrian catcher）的希望和梦想。我是世界上最幸运的人，我并不认为那本书被布克奖评委多次引用，我非常感激他们，就好像他们直接把它给了我一样。”

想象一下电视艺术科学学院采取基于秘密投票的机制，并且像往常一样只邀请 Mike White, Shonda Rhimes, Taylor Sheridan, Alisa Lanza-Swofter，并且不再延长日期，直到我们的陆地剧集结束。无论他们让我看什么，我绝对会看——无论是 spitfire 还是 home。

随着阅读理论的趋势线——以及开放式的滚动、查看、点赞和关注在……

个人愿意继续微笑地面对想象文学所能提供的神奇连接。有时这种连接是私密的，有时是与其他读者共享的，但无论如何，它本质上是个人的。奖项在嘈杂的世界中拥有赋予可信度的罕见力量，且同样具有引发对话的能力，它们提醒我们，主观性是消费艺术的风险和价值的一部分。

也许 10 年后，再也没有人读文学小说了，而近 200 年的消费能量——旨在将我们的书籍市场精简为一座即便不可管理但至少可理解的实用图书馆的努力——都将白费。但如果以后仍有人想在设计之后拿起一部小说，我预测这些布克奖的长名单和短名单，以及普利策奖、美国国家图书奖和其他奖项——这些取决于人类心血和裁量权的奖项——将提供至关重要的路标。

就像它们所认可的那些书籍一样，这些名单传达了关于我们所生活的这个不完美且不可预测的世界的关键信息。它们将成为一个短暂而辉煌时期的见证，在那个时期，少数读者——人们会“飞得更近”——将页面的大部分时间沉浸在书籍中，投入他们的时间和品味，以支持那些他人将要阅读的新故事。

读者来信

桑德斯是在帮助还是在损害民主党？

致编辑

关于：马修·伊格布里德斯（Matthew Ygbrides）所著的《桑德斯并没有给民主党带来任何助力》（评论版，8月25日）。

但他在帮助，伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）正在帮助打破一个疲惫且破碎的政党结构。民主党人已经厌倦了传声筒。经济形势令人恐惧。全民医疗保健其实非常简单。根据法律，我的儿媳和孙子每月为他们所有人支付近 $2,000 的医疗保险费。对我来说，两周的酝酿是一个矛盾，就好像如果这不是真的就是违法的。我们已经在枪里装满了战争（列表模糊）。

世界字面上正在燃烧。而民主党领导层却在做一些琐碎的标签化工作（左翼、右翼、社会主义者、民族主义者），并开始审视政策时机。这能起到什么作用？

现在是这些参议员（我是婴儿潮一代）移交话语权并进入退休阶段的时候了。即使是伯尼也需要利用他在参议院之外的影响力。约翰·戈登（JOHN GORDON），马萨诸塞州，奥里特·科伦尼斯顿（OREAT KORENYSTON）。

致编辑

作为一名意识到11月必须结束共和党控制国会的紧迫性的民主党人，我对政府工作及其政策产生的选举影响深感担忧。在几乎任何其他控制下，我都会欢迎温和派与国会议员之间持续的辩论，我认为这种多样性和开放性是定义民主党相对于非统一体的健康影响。O. H.

然而，我深感担忧的是，民主党人面临着在胜利门前遭遇失败的风险，因为这场辩论在党内前沿掩盖了今年秋天应当是其首要目标的事情：击败尽可能多的特朗普派共和党人。马克·戈迪（MARK GORDI），马萨诸塞州，切尔西。

当然，伯尼·桑德斯没有给民主党带来任何力量。他不是民主党人。他只是在决定竞选总统时让自己出现在电视上。如今，他可以与该党同行，因为试图让他的全面进步纲领得以体现，表明他并非独立于一个绝望的主张。

民主党建制派并不像我所称呼的那样热爱黑人，当他们面对他作为某个人的想法时，内心充满了恐惧。

相比之下，共和党人热爱这个人，因为他们可以将他作为民主党已经变得令人不快的证据。不管桑德斯先生及其追随者是否是共产主义者，不支持特朗普总统利益的事实被简单地贬低为“标签”和“正确”。

特朗普及其 MAGA 文化。如果桑德斯先生真的想帮助民主党人，他会从政坛退休。但他不会。

埃比克·利普斯（EBICK LIPPS），斯塔滕岛

RE 的危险工具

关于：《ICE 的选择（为提供电击的警员提供手套）》（新闻报道，8月12日）。

这些手套赋予了执法人员伤害任何他们怀疑有问题的任何人的许可。正如文中描述的那样，电击足以将一个人击倒在地。

这是远离诚实公开和任何人员执法设备控制的又一步，从面对武装联邦执法人员时烟枪持有者的糟糕语言，到将政治示威者归类为当局的对立面。

我感到震惊。

文塔纳·加拉塔迪（VINTANA GALLATADY），纽约州，宾汉顿。

范斯粗鲁的行为

致编辑

关于：彼得·贝克（Peter Baker）撰写的《With Ulster Tannin, Vance Abandono Deverace》（白宫大都会版，首页，8月10日）。

就像范斯一样，我也在中西部出生长大。作为天主教父母的孩子：一名历史工作者和一名家庭主妇，我被教导不要使用“bute”这个词，比如“我不他 / 他 / ”以及我“stupid”这个词，比如“他 / 她是愚蠢的”。

范斯接触天主教比我晚得多，但他肯定学到过，基督教的核心要求之一就是像爱朋友一样爱你的邻居。粗鲁地批评和侮辱他人——而且是在公开场合毫无顾忌地这样做——在一名基督徒的风格中绝对没有位置。

显然，他的偶像在粗鲁和语言低俗方面堪称之最，但范斯先生难道不应该尝试超越这一点吗？对于那些向往从事公共事务的年轻男女，他树立了什么样的榜样？对于他的孩子们，他又树立了什么样的榜样？

琳恩·雅各布斯（LYNN JACOBS），旧金山

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缺乏敬畏感？去看看流星雨吧。

Cody Delettraty

《良药：寻找爱的终点》作者。

“敬畏缺失症”，这个词在互联网上成了一个通用事件，它并非一个模型，但我们已经能够做到这一点。根据公元1世纪的说法，但症状持续了一个多月。对效率的渴望、对数字化分心的追求、以及留在室内的习惯已经占据了相当一段时间。它将我们从一个ឃ្លាំង 击出，而另一个则是它自己的。问题在于大脑在顺应世界的宏大。

如果没有关怀，我们就会陷入停滞。心理学家保罗·普鲁内尔（Paul Prunell）在撰写关于世界处于“新紊乱”状态的长期且优雅的故事时，准确地把握到了这种平静。

试图描述这种感觉几乎是不可能的。它是宗教性的？巨大的？神经性的？还是哲学性的？它与其说是外部的，不如说是你心智迅速领悟到某种比自身更宏大的事物的动态体验，而不是你照片中闪过的任何东西——那是你的世界观被改变的时刻，这种时刻在日常生活中如此被需要，且在思考时间中如此之多。现在的任何过程都不是无害的，是在调整我们的心态，以看到更多。

心理学家查尔斯·尤森（Charles Euthan）表示，只需花十分钟时间放下你的照片，去吸收这个世界上每一种宏大之物，但同样地，我们可能会在心智中，在这样的时刻，“我意识到有些事情比我在时间和空间中的渺小身份更重要，”他在最近的一篇帖子中写道，“我感觉到我的自我正在一点点消失——

我们中有多少人在不断地渴望自己，关注自己的重要性，为每一个决定感到焦虑？这种狭隘思维的惊人力量在于我们阅读的内容这一观念。事实是我们没有一天能把事情做对，我们才会获得想要的生活。而当我们需要时，这种能量承诺了能够更好地控制从人际关系到健康和长寿的一切，去体验新事物，以看到这一事件最终是真实的。我们唯一真正的正义力量之一在于我们选择关注什么。

古代文献长期以来一直试图控制我们的自我感知、不安以及对满足的渴望。在圣经的《创世记》中，上帝增加了对世界的惊愕，这些问题可能都被夸大了——并由此延伸到所有人类。你是否在早晨变得有序。“上帝说，‘或者，显示在原处？’”随后上帝谈到了科学与自然，世界的生命，以及我们意识到人类是如此微小，我们在同一个世界中的位置微不足道。

敬畏是我们医生的一次梦想演习，一次与想象力的惊险接触，如果我们选择这样做，它可以永远地将其改变得更好。通过敬畏，我们相信尤森博士及其同事所称的“小我”。

敬畏让我们感到与他人更有联系，因此在经历之后，我们的行为会更加无私且更加谨慎。在尤森博士的一项研究中，仅仅站在一片古树林中——一个敬畏的时刻——就让人们更愿意帮助他人。

我们体验到的敬畏越多，我们就变得越不那么匆忙：我们如此不足，与平凡共存的力量，对大坝的依赖越少（生活中除了我们需要的东西之外还有更多），我们的压力越小（我们知道死亡和痛苦是自然秩序的一部分），我们对生活越满意。我们不再追求我们，这艘小船！敬畏甚至被证明能改善我们的身体健康；一项研究表明，敬畏能降低与抑郁和心脏病相关的承诺水平。

敬畏存在于任何你愿意观察的地方。

而且这就是关键：你必须观察。沿着街道向下看，注意到创造一个新世界图像所付出的努力，以及头顶飞过的飞机。观察人们经过你身边时脸上的情绪——观察他们可能正在经历的喜悦或绝望，以及他们行为的尊严。

的确，敬畏感可以源于对未来的感知，源于任何你无法完全理解的事物。你可能会被陌生人身上那种出人意料的宿命论所震撼。当然，你也可以被音乐所震撼，被那些在与宏大构思搏斗时产生的精妙噪音和创造力所震撼。被

吸收天空的壮丽足以让你的大脑按下重启键。

看着一位父亲对他儿子的善意。或者，正如最近最触动我的那样，被我们自身去爱、去与他人建立联系的巨大能力所震撼，去发现我们拥有能够弥漫并渗透的感受能力。

那么，还能在何处获得这种能让人获得解放的敬畏感——一种真正令人惊叹的体验，而非那个经常被滥用的、廉价化的词义？

首先，周三晚上，当流星雨灿烂地落下时，我们都能仰望天空。几天前，我前往新墨西哥州西部的一片偏远沙漠，去参观“闪电原野”（The Lightning Field），这是沃尔特·德·玛利亚（Walter de Maria）在1851年创作的，并前往一个闪电场景区域，该区域由400根组成，排列成一个一公里乘的矩形。

在“闪电原野”，游客住在距离艺术品几百码的一间小木屋里。我们在公园里走动，穿行其中，从远处观察，在其中穿梭，在日落时分以及沙漠寒冷的日出时分。

比起闪电，实际上最令人敬畏的是景观上光线的生动变化。早晨粉蓝色地光线攀过周围的山丘，触及顶端，以一种被评论家肯尼斯·贝克（Kenneth Baker）描述为“从固体对象转化为耀眼光束，使空气像树木一样”的蜕变方式，将艺术品勾勒出来。

在这样一个孤立的区域，艺术品的自然边界使得自然的浩瀚变得可以理解。金属板成为了美的矢量，成为了自然敬畏感的人造容器。当我接纳这光线时，很难理解世界的本质。而这种体验与我那天办理离开阴森的机场酒店时处于同一个生命维度——而且，不知为何，我是在用同一双眼睛看待这一切。

但世界与此有何关系——那些过于宏大或令心神迷醉的体验，无法立即通过我们通常理解世界的方式来理清。这像是一场关于控制的约伯式叙事，关于我们认为自己所知道的一切。这确实令人惊叹。

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非凡之物

Planétarium Automation

Van Cleef & Arpels

自 1906 年起于旺多姆广场经营高级珠宝

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3 公司

在召回与环孢子菌病相关的生菜几周后，Taylor Farms 现已撤回与沙门氏菌相关的墨西哥辣椒。

4 公司

OpenAI 的首席营收官是近期离开这家人工智能初创公司的系列高管中的最新一位。

7 体育

杰克逊·梅里尔（Jackson Merrill）找回了他的击球状态，帮助教徒队（Padres）进入强势期，并提升了球队进入季后赛的希望。

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纽约时报科技照片

大多数主要汽车制造商正押注于设计成类人形态并配备人工智能的机器人，认为它们将开启新一波的自动化和效率浪潮。

能行走能交谈的机器人即将进入汽车工厂

作者：JACK EWING

南卡罗来纳州斯巴坦堡 —— 在南卡罗来纳州的一家宝马（BMW）工厂里，一个面部为屏幕的人形机器人最近从充电站出发，走向一堆绿色塑料箱。它从其中一个箱子中抓起一个汽车零件，转身将其放入推车，然后将推车拉过地面。

该机器人缓慢且僵硬的动作看起来更像是一个宿醉严重的工人，而非一场技术革命。

“它们仍然比人类慢，”宝马在斯巴坦堡工厂负责物流的副总裁乌尔里希·维兰德（Ulrich Wieland）在 6 月接待记者参观该机器人时表示。但他补充道，“它们进步很快。”

汽车制造商使用机器人已有数十年，但它们通常是强大的单臂机器，固定在原处，执行重复性任务，如焊接车身框架或在面板上涂胶。

现在，大多数主要汽车制造商正押注于设计成

但专家警告称，人形机器人可能无法带来支持者所声称的生产力提升。

类人形态的机器人（即人形机器人）将开启新一波的自动化和效率浪潮。配备人工智能后，预计它们能够在无需对工厂或重型设备进行改装的情况下，四处移动并执行目前由人类完成的任务。

与目前大多数投入使用的机器人不同，人形机器人将响应语音指令，并在理论上解决问题并对不可预见事件做出反应。它们永远不需要午休，也不会加入 续接在 B1 页

壳公司将减少财政部的审查

作者：ALAN RAPPFPORT

华盛顿 —— 特朗普政府正在推进一项计划，旨在减少对犯罪分子用于洗钱和贩运毒品的阴暗壳公司的审查。

该举措是在游说团体进行为期一年的活动之后采取的，这些团体主张新的财务报告要求对企业而言过于繁琐。

财政部在周二晚些时候表示，将永久停止收集关于美国私营公司所有权的数据，而该数据是 2021 年《公司透明度法案》要求的一部分。这项获得两党支持通过的法律旨在通过让执法机构能够获取所有权结构信息，从而揭开壳公司的面纱。

“财政部正在为数百万守法企业主消除一项繁重的报告要求，且不会损害我们的国家安全，”财政部长斯科特·本内特（Scott Bennett）在社交媒体的一篇帖子中表示。

续接在 B2 页

编辑因收受 600万美元 款项被解雇

作者：本杰明·马林（BENJAMIN MULLIN）

据三位知情人士透露，《福布斯》（Forbes）的最高编辑于上月被解雇，原因是该公司发现他收到了一笔约 600万美元 的款项，该款项来自一家与该杂志有业务往来的公司的创始人。

该杂志的首席内容官兰迪尔·莱恩（Randiell Lane）收到了 RJ 舒克（RJ Shook）的付款。舒克旗下的舒克研究公司（Shook Research）自 2010 年起与《福布斯》合作发布财富顾问排名。两名知情人士表示，这笔付款是在舒克于去年 8 月将舒克研究公司的多数股权出售给私募股权公司 PFC Enterprises 之后支付的。

目前尚不清楚舒克向莱恩付款的原因。据一名了解莱恩想法的人士称，莱恩认为这笔款项是舒克对他多年来提供建议的认可而赠予的礼物。

本文基于对六名知情人士的采访。 续接 B3 页

友谊促成湖人队竞购

作者：布里奥内斯·巴恩斯（BRIONES BARNES）和塔妮娅·冈古斯（TANIA GANGUS）

这一切始于社交往来，正如百万富翁和亿万富翁之间的商业关系通常那样。而对于正在收购洛杉矶湖人队的鲍勃·伊戈尔（Bob Igor）和约书亚·库什纳（Joshua Kushner）来说，一名超级名模起到了更关键的作用。

在 2018, 初，伊戈尔先生的妻子、南加州大学基金会学院院长威洛·贝（Willow Bay）与时尚模特兼企业家奥斯汀·卡恩（Austin Kahn）成为了朋友。他们前往卡恩·劳德（Kahn Lauder）。在贝女士为该品牌担任模特三十年后，该大学正准备将金斯女士（Ms. Kims）打造为其最新面孔之一。

金斯女士请求伊戈尔先生帮个忙。他能否与她的男朋友见一面？她当时正在与投资公司 Titron Capital 的创始人、特朗普总统女婿贾罗德·库什纳（Jarod Kushner）的弟弟库什纳先生约会。

“我想她认为他会 续接 B4 页

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纽约时报 商业版 星期五，AUGUST 14, 2006

摘要

劳工

瑞典工会取消

3-Year 罢工针对特斯拉

瑞典贸易工会 IF Metall 周四表示，在特斯拉买断该公司所有参与罢工的矿工成员后，该工会决定取消针对特斯拉长达三年的工业行动。

工会在一份声明中表示：“这意味着冲突不再产生任何影响。”

“这场争端始于 2023 年 10 月，当时特斯拉的机械师开始罢工，因为工会要求特斯拉签署集体协议，这使其成为了埃兰·姆拉克（Eran Mrak）的反工会立场与瑞典集体谈判模式之间紧张局势的爆发点。”

特斯拉在瑞典没有制造工厂，但其电动汽车由 IF Metall 工会工人提供服务。

IF Metall 表示：“我们可以得出结论，特斯拉如此强烈地反对集体协议，以至于他们宁愿买断工会成员员工，也不愿为他们提供安全条件。” 路透社

社交媒体

750,000 Meta 账户

未成年人账户被删除

Meta 周四表示，自从实施全球首例针对测试账户的禁令以来，该公司已删除了超过 750,000 个疑似由 30 岁以下澳大利亚人持有的账户，并承诺在可能面临监管干预的情况下采取更多行动。

该公司表示，在澳大利亚社交媒体禁令于 12 月至 6 月期间实施前，它停用了 402,000 个可疑的 Instagram 账户和 294,000 个可疑的 Facebook 账户，而此前它称到 1 月份为止已删除 331,000 个 Instagram 账户和 172,000 个 Facebook 账户。

这家全球最大的社交媒体公司表示，它希望遵守一项它和其他平台曾弱烈反对的法律，与此同时，澳大利亚的互联网监管机构正考虑对包括 Meta 旗下部分平台在内的平台提起强制执行诉讼，称这些平台未能采取足够措施遵守法律。 路透社

金融

阿克曼增加六只股票

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注入其投资基金

比尔·阿克曼（Bill Ackman）披露了六项新持仓，包括 Netflix、Visa 和 Mastercard，这标志着这位亿万富翁投资者多年来最大规模的投资组合调整。

阿克曼先生周四表示，他从第二季度开始收购将持有在基金中的股份，其中包括他最新的产品 Perching Square USA，该公司已于 4 月在纽约证券交易所上市。

除了 Netflix（阿克曼先生在 2022 年曾短暂持有，随后亏损出售）之外，他的基金还在投资眼科护理公司 Akron、交易所运营商 International Exchange 以及金融数据提供商 S&P Global。

阿克曼先生表示，他认为该公司的收益有望强劲增长，而他将此视为长期投资价值的最大驱动力。这些公司的股价在周四上午大多上涨，Netflix 上涨 3.3%，S&P Global 上涨 1.1%。路透社

标准普尔 500 指数

+0.7%

7,788.00

2006 工业指数

+0.1%

10,000.00

纳斯达克综合指数

+0.8%

26,000.00

10 年期国债收益率

4.64%

10,000 点

GREENE, B. (L.)

$81.25

-$2.02

$4,420.40

-$47.30

股票与债券

随着石油和通胀压力缓解，市场创纪录

国际报道

美国股市在周四上涨至高点，此前最新消息显示通胀情况正在恶化。油价在最新的剧烈波动中上涨，也为股市提供了支撑。

标准普尔 500 指数上涨 0.7%（0.7），突破了上周创下的价格纪录。道琼斯工业平均指数上涨 60 点，即 0.11%，纳斯达克公司上涨 4.6%。

在一份报告显示美国批发价格水平上月比去年同期高出 4.7%（4.7）后，华尔街情绪有所放松。虽然这比任何人希望的都要痛苦，但并不像 6 月份批发水平 5.5% 的通胀率那样糟糕，且略好于经济学家的预期。

如果通胀继续呈现这种趋势，美联储可能会决定暂缓提高利率。较高的利率有助于抑制通胀，但其方式是通过刻意放缓经济，并增加所有人的借贷成本。

美联储官员在是否应该已经开始提高利率的问题上存在分歧。但在前一天关于美国消费者层面通胀报告更新之后，周四的报告使得交易员现在押注美联储在 9 月的下次会议上提高联邦基金利率的可能性仅为 5.5%。根据 CME 集团的数据，这低于两天前的约 50% 的概率。

美联储的任何加息都将是三年多以来的首次。这还可能激怒特朗普总统，他一直游说降低利率。

债券市场的收益率排名有所下降，而债券市场会对股票和其他投资产生压力。30 年期国债收益率从周三晚间的 4.68% 下降至 4.65%，而周一为 4.72%，尽管这仍远高于战前的 2.07% 水平。

标准普尔500指数

周四标准普尔500指数每3分钟的走势

— 前一收盘价：7,748.50

来源：FactSet

在原油和汽油价格飙升最不明显的情况下。

原油价格在周四回落，有助于减轻对通货膨胀的担忧。布伦特原油每桶价格下跌 3.1%，至 $8.00。

近期油价波动剧烈，上个月在 $73 和 $103 之间波动，原因是人们对于战争协议能否让油轮再次自由离开中东并向全球交付原油的希望起伏不定。

在华尔街，房地产板块股票落后于市场中部分较大的涨幅。当利率较低且债券收益率下降时，许多房地产投资信托基金支付的股息看起来更具吸引力。

较低的抵押贷款利率可能会推动住房市场产生更多活动，且本周美国平均长期抵押贷款利率在六周内首次下降。

在全国拥有公寓的 Nationally Communities 上涨 2.3%。房屋建筑商 D.R. Barton 上涨 2.8%。

手表和珠宝销售商 Fossil Group 在报告最新季度业绩好于分析师预期后上涨 5.8%，成为近期报告业绩超预期的公司之一。此类报告推动了华尔街创下纪录，因为从长期来看，股票往往追踪公司利润的走势。

这些上涨抵消了 Class Systems 的下跌，尽管这家网络巨头报告的最新季度利润和营收高于华尔街预期，但其股价仍下跌 6.4%。

分析师表示，投资者可能担心其未来的利润率，且在担忧 AI 相关股票普遍涨幅过高的背景下，其股价在整个夏天一直不稳定。

在海外股市中，亚洲市场收盘情况不一后，欧洲股市出现下跌。

韩国 Kungs 再次成为全球波动最大的市场之一，跳涨 3.8%。首尔一直处于全球人工智能股票波动的中心，因为其市场由三星电子和 SK势头这两家巨头主导。

时事通讯：DEALBOOK

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作者：KATHY DRAFTER

对于这家新鲜食品公司来说，这个夏天并不顺利。

正当美国人开始习惯于关于圆叶生菜和切碎生菜的召回消息时，来自墨西哥的墨西哥辣椒（jalapenos）也被报道疑似受到沙门氏菌污染。

这两起污染事件均涉及美国最大的新鲜农产品公司之一的 Taylor Farms，且均与墨西哥的农场有关。

Taylor Farms 于周日启动了墨西哥辣椒的召回。这涉及多种产品，其中 20% 为纸质，20% 为水，来自墨西哥，据报道已在全国范围内流通。

人们可能存有疑问。我们提供一些答案。

关于 最新召回的细节是什么？

美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）获悉，受污染的墨西哥辣椒已被运往全美一半以上的州，并被用于预制食品以及作为最新州报告中的配料。

召回的产品范围从简单的墨西哥辣椒到米麸浆果。其中包括新鲜辣椒。大量食品和农产品是预制食品，如牛油果酱（guacamole）和莎莎酱（salsa）以及 的其他产品。相关名单已公布。

一名 发言人指引用户前往公司网站查看召回信息，并表示公司的标准超过了 FDA 规定的标准。FDA 未立即发表评论。

此次召回是否与冰山生菜召回涉及的农场或设施有关？

看来 上个月因担心可能受到圆叶生菜污染而召回了冰山生菜。在该州发现，这些生菜是由 在墨西哥中部承包的，并在附近的一家 工厂加工。 在 7 月 17 日召回的大部分生菜供应给了餐饮服务客户（如餐厅）或零售客户，或者未经过加工便大批量销售。

据称，这是一种不同的设施和供应链，位于该州，用于生产如零售销售的牛油果酱等产品。

启动了墨西哥辣椒的召回，但该公司——

的加工设施位于墨西哥 Guangzhou 的 Inezne West，于上个月运行。 在最近几周内两次涉及召回。

受污染的辣椒并非源自该公司。 从 Coast Citrus 购买了这些农产品，而烟草行业从墨西哥西那罗亚州（Sinaloa）的一个农场采购了墨西哥辣椒，该农场位于与冰山生菜召回相关的墨西哥农场和加工厂所在的州。

位于加利福尼亚州的 Coast Citrus 代表（该公司去年曾被要求执行相关操作）未回应置评请求。

关于墨西哥辣椒召回，还有哪些未知事项？

目前看来，潜在的受污染食品是在美国制造的。食品和农产品首先进入，我们不知道墨西哥辣椒在进口时可能经过了怎样的食品安全检查。

我们还不知道哪些设施加工了这些墨西哥辣椒，以及在这些设施中是否可能与其他不含墨西哥辣椒的食品需求发生了交叉污染。目前尚不清楚这些设施是否仍在运行或已暂时关闭。

一名 发言人表示，公司不再接受来自种植这些墨西哥辣椒的西那罗亚州农场的生菜。她还表示，该公司在农产品行业拥有“最先进且最严格的抗烟草实践和计划”。

Taylor Farms 是唯一一家收到潜在不安全墨西哥辣椒的公司吗？

Coast Citrus 表示，FDA 的调查似乎是从他们开始的，他们向 Chipotle Mexican CoH 和 Qibba 餐厅供应墨西哥辣椒。超过 50% 的受访者位于该州。该州在成为其之前，曾将其作为一家“墨西哥风格”餐厅。Chipotle 在 7 月 26 日撤回了墨西哥辣椒，Qibba 在 7 月 28 日撤回——在 Taylor Farms 决定召回的两周之前——使车辆正规化且车辆不可用。公共卫生当局在召回之前一直在进行沟通。

农业部、经济部，该国最大的供应方，也发布了大量预制肉类产品的召回通知，包括产品属性；而根据该部门的实验室，其中许多产品似乎是由……制造，或由……供应墨西哥辣椒。食品和农产品也被称为由 Sudaiman（一家当地制造公司）制造的产品。

是否有人在

这种类型的召回中？

每一个担忧。 食品召回数据库（包括召回、市场撤回和安全警报）自 7 月初以来已有 22 条与食品相关的通知，今年至今共有 29 条。这些召回中，其中一部分与可能的信息污染有关。

去年，该机构启动了对食源性疾病的调查。超过一半的人感染了沙门氏菌。其中包括辣椒、令人震惊的叶粉、芽苗菜和豌豆奶油，尽管并非每次调查都能得出明确结论。

然而，今年涉及 cyclooperative 数据的召回包含一名越来越年轻的食品消费者，通常每年有几千例，但 2026 年已有超过 15,000 例确诊病例。

有两次涉及西瓜的召回。在他们的一批货中？

是的，但大多数食源性疾病病例会引起公共卫生官员的注意，而且并非所有这些病例都会导致召回。在许多情况下，等到食品和农产品不再使人患病时，相同的时间已经过去，且娱乐产品不再

存在于食品系统中。没有剩余可供召回，因此没有公开报告。

虽然召回可能是我们拥有的最佳数据之一，但它们并不是衡量一家公司是否安全处理食品的特别精确的指标。

例如，在 2024 年 7 月的一个案例中， 供应的通知被麦当劳的酿造污染了 11,000 份，导致人们生病。FDA 当时表示，这些通知已被自愿召回，但它并未出现在召回数据库中。

或者以本周的墨西哥辣椒案例为例。它被列在 FDA 的网站上，也被称为“上述起点”，墨西哥辣椒是由 Coast Citrus 提供给 的， 很可能对该公司的产品进行了很少的研究，并将其纳入召回。

作为最大的新鲜农产品公司之一， 公司比小型公司更有可能涉及召回。尽管如此，有些人可能会说， 应该比小型公司拥有更好的食品和农产品安全程序。

现在不应该销售农产品吗？

尽管环状孢子菌（cyclooperative）病例数量仍在增加，但美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）表示，这些产品的最后记录是在不到三周前，这意味着此次爆发可能已经结束。

FDA代理局长凯尔·迪亚曼塔斯（Kyle Diamantas）表示，美国民众不必担心。

他在周一接受CNBC采访时表示：“美国人应对这个国家的食品供应充满信心，”FDA表示，情况已基本得到控制。

食品工业在很大程度上实行自我监管并制定自己的安全标准。泰勒农场（Taylor Farms）以及美国几乎所有其他叶菜生产者都加入了科学协会或加州叶菜营销协议，这些自愿组织要求其成员遵守耕作和食品安全标准。这些标准得到了州政府和联邦法律的支持，每年在食品安全方面投入超过2亿美元。

凯尔·迪亚曼塔斯表示，烟草部门在屠宰场设有检查员以确保食品供应安全，但农产品并没有类似的联邦计划。极少有进口农产品在边境接受检测——而且即使增加检测，要在每年从墨西哥进口的数十亿磅农产品中发现一例环状孢子菌病例，无异于大海捞针。根据该机构的记录，FDA上一次检查泰勒农场在墨西哥中部的加工产品是在2005, 年。

为什么车牌识别摄像头在美国城市引发分歧？

作者：NED, VIGORO

执法机构已经接纳了它们，并将其部署在美国许多大大小小的城市中。

但Flock摄像头的普及——这是一个利用人工智能识别和追踪车辆的美国自动无线电和电台品牌——在公众中引发了分歧，并引起了公民自由监督机构的警觉。

许多人认为这些摄像头是非常有价值的打击犯罪工具，而批评者则认为它们是重要的数据来源，且政府的常规执法人员可以发布它们收集的信息。

须知事项

什么是Flock摄像头？

Flock Safety是一家总部位于亚特兰大的私营公司，它供应了许多前述的车牌识别摄像头，包括全国范围内最近部署的设备。

截至2026, 年4月，该公司的估值为44 亿美元 billion，不到两个在佐治亚理工学院启动该项目的创始人的三分之一。

据该公司称，已有1200个组织与Flock Safety签署了合同。

该设备使用蜂窝网络，通常在美国境内使用，根据部署摄像头的数量，包括安装和订阅在内的费用可能使客户支付高达七位数的金额。这种摄像头体积庞大，且能迅速普及，“Flock摄像头”已成为此类摄像头的代名词。该摄像头使用美国标准识别车牌，不过Flock并非唯一提供此类服务的公司。

车牌适配器并不适用于Flock摄像头，而计算机和业主协会也是其客户。

它是如何运作的？

许多被称为 A.L.P.R.（自动车牌识别系统）的摄像头使用算法来读取车牌上的完整数字，这些数字被用于与所谓的车辆名单进行交叉比对，其中包括那些被举报参与过犯罪的车辆。

这些摄像头利用红外技术来帮助区分车牌反光组件上的字符。

Flock 在其网站上表示，其摄像头可以检测远至 75 英尺外的车辆。据该公司称，这些设备能够捕捉部分车牌号码、车辆品牌、型号、颜色、改装情况、摄像头以及位置。

Flock 摄像头可以一次成像，包括来自其他公司的平台，包括能够监测驾驶速度过快的自动速度信息系统。

低流动性并未被调查，他们认为 A.L.P.R. 为高关注案件提供了关键细节。国际警察首长协会已认可这项技术，在该组织的杂志中将其描述为“打击犯罪之星”。

为什么受到批评？

对这些摄像头的主要批评与其核心卖点之一相似：即它们产生了一个“flock”摄像头，这是一个即时生成的详细记录。支持者认为这有助于防止摄像头的使用，而基于此的信息可能是危险或错误的。

随着特朗普政府无法在全国范围内部署摄像头，这种批评进一步加剧，引发了关于客户分享、将车牌信息提供给移民和海关服务局的担忧。

Flock 对此提出了质疑，包括在其网站上表示其并不与美国政府合作。该公司称，默认情况下，从摄像头收集的数据不会与联邦机构共享，并表示使用该软件的委员会或组织是“正确”的，即摄像头是对摄像头的意识，并可能引导业务。反对者认为，使用车牌识别器使得作者能够在没有搜查令的情况下使用 Flock 的软件。

“2016 是一个章节的形式，”来自《洛杉矶时报》、乔治·华盛顿大学法学院以及纽约大学“法律与技术”方向的 Daniel L. Martin 表示，该研究发表于 2021。他表示，这项技术与 Flock 的股东相结合，禁止了以宪法框架从未预料到的方式进行不可豁免的搜索和访问。

在 2016 年，该公司 2016 年最大的城市，官员们在面对公众健康以及所有者收集的 2016 年信息时，暂停了由 Flock 运营的 120 个车牌安装安全摄像头的使用。市级官员希望对摄像头收集的数据采取更多限制。

今年 2 月，一家由 Admissions 拥有的家庭安全公司结束了与该公司董事的短期合作，旨在让最少的房主在调查期间与警方分享其文件摄像头的信息。

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反应如何？

由于这里的社区停用了摄像头，因此取消了与供应这些摄像头的公司的合同，原因是关于许多被收集数据的合规性问题，以及在谁可以访问这些信息方面缺乏保障措施。该支出范围涵盖了 2016 年对 10,000 2016 年对 10,000 的数据收集，2016 年对 10,000 的数据收集，2016 年对 10,000 的数据收集。

在 2016 年，该公司最大的城市官员暂停了使用 120 台由 Flock 运营的车牌安装式安全摄像头，事实上是在面对公众健康以及所有者在 2016 年收集的信息时。市级官员希望对摄像头收集的数据采取更多限制。

在包括 2016 年对 10,000 2016 年对 10,000 的数据收集，2016 年对 10,000 的数据收集在内的几个城市中。

Flock 对此提出了质疑，包括在其网站上称其并不与美国合作。根据该公司主管的说法 该公司主管

Flock 宣布其追踪技术更新

作者：ABLON SONO

Flock Safety 公司正面临其全国范围内使用追踪技术数量增加的压力，该公司在周四 9 日宣布了多项更新，旨在提高隐私保护并防止滥用。

该公司拥有 120,000 个可读取车牌的摄像头网络，被全国 1000 个执法机构使用。尽管警察部门称这些系统有助于破案，但执法部门滥用的报告，以及全国范围内对该技术控制普通人能力的担忧，已导致抗议活动，并促使一些城市终止与该公司的合同。

“我意识到我们对其资金负有责任，”亚特兰大 Flock 的首席执行官加勒特·兰利（Garrett Langley）表示。

包括洛杉矶和代顿在内的一些城市已停止使用 摄像头，以防止在美国境内进行移民管控。关于 的数据，为了给人们提供更多本地控制权，该公司在周四 9 日表示，将允许各警察部门限制其他执法机构的使用权限——允许访问数据以查找在线车辆，以便于使用数据库的相关知识，该公司称。该公司还在讨论将默认的数据保留时间从 30 天缩短为一周，不过各部门可以自行更改这些在线设置。

美国公民自由联盟的高级政策顾问查德·马洛（Chad Marlow）表示，缩短数据保留时间是一个积极的发展。但他指出，警察部门很容易将数据安全地保存下来。

关于加强本地控制，马洛先生说：“这在理论上是‘好的’！”但从未被证明有效。他表示，一个类似的计划曾试图通过法律来阻止不负责任的搜索，但 的客户很快就找到了规避方法。

“当你把这一切结合起来看，你会发现 的隐私保护培训。你知道，这是一件好事，” 的这一回应在被公开后。该公司正处于严重的、严重的麻烦之中。

兰利先生表示，这些更新已经筹备了数月。尽管 宣布了管理隐私担忧的步骤，但一些城市现在仍致力于更改其数据，以及像 这样的监控工作。

“我们需要的是法律，”纽约大学法学教授兼 Flocking Project 院系主任马蒂·弗里德曼（Marty Friedman）表示。“在没有赋予其权限的法律情况下，政府绝不应该获取我们的信息。”

美国商业城（Commerce City）的一个 Safety 摄像头。该公司的技术被全美 1200 个执法机构使用。

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公司 / 政策

8个月后，

又一名领导者 离开 OpenAI

作者：RINZ ISAAC

前沿——OpenAI 已更换其首席营收官，距离其入职仅八百市场，这是这家前景广阔的人工智能初创公司近期一系列人事变动中的最新一次。

该公司周四表示，于 12 月被聘请以帮助构建 新兴业务的 United Nations 计划离开公司以“寻求其他机会”。Deneen 先生曾任 Rupe 的首席执行官，前任总裁曾担任 WIA 的首席运营官，WIA 是一家去年被谷歌收购的网络安全公司。

“Chelsea 在业务的形成期领导了我们的营收，并孜孜不倦地带领团队达到了今天的水平，” 联合创始人兼首席执行官 Benckman 表示。“这是一个很好的想法。在我们构建完整系统使其对人们和人们广泛有用时，这将把我们学到的东西转化为重复的执行。”

Deneen 先生周四在 内部员工会议上确认她计划在未来几个月内离职，随后她在 LinkedIn 上公开分享了这一消息。

Deneen 先生的离职增加到了 2026 年营收月份高层离职名单中，该公司计划明年在全球进行首次公开募股。

的早期员工之一、前首席运营官 Brad Lightcap 在公司工作八年后于本周离职。首席营销官 Kate Roach 于 4 月离职，以专注于油田恢复。负责烟草研究的 Kevin Welt 在上个月离职，而负责公司业务响应的高管 Fidji Sosa 则于 7 月离职从事健康研究。

这是在 McGinnis 离职后，Brockman 先生加强对业务控制的首个重大事件。Brockman 先生因其管理严格且能力极强而拥有 5 年经验，他任命 Raje 先生扩大 的企业业务，公司认为这对于追赶其主要竞争对手 authority 至关重要。

《纽约时报》在 2025 年使用了 和微软，称其 AI 系统侵犯了新闻内容的版权。两家公司均否认了这些指控：

MARSHALL SHREVE SALES

财政部削减对美国壳公司的审查

更多法院资源变得容易。

该法律适用于广泛的美国私营企业，然而，美国国内对壳公司存在特别担忧。这些法律实体通常没有实际运营或资产，可被用于持有——且通常是隐藏——非启动状态的金融资产。

该公告最终决定暂时停止收集财政部去年开始实施的关于“金融秘密”的数据。外国公司无法将其外国所有者的信息提供给财政部的金融犯罪执法网络（Financial Crimes Enforcement Network），该网络也被称为 FedEx。

政府关于特朗普地址业务是否基本下降的信息，以及美国司法部（DOJ）为其提供的一种削弱方法。特朗普总统公开表示要打击金融犯罪、资金问题和法律困难的雄心。

“这是给胡萝卜、鳄鱼以及无法获取美国信息的礼物，让他们能利用简单的壳公司通过我们的金融 cya-

ters 转移数百万资金，”马萨诸塞州参议员、参议院商业委员会最高级别的民主党人伊丽莎白·沃伦（Elizabeth Warren）表示。“特朗普政府削弱了执法警告，无视规则，使得从毒品贩运到欺诈的公民能够油田minor cruises。”

该立法于 2025 年颁布，旨在授予 400 万's 的支出法案。该法案由 3 月 30 日（当时是佛罗里达州的一位共和党参议员）共同发起，其支持力度如此之强，以至于立法者推翻了在特朗普首次任期结束时给予美国政府的一项拨款。

与此同时，现任特朗普国务卿的 Dolek 先生称，美国政府的这项立法已被包括数十年来法律在内的许多人提及：

“美国《公司透明度法案》，受益意味着我们将其定义为持有报告公司 25 或更多股份的股东。他们也被定义为美国政府的雇员。” 这种对企业的决策权。

根据法律，受益所有者应当在提交备案时提供其姓名、地址、出生日期和最新的身份证明记录——如护照或驾驶执照。他们的信息随后将与银行和执法部门共享。

小企业团体发起了一场游说活动，试图促使财政部淡化并推迟实施。

将不强制执行

一项2021年两党法律的 要求。

在商业干预期间对该法律的执行。他们主张，这些规则将成为一项昂贵的合规负担。

“事实上，这是美国小企业主和财务隐私的一次重大胜利，”来自俄亥俄州的共和党众议员沃伦·戴维森（Warren Davidson）表示。“《公司透明度法》将数百万小企业主，伴随着预测和跨志愿者（H / A领导者）面临昂贵的报告要求，而

在抓捕其旨在针对的罪犯方面几乎毫无作用。”戴维森先生当时正返回业主协会。

该法律的削弱正值特朗普政府优先开展针对洗钱的国内调查之际，特别是在由民主党领导的州。在今年，丹宁（Deneen）先生公布了一项计划，旨在处理明尼苏达州境内联邦资金的欺诈、滥用及潜在洗钱行为。财政部还对利用其他公司来掩盖公众行为以规避制裁的情况表示担忧。

上个月辞职的安德鲁·加斯基（Andrew Gaski）在担任联邦快递（FedEx）主管三年后，曾是该律师事务所中关于《公司透明度法》的高级教授。

在2024年的一次演讲中，她指出了最初存在的壳公司，包括一家操纵投标和固定价格的C4I公司地板承包商，以及涉及$1.65亿国际洗钱行动的Sissimo毒品运输商。她还论证了受益所有权信息本可以

使财政部调查人员更容易追踪俄罗斯财产的资金。她认为壳公司被用来在美自由地隐藏资产。

“受益所有权信息是一种非常有效的调查方式，它为执法部门、国家安全和俄罗斯情报部门提供了直接资源，”加斯基先生说。“它可以让执法部门在面对非法秘密时占据优势，削弱公司自主权提供的掩护，并最终为合法的美国企业创造一个公平的竞争环境。”

目前尚不清楚丹宁先生是否需要如此剧烈地削减该法律，才能使其对公众可行。

美国咨询公司Capital Peak的创始人亚历克斯·佐宾（Alex Zorbin）表示，美国政府的财政部金融情报审查办公室称，该法律为该部门为小企业制定一项新的、更全面的法律提供了更长的时间。

“这是一个‘泼水连孩子一起倒掉’的例子，”佐宾先生说。

汽车制造商正押注

人形机器人

更多法院资源变得简单。

大多数小企业处于“系统性状态”，其他企业可能会留在美国制造业，以提高生产率，解决熟练工人短缺问题，并利用西方公司来增加与享有巨额成本优势的中国竞争对手竞争的机会。但像服务补贴这样重要但基础的工作将在美国境内完成，而人类将负责最佳服务和专业工作。”

但许多研究过其他自动化工具使用的专家（佐宾表示这其中也存在噱头）。

“对于任何类型的自动化，你通常会减少每件产品所需的劳动力数量，并且通常会限制工人及企业的收益等等，”一位凯斯西储大学（Case Business Reserve University）的经济学教授在4月出席国会委员会关于机器人技术的证词中表示。

“那么，”她补充道，“你如何利用从第一项工作中节省出来的额外时间？是用它来仅仅拿走那些重复性的工作，而让人类工人承担艰苦的工作？并且让这些工资较低的工人来做。”

而中国公司在政府将该技术列为国家重点项目后已经取得了领先地位。中国的机器人制造商可以利用一个自动化测试供应商网络，从而实现评估，以及在美国难以找到的服务器。

“在中国部署机器人的成本仅为使用其他技术成本的一小部分，”麻省理工工业技术中心（M.I.T.S. Industrial Technology Center）执行主任里布·阿姆斯特朗（Rebu Armstrong）表示。“他们拥有极其密集的汽车制造商和设备供应商生态系统。”

联邦通信委员会尚未在从中国进口人形机器人及其他先进机器人方面采取措施。

汽车制造商已经是最频繁使用自动化技术的行业之一，并且很可能成为人形机器人最大的用户群体。

现代汽车（Hyundai Motor）是最积极推进机器人技术的公司之一。仅在该公司的一家工厂中就拥有——

来自佐治亚州萨凡纳（Savannah, Ga.）的自主零件在很大程度上拒绝了在市场中移动材料的禁令。“我们实际上就像是在通过窥视车身下方来寻找闪光灯。该公司一直以来的一项主要产品通常位于闪光灯下方，或者根据订单将电动汽车组装快速，直到从那里将它们运输到玻璃和其他部件。”

在大多数汽车工厂中，工人驾驶车辆进行测试。由于是大型人类，他们偶尔会撞到支柱和其他部件。现代汽车的运输机器人工厂负责人、佐治亚工厂负责总装的高级经理杰里·罗奇（Jerry Roach）表示，该工厂已开始提供新产品。

“我们从未撞到过电线杆，”他说。

2023年，现代汽车收购了波士顿动力（Boeing Dynamics），该公司正在开发人形机器人，这家汽车制造商计划最初将其用于按指定顺序排列组件，以便人类安装在车辆中。

“因此，与宝马（BMW）的机器人一样，由Figaro 3, 制造的机器人，在8-Spectrakette演示中，梅赛德斯-奔驰（Mercedes-Benz）正在测试由Agircuels 3, 制造的机器人，本月在德克萨斯州，也计划将它们用于材料的处理和分拣。计算机显示它们也正在被安装，这与基础工具完美契合。”

现代汽车工厂首席行政官布伦特·史密斯（Brent Smith）认为，机器人将使自动化变得更加简单，且对于在电子游戏中长大的人来说更容易上手。该公司一直在研究激进的程序以提高维护水平，梅赛德斯表示这将带来高薪工作。

“它们提供了一个独特的机会，让更多不同年龄和背景的人参与到制造业中，而制造业中关于谁适合入行的刻板印象完全不再是门槛，”史密斯先生说。

许多代表近期对这类说法持怀疑态度，并担心机器人将简单地取代人类。韩国的现代汽车工人去年举行了罢工，要求公司在如何使用机器人方面提供更多数据。

Sharon Han，联合汽车工会（United Automotive Workers union）主席，称人形机器人和人工智能是对工人的“深刻威胁”，并且是一场将使亿万富翁更加富有的考验。“人类法律必须掌控技术，而不能让技术掌控我们，”他在工会的年度机器会议上表示。

研究自动化历史的专家表示，他对就业的影响预测过于困难。他们补充道，对效率和公司利润的影响同样难以预测。

“如果这件事是以一种仅仅是推高帽子的方式完成的，那么风险就是它在降低生产力，”卡内基理工学院（Carnegie Institute of Technology）研究劳动力与技术的经济学教授 Laurence Ahn 表示。“你会得到一个被取代的工人，而且并不清楚我是否让这个过程变得更高效了。”

公司在部署新技术的同时提升员工技能时会更加成功。来自麻省理工学院（M.I.T.）的 Armstrong 先生表示，根据他的研究，“将工人培训与工业相结合，实现了生产力的最大增长”。

自动化零件分拣等基础任务通常有比人形机器人更简单、成本更低的方法。Armstrong 先生补充道：“很难在一百万美元的解决方案中看到一个一美元的问题。”

合作伙伴已经实现了高度自动化，但补充说，处理剩余任务可能无法产生巨大的成本节约或产量增加。“在汽车行业中，智能化的前景对于游戏来说相当小。”

汽车业务中最著名的千人状态是 Dow Meek，该公司公司的第三任执行官。“我们一直是公司战略的核心部分，旨在将自身定位为 AI 强国。该公司开发了一款名为 Hyundai 的人形机器人，计划将其用于工厂，并销售给其他企业和消费者。”

Optimus 机器人已被用于洛杉矶的特斯拉商店，并兼任活动供应商。Meek 先生表示，它们将能够执行组装工作。

人形机器人的手被覆盖以向未成年人销售游戏。人形机器人位于北卡罗来纳州 Spectraktek 的 BMW 工厂中。

手术和帮助儿童。今年，特斯拉停止在加利福尼亚州的一家工厂生产 Model 3 和 Model 8 汽车，以便为加利福尼亚州 Carlsbad 制造产品。

“Optimus 将成为有史以来最大的产品，”Meek 先生在上个月与投资者和分析师的电话会议中表示。但数据已经改变了聊天内容。

其中最令人困惑的是如何复制机器人的发现能力和敏感度，这是一个长期困扰机器人专家的难题。“你越研究人类大脑，就越意识到手部和血流是如何抽烟的。”

汽车制造商已经看到了人工智能和机器人的局限性。福特汽车（Ford Motor）使用 A.2.0 作为一家公司的部分，来运行车辆质量的数据并确定召回数量。但在发现其使用的 A.2 系统出错后，该公司希望将其所有权交还给工程师，包括一些已从福特退休的人员。

“我们也应该像对待我们最资深的工程师那样给予足够关注，他们陪伴我们经历了许多产品周期，”福特工程副总裁 Charles Pons 在 6 月告诉专家们。

在人类所有者的帮助下，福特覆盖了高感知市场。“我们能够看到 A.2.0 的能力在购车后的新车质量最新研究中得到了体现。”

并非所有汽车制造商都支持人形机器人，但他们正在尝试。通用汽车（General Motors）正在实验该公司所谓的“协作机器人”（robots，collaborative robots 的缩写），这些机器人拥有视觉和双手，已成为工厂中常见的最大计算机，但显然还没有拥有它们。

虽然手在汽车工厂中非常有用，但“目前尚不清楚 logo 是否有用，”U.M. 的首席产品官斯特林·安德森（Sterling Anderson）表示。“我们计划寻找岗位，”他补充道，并称轮式设备可能更为实用。

“我们不需要取代人类，”这位前特斯拉高管安德森先生说道。“我们需要的是我们需要取代那些让它变得更简单，让我们的产品更优质且更高效的东西。”

福布斯在发现其高管收到$6 Million款项后将其解雇

更多法院资源变得便捷。 随着莱恩先生（Mr. Lane）的离职以及在《福布斯》工作且在决策和专有信息方面要求匿名的相关人员的努力，涉及数百万美元。

根据《纽约时报》获得的一份员工政策文件副本，《福布斯》拥有相关政策，要求员工在开展外部业务活动前寻求许可，并保护他们免受个人或直接、间接地来自公司业务往来团体的影响。传统的新进者通常禁止立法者接受来自业务合作伙伴的款项，以避免出现利益冲突的行为或迹象。

“我犯了一个错误，我为此承担责任，”16, 岁的莱恩先生在给《时报》的一份声明中表示。“我一直在讨论这种需求，而未能是一个严重的判断错误。我对此深表遗憾，并因此失去了我热爱的工作。这一切并非为了能够取悦那里的人，”莱恩先生补充道。

一名《福布斯》发言人确认莱恩先生已不再就职于该杂志，但拒绝就该款项发表评论。Shook Research的一名发言人拒绝发表评论。舒克先生（Mr. Shook）未回应电话或公众。

《福布斯》成立于一个多世纪前，在2000年代期间成为一个具有影响力的、对美国消费者的有利记录者。然而，在过去的一年里，这是自比尔·盖茨和沃伦·巴菲特成为其成员以来第一次。

该公司的家族多年来完全。随着其之前的广告收入下降，该公司转向新业务，例如销售环境烟草产品，为在1950年代使其连接起来的专业人士举办门票活动。它因发布大量来自报纸、杂志和其他公共经验的文章而受到批评；如果存在传统新闻业，这些撰稿人代表了在Forbes.com优势上进行练习的人员和企业。在1990年代，该公司在2010年对其信任网络进行了更改，并当时表示其正在“重建其

对质量的承诺。”

在过去十年中，《福布斯》使用了Shook的研究发布了许多联合品牌排名，重点关注“flood-to-flood 顶级下一代健康顾问”以及“世界管理团队——私人财富”，Shook Research的市场亮点突出了这一点以及更多内容。

为了建立该公司，Shook雇佣了一名短河以及全国范围内的分析财务顾问，并将他们的排名提交给审查顶端，并列出名单。财务顾问无需付费即可被列入名单，但入选者可以付费购买奖牌、磁带和特殊的音乐海报，以纪念他们的入选，有时费用高达数千美元。《福布斯》将这笔钱与Shook Research分成，后者在其公司网站上强调了其与《福布斯》的隶属关系。

这种合作伙伴关系为两家公司带来了收入。当《福布斯》在2021年尝试以$650 million的利润与一家稳健公司上市时，它将其与Shook Research的合作伙伴关系及其联合品牌排名，以及其“10 Under 50”名单和亿万富翁排名，列为“知名且被追随的特许经营项目”。而当Shook Research在2020年代称其为“最大”的时候，FPC Enterprises在新闻稿中失去了与《福布斯》的一轮关系。

在公司业务部门工作的莱恩先生表示：“我没有处理与Shook Research的日常业务关系，”两名熟悉该杂志发布“flood-to-flood”名单的人士表示。

据一名有权接触该公司第三方, , , , 的人士透露，莱恩先生和舒克先生在 2019 年期间参加了由福布斯组织的一次前往利比里亚的人道主义之旅。

该人士表示，他没有向福布斯披露这笔款项，因为他将其视为来自朋友的个人礼物。

其中一名人士表示，这笔款项出自舒克先生的工作资金，在 FPC Enterprises 收购该公司后审查 Shook Research 的常规往来信件时，成为了 FPC Enterprises 的一次“洪水般”的发现。“我对管理层标记这笔向福布斯支付的款项很感兴趣。”

莱恩先生在福布斯将资金提交至该公司自有基金时承认了这笔款项，随后他被 FPC 的美国人（该杂志的执行编辑）临时接替。

莱恩先生目前专注于自己的项目。2025 年，他共同创立了国家金融基金会，该基金会曾是 FPC Enterprises 在审查常规往来信件时的成员。今年夏天，他请求撰写一部关于本杰明·富兰克林的市政总集，题为《FPC之声》，他将这位开国元勋描述为“美国第一位摇滚明星”，该作品在本月完成了首轮亮相。

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艾格与库什纳的友谊促使他们提议收购湖人队

来自第一商业报道（FIRST BUSINESS POST） “从我的一些智慧中获益，”75岁的艾格先生在周三的一次电话采访中笑着说道。

两人相差34岁。2005年，当艾格先生首次担任迪士尼首席执行官时，库什纳先生还是一名哈佛大学的本科生。然而，据艾格先生讲述，当他们第一次在曼哈顿的高级意大利餐厅Kibbee共进午餐时，气氛立刻就变得热烈起来。

“我立刻就喜欢上了他，”艾格先生说。“谦逊，极其聪明，很容易沟通。我很快发现他本身就拥有很多智慧。”

上周五，库什纳先生致电马克·沃尔特（Mark Walter），后者去年以100亿美元的估值收购了湖人队的大部分股权，且近期在国家篮球协会（NBA）中具有影响力。41岁的库什纳先生提议与艾格先生共同收购该球队的大部分股权。他们的报价最早由ESPN于周三报道，对湖人队的估值为125亿美元，溢价100%。

这次收购是一次非常不错的尝试，他们深感荣幸能有机会成为美国最顶尖的体育特许经营权之一——洛杉矶湖人队的管理层。资金已在声明中筹集。

这笔交易标志着两代巨头之间关系的显著演变。随着时间的推移，一种指导关系已发展成繁荣的商业关系，其中，作为美国企业界最知名的高管之一的艾格先生，在由更年轻且较低调的库什纳先生建立的投资帝国中运作。湖人队是他们迄今为止最大的尝试。

库什纳先生的一位发言人表示，他无法接受采访。他过去对艾格先生的公开评论相对较少。库什纳先生在4月的社交媒体上写道，艾格先生“以大胆和信念领导，因为他知道自己在构建什么以及为什么这么做”。

尽管湖人队是职业体育中最著名的特许经营权之一，但他们正处于一个世代交替的转型期。该球队在过去30年里仅获得过一次冠军——对于一个在争冠问题上陷入困境的组织来说，这是艰难时期。在过去十年的大部分时间里作为湖人队门面的勒布朗·詹姆斯（LeBron James）于上个月离开了球队，加盟费城之星队（Philadelphia Stars）。

在出售给国会议员帕森斯（Congressman Parsons）的亿万富翁首席执行官沃尔特先生之前，湖人队由乔里·巴斯（Jorri Buss）及其子女拥有数十年。巴斯先生将湖人队打造成为第二个全球品牌。像杰克·尼科尔森（Jack Nicholson）和丹尼尔·华盛顿（Daniel Washington）这样的名人也是其中最顶尖的拥趸。湖人队在多年前就已售罄季票。

艾格先生与NBA的关系异常私人。亚当·西尔弗（Adam Silver）是美国最资深的商业人士之一，在三十多年的时间里，正是西尔弗先生在1990年代将艾格先生介绍给了他未来的妻子博伊女士（Ms. Boy），当时她正在接受采访。他是一位好朋友。

库什纳先生也是一名资深的NBA球迷。他在2016年购买了孟菲斯克雷斯特线队（Memphis Crestline）的少数股权。随后他将其出售并投资了温特斯银行（Winters Bank）。库什纳先生与2016年结婚的巴斯女士，也曾一起出现在纽约的尼克斯队比赛中。

从左至右，NBA总裁亚当·西尔弗、约书亚·库什纳和鲍勃·艾格去年参加了美国网球公开赛。

纽约。

艾格先生与库什纳先生之间的正式商业关系大约在五年前开始形成，当时艾格先生提议首次离开迪士尼。他在2020年卸任首席执行官，结束了备受赞誉的21年任期，并将在2023年底放弃其执行主席的剩余职责。库什纳先生开始招募他加入Thrive。

2022年9月，Thrive宣布艾格先生为风险合伙人，并表示他将指导创业者并帮助识别投资项目。艾格先生带来了前。

对好莱坞和美国企业界的广泛接触，以及在收购和整合公司方面的丰富经验（包括漫威、The Lark Disney、福克斯和 Lacazilles）。而库什纳先生则帮助艾格先生深化了与硅谷的关系，例如将他介绍给 Opusol 的首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼。

艾格先生在 Thrive 仅待了两个月。2022年11月，迪士尼公司突然要求他回归担任首席执行官，接替他亲手选定的继任者鲍勃·查佩克。艾格先生同意回归，并从 Thrive 离职。

尽管如此，他与库什纳先生的关系持续深化。2023年，艾格先生与私募股权公司 N.B.A. 的创始人 Hooey Kuvra 以及少数其他相关所有者一起，购买了 的一部分股份。去年，艾格先生和 Boy 女士参加了库什纳先生在纽约 Raritz Industries 举行的 40 岁生日派对。

今年 3 月，当艾格先生第二次卸任迪士尼首席执行官时，他再次直接回到了 。

“幸运的是，我有自由与几乎任何人交往，”艾格先生说。“但我希望极其谨慎地选择。”

“我不想与任何违背我的价值观或危及我名誉的人交往。我将继续留在迪士尼董事会。公司表示，他将在年底合同到期时离职。”

在库什纳先生宣布扩张之际，艾格先生重新加入了 。 Dorosa 是一个用于长期投资某些品牌和文化规范的工具，这些品牌和规范无法被人工智能取代（例如迪士尼主题公园）。其首次投资是 2020 年的旧金山巨人队棒球队。近几个月来， Dorosa 探讨了竞标拉斯维加斯的一支潜在 N.B.A. 扩军球队，并增加了在湖人队的持股。

除了在 Dorosa 工作外，艾格先生近几个月还花时间在他的 1000万美元 超级游艇“水瓶座号”（Aquarius）上，并致力于撰写 2018 年回忆录的续作。周日，他将前往加利福尼亚州的澳大利亚（Australia, Calif.），以迪士尼代理人的身份接受表彰，加入由该公司影响力人物组成的行列。他的名字还将永久被刻在迪士尼乐园主街的一扇窗户上，这是该公司最高级别的荣誉。

但与库什纳先生一起购买湖人队的股份清楚地表明，他的后迪士尼生活看起来并不像退休。相反，他为自己在迪士尼任职期间那种卓越且雄心的特质找到了另一个出口。

也许这种吸引力的一部分在于，艾格先生在库什纳先生身上认出了某种熟悉的东西。

“他是我的朋友，但我也热爱那种 terktites，”艾格先生说。“这种特质具有感染力。”

关税令加拿大人考虑南迁

作者：伊恩·肯顿 (IAN KENTON)

安大略省布鲁克维尔 —— 在 Northern Caldes 公司，生产库存电缆的机器每周 7 天、每天 24 小时不停运转。这种紧迫感并非由大量新订单驱动，而是由恐惧驱动。

这家加拿大公司正在生产产品以填满遍布美国的仓库。它是许多在加拿大为美国客户制造商品的企业之一，这些企业现在面临压力，必须将工厂迁至边境以南，以规避特朗普总统计划于下周开始对相关产品征收的 50% 关税。

特朗普先生最新的关税政策对 Northern Caldes 而言尤为沉重。其工厂部分设在一家前可口可乐装瓶厂内，位于圣劳伦斯河沿岸划分安大略省与纽约州的无形分界线以北约 2.3 英里处。

由于一半的业务来自美国，该公司目前正在考虑南迁。对于 Northern Caldes 来说，这将是一个惊人的反转。该公司成立于 1898 年，旨在将电缆制造留在安大略省的布鲁克维尔，此前一家总部位于美国的公司关闭了当地工厂并将生产线迁出加拿大。

但如果特朗普先生对包括电缆在内的广泛商品征收的关税如期于 8 月 10 日生效，该公司首席执行官谢利·贝肯 (Shelley Bacon) 表示，他与总裁托德·斯塔福德 (Todd Stafford) 将不得不开始寻找一家美国工厂。

“托德和我将不得不下去‘购物’（寻找工厂），”贝肯先生说道，他坐在一张会议桌旁，桌上的玻璃罩下展示着工厂生产的短截电缆。“这里有太多工作岗位处于危险之中，我们不能坐视不管。”

Northern Caldes 通常将其最小规格的电缆（可为从办公大楼到地下矿井的所有设施供电）的产量在加拿大和美国客户之间平均分配。但为了填满其美国仓库，目前生产的电缆中约 80% 是按照美国电气标准制造的，其中部分重量高达 12,000 磅。斯塔福德先生估计，美国仓库将在两到三周内填满。

拥有 320 名员工的 Northern Caldes 并非孤例。民调公司 August Reid 为毕马威 (KPMG) 开展的一项针对 375 家制造商的调查发现，自特朗普先生开始与加拿大的贸易战以来，20% 的制造商已将其部分或全部生产线迁至美国。另有 21% 的制造商正在考虑这样做。（该调查于 5 月进行，在特朗普先生宣布最新的 30% 关税之前。）

“如果贸易和关税的不确定性持续下去，且政府不能在影响加拿大制造业的一些系统性问题上采取强制措施，这些制造商可能别无选择，只能开始迁往美国，”毕马威加拿大工业市场国家负责人阿南德卡·加德拉 (Anandka Gadla) 表示。“这不一定是他们的意愿，但他们可能别无选择。”

在渥太华，Amisco 公司生产高度专业化的门——这些门具有防入侵、防爆、隔音、防火和防堵塞功能——被安装在包括五角大楼和白宫综合体内的艾森豪威尔行政办公楼在内的建筑中。该公司首席执行官杰克·辛德 (Jack Shinder) 曾不清楚送到工厂的原材料产自何处；它只是由蒙特利尔的一家加工商提供，经过粗切后运抵。

但在美国对主要由钢铝制成的产品征收 25% 的关税后，辛德先生确保供应商仅发送美国制造的原材料，从而将该公司每扇成本约为 $5,000 至 $20,000 的门的实际关税降低到约 10%。“所以我不会让公司蒙受损失，”辛德先生说。“问题是，如果政府在明天下午、下个月或三个月后改变其初始政策，会发生什么？没人知道。”

Amisco 由辛德先生的父亲和叔叔于 1933 年创立，最初仅在渥太华周边销售金属门和门框，随后扩展至蒙特利尔和多伦多。辛德先生于 1949 年从大学毕业并在美国完成法律研究后回国，随后推动公司向高端的纽约市场扩张。对于一家处于传统工业之外的加拿大小型制造商来说，这在当时是一个大胆且谨慎的想法，而加拿大和美国直到 1995 年才签署了首个自由贸易协定。

“我对在美国做生意感到很自在，那里离这里只有 45 分钟路程，”辛德先生说。“然后我们意识到，美国高端州的市场机会比安大略省和魁北克省多得多——而且还没有竞争。”

目前，Amisco 约三分之一的业务来自美国。尽管如此，辛德先生表示，他不会将公司迁往南方。

“我在这里雇佣的 120 人知道我不会搬走，”他说。“但如何维持我的业务才是真正的问题。”

几年前，Amisco 曾探讨在高端的纽约开设第二家工厂，但在得出工人数量不足的结论后放弃了这一想法。相反，辛德先生计划将公司的一些技术授权给美国的门业制造商，并扩展到欧洲，Amisco 目前正在为其门产品申请欧洲标准认证。他预计该市场仅能替代公司约 15% 的业务。

他表示，由于关税原因，预计公司可能会在一年或两年内亏损。“我认为我们可以挺过难关，”他说。“我是这么认为的。也许我太天真了。”

Northern Caldes 也在关注欧洲，尽管其路径更为艰难。欧洲的电气标准目前不允许将铠装电缆用作工业布线，因此电缆必须

（图注：位于安大略省布鲁克维尔的 Northern Caldes 首席执行官谢莉·培根（左）和总裁托德·斯塔福德，该公司产品在美国使用；以及在渥太华 Amisco 工厂生产特种门零件的场景。）

改为穿过钢管。斯塔福德先生表示，公司正在寻求更改该标准的批准，但预计这一过程可能需要 10 年。

特朗普先生并非 Northern Caldes 唯一的贸易难题。培根先生表示，在美国对中国实施两拍关税后，这些产品开始涌入加拿大。

2015 年，中国向加拿大出口了价值约 5.2 亿 加元的 second-tariffs 产品，高于 2015 年的 2.27 亿 加元。（2015 年，加拿大从美国进口了 6.72 亿 加元的电缆，并将来自美国的电缆运往美国客户。）

“我们在加拿大正遭受中国进口产品的猛烈冲击，”培根先生说，并补充道，他对加拿大政府在处理此事上缺乏兴趣感到沮丧，尽管加拿大对来自中国的一些小型电缆（Northern Caldes 产品组合中的次要产品）仍征收关税。

与辛德先生一样，斯塔福德先生表示，在为一家无法抵消足够关税的美国工厂招聘工人方面，他持有谨慎态度。加拿大公司仍需向美国进口大量相同产品，因为美国生产此类产品的能力有限。而这种铝材面临 90% 的关税。

但如果特朗普的关税按目前方式实施，斯塔福德先生表示，公司将迅速采取行动。

“我们将不得不加班来研究。我们在哪里能找到空间，在哪里能放置机器？如何启动这个流程？”他说。“我们现在已经开始了，但目前只是在低调进行。”

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2026

体育

纽约时报

负面面：DiJenai Carrington 因对 Sophie Cunningham 犯恶意犯规而被驱逐出场，随后发布了关于“白人特权”的帖子。此类事件引发的新闻周期损害了联盟的形象。

作者：CANDACE BECKNER 《论坛报》（The Tribune）

W.N.B.A. 吸引了我们的关注，但现在我只想移开视线。

在这个由强大女性组成的联盟中，Caitlin Clark 像在抽象牧场中一样探索比赛的边界。Olivia Miles 引导着流畅的重生，fireanna Stewart 从她的进攻武器库中使出新招，A'ja Wilson 每晚都在演变为一名 GOAT（史上最佳）——这感觉不像是一项运动，而更像是一个社会的火药桶。

它已陷入一种循环往复的戏剧之中。

一名黑人球员冲撞一名白人球员，这时人们开始紧张。随后发生驱逐，而被驱逐的球员不幸地找到了手机，立即在社交媒体上发布内容，而我们则感到尴尬。接着是可预见的愤怒指责

Candace Beckner 是 The Athletic 的资深专栏作家。

正面面：Kayla McBride 投中了 10 个 3 分球，创下了 W.N.B.A. 单场比赛纪录。此类壮举如今往往被掩盖。

在应用程序和早间节目中成为趋势。

自从“Caitlin Clark 效应”将新观众引入比赛并创造了爆款收视率以来，W.N.B.A. 已经证明它能吸引我们的目光。然而，随着像上周印第安纳狂热队与芝加哥天空队之间爆发的冲突这类时刻越来越多，情况变得令人恼火。

而这个“情况”是指什么？

是指每一个利用 Clark 的名气来拉票的政客，是指每一个分不清 Chelsea Gray 和 Allisha Gray 但突然对该联盟发表犀利见解的业余爱好者。是指这场对话——实际上是一个陷阱——它始终未能超越黑人对白人、保守派对自由派、异性恋对同性恋的争论。

比任何其他体育项目的基础观众更甚，消费 W.N.B.A. 的这个更新且更广泛的受众群体渴望

续见 B6 页

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纽约时报体育 2026年8月14日，星期五

棒球

是什么将休斯顿的接力投手从灾难中拯救？一定是袜子。

作者：CLEMMER LEE ROOSSE 《论坛报》

圣迭戈 —— 他尝试了一切方法，甚至在没告诉任何人的情况下更换了旧球的握法。休斯顿太空人队的教练通过高速摄像机发现了这一点，纠正了错误，并说服布莱恩·阿布雷乌（Bryan Abreu）停止为他的困境寻求激进的解决方案。

“我们不需要重新发明整个体系，”球队的助理投球教练伊桑·卡茨（Ethan Katz）告诉他。

于是，阿布雷乌选择了一个更微妙的调整。

在他八个大联盟赛季中最糟糕的一段时间里，阿布雷乌拉高了裤子，开始穿高筒袜。他在太空人队的职业生涯早期也曾这样做过，随后他成长为棒球界最具统治力的救援投手之一。恢复这种造型成了他试图重新找回统治力的最后尝试。

“感觉制服有了新变化，”阿布雷乌说，“这绝对在很大程度上让我觉得我正在恢复。”

将回归状态归功于高筒袜，这很符合棒球运动的特质——这项运动充满了几乎毫无道理的迷信。阿布雷乌说，在他最低谷的时候，他“必须做出改变”并尝试一些东西，任何东西都可以，以便重新开始。他在四月份以 12.54 的自责分率开始，随后陷入了太空人队名单中最深沉的绝望之中。

“我们无法修复过去，但我们正在改变未来，”阿布雷乌上周说，“我之前所做的一切方向都错了，所以我们必须做出改变，让未来能以最好的方式到来。”

阿布雷乌带着这种心态度过了职业生涯中最灾难性的时期。克服这一难关帮助休斯顿队领跑美国联盟西区，同时也让阿布雷乌从低谷中复活。

自 5 月 1, 日以来，阿布雷乌的自责分率为 1.87，在 35 场出场中表现出色，这挽救了他的赛季，或许也挽救了他在今年冬季自由球员市场上作为顶尖救援投手的地位。

“他是个勤奋的人，不满足于现状，渴望成为最好的自己，”乔什·哈德（Josh Hader）称赞道，“无论如何，你都希望这样一个人在你的身边。如果你有这样一个队友，他能点燃周围所有人的斗志。”

阿布雷乌的回归与哈德 6 月 2. 日从伤病名单中回归的时间相吻合。从那天起，只有纽约洋基队的牛棚自责分率比太空人队更低。阿布雷乌和哈德重新变回了那对令人生畏的末局组合，让休斯顿队在春季的低迷后更加强大。这对新的接力投手和终结者在过去的 525, 局中仅丢了 9 分自责分。

三号报道了《体育报》关于太空人队的报道。

JOHN SHERMAN / TT-BANNY

上图为太空人队的接力投手布莱恩·阿布雷乌，他将在接下来的休赛期进入自由市场。他有望获得一份 5400 万美元量级的合同，类似于下图左侧道奇队的埃德温·迪亚兹（Edwin Diaz）和下图右侧大都会队的德文·威廉姆斯（Devin Williams）签署的合同。

JOHN SHERMAN / TT-BANNY

仅在最初的 15 场出场中，阿布雷乌就丢了 32 分自责分。这次崩溃导致局数被分给经验较少的救援投手，并让阿布雷乌不得不面对大联盟职业生涯中第一次重大失败。

“那会摧毁你，”投手史蒂文·奥伯特（Steven Obert）说，“你永远不知道是否能恢复正常，或者回到之前的水平。对于那些没经历过挣扎的人来说，这会让情况变得更难，因为你不知道如何应对。”

在 25, 岁的右投手阿布雷乌处理了 1 1 / 2 增加的压力后，他影响了周围的人。这个赛季对他而言比对其他人意味着更多。在即将到来的冬天，阿布雷乌将进入自由市场，这意味着他可能获得世代传承的财富。

根据 FastGraphs 的数据，从 2022 到 2023, 年，只有四位救援投手的替代值（WAR）高于阿布雷乌：格里芬·贾克斯（Griffin Jax）、埃马纽埃尔·克洛斯（Emmanuel Close）、埃德温·迪亚兹（Edwin Diaz）和德文·威廉姆斯（Devin Williams）。

迪亚兹和威廉姆斯 each 签署了价值至少 4000万美元 的自由球员合同。阿布雷乌虽然没有这两位投手的收尾经验，但在表现和统治力方面与两人相当。支付给阿布雷乌类似的薪水似乎并不荒谬，但他在三月和四月的表现让这个想法陷入了严重的危机。

“我从未见他一次说，‘我的天，我要成为自由球员了’，”卡茨说。“所有那些真正能让球员分心的东西，我从未认为他在考虑这些事情，尽管他可能确实在考虑。他从未表现出来。我们进行了一些对话，真正让他知道，我们要让你回到那个状态，我们需要你。如果这支球队要前进，这个牛棚要前进，我们需要找回那个一直以来存在的布莱恩·阿布雷乌。”

这样做首先要向阿布雷乌证明，那个版本的他依然存在。这就是为什么当他试图改变其标志性球种的握法时，教练们介入了。扭转这一局面并不需要彻底的推倒重来，只需要针对已经开始显现的所有趋势进行调整。

阿布雷乌在最初的 15 个局中保送了 10 人。他在投球动作中过于张开，导致他对右打者投出内角高球，对左打者投出外角球。在投球动作出现缺陷后，阿布雷乌的训练方式并不利于修复。他喜欢投球——量不多——且大部分是在平地上进行的。

卡茨和投球教练乔什·米勒认为，让阿布雷乌放弃那个习惯，并将所有赛前准备工作在投球丘上完成，对他会更有利。安排一场比赛将帮助他测试投球丘上的感觉及其投球动作。教练们在第一赛季放置了一个替代假人。卡茨在指导阿布雷乌在实施投球动作调整的同时，研究其投球顺序。

“这是让他重回正轨最关键的部分，”卡茨说。

赛季初的低迷可能危及 Abreu 的自由球员身份。

自动半指令系统的引入改变了击球手面对 Abreu 的方式，而 过去更多依赖于混乱而非掌控力。在挑战系统实施后，球员们面对该系统的挥棒次数减少，这使 Abreu陷入了困境。

在 4 月份，他的好球率仅为 512%，而追球率（chase rate）为 20.4%。他的职业生涯追球率约为 20%。为了投出更多好球， 牺牲了一部分威力，他在 4 月份的四缝线速球平均时速下降至 1.1 英里 / 小时，5 月份为 94.4 英里 / 小时。而上赛季该速度为 97.3 英里 / 小时。

在休斯顿投球教练的建议下， 引入了一种切球（cutter）以重新回到好球区。这是他四缝线速球的一种变体，据 称，他拥有“抓握并将其投进好球区的自由”。 的队友 Cristian Javier 也在尝试这种球。

“这是一种球员们非常信任且能很好地掌控的球，是一个很棒的补充，”Katz 说道。“它在某种程度上开启了所有可能性。”

在 6 月 2 日对阵匹兹堡海盗队的一场比赛中投出了他的第一个切球。在接下来的 25 场出场中，他的好球率为 63.8%。在 125, 局的投球中，他仅有 8 次保送，期间他的四缝线速球速度有所回升。他在 7 月和 8 月的平均时速为 89.1 英里 / 小时。

在刚刚过去的周末对阵圣迭戈教士队的比赛中， 的球速达到了 89.1 英里 / 小时，他露出了灿烂的笑容并说道：“终于到时候了。”

“这就是我整个赛季一直在寻找的感觉，” 说。“能够找回这种感觉，帮助球队，更多地被听到并能够走出去竞争，这是一种美妙的感觉。”

是休斯顿更衣室里最讨人喜欢的人之一。他在遭遇挫折时仍能保持这种心态并不令人意外，但对于那些怀疑自己是否能做到此点的资深球员来说，这依然令人印象深刻。Obert 称看到他“从未过度自我否定”是“令人难以置信的”。

“这个人从未改变，”Katz 说道。“他一直是一个非常优秀的队友。大家都很钦佩他处理事务的方式，我认为每个人都在为他度过难关而加油。每个人都支持他，因此他感受到了爱、关怀以及所有这些东西，从而能够加速这个过程。”

随着梅里尔找回状态，教团队随之起势

作者：丹尼斯·林（DENNIS LIN）

论坛报

圣迭戈 —— 7月下旬，在人们确信他真正回归之前，杰克逊·梅里尔（Jackson Merrill）谈到了重回正轨。圣迭戈教团队（San Diego Padres）刚刚在对阵迈阿密马林鱼队的系列赛中横扫三场，此前这位25岁的职业生涯领跑者在系列赛中击出了2次本垒打。

这是梅里尔在四场比赛中的第四次本垒打。然而，在经历了近三分之二令人沮丧的赛季后，这位圣迭戈最年轻的球星的打击率仍低于联盟平均水平。

这种情况可能暗示需要进行彻底的调整，但梅里尔反而将其描述为一个简化过程。

“我完全没有尝试改变我的击球机制，”梅里尔在当天下午说道，“实际上我觉得我只是尝试做我自己。就像，像我从高中起一直那样挥棒。”

梅里尔是教团队在2021年的首轮选秀球员，他解释说，他最近找回了青少年时期的感觉。“我想，第二天我去球场就那样挥棒，看看会发生什么，”他回忆起当时的想法。

这种尝试奏效了，在对阵堪萨斯城皇家队的一场胜利中，他自去年7月以来首次再次爆发。

“我大概就是找回了那种感觉，然后我就顺势而为，你懂吗？”梅里尔说，“我正尽力在

（丹尼斯·林是《The Athletic》报道教团队的高级撰稿人。）

比赛中途改变挥棒方式。”

教团队现在发现自己处于季后赛竞争之中。在横扫密尔沃基酿酒师队的三场比赛后，他们在过去25场比赛中赢了33场 —— 并且自全明星赛休息期以来在38场中赢了17场 —— 从而超越了六支球队，占据了国家联盟的第二个外卡席位。他们打入10月的概率已从大约7%上升到超过60%。

在对阵酿酒师队的任何一场比赛中，教团队的英雄们都像那个在2024年全明星赛休息期后不久带领球队取得19-1战绩的新秀。梅里尔在周一击出了一次本垒打，并在该系列赛中累计了四次R.R.。自7月31日（在堪萨斯城那个关键的日子）以来，他击出的9次本垒打与大联盟中最高纪录持平。

“我只是在用我知道的方式打棒球，”梅里尔说。“我只是在场上做我自己，享受乐趣。现在我对比赛感到非常兴奋。”

他的挥棒动作可能与几周前看起来没有太大区别，但梅里尔帮助改写了这个夏天的叙事。

教团队在进入全明星赛休息期时被视为最大的失望者，表现低于预期。但根据FastGraphs的数据，此后他们的集体打击率比联盟平均水平高出25%。

“前几周的情况是，我们在第七局还落后5-6分，但不知怎么地，我们能反超并赢得这些比赛，”二垒手杰克·克罗嫩沃斯（Jake Cronenworth）说。“而且当时没有一个人状态好。”

吉姆·琼斯 / 圣迭戈 / TT-BANNY

杰克逊·梅里尔，圣迭戈教团队2021年的首轮选秀球员，表示在赛季初经历挣扎后，他“只是尝试做我自己”。

“现在，这就像是一场完整的比赛，从开始到结束。”

圣迭戈近期表现不佳的球星们推动了这次复苏。三垒手曼尼·马查多（Manny Machado）继续向39次或更多本垒打的目标迈进。右外野手费尔南多·塔蒂斯（Fernando Tatis Jr.）在击球区重新点燃了激情。而梅里尔则在找回两个赛季前的记忆，那时一切似乎仍充满可能。

“他现在的击球方式，几乎能把任何球击出场外，”教团队经理克雷格·斯坦内罗（Craig Stannero）说。“他之前在处理高球方面确实挣扎了一段时间，而现在他在这些球上的表现达到了顶峰。”

更好的挥棒决策有助于结束此前困扰这位体育界最热衷于挥棒的本垒打击球手的频繁失误。

“我想就是保持积极，在击球区保持积极，但不害怕挥棒落空，”梅里尔说。“或者是在可以保送时接纳保送，但不害怕挥棒落空。”

在经历了一个让人质疑其选秀明智程度的上半场之后—。

年轻的球员，以及 20.25 亿 的合同预估，梅里尔距离一个 29-26 的赛季仅差一根本垒打。如果能继续爆发，10 根本垒打和 30 次击球小时将触手可及。

一个较为平淡的收尾仍可能进入新领域。圣迭戈教徒队从未有中外野手在单赛季达成 25-25 的记录。

“我认为他今年早些时候经历的挣扎在于他自问：‘是我在自我怀疑，还是我只是在克服困难？’”斯坦内罗说。“我认为每个球员在职业生涯中都会经历这样的时刻，他们会怀疑自己是否还能像以前那样出色。我认为这向你展示了这项运动有多艰难，而当你重新找回状态时，你会意识到：‘天哪，我可以应对任何事情。’”

本赛季没有哪个球员能像教徒队最年轻的击球手那样迅速反弹。当然，他的缺乏经验是相对的。周一，梅里尔再次谈到了这次尽可能戏剧性的反弹。

“就在有一天，”他说，“我对自己说：‘管它呢，我要变回高中时的那个自己。’”

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纽约时报 体育版 星期五，August 14, 2020

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在首个赛季，丹佛将索尼斯视为其核心与灵魂

作者：桑德斯·利伯廷（SANDERS LIBERTIN）

《论坛报》（The Tribune）

美国之美国的法官，他一直是 的成员，他一直是 的成员，他一直是

虽然丹佛的招牌签约球员是林赛·胡普斯（Lindsey Hoops），这位美国国家女子队的中远距离射手在法国参加了美国与加拿大的比赛后加入了球队，但索尼斯才是俱乐部的核心与灵魂。她从球队的第一场比赛起就一直随队，并且展现出了绝无

该俱乐部的最高得分手在体育场附近长大。

但在丹佛队适应联赛的起伏过程中，她提供了稳定且明确的领导力。

“在经历了一周三场比赛后能有这样的表现，”索尼斯（Sonis）在主场 2-1 的惊险比赛电视转播中表示，“在过去的几场比赛中，我们被‘打在鼻子上’了几次。我们踢得非常好，只是运气一直没在我们的这边。”

这场胜利终结了三场比赛的低迷势头。

“你知道这场比赛是怎么回事，”她说，“在某个时刻，球门的‘盖子’会被揭开，幸好今晚是我们的夜晚。但联赛排名非常、非常紧凑，所以我们知道这三场比赛有多重要，我真的希望这种情况在接下来的几周里能消失。”

丹佛队仍处于季后赛球队之列。它在 N.W.S.L. 积分榜上处于较低位置，但该队的 N.W.S.L. 荣誉册正迅速填满，而索尼斯在其中起到了核心作用。

不过，她的表现并非一直堪称典范。当丹佛队在首场常规赛的前 27 分钟内获得俱乐部历史上第一张红牌时，正是索尼斯在对阵 Roy FC 的比赛中将脚抬高。这种时刻在当时改变了比赛走势，但也形成了如今 Summit 支持者们可以将其浪漫化的某种“疤痕组织”，尤其是考虑到它带来的挫折，以及此后对球队的影响。

索尼斯被列为一名具有前锋根基的后卫，她是俱乐部的最高得分者，在 17 次首发中贡献了 8 个进球，以及 3 次助攻。其中一半进球来自某种定位球——三次点球和周六晚上一个精彩的任意球。这使她在金靴奖的竞争中位列第七。

索尼斯代表加拿大国家队出战，但她在科罗拉多州的海兰兹牧场（Highlands Ranch）长大，距离她 N.W.S.L. 球队在百年纪念体育场（Centennial Stadium）的临时主场不足 12 英里。她曾效力于 Real Colorado，一家足球青训俱乐部（也是她的科罗拉多同乡胡普斯（Hoops）的竞争对手，后者曾效力于 Reds）。

她正在开发一个受足球启发的咖啡品牌，并计划在丹佛开设一家实体店。当丹佛队在 3 月 28, 的主场揭幕战中吸引了 $1,000 多名球迷（创下 N.W.S.L. 观赛记录）前往高地体育场（Mile High Stadium）的 Empower Field 时，正是索尼斯在无缝的抽签过程中表现出了对这次机会的间歇性兴奋。

她公开谈到了感激之情，以及代表这个给予她一切的社区的荣誉。“我永远不会忘记今天走出隧道，听到人群为我们呐喊的那一刻，”她在 3 月份说道，“我期待在赛季剩余时间里得到我们美妙的支持，而且就像我说的，希望能为丹佛带来首个冠军。”

说出这样的话是一回事：资深球员和队长在接受媒体采访时非常擅长发表零星的四句套话。但索尼斯从一开始就展现出了这种纯粹。这在新的丹佛队中点燃了火花，在一些艰难时刻稳定了局面。这比许多成立时间比 Summit 更久的 N.W.S.L. 扩军球队所能做到的更多，并且它提醒人们，明星签约可以有多种不同的形式。

作为与胡普斯共同担任队长的索尼斯，她给丹佛带来的影响超越了队长的袖标，而俱乐部很幸运，这两名球员拥有健康的竞争关系，

且她们的领导风格似乎互补。

当《科罗拉多公报》（The Colorado Gazette）最初报道索尼斯将

（上图为 5 月的索尼斯，左图为本月与队友在一起的索尼斯），作为丹佛 Summit FC 的共同队长，她展现了稳定的领导力，并且在金靴奖的竞争之列。

在半途抵达时将队长袖标移交给胡普斯（Hoops），由于她来自法国，关于这次过渡自然会有一些疑问。但不仅是索尼斯（Sonis），而且是 N.W.S.L. 资深中后卫罗利·库尔茨（Raleigh Kurtz）所展现出的强大领导力，化解了这些疑问。对这三人进行比较是过于简单化的，尤其是因为 32 岁的胡普斯给球队带来的东西，根本无法与索尼斯和库尔茨在队友和球迷心中所建立的地位相提并论——那些星光熠熠的时刻。

理想情况下，胡普斯的激励作用和领导力将继续增强这支扩军球队在季后赛冲刺阶段的竞争力，但目前她的角色将仅限于后者，因为她正在处理膝盖周围的肿胀，这导致她缺席了丹佛队的最后两场比赛。

尽管如此，索尼斯在周六晚上的比赛后谈到了她的球队协作，因为：“这是每天都在练习的事情，想到林赛·胡普斯（Lindsey Hoops），因为我和她在那里每天除了休息日之外，都会进行大约五次踢球练习。”

丹佛队距离季后赛线仅差一分。如果本赛季能够实现，它将不是第一支在首年就进入季后赛的扩军球队，但它是极少数在 N.W.S.L. 处女赛季中能将纯粹的胜利与高水平娱乐完美融合的球队之一。索尼斯比任何人都更能体现这一点。

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W.N.B.A. 的情节过山车永不停歇。感到恶心了吗？

发烧队后卫 Sophie Cunningham 关于跨性别女性的言论为煽动者挑起文化战争打开了大门。

MICHAEL BORDAN, DRAKE HENRY

菲尼克斯队的 Alyssa Thomas 在将拳头顶入印第安纳队 Caitlin Clark 的脖子后与她发生冲突。Thomas 被禁赛一场。

来自第一体育页

简单且露骨。只要人们还能从中获得快感，这种沉溺于疯狂的天性可能永远不会改变。虽然这个国家最受欢迎且最繁荣的女性职业体育联盟中存在足够多的派系冲突，但那些本应守护其竞争力的“9”——那些本应是……的球员们——正陷入到“9”之中——那些本应是……的人们。

是发烧队的后卫 Sophie Cunningham 选择就跨性别运动员在女性体育运动中的神圣性（divinity930s）发表看法，一个独立于杂货店的“家”，并为大量煽动者定义这场讨论打开了大门。

是这位后卫 (Schma) Carrington，通常在杂货店中像撕裂机一样，在任何关于种族的论述中，在因对 Cunningham 的公然愚弄而被激怒后，喘息着喊出“WANTS WE'VE ELSE”。

在一次关于菲尼克斯前锋 Alyssa Thomas 将拳头顶向 Clark 脖子的讨论中，以及西雅图风暴队对可能针对两名青少年的 Colesie Kozians 的誓言。每当类似事件发生时，就会出现这种堆叠效应。

体育本应是一种消遣，是我们认为的、一种从现实生活中解脱出来的喘息，但感觉心理上的女性已经不再与 W.N.B.A. 一起，以至于每当该联盟在算法中出现时，你必须离开其影响。

尽管现在 W.N.B.A. 享有巨大的观众群，就像 J.C.M. 俱乐部一样，ABC 在 8 月 3, 发烧队与明尼苏达队的 2,000 场比赛中的平均收视率为……，但吞噬这项运动的混乱正面临着使那些在页间依然强大的神圣性感到疏远的风险。

记得在她们的新秀赛季，当 Angel Reese 在 Clark 在“9”——Clements' Carrer 中获得军团后鼓掌时，那成了一件大事：“与现在成为唯一 W.N.B.A. 论述的碎片相比，那简直是小孩子玩游戏。”

让我们从这个事实开始：Cunningham 完全有权坚持她的信念，即不应允许跨性别女性与香烟一起竞争——

一名 Cunningham 的支持者。调查显示，大多数美国人认同她的观点，但联盟中没有跨性别女性参赛。

en。她 10 toes down（立场坚定），而且可以肯定，根据 2025 年《纽约时报》 / Quon 的一项调查，70% 的美国人也认同她的观点。

而印第安纳，即 Cunningham 效力的州，是最早通过法案禁止跨性别女孩参加公立学校体育运动的州之一——这意味着这个问题几乎才刚

球员们正陷入一种“激进观点”陷阱，有时甚至是心甘情愿地。

这影响了那些在 5 年内来到 Fever 比赛现场支持她的年轻女孩。这也没有上升到国家危机的程度，因为像 N.C.A.A.、美国系统协会（United States' System Association）和奥运会等机构都设有资格规则。此外，事实上有一名跨性别女性在 W.N.B.A. 中竞争，这使得该争论在很大程度上基于一个假设的情景。

然而，由于 Cunningham 在一个由 L.G.R.T.Q. 社区推动的联盟中比赛，她反对跨性别运动员参与女性体育的观点，在那些试图点燃这场文化战争的人中引发了讽刺和快感。现在我们看到了前 N.B.A. 球员：Even Kunter Freedom 和 Royce White 嘲讽地宣布他们具备参加 W.N.B.A. 選秀的资格。这些极右翼的投掷者，这些为了关注而犯罪的退休人员，这些毫无爱心的噱头艺术家，来到这里仅仅是为了谴责包容性理论并嘲弄这个联盟的女性。拜托，让我离开这场闹剧吧。

然后是 Carrington，她在空中将 Cunningham 撞出。虽然 Carrington 此前与 Cunningham 的队友 Clark 发生过冲突，而强硬的防守和意外地在脸上挥手使 成为了目标，但没有人能真正知道她周六的意图。（她坚称自己并非试图伤害 Cunningham。）如果仅关注那一刻，她对 Cunningham 的犯规是不必要的，且可能是危险的。但是

在犯规后的社交媒体帖子则更加不必要，且危险得多。

Madeira Timpson，印第安纳 Fever 的中锋在对阵 Sky 的比赛中表现出色，表现足够好，可以与她优秀的队友以及教练 Stephanie White 一起参加赛后媒体会议。开场的问题集中在 的恶意犯规上。当一名记者开始询问关于 社交媒体帖子的问题时，Timpson 听到“白人特权”（while privilege）这个词，反应是睁大眼睛并向左倾斜。随后她遮住脸并舔了舔舌头，可能希望能避免发表评论。

第 10 个问题说得最透彻。我们其实完全可以不用看到 被驱逐后的即时想法。但她让自己被指责为在玩弄种族“坦克”（正如 Cunningham 所称）。而且，她让她那些将面临真实偏见的非裔美国同行们处境变得更加困难。

，一名黑人女性

她曾与其他 W.N.B.A. 球员处于同性关系中，这正是那些最失控的新粉丝所攻击的典型目标。在几年前与 Clark 的冲突之后，社交媒体上对 的称呼涵盖了所有词汇，唯独没有称她为“上帝之子”。她确实经历过种族主义和恐同心理。但在周六，她轻视了“白人特权”这个词——将其从一个正当的国家关注问题，降低为极右翼的一种嘲讽口号。

这些时刻不仅是初步的，它们甚至掩盖了积极的一面，比如 Kayla McBride 投中了创纪录的 10-3 投篮，年轻的华盛顿 Mystics 队以巨大的连胜势头消除了他们的双重困境，以及 Jessica Shepard 在达拉斯成为一名三双革命者。

在一定剂量下，车祸现场和激烈冲突可能是有趣的。甚至能增加比赛吸引力。然而，不断的争吵循环会消磨观众。最终，紧张局势会产生负面影响，而 W.N.B.A. 将不得不为此付出代价。

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职业橄榄球

从左至右：猎鹰队主教练 Kevin Stefanski；橄榄球总裁 Matt Ryan；以及总经理 Ian Cunningham。

在亚特兰大，瑞安找到了新的竞争方式，以及丢失一两个球的经历

作者：吉姆·P·费舍尔 (JIM P. FISHER)

佐治亚州氟化物分部 (FLUORIDE BRANCH, Ga.) —— 马特·瑞安 (Matt Ryan) 长期以来被一所大学吸引，而这所大学显然依然如此。

2014年后期，在他作为亚特兰大猎鹰队四分卫成为 N.F.L. 最有价值球员十年后，现年 41 岁的瑞安——此时正值足球 100 周年——在训练营的第二天进行传球练习。

由于四分卫蒂姆·塔格斯特伦 (Tim Tagerström) 和迈克尔·普龙克 (Michael Pronk) 无法参加训练，因此由瑞安带领。

他说，这在当天必须开始进一步推动他，“我会说，是的，这并不是那么多，而是有一点，然后在那儿变得很多。”

事实正如如此，他只是在痛苦中微笑。瑞安在猎鹰队的实际工作描述更适合 80 年代的这个阶段。球队宣称，在 2023 赛季之后（这是猎鹰队连续第八年无缘季后赛），亚瑟·布兰克 (Arthur Blank) 重新设计了组织的领导结构，并在 1 月份聘请瑞安负责足球运营。

他与格拉茨·桑德斯 (Gratz Sanders) 协作，后者接替里奇·麦凯 (Rich McKay) 担任球队管理层的总裁兼首席执行官。在一家咨询公司认定猎鹰队的愿景过于脱节后，布兰克请来了瑞安。

瑞安参与了 1 月 17 日聘请教练凯文·斯特凡斯基 (Kevin Stefanski) 以及 1 月 28 日任命总经理伊恩·坎宁安 (Ian Cunningham) 的工作。

斯特凡斯基曾在克利夫兰布朗队两次获得年度最佳教练，被广泛认为是休赛期最佳候选人之一。坎宁安自 2022 年起担任芝加哥熊队助理总经理，在过去几年中一直被认为是联盟中顶尖的总经理候选人之一。

杰夫·豪 (Jeff Howe) 为《The Athletic》报道 N.F.L.。

数年的工作。

尽管瑞安缺乏高管职位的经验，但猎鹰队拥有一个令人印象深刻的招聘周期，并准备进入一个新 era，而瑞安再次引领方向。

而且可以想象，这从未在计划之中。

瑞安是第 20 轮选秀的第 1 号人选，在 19.5 h 的秋季里，他在猎鹰队效力，职业生涯传球码数排名第九，传球达阵次数为 500 次，完成率和尝试次数排名第七。他还曾在 2022 年成为印第安纳波利斯 500 的成员，并在布兰克结束了 50 年内瑞安并不知晓的某种状态之前，一直担任 200 次达阵的职务。

瑞安及其家人仍住在亚特兰大地区，并且与布兰克及该组织保持密切关系。因此，当布兰克打电话给瑞安时，这位老板触动了他的心弦。

“在结束球员生涯后，我并没有进入这个领域的宏大志向，”瑞安说。“但这就是生活的运作方式。你不知道面前有什么。”

瑞安热爱他的 17 年生涯，并深受启发，他愿意再做十年。他从 1980 年代和 1990 年代中确定了这一点。他加入了，并且他知道如果回归竞争，那将是最大的牺牲。

瑞安向少数几个人寻求建议，包括伊恩·弗朗西斯科 (Ian Francisco) eBer 的总经理约翰·林奇 (John Lynch) 和杰克逊维尔美洲豹队的足球运营执行副总裁。托尼·比翁迪 (Tony Biondi)，瑞安想知道前球员是如何转型进入管理层的。瑞安还向他的 CBS 同事比尔·科伯 (Bill Coeber)——这位长期的匹兹堡钢人队教练——寻求经验，以感受构建和训练一个成功体系的感觉。

瑞安思考得越多，就越觉得必须抓住

瑞安在 1 月份重新加入猎鹰队，离开了 CBS 体育的播音工作，成为球队历史上首位足球总裁。

这个机会。他的妻子莎拉 (Sarah) 也意识到他需要将其贯彻到底。

“我脑子里一直出现的是，‘我想如果你不去尝试，我们会对此感到遗憾’，”瑞安回忆道。“那种感觉是一样的，当时有这样一种想法：‘我了解你，我知道你很奇怪，我知道以这种方式参与其中，但归结到底，如果你不去尝试，你可能会永远生活在遗憾之中’。这就是真正促使我下定决心的事情。”

随着瑞安的加入，10支队伍正在搜寻头部

以全新的团队化学反应聚焦，开启新时代。

猎鹰队的关注点集中在斯特凡斯基（Stefanski）身上。根据《体育报》（Athletic）对 NFL 高管和教练的一项民意调查，这被认为是本轮招聘中第二出色的任命。

斯特凡斯基是自 20 世纪 80 年代的马蒂·沙策（Marty Schatzer）以来，首位带领布朗队多次进入季后赛的教练。尽管在其他四个赛季中，布朗队的胜场数多于败场数，但他们面临的大部分问题源于四分卫的微小构建和工资帽管理：德肖恩·斯奈德（Deshaun Snyder），。在斯特凡斯基获得的最具天赋的阵容中，有理由对其在亚特兰大的潜力持乐观态度。

此外，由于猎鹰队将面临相应的逆境，斯特凡斯基在应对此类局势方面的经验得到了瑞安（Ryan）的认可。

“在起伏中可以学到很多东西，所以我真的将此视为让我们度过难关的优势因素，”瑞安说。“而且他经历过这一切。”

44 岁的斯特凡斯基和瑞安都在费城地区长大，斯特凡斯基的经理兄弟曾与瑞安一起打篮球，并在类似的橄榄球圈子中活动。虽然斯特凡斯基和瑞安在加入猎鹰队之前关系并不亲密，但他们至少彼此熟悉。

瑞安的存在增强了这份工作的吸引力。斯特凡斯基表示，在之前的招聘周期中，候选人们私下表达了对猎鹰队模糊的愿景和汇报结构的担忧，因此比翁迪（Biondi）的重新调整引起了斯特凡斯基的兴趣。

“我对这里的设置感到非常舒适，显然，马特（Matt）就任新角色对我来说是一个巨大的部分，我了解他是一个什么样的人，了解他的为人，”斯特凡斯基说。“他是那种你想与之合作的人。”

瑞安与坎宁安（Cunningham）也有着密切的联系。熊队总经理瑞安当时是瑞安的大学队友，也是他婚礼上的伴郎，因此皮克特（Pickett）的这对心腹关系融洽。

“我一直认为，如果个人价值观一致，你往往会对橄榄球有相同的看法，”坎宁安说。

坎宁安的前台办公室经验来自费城老鹰队和巴尔的摩乌鸦队，并在熊队的重建过程中确立了他的名声。坎宁安也将把同样的建队价值观带到猎鹰队。

瑞安从球员时代起就一直坚持一个新角色：T.S.V.R.，即“投入时间，获得价值”（time spent, value received）。这意味着要更聪明地工作，而不是更辛苦地工作。

“我们要确保将时间花在那些能产生最大价值的事情上，但我们实际上会为此付出代价，”瑞安说。

他补充道：“我认为就像任何接手新工作的人一样，有很多需要摸索的地方，以确定哪里价值最高。”

拥有分析背景的坎宁安非常喜欢与瑞安一起观看比赛录像。坎宁安会从评估角度告诉瑞安哪些行动有效，而瑞安则会传达对四分卫以及场上其他所有人来说最重要的事情。这种结合为坎宁安带来了新水平的分析。

瑞安还描述了特定的场外特质在其他房间中是如何起作用的。这可能涉及评估一名球员的情商，或者是什么驱动一名队友走向卓越，以及为什么特定的问题可能会被定义为问题。

“那是金矿，伙计，”坎宁安赞叹道。

斯特凡斯基一直是一个稳定的存在，并且欣赏斯特凡斯基享受彼此互补的方式，以及他规划休赛期计划以最大限度地建立化学反应的方式。斯特凡斯基还展示了一种清晰的方法，用于定义需要招募哪些符合球队愿景的球员。

从宏观规模来看，瑞安基本上建立了橄榄球运营内部的护栏。他的职责是确保每个人都朝着共同目标努力，而坎宁安则处理日常的阵容决定、球员招募和合同谈判。

因此，坎宁安（Cunningham）和斯特凡斯基（Stefanski）在休赛期期间关系变得亲密，他们在球队日期中住在彼此对面。他们几乎全天候在一起，这种情况在赖安（Ryan）出现后也没有发生太大的改变。坎宁安和斯特凡斯基都将努力方向集中在同一个领域。

斯特凡斯基本人一直以某种方式参与猎鹰队（Falcons）的历史和校友工作，而赖安对他来说是最好的资源。

“关于亚特兰大或亚特兰大猎鹰队，没有多少事情是马特（Matt）不知道的，”斯特凡斯基说。“我喜欢卷起袖子，与那些热爱工作的人一起工作，那就是她，那就是马特。我们在如何构建一支足球队以及这类事情的看法上足够相似，而且我们也会互相挑战。”

如果四分卫需要一点时间离开训练以进行恢复，坎宁安和斯特凡斯基可能认识一个合适的人选。

“但他年纪有点大了，”坎宁安在谈到赖安时说。“我不认为他是菲利普·布朗（Philip Brown）。”

赖安以另一种方式回归了。他非常热爱这次能为一个对他家人意义如此重大的组织在最高水平上竞争的新机会。而且，如果每次都能有机会传出几十次球，那就更好了。

大学橄榄球

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政治家们，该让路了。球迷想要回他们的比赛。

作者：JOE REXONDE

来自 The Athletic。

等到华盛顿的立法者们重新审议《保护大学体育法案》（Protect College Sports Act）时——这是一项旨在解决从姓名、形象和肖像（NIL）及转会期，到参赛资格限制和联盟重组等所有问题的重大法案——很多事情已经发生了。

我们将已经得知比尔·比希克（Bill Bishick）的橄榄球项目或北卡罗来纳大学在另一个大洲是否能同样令人尴尬，甚至俄亥俄州立大学是否能为那些不以几次成功为荣的人而战。如果这些立法者再拖延一段时间，我们还将经历莱恩·比利（Lane Billie）回归密西西比州的狂喜。

这一切一直像是一场游戏，但对于在这个州每天穿着商务正装的人来说，现在是时候了。如果大学橄榄球是生活的隐喻，那么我们已经远离了生活中那些令人期待的事物——那些让你度过日常琐事、应对商务、工作压力和忧虑的事物，而大学橄榄球则是那些尾随其后的裤子（tail-pants）。

大学体育产业的预计规模使其远离了 20 世纪 80 年代到 90 年代，甚至在过去几年里，它感觉更像是日常早晨的另一面：围栏、足球、田径，一天时间，在车辆管理局（DMV）内部，与一个在……的人在一起。

乔·雷克桑德（Joe Rexonde）是 The Athletic 的资深大学橄榄球作家，

主要成分是财务援助申请。

其中一些事物提供了益处，而《保护大学体育法案》中的某些元素将提供即时缓解，并将一些内容延续到大学体育需要它们的领域，但这对该法案来说看起来并不乐观。如果最终这是一个准确的决定，那么该法案产生的产品将变得不那么令人愉悦。

大部分是错误的——如果美国参议院在 9 月返回后立即处理，通过它，看着它在众议院通过，批准来自众议院的修正案并使其成为法律，并在特朗普总统将其签署为法律时庆祝，就像一场尴尬的 ESPN “大学枪库”（College Gunsafes）那样，产品将变得更加令人愉悦。此外，周围的权谋也不会被完全解决。

将继续存在两种清算：

第一，运动员在某个时间点将需要实际地在限制其收入和流动性的情况下执行一项工作。该法案最终并非一项公平的运动，但与那些注定失败的前身相比，它稍微好一点。在 10 / 10 / 16 AM，体育主管们对该立法的普遍态度可能是“好”计划的“好”的“好”，而体育主管对集体谈判的普遍态度似乎比一年前更积极。

第二，是否会有最后一次，

最后的撤退转移？一个超级联赛，或者随你怎么称呼它，整合顶尖项目并排除其他项目，确保向 N.F.L. Jan 转型，并且在我看来，会导致大学体育受欢迎程度的长期下降？

该法案解决了这个问题，但这是一个完美的例子，解释了为什么这么多人不认为华盛顿的朋友们在提供帮助，共和党参议员艾希莉·班齐奥（Ashley Banzio）及其朋友，他们正在努力通过一项修正案，以绕过那些想要从一个强力联盟转移到另一个联盟的学校所面临的 105 年试用期。只要在法案成为法律后的三天之内，它将取消这五年内禁止财务球探的规定。

因此，在特朗普面对学习中的潘·麦卡隆（Pan McAlon）签署法案后，麦卡隆可以让众议院和朋友州体育主管们进行一场踢球比赛。第一个从 33 码处踢进的人今天就可以从大西洋沿岸会议（Atlanta Coast Conference）转移到东南部会议（South-eastern Conference）。

“这些人是政治家。” “排练即将到来。如果你不长期在错误中保持平衡，他们就没那么贪婪，而且他们太过于追求表演效果，以至于对自己不利，想要在一年中获得 7-10 / 10，10。”

认为这项法案会在没有附加条款的情况下通过，纯属幻想。可以肯定的是，后续还会有更多。“弗兰肯斯坦（Frankie enotter）”这个词被频繁提及，

詹姆斯·W·卡茨（JAMES W. KATZ），2020, 1995, 1996

德克萨斯理工大学的球迷想知道他们的球队能否再次获得 Big 12 冠军并进入季后赛。

并且恰当地，在提及该法案时。

弗兰肯斯坦博士的生物不需要更多的修补，但也许我们可以为更多的人腾出空间？顺便说一句，他有很多优势：宽阔的肩膀、体能强度、无张力的长度和触及范围。他只是无法将这一切整合在一起以获得社会的认可。

多模态的《保护大学体育法案》（Protect College Sports Act）似乎正朝着发展方向前进——责怪参议员汤米·图伯维尔（Tommy Tuberville）吧。这位来自加利福尼亚州的共和党人及前州立棒球教练，用他那更为单薄的《斯蒂芬运动员法案》（Stephen Athlete Act）将其正轨化，该法案涉及转会期和参赛资格。

当然，他也是三位支持一项修正案的参议员之一，该修正案确保《保护大学体育法案》不会推翻任何可能已经生效的州法律。在涉及这项法案时，没有逻辑理由提及这一点。更多的人是这么说的。

“现在进入说服性的橄榄球讨论。产品将重复。区分大学橄榄球的周边元素是一样的。在印第安纳州的情况之后，希望尚未显现，而且在更好的理由下，工匠们和德克萨斯理工大学——刚刚完成了。

是的，球迷们感到沮丧。美国自由球员制度应该被否决，以正确的方式，并为了付费客户和运动员双方的利益，其中一些人为了多得几美元，而放弃了从 18 到 33 岁在主基地获得长期回报的机会。

但大学体育产业希望联邦政府解决的大多数问题，都是自找的且自创的。这就是金钱的运作方式。这就是生活。对于所有热爱大学体育且无需实际处理这些问题的人来说，接下来的日子将会很有趣。

好吧，就在我们获得关于儿童不会拥有令人厌恶的过期产品、确实可能再次结束且在情感上受到惩罚的另一项裁决之后。大学橄榄球运动员、季后赛许可变更。以及 SEC 主席利安德（Leander）在“555”冠军赛后（将一个全国冠军对阵表）提交给彼此考虑。

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纽约时报 讣告 星期五，AUGUST 14, 2005

本·琼斯，《哈扎德郡的杜克一家》演员兼国会议员，享年 84 岁

作者：格伦·里夫金 (GLENN RIFKIN)

本·琼斯 (Ben Jones) 于周日在弗吉尼亚州华盛顿的家中去世，享年 84 岁。他是一位性格演员，在 1979 年至 1985, 年播出的 CBS 热播电视剧《哈扎德郡的杜克一家》(The Dukes of Hazzard) 中饰演自称南方“星颈”的 Center 一角而名声大噪，随后曾作为佐治亚州的民主党人两度出任美国众议员。

他的妻子表示，死因是心脏病发作，当时他去世。

在被选为《哈扎德郡的杜克一家》中担任副职但却是解药机械师的 Center Davenport 之前，琼斯先生克服了长达二十年的酗酒问题、多次离婚、无数次被捕以及在监狱中度过的时间。在该角色中，他负责修理该剧的标志性车辆——“李将军”号 (General Lee)，这是一辆 1980 年的道奇 Charger，负责运送两位主角——音乐姐妹奔跑的表亲 Labe 和 Bo Duke——在他们与当地当局永无止境的冲突和汽车追逐中穿梭。

起初，他是一个被称为“疯狂”Center 的次要角色，但在琼斯先生的坚持下，该角色从一个单一维度的南方漫画式人物转变为一个热爱生活且忠诚的伙伴，成为了该剧最受欢迎的角色之一。“我可能疯了，但我不能笨！”Center 会对着他的 CB 无线电大喊。

作为一名自豪的南方人，琼斯先生描述了他所热爱的这个地区的刻板印象和种族隔离主义，他表示 Center 变成了一个更细致的角色并引起了粉丝的共鸣，因为他是剧中唯一一个真正工作的人。“在那个所有人都只顾着撞车的环境下，他拥有唯一的 gierget 和唯一的一辆卡车，所以每次你看到他时，他都在工作，人们能对此产生共鸣，”琼斯先生在 2008 年接受佐治亚公共广播电台采访时说道。

《哈扎德郡的杜克一家》在 1979, 年 1 月作为季中替代剧播出时，曾遭到 CBS 首席执行官威廉·S·帕利 (William S. Paley) 的轻视，并被评论家们发现。洛杉矶时报的电视评论员霍华德·罗森伯格 (Howard Rosenberg) 曾预测：“这部剧将成为那些仅在第一个广告时段就结束的剧集之一。”

然而，它反而成为了 CBS 的突破性热门剧集，始终位列前五名，并在周五晚间的时段吸引了超过1000万美元 的观众。

琼斯先生后来表示，《哈扎德郡的杜克一家》之所以成功是因为其积极的信息。

“在我们的剧中，好人总是获胜，而且没有人真正受伤，”琼斯先生在他 2008 年的回忆录《应许之地的红皮书购买》(Redbook Buy in the Promised Land) 中写道。

“其中有喜剧动作和模拟的声音引导至结尾，没有人尝试，也没有人遭受真正的痛苦。犯罪和贪婪从未获得回报，而美德本身就是一种奖励。”

随着 1979 年、流媒体服务和忠实粉丝群体的出现，该系列在原播映结束后的数十年里依然保持着人气。

在漫长的职业生涯中，琼斯先生

弗朗西斯卡·雷金纳尔多 (Francesca Reginaldo) 参与了报道。

从上方起顺时针方向：右侧为 1982 年的本·琼斯与《哈扎德郡的杜克一家》的三位共同主演。左侧为约翰·施耐德 (John Schneider)、汤姆·威加斯特 (Tom Wigast) 和 1969 年的道奇 Charger；1999 年的琼斯先生；以及位于纳什维尔的琼斯先生的 Center's 门外的 Charger，这是一个结合了博物馆、咖啡馆和市场的场所。

出演了 100 部以上的主要作品，并与詹姆斯·厄尔·琼斯 (James Earl Jones)、安东尼·霍普金斯 (Anthony Hopkins)、伊娃·玛丽·圣 (Eva Marie Saint) 和约翰·特里维德斯 (John Trivedes) 等明星合作。但他的角色往往较小，再也没有获得过饰演 Center 时所享有的认可。

1986, 年，在剧集被取消后，琼斯先生凭借其南方口音和名人魅力，在民主党干部的说服下，在佐治亚州第四国会选区竞选，对抗当时受欢迎的年轻共和党现任议员 Swindall。

他决定详细披露自己充满波折的过去，因为他知道这些最终会曝光，而他的故事反而成了一种资产而非累赘。正如他喜欢说的那样，重点不在于跌倒，而在于重新站起来。

由于资金短缺且面对资金更充足的对手，琼斯先生在第一次竞选中失败了，尽管结果比预期的要接近。两年后他再次参选，而在斯温道尔先生因在大陪审团面前多次撒谎被起诉后，他的前景有所改善。候选人们以异常私人化的措辞互相攻击，这场竞选变得

一位克服了酗酒、被捕及入狱经历的佐治亚州民主党人。

哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS News）的丹·拉瑟（Dan Rather）称其为“美国迄今为止最重要且初现端倪的时刻和竞选”。

琼斯先生曾任职并担任了两届国会议员。在政治化夺走他的席位后，他在1964年尝试在相邻选区击败纽特·金里奇（Newt Gingrich）的竞选中失败。八年后，在搬到弗吉尼亚州后，琼斯先生再次被敦促竞选国会议员，这一次是对阵弗吉尼亚州第七国会选区的现任议员埃里克·坎托尔（Eric Cantor）。

“当从鲸鱼腹中出来时，他没有回去拿他的帽子！”琼斯先生告诉人们。但他无论如何还是惨败。

在政治生涯受挫后，琼斯先生在弗吉尼亚州开设了一家致力于《哈扎德公爵》（The Dukes of Hazzard）的社区博物馆、咖啡馆和市场。

作为一名有抱负的创作歌手，他还转向了 Center's Garage 乐队，该乐队在全国各地举办音乐会并与明星合作。随着人们对该剧集的怀旧之情日益增长，琼斯先生和坎托尔先生在弗吉尼亚州和田纳西州又开设了两家场馆。

他还制作了 DukesFox，这是一个年度周末集会，涵盖音乐、赛车和引导，吸引了多达 100,000 名《哈扎德》粉丝前往纳什维尔的音乐之城企业（Music City Enterprise），与剧中的明星交流，穿着名人 T 恤并观看前瞻。

在 1966 年《纽约时报》一篇关于《哈扎德公爵》居住地的文章中，戴夫·伊茨鲍尔（Dave Itzball）将琼斯先生描述为 DukesFox 中最忠实粉丝心中的“高价”。在回忆录中，琼斯先生表示，该剧集的持久影响力“简单来说就是美国的心脏地带在传递一个信息，关于他们希望自己的家人观看什么样的节目”。

2002 年，该系列成为了争议的中心，当时华纳兄弟否认了计划从“李将军”道奇 Charger 玩具和复制品中移除该标志的报道后，邦联旗帜首次亮相。而在 2015 年，在南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿的迪恩非裔美以美教会（Dean African Methodist Episcopal Church）有九名黑人被一名曾被拍到挥舞该旗帜的白人枪手杀害后，他为《时报》写了一篇客座文章，称该旗帜是“美化的南方精神”。

本杰明·刘易斯·琼斯（Benjamin Lewis Jones）于 30, 1941, 出生在北卡罗来纳州的塔博罗（Tarboro, N.C.），父亲是铁路工段工头休伯特·C·琼斯（Hubert C. Jones），人称“大巴克”（Big Buck），母亲是铁路工段工头之女弗吉尼亚·斯蒂芬斯·琼斯（Virginia Stephen's Jones）。

出生后不久，这个婴儿搬进了宾夕法尼亚州靠近造船厂和码头的一处铁路公司“工段房”中。那栋房子没有自来水，也没有电。

本杰明绰号为“巴斯蒂”（Busty），有三个兄弟，绰号分别为巴克（Buck）、贝瑟（Bethle）和布奇（Butch）。他的父亲是一位勤奋且受人尊敬的工人，被誉为“另一个国家的骄傲”，但同时也被称为“一个凶狠的酒鬼”。

“我的家族两边都有严重的酗酒问题，我继承了这种倾向，”琼斯先生告诉佐治亚公共广播电台，他从 15, 开始喝酒，以应对艰难的青少年时期。当他喝下八盎司装的 Country Club Malt Liquor 时，“我一直承受的痛苦和羞耻似乎减轻了，”他在回忆录中写道，“我是炸药，而酒就是火柴。”

在北卡罗来纳大学，他发现了对表演的兴趣。他说，尽管他经常醉酒，但在舞台上展现出了天然的天赋，并出演了许多学生剧作。他与酒精成瘾的斗争持续了 20 年。

“酗酒是一个持续的干扰，”他写道。“它毫不犹豫地召唤我。从我醒来的那一刻起我就想要它。”

除了妻子，他的遗属还包括：一个来自早年与玛丽·爱丽丝·比尔（Mary Alice Beall）婚姻的女儿瑞秋（Rachel）；一个来自与一位朋友关系的女儿珍妮（Jeanne）；一个来自与维维安·沃克（Vivian Walker）婚姻的儿子沃尔特（Walter）；三个继子女，以及 10 个孙辈。

琼斯先生在一次……后几乎丧命

他说，1977年他曾经历了一次持续五周的酗酒发作。他在亚特兰大公寓的地板上醒来，患有急性酒精中毒以及严重的酒精戒断综合征。他回忆道：“我祈祷说，‘请上帝帮帮我’。”他说，在进入康复计划后，他再也没有喝酒。

一年后，他赢得了《哈扎德县之匪徒》（The Dukes of Hazzard）中Center一角。当时吉米·卡特总统在白宫，乡村音乐正获得主流认可，像《烟雾与土匪》（Smokey and the Bandit，1977年）这样的电影吸引了大量观众，这部剧在关键时刻登场。

尽管琼斯先生在国会的任期很短，但他成为了一个备受欢迎的评论员和演讲者，经常出现在有线电视脱口秀中，并为《华盛顿邮报》、《纽约时报》和其他新闻机构撰写评论文章。

在回顾他漫长且有时艰辛的旅程时，他告诉佐治亚公共广播电台：“我为自己发现的唯一生活秘诀是，如果你能转变生活，走出自我，将其完全交给更高的力量，在我能够做到这一点的程度内，好事就发生了。”

琼斯先生2005年在华盛顿与记者交谈。在短暂的国会任期后，他成为了一名备受欢迎的演讲者。

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RM 深入挖掘自己的收藏，希望通过一场汇集韩国现代主义艺术家的展览来搭建文化桥梁。

作者：ANDREW MUSSETH

一幅来自 19 世纪的高大书法作品通常悬挂在 RM 位于首尔的录音室里。

“人之行止，应如千竿巨苇之正直沉稳，”作品上的文字这样写道。这是千年前中国哲学家申不害的话，由韩国学者金正辉（Kim Jeong-bui）以苍劲的笔触写就。

“人之修养，”文中继续写道，“应如百炼之金。”

“人们告诉我：这对录音室来说是不是太沉重了？”K-pop 组合 BTS 的队长 在 4 月份的一次韩国视频采访中说道。“但我总是从古人身上获得灵感，因为在那个时代，仅仅是生存和生活就已经非常艰难了。”

10 月 3 日，这件极具力量的水墨作品将在旧金山现代艺术博物馆展出。这是一场雄心勃勃的展览，将该馆馆藏的 43 件作品与 个人艺术收藏中的 100 件作品相结合。 的大部分藏品出自韩国艺术家之手，其中许多人经历了艰难的岁月：20 世纪上半叶日本对韩国的殖民统治，随后的朝鲜战争以及数十年的独裁统治。

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在今年的纽约国际木偶边缘艺术节（International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC）上，焦点集中在女性身上。

作者：LAUREL GRASBER

在一种木偶戏传统中，女主角经常在字面意义上处于劣势：在《庞奇与朱迪》（Punch and Judy）的表演中，朱迪不仅要忍受家务的琐碎，还要承受丈夫棍棒的猛击。

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本月，一部关于艾米莉·沃伦·罗布林（Emily Warren Roebling）的音乐剧，以及一部关于后父权世界的喜剧。

左起，朱莉娅·勒纳（Julia Lerner）、埃内·迪恩（Ene Dean）、玛琳（Marlyne）和索菲·兹梅罗德（Sophie Zmerrod）出演梅丽莎·麦克西（Melissa Maxey）的《饥饿的女人》（Hungry Women），该剧在 Isobu Playhouse 演出至 8 月 30 日。

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一部关于新女性的音乐剧

流行明星担任离百老汇制作的音乐总监并不常见，更不用说在其中承担足够的表演，但本·福尔兹（Ben Folds）在这场演出中正是这样做的。这部剧由演员林赛·克拉夫特（Lindsey Kraft）编写并主演，讲述了一个关于音乐创作与自我发现的故事，由 Market Bone 和克拉夫特共同导演。（在 Isobu Playhouse 演出；sobuplayhouse.com）

Matchbook Fool

这个初创的夏季艺术节呈现了音乐会之夜（周一为 Zack Zadeh）以及处于不同开发阶段的作品，包括剧目《Kingsley's 'Procurators'》，以及由 Alex Moffat 主演的《小美人鱼》变奏剧（8月25日）。（在 Greenwich House Theater 演出至 8月21日；watchbookplus.com）

'The Whole Sky All Diamonds'

作为一部沉浸式戏剧的营销描述，它是一个令人赞赏的清晰警告：该剧的作者声称，“你不会观看这部戏”，“你将在其中工作”。但首先你将经历员工入职引导和培训。这部由 Molly Zilke（《The Five-Star Weekend》作者）编写、Jack Ransdell 执导的新喜剧，背景设定在一家处于合并边缘的科技公司办公室。其中涉及幻灭感和脱节感，并带有 Chetlow 的暗示。（在 Left Story 演出至 8月22日；whoisdaybillamonds.com）

'Breakfork Bridge'

《The Ulster Age》这部 80 年代华丽歌曲的忠实观众会记得第二季的一条情节线，涉及 Emily Warren Roebling，她在其丈夫（布鲁克林大桥的总工程师）在建设期间处于 81 岁状态时，担任其代理人。现在，她的生平故事催生了这部新音乐剧，由 Joseph Baker 作曲，Ray Roderick 编写剧本并作词，同时由其执导。（在 the Space at Irwallah 演出至 8月25日；irwallah.org）

'The Vessel'

在曼哈顿的 Hudson Vanlin 闪耀塔楼之间，Thomas Heather wick't-mantouch 的“Vessel”是一个可攀爬的蜂巢状旅游景点，其过去被一系列自杀事件及随后的关闭所笼罩。这些事件启发了 Bern dan Cooper 的这部剧作，该剧聚焦于在建筑阴影下工作的三名最低工资员工。由 Peter Charney 执导。（在 SW20 Theatre 演出至 8月25日；SW20.org）

'Hell'

这部由 Illa the Lights' Company 协作创作的成长故事，基于其成员 Samantha Blakey 的家庭，该家庭在 1960 年代从古巴移民到迈阿密。该剧融合了拉丁爵士风味的配乐，以及对 Blakey 母亲和姨母的纪录片采访，并采用了使用阴影属性的物理设计。Blake 饰演她的个人独角戏。（在 WP Theater 演出至 8月29日；wptheater.org）

'The Bathroom Attendant'

你几乎能感受到 Tom Kelly 这部喜剧惊悚片的阴暗粗粝感，剧中一对拉斯维加斯的邻居——一名业余格斗手和一名前明星——迎来了一名年轻人的造访，对方向他们提出了一个要求，随后引发了分裂、背叛和一个充满爆炸性的夜晚。Andrew Black 执导这部全球首演剧目。（在 124 Bank Street Theater 演出至 8月30日；spotlightagehab謠(Ren.com)）

从左至右，Will Segram、Anastasia Leche 和 Seberyn 在《The Vessel》中，在 SW20 Theater 演出至 8月25日。

'Hungry Women'

曾凭借《Into the Woods》中“小红帽”角色获得托尼奖提名的 Julia Lerner，在这一部关于后父权世界的女性主义黑色喜剧全球首演中担任主演，在该世界中男性已经灭绝。由 Melissa Maxey 编写，Daniella Coggins 执导，演员表包括 Ene Dean、Marlyne 和 Sophie Zmerrod。（在 Isobu Playhouse 演出至 8月30日；sobuplayhouse.com）

'The Pass'

当 John Donnelly 的这部剧于 2016. 年在 Laodice 首演时，John Flaherty 执导 Russell Torrey 饰演主角 Jason，一名著名的英国足球运动员。Max Hunter 执导美国首演，由 Marlene Ratron-Neal 饰演 Jason，我们见证了他从 17 岁到 25. 岁攀登至体育界名声顶峰的过程。由 Torry Bell、Ian Budanjak 和 Oliver Rowland-Jones 出演。（在 La Muñña 演出至 9月4日；lamama.org）

《Serenல்கள்》

这部由索菲·麦金托什（Sophie McIntosh，《twahtinbow》）创作的新剧，背景设定在上曼哈顿的一所严酷的女孩感化院——国家工业慈善之家（National Inrousal Benevolent Home）。故事讲述了1812年，该院的四名年轻住户在地下室一起洗衣服的情景。非意愿怀孕是剧情中的一个关键点。由 Only Goodheart 执导全球首演。（周五至9月5日在 1473 Theater；nathunter.org）

《迈克尔·R·杰克逊：唤醒电话》（Michael R. Jackson: Wake Up Call）

迈克尔·R·杰克逊（Michael R. Jackson）曾凭借获得托尼奖的音乐剧《一位奇怪的女士》（A Strange Lady）获得 2020 年普利策奖。他将带来一个充满活力的夜晚，演唱旧作（如《当女孩处于危险之中》、《疲惫》）以及他正在创作的音乐剧《子章节》（Subsections）中的新歌。（周日至周一在 Joe's Pub；publicmaster.org）

《真名》（The Real Name）

在劳拉·斯特劳德尔（Laura Stroudell）对切特洛（Chetlow）剧作的这部沉重的改编作品中，喜剧与绝望交织。由萨姆·安德伍德（Sam Underwood）饰演一名心怀希望的 20 多岁青年尼古拉·伊万诺夫（Nikolai Ivanov）。斯特劳德尔执导。（周一至9月10日在 Lynn F. Angelson Theater；rhinershop.org）

《拥有与持有》（To Have and to Hold）

泰德拉·米兰（Tedra Millan，《Loudyblush》）饰演即将结婚的里安娜（Riana），劳拉·拉皮杜斯（Laura Lapidus）饰演她自由且反对婚姻的姐姐凯特（Kate）。在这部关于旧观念和情侣关系的全新喜剧中（某种程度上是对《驯悍记》的改编），尤里·萨尔达罗夫（Yuriy Sardarov，《芝加哥烈焰》）饰演彼得。他非常迷恋凯特。拉皮杜斯是编剧；佐伊·亚当斯（Zoë Adams）执导。（8月25日至9月12日在 Cheshamck's 214 Theater；tohavoplay.com）

《海洋》（Marine）

惠特尼双年展通过这部由朱莉·托雷斯（Julie Torres，《色彩理论》）和艺术家玛丽莉·古铁雷斯（Marilee Gutierrez）构思的提前制作作品来到小岛公园（Little Island）。该剧由托雷斯编剧并执导，古铁雷斯在剧中饰演一名纽约“波浪蛾”（wavemoth），在发现一个沉入大海的星球后，她的潜伏生活与地表世界产生了联系。演员表包括喜剧演员兼药物艺术家 Spike{rhin-henke，他是汉娜（Hannah）的兄弟。（8月27日至30日在 Amph；1016nissel.org）

玛琳·拉特隆-尼尔（Marlene Ratron-Neal，左）饰演英国足球运动员杰森（Jason），与托里·贝尔（Torry Bell）和奥利弗·罗兰-琼斯（Oliver Rowland-Jones）共同出演约翰·多内利（John Donnelly）的《传递》（The Pass），该剧在 La Muñña 演出至9月4日。

5 张新古典专辑

ALUJA EASTMAN 第 6 卷：

《盖伊·游击队》（GAP GUERRILL）

5月26日，Grindstone-Phantom，指挥（Pam Armandale）

“游击队员就是这样一个人，无论如何，他都在为一种观点牺牲自己的生命。”朱利叶斯·伊斯特曼（Julius Eastman）在 1969 年其作品《盖伊·游击队》（Gay Guerrilla）首演的介绍中如此说道。这一宣言暗示了该作品特质中至关重要的一点：“伊斯特曼的其他作品追求证据与狂喜。”《盖伊·游击队》原为四架钢琴而作，但由总部位于洛杉矶的优秀团体 Wild Up 以完整版本呈现，具有一种对抗性的锋芒。

它以从寂静中引出一种类男性的节奏并使其积聚成理性的声音量块而开篇。这种特质贯穿于整张专辑的音乐之中，尽管它与洗刷般的器乐色彩交替出现。在进行到约三分之二时，伊斯特曼将路德的赞美诗《我们的上帝是伟大的堡垒》（A Mighty Pastress Is Our God）置于铜管和木管乐器的旋涡之中。如果说那一刻代表了神圣化，那么结尾部分——行进节奏在巨大的情感力量巅峰中维持，随后逐渐消散——则可以被视为一种最后的、挑衅性的声明，表明伊斯特曼在一直被视为局外人的世界中，完全地处于lansatif状态。大卫·温尼格（DAVID WENNIGER）

“GIRARSHAN 混音带”

DEC 交响乐团；指挥：科林·斯特拉文斯基（Colin Stravinsky）（Pleasant）

在见证前、算法前的时代，混音带是一种分享最爱歌曲并介绍地下艺术家的方式。从你心仪的人那里收到一张混音带可以巩固你的“灵魂伴侣”地位——前提是这张带子得足够出色。这张由指挥家达莉亚·斯特拉文斯基（Dalia Stravinsky）和 BCC 交响乐团录制的线形尺寸专辑中的音乐确实如此。通过四位作曲家的短篇管弦乐作品，这张专辑向听众介绍了几位定义乌克兰的艺术家。

斯特拉文斯基以利林·卡布什基（Lyrin Kabushki）绝非平庸的《Solonia Overtans》开篇，随后转向鲍里斯·利亚托申科（Borys Lyatoshynsky）的 20 世纪交响诗《Gundyna》，该作基于波兰作家亚当·米茨凯维奇（Adam Mickiewicz）的一首诗。神秘、抒情且动人，《Gundyna》足以与 10 世纪最伟大的交响诗相媲美。但来自波比特·瓦尔基努巴（Pobit Valkynooba）的两段受拟人化感染的角色最令我感兴趣，这不仅仅是因为瓦尔基努巴曾是斯特拉文斯基的早期老师之一。由于是极具冲击力的、双配偶的作品，米贝拉·里昂斯基（Mybela Lyonsky）基于果戈里中篇小说的《Tania Boffa》序曲为专辑注入了阴郁的戏剧感，随后转化为军事胜利的辉煌。就像任何优秀的混音带一样，它让你渴望听到更多。加布里埃尔·费拉里（GABRIELLE FERRARI）

贝多芬：最后三首

发现的分钟

内田光子（Mitsuko Uchida），歌剧（Dacun）

关于内田光子这张贝多芬最后钢琴曲目现场专辑，特别令人心动的是她对音乐中诸多双关语的关注。

第一首曲目结尾的两个时刻，在开篇的高亢服务中，作为对属音的精心准备，期待着向主调解决。在最高潮——一个横跨钢琴的琶音——时，内田光子拒绝了这种闭合，在一次轻柔的切断中，音乐通过阴郁的低音小调和弦陷入另一个主题。几分钟后，一个类似的低音图形出现，此时处于单一调性中。当然，音乐处于单一调性中。T 音乐处于单一调性中。

这是贝多芬最神秘的写作风格，他玩弄着破碎形式结构的残余；到 Op. 15 的最后一段 Arletta，音乐随着其长久的标题追逐而变得离散。内田光子对连接与结合的区分已然紊乱。最后的经典在东京的一场单一柱状的、无标题-至-无标题结尾的作品演出厅中走向其规律，你可以感觉到观众正处于静默的狂喜之中。艾文·梅里（AVON MERRY）

“在我脑海中”

约翰·霍利戴（John Holiday），反熊；凯文·迈尔斯（Kevin Miles），歌剧（《幻影》）

每当约翰·霍利戴开始演唱，他所教授的一切便随之展开。当他停止时，短促的音乐小节与变奏随之消散，他重新设定了音乐线条。

熟悉之物以令人着迷的方式包含着陌生之文本。罗伯特·L·梅里特（Robert L. Merritt）那部机智且色彩斑斓的音乐剧《我的名字如此惊世》（Scandalous My Name），由保罗·罗博曾（Paul Robozen）以极具权威的方式录制，听起来轻盈且不可思议。霍利戴处理同一作曲家的《福音之乐》（Gospel Bliss）的方式，在凯文·米勒（Kevin Miller）优雅且无拘无束的蓝调钢琴点缀下，闪烁着纯真而明亮的光彩。每一首美国标准曲目——《向月亮倾诉》（Ply Me to the Moon）、《夏日》（Summertime）和《奇异果实》（Strange Fruit）——都像一颗小小的宝石。罗博曾在钢琴上自伴奏，与说唱歌手组合在一起，呻吟般的声音和跨越音域的跑句挑逗着他嗓音中的低音。当他转向R. 莱斯利·亚当斯（R. Leslie Adams）的家马之作《Vigiloseops》时，它们散发出质朴亲切的光芒。

专辑以霍尔·约翰逊（Hall Johnson）那首强有力的《我要把所有烦恼都告诉上帝》（I'm Gonna Tell God All O' My Troubles）开篇。这是一首充满乡土气息的歌曲，直到叙述者决定他必须充当上帝的器皿。霍利戴仅用两句短词，便将卡利德（Khalid）推向了一个金色的高潮，但这也可以被视为艺术家霍利戴的一份宣言：将他脑海中的音乐分享出来，正如他命中注定要那样。其他 约翰

久石让：第一号交响曲与竖琴协奏曲

罗杰·佩拉库恩（Roger Pellacourne）；盖拉贾娜（Gailadjana）；埃马纽埃尔·塞松（Emmanuel Ceysson），竖琴；久石让，指挥（Deutsche Stamm起来）

久石让——一位在电影作曲工作室和音乐厅都游刃有余的作曲家——将他的第三号交响曲副标题定为“Metaphysics”，在拉丁语中意为形而上学。这是一部思考重大问题的作品。

第一乐章“Senteness”以大胆、块状的笔触开场，引领一段在对位法的压力下破碎的长旋律。在啁啾的节奏滚奏衬托下，音乐尽管轻快，却逐渐消逝在 mommyy 之中。“我们要去哪里？”是一段缓慢的弦乐灯笼，而最后一个乐章“Safe Life”则形成了喧闹的、交织的节奏，并由鸣响的振动器点缀。久石让曾表示，这个仅使用六个不同音高的乐章，结束于 Sashkin 的网格模式。其效果与开篇一样，是向底部的下滑。鉴于这部交响曲的哲学承诺，这一点可能会被忽略。解开音乐开端的瞬间即逝。

这张专辑还收录了久石让的竖琴协奏曲，配器更为稀疏，以便让幅度切穿纹理。洛杉矶爱乐乐团首席竖琴手埃马纽埃尔·塞松用永恒的 melons 推动第一乐章，而当管弦乐团模仿这些段落时，它却 plaids。第二乐章是一个 chasman，一段阴郁的华彩段落桥接至一个机械式的、驱动性的终曲。JHANNY BETHOVEN

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顶行，一场聚焦于艺术家兼剧场导演西奥多拉·斯基普塔列夫（Theodora Skiptarev）的展览作品，该展览是今年纽约国际木偶边缘艺术节（International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC）的一部分。下方，从左至右：简·凯瑟琳·肖（Jane Catherine Shaw）出演斯基普塔列夫的最新作品《Framness》，以及由鲍迪·尼尔（Boudie Neal）创作并表演的《Empire's Medita》。

彼得森（Petersen）回溯道：“那是在 2018 年我开发它的时候，所以 14M / 5w 正在兴旺。”在诺尔特（Nolte）的大部分 meredent 版本中，当普施（Pusch）不断要求他的妻子给他做三明治时，朱迪（Judy）给了他应得的报应。

尽管诺尔特的演出欢迎儿童，但许多艺术节作品绝非儿童读物。加拿大项目 Inverjini Matrix 的《Bigib Hand Woman》通过包括专科护士、Aida IUD 和一个巨大的会说话的 samples 在内的角色，探讨女性体验。来自墨西哥 Teatro Naba Jito 剧团的《Mujeres a cuatro manos》（《四手之女》）阐述了孤独、身体形象和衰老等主题。比利时表演者鲍迪·尼尔的《Empires Medita》是一部阴暗、wretless 的独奏，erodeo、蜂后和螳螂最终塑造了一个正在经历蜕变的生物。

“我受到了昆虫天生的 clownsick 性质、它们不可思议的身体和行为的启发，”她在一次视频采访中说道。尼尔表示，她希望观众能通过她的演出“在某种程度上理解这种奇怪”。

曼努埃尔·安东尼奥·莫兰（Manuel Antonio Morán）于 2018 年将该艺术节创立为一个女性主义节日——疫情和 Cinnamon 的持续创新使其无法严格遵守该时间表——他表示，他欣赏木偶戏“最终且有趣”的特质。但作为该活动的艺术总监，他在上周于中心接受的一次采访中还强调了这种手工媒介的可接近性，称其为“仅存的少数几种流行艺术形式之一”。在 Cinnamon 的支持下，由 Mouton 机构、Grupo Morán 以及他创立的拉丁剧院 Teatro SEA 制作，该艺术节强调多样性和可负担性。（超过一半的活动是免费的，其他活动的票价为 $25。）

“只要我还是制作人，且我们是一个由拉丁裔领导的组织，我们就希望突出那些代表性不足的人群，”莫兰说道。

这意味着将两个大型节日展览（展出至8月30日）专门用于呈现木偶剧领域具有开拓意义的女性：“西奥多拉·斯基普塔列夫：表演物件——四十载丰盈尊严”（Theodora Skiptarev: Performing Objects — Four Decades of Abundant Dignitys）是对斯基普塔列夫作为市中心艺术家和剧院导演经常尝试的前卫作品的一次全面回顾。该装置由尼娜·弗里茨金（Nina Fritskin）策划，马特·索伦森（Matt Sorensen）设计，展出的作品涵盖了从《微型都市》（Micropolis，1962）微缩场景中使用的玩偶般木偶，到《本杰明·贝伦伯的转变》（The Transformation of Benjamin Berenber，2020）中演员佩戴的巨大头部。斯基普塔列夫在她的设计作品被拆封时表示，“木偶”能够“在比例上创造奇迹”。

“这几乎是一种剧作工具，”她补充道，“因为你可以创造出非常强大、非常可怕的东西，”或者，如果物件很小，“你可以让它在情感上产生极强的共鸣。”

由索伦森策划的展览《一个55岁的人关于木偶朋友的零散快乐回忆》（Scattered Happy Memories of Puppet Friends by a 55-Year-Old）展出了记录木偶专家、收藏家兼高管南希·斯托布（Nancy Staub）漫长职业生涯的照片。斯托布曾协助在亚特兰大的木偶艺术中心建立木偶世界博物馆，并与木偶大师吉姆·亨森（Jim Henson）合作组织了1996年世界木偶节。与亨森不同，斯托布从未成为家喻户晓的人物，但她在一次视频采访中表示，她发现木偶剧比她最初的目标——表演——更让她感到受欢迎。

爱德华·费雷尔（EDWARD FERRER）

亨利·福迪森（HENRY FORDYSON）

“我会听到导演说，‘亲爱的，别试着演戏——就站在那儿好看就行，’但这并不是我想要的，”她说，并补充道，“木偶”是完美的，因为你可以成为任何你想成为的人。

莫兰（Morán）指出，而且可以说任何你想说的话，他观察到“木偶”具有政治性。就此而已。“为了这次节日，他接收并扩展了自己2009年的双语剧目《¡Viva Pinedita!》，这是对Pinaxelas故事的重新构思，其中标题人物从墨西哥跨越边境进入美国。虽然这部剧是为儿童创作的，但它探讨了关于

纽约国际木偶边缘艺术节 (International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC)

周日之前在 曼哈顿的 Cinnamon State West 文化与教育中心展出：

调查与同化的成年人主题。

政治同样令斯基普塔列夫着迷。周五晚上一场以女性为中心的木偶剧将包含她最新作品《Framness》的片段，该作品在其他方面见证了行走所带来的政治影响。剧中由表演者简·凯瑟琳·肖（Jane Catherine Shaw）操作一个巨大的木偶线。

“我绝对被政治素材所吸引，”斯基普塔列夫说。但她的目标延伸得更远，反映了节日本身的目的。她补充说，她希望自己的作品“既华丽又光荣，而且真正美丽”。

Two Not Touch

前一谜题答案

在网格的每一行、每一列和每个区域中各放置两颗星。任何两颗星都不得接触，即使是斜向接触也不行。（January 17 2026, Nov 03 2026 / 2027）

Brain Tickler

从一个表示正餐一部分的单词开始，将其中间的字母重复一遍，然后将结果反向阅读，即可得到一个美国主要城市的名称。这个城市是什么？

WILL DREWITT 出题 声明答案 2026年亚特兰大的国家红狗节（The National Red Dog Festival）是一个 2026 PUPPET Festival in Atlanta, 2026. The PUPPET Festival 是一个 2026 PUPPET Festival in Atlanta, 2026.

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前一谜题答案

在网格中填入数字，使每一行或每一列中的数字不重复，并且每个粗线框内的数字通过框内指定的加、减、乘或除法运算，得出所示的目标数字。A 4-bit grid 将使用数字 1-4。A 6bit grid 将使用 1-6。

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Movies（电影）

ELISABETH VINCENTELLI / 影评

WENDLER BIRCH

在上述电影《橡树街的终结》（The End of Oak Street）中，入侵安妮·海瑟薇（Anne Hathaway）角色所住社区的一些生物，只想安静地啃食草地。但并非所有生物都如此。

当异种龙潜入你的住宅区

在由大卫·罗伯特·米切尔执导的这部惊悚片中，恐龙在 1980 年代的郊区制造了令人快意的混乱

梅尔罗斯——故事设定在 1982 年，讲述了一个面对非凡危机的美国核心家庭，大卫·罗伯特·米切尔的新电影注定会被拿来与那个年代最优秀的好莱坞动作片相比，尤其是史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格的作品。

但在观看《橡树街的终结》（The End of Oak Street）中的某些视觉呈现时，我脑海中浮现的是希罗尼穆斯·波希。由于其离奇的视觉风格，你甚至可以将这部电影视为《尘世乐园（与噩梦）之郊区版》；在混乱吞没一个安静的社区后，我们发现了这一切。

英俊的夫妇丹妮丝和格雷格·普拉特（安妮·海瑟薇和伊万·麦格雷戈饰）似乎支撑着一个完美的家庭单位，他们有懂事的孩子内蒂夫（斯特拉·迈尔饰）和布莱恩（克里斯蒂安·康弗里饰），以及一只笨拙的狗星巴克（由布里顿和巴兹饰演）。然后有一天晚上，一道强光和一次类似地震的震动颠覆了他们的世界，他们醒来后发现了一些异物：数百万年前灭绝的植物以及一系列像香水般美丽的生物。其中一些平静地啃食草地。另一些则想攻击任何移动的东西，包括普拉特一家。我们最终得到了一个解释，但这个解释如此简略，以至于只能被视为形式上的交代。这部电影不适合那些要求为不合理之事寻找原由的人。

在早期的场景中，同时担任编剧的米切尔简洁地暗示了电影中家庭关系的裂痕，并指出每个普拉特成员似乎都有一个秘密或一个受挫的梦想，或者两者兼有，而忧郁的孩子们听到了父母不断的争吵。序幕中描述的这种近乎生存主义的氛围——甚至在一切剧烈恶化时立即出现——对于看过米切尔早期电影《它在后面》（2015）和《银湖俱乐部》（2015）的人，以及索菲亚·科波拉的粉丝来说，将会感到熟悉。

波希和《处女》的导演科波拉在讨论一部设定在 1980 年代、恐龙摧毁郊区核心机制的电影时，考虑到了这些奇异的标记，但数以百万计的《橡树街的终结》使其显得独特。你可以争论说按照传统标准它并不“优秀”，但这部电影具有一种在夏季影片 / 制作中罕见的顶级类型表达。这种主题被找到了，而很难分辨其中有多少是刻意的，多少是无意之举。

米切尔以熟练的手法掌控动作场面，而某些意象对我来说过于强烈——我希望我能将一个特别令人厌恶的生物在房子周围徘徊的视觉画面从大脑中抹去。在这方面，这部电影（在某种程度上达到了目的）。

与此同时，米切尔玩弄我们的预期和假设。当普拉特一家用所有能找到的物品武装自己时，其中一些武器被有效地部署—。

橡树街的终结

家庭重量 2.5 米，现货。暴力的沙砾与一座极其禁忌的香水师豪宅。片长：1 小时 40 分钟。14 家影院。

有效地，而其他部分则不然，这恰恰强调了那些普通人神奇地变得受人尊敬的电影中的荒诞之处，比如将种族作为致命武器。当他们进入车内时，丹尼斯掌控方向盘，格雷格坐在副驾驶座上。这不仅迅速揭示了他们的关系，还强调了通常由男性主角驾驶而女性坐在旁边的这种盲目的惯例。

在更广阔的画布上，没有任何不必要的冗长追逐或悬疑铺垫，也没有任何被填充成无聊冗长片段的内容。由于没有冗长的对话，且简洁明了：死亡是残酷且迅速的。无论处于何种情况，这部片长精简得令人耳新的电影都推进得很快。

米切尔还引入了一些前提或性格特征，然后随即忽略它们。例如，奥黛丽从一开始就被描述为一个审视夜空的太空迷。将这一信息与一段关于世界太阳耀斑的诱人新闻片段结合起来，你会期待她很快能找出正在发生的事情的解释，并在寻找解决方案中发挥主导作用。但虽然她提供了一定的帮助，电影在处理这一事件如何改变奥黛丽时却走向了另一个方向。

因为，是的，当然，普拉特一家被他们的磨难改变了，在这方面，米切尔遵循了公式。但他将某种美国梦的观念与违背自然秩序的不可理喻的混乱进行实事求是的并置，这正是本片最有趣的一点。怪诞就在我们周围。它也可以在我们心中。我们只需要弄清楚如何与之共存。

本·肯尼格斯伯格 / 影评

珍妮特·卡特苏利斯 / 影评

费罗兹·西德丰斯博士，审查员，出现在以医疗援助之旅为中心的电影《美国医生》中。

在远离家乡的手术室里

一部聚焦于一次冒险医疗之旅的纪录片。

在《美国医生》的开头，三位主角之一的马克·珀尔穆特博士与导演 Feb 30 Teng 发生了争论，后者正在解释在加沙提供医疗护理的经历；她不愿放入一张死孩子的照片。“我觉得我最终会学习它或者不用它，”她告诉他。他回答道：“为什么？这就是问题所在。”

这部纪录片尽其所能地向你展示医生们所见之物。尽管它在时间线上跳跃，但它依然—。

American Doctor

未分级。片长：1 小时 31 分钟。16 家影院。

tered on a planned trip to Gaza by three American physicians during the famous cease-fire agreement that existed in early 2020, all three were also there the year before.

其中一位是来自芝加哥的急诊科医生图尔·艾哈迈德（Thuer Ahmad）博士，他此次无法入境，最终被困在约旦。（电影并未深入探讨物流细节；艾哈迈德告诉我们，他在计划进入加沙的前一天晚上才知道自己不在批准名单上。）另外两位，来自北卡罗来纳州的骨科医生珀尔穆特（Perlmutter）和来自加利福尼亚州的创伤外科医生费罗兹·西德丰斯（Feroze Sidfons）博士，被拍到在加沙地带南部的汗亚辛（Khan Yassin）的一家医院工作。为了做准备，珀尔穆特

ter pushed to the and andments to ensure that he would have them.

我们观察这些医生进行手术、与患者会面，以及与常驻医疗人员之间快速的互动。停火结束后，西德丰斯描述了自己如何险些在一次轰炸中丧生，因为他当时恰好被拉进了重症监护室；他记录了自己的经历，并为 2024 年《纽约时报》的一篇 Opium 文章提供了医生访谈。在同一片段中，西德丰斯似乎在谈论他最初打算救治的那个人，他说：“那是我第一次给一名被炸伤的患者做手术，然后他又在医院病床上被炸了一次。”

医院系统是这部电影的核心，它们具有一种紧迫感，这是穿插其中医生在美国家中的平静生活所无法比拟的。其中一些人谈到了未能留在冲突地带的愧疚感。曾为《时报》从事视频新闻工作的纪录片制片人 I feng，展示了她的采访对象出现在播客中，并访问美国立法者的办公室，以敦促向加沙提供医疗援助。他们的身份很复杂：珀尔穆特是犹太人，艾哈迈德是穆斯林，而西德丰斯虽然没有宗教信仰，但父母是 Zomartian 人。在某些方面，珀尔穆特是最激进的，他说公开谈论加沙的卫生状况让他既失去了朋友，也赢得了朋友。身为巴勒斯坦裔美国人的艾哈迈德说他“并非支持地毯式轰炸”，他补充道：“我是一个人类，我是一名医生，我想能够行医并治疗任何人。”这是这部强有力的电影传达的一个主要信息。

艰难地在康复之路上前行

在一个关于俄亥俄州农村地区阿片类药物流行病的简单故事中，兄弟俩试图生存下去。

在看到其核心角色微笑之前，我们始终在淡化这部《联合县》（Union County）。不过，科迪·佩罗尼斯（Cody Peronies，由威尔·平德勒 [Will Pindler] 饰演）并没有太多值得微笑的事情。这个沉默寡言的年轻人多年来深陷药物成瘾，始于青少年时期，他正开始一项法院强制的康复计划，其表现出的认同感多于可见的希望。

然而，如果我们依赖科迪来获取关于他的感受或想法的信息，我们会感到失望。他表现得拘谨且顺从，接受药物检测和心理辅导，就像一个其人格已被他人定义的人。相比之下，他的养兄弟兼同样成瘾的杰克（Jack，由保利·科明斯 [Pauli Comines] 饰演）在进入康复计划不足一周时，身上就有一种既令人担忧又持久的特质。科迪对待兄弟的行为则更难证明。即使在地下室房间里与杰克一起寻找工作后，科迪似乎依然疏离且尴尬。直到很久以后，我们才真正知道他极度不适的原因，而这使得情节更加动人。

《联合县》不是一部纪录片，但感觉像是一部。编剧兼导演米克斯（Meeks）在与俄亥俄州贝尔方丹（Bellefontaine）成人康复法院的参与者合作时，将电影植根于真实人们的日常挣扎之中。地理问题，以及他们扮演自己的胜利，构成了成本的大部分，他们的证词成为了兄弟俩声音的持续背景音。在会议中以及法院内部，这些男女接连讲述他们的斗争与生活，其中的挫折与责备，带着坦率的真诚以及对同伴支持的动人感激。

米克斯将他 2020 年同名短片扩展为长片。他出生在俄亥俄州农村，在情感上与该地区及其与阿片类药物的斗争保持联系，他采用了一种自然主义风格，倾向于需求而非事件。事情在发生——一次失败的药物检测，一次汽车翻车事故，一场令人震惊的悲剧——但在传统意义上几乎没有情节。科迪与一位温柔的单身母亲（由极其真诚的埃莉斯·基布勒 [Elise Kibler] 饰演）之间若隐若现的浪漫气息依然模糊；而当科迪拜访他关系疏远的姐姐萨莉·米德（Sally Meade）时（将多年的愤怒浓缩在短短一个场景的信仰之中），他们的互动是家庭毁灭的一个缩影。

平德勒拥有极强的银幕存在感（在《书》[The Book] 中，他将认同感变成了一场梦），其吸引力如同开胸手术般扣人心弦，这使得科迪的局促不安没有变得乏味。米克斯从未让我们忘记，科迪只是众多患者中的一个，他们都依赖于该计划中那些没完没了且令人心酸的支持人员，包括现实生活中的安妮特·迪恩（Annette Dean）。

这部电影在不令人沮丧的同时地传达了不愿面对的现实——那些参与者几乎乐观得令人震惊——《联合县》是对一项 50 年努力的富有同情心的刻画。斯特凡·韦德伯格（Stefan Weidberger）的镜头温柔且平静，讲述了一个共情而非戏剧化的故事。对于这些人中的大多数来说，仅仅是日复一日地生存下去，就是他们能承受的所有戏剧了。

威尔·平德勒主演的《联合县》讲述了关于成瘾以及真实人们的日常挣扎，包括更多非监视者。

Union County

未分级。

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1 小时 37 分钟。16 家电影院。

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电影评论

Fast

未分级。片长：1 小时 30 分钟。院线上映。

独立电影制作人罗布·特罗根西斯（Rob Trogensis）热爱在银幕上呈现行驶的车辆，但这更多是为了体现一个人的驱动力，而非出于对速度的追求。他的最新长片《Fast》讲述了一名在弗吉尼亚州渴望成为职业赛车手的年轻女性的故事，但特罗根西斯这部近乎幽灵般的电影，更关注于她记忆的流动，而非赛车的快感。

斯特林（麦迪逊·波尔特 饰）试图将一段艰难的过去抛在脑后，其中包括父母的离世，以及曾在后院用撬棍击退袭击者的经历。她试驾了她的Lasso St 4（一辆单座车），并结识了一位富有的导师和一名导演，但特罗根西斯并没有采用线性的叙事方式，而是将时间线和家族历史叠加在一起，产生了近乎费利尼式的效果。

斯特林那些充满暗示的对话发生在小镇之间地带的空虚之中，这进一步增强了外界作为时间流逝背景的感觉。在某个时刻，一名男子走出卡车，穿过街道，与一名来自另一个 era. 的穿着裙撑裙的女性交谈。

特罗根西斯保留了其超凡的表达方式。他在时间维度上采用了超长镜头，并以一个史诗般的结尾冒险跨越成功的桥梁，在彩色电影与黑白电影之间交替切换。

斯特林的赛车暗示了一种从平凡生活中逃离的渴望，有点像特罗根西斯在《The Art》（1991）中那个骑着高自行车的焊工。特罗根西斯同样感觉到，除了他自己的基石外，基本上没有任何东西能让他动摇。极速核爆。

Don't Say Good Luck

分级 PG 23，因涉及财务、物质、部分强烈的语言、饮酒及性暗示。片长：1 小时 30 分钟。Netflix上线。

在《Don't Say Good Luck》中——由丹尼·桑德勒（Danny Sandler）和梅兰妮·莱斯基（Melanie Lyeskey）饰演女儿和母亲——当索菲·比恩鲍姆（Sophie Biernbaum）为她的高中音乐剧试镜时，她确信自己无法在同类学生中脱颖而出。但音乐剧的导演（斯特凡妮·比蒂 饰）在索菲的回访试镜中发现了某种特别之处——而且恰恰是在另一个时刻。导演察觉到的那种深层的脆弱，正源于索菲几分钟前听到的消息——就在得知母亲癌症复发后不久。索菲因此夺得了《Madness》的主角。

这是一个容易被诟病为刻意的设定，但对于那些经历过人生最糟糕时刻与最辉煌时刻重叠的人来说，导演约翰·哈特（John Hart）这部剧作中所呈现的交汇是可信的。

桑德勒精准地捕捉到了索菲这个有时显得乖戾的青少年的特质。而莱斯基则在一名战士与一名厌倦了战斗的女性之间取得了令人信服的平衡。“它回来了，”她说。问题是：她能挺过来吗？马克斯·格林菲尔德（Max Greenfield）饰演索菲的织物，在爱与失去的导航中寻找方向。贝特·皮考克（Bette Peacock）和史蒂夫·布塞米（Steve Buscemi）饰演伊丽莎白的父母，他们的出现深化了代际纽带，但主要还是为了陪伴伊丽莎白并提供驾驶指导。

即便如此，电影最强有力的蒙太奇部分通过一段闪回——在萨拉·贝尔迪隆（Sara Bairdillon）的歌曲《Bad Man》的推动下——呈现了索菲在喜悦与悲伤之间的探戈，捕捉到了索菲的秘密和伊丽莎白看似日渐衰弱的状态。正如法索林（Fassorling）所言：这也是家庭充满爱意的生活的一部分。丽莎·肯尼迪（LISA KENNEDY）

麦迪逊·波尔特在《Fast》中。这部由罗布·特罗根西斯编剧并执导的电影，讲述了一名女性试图摆脱过去并成为职业赛车手的故事。

马修·麦康纳嘿（Matthew McConaughey）和安吉丽娜·卢金格拉斯（Angelina LookingGlass）主演由安德鲁·帕特森（Andrew Patterson）执导的《The Rivals of the Amidah King》。

The Rivals

阿米达之王 (Of Amidah King)

需要 8 种语言并配以一些绝佳的图像。片长：2 小时 33 分钟。院线上映。

今年夏天最喧闹且荒诞的电影开场序列之一出现在《阿米达之王的对手》（The Rivals of Amidah King）中。故事始于一个快餐店停车场，戴着头巾、发动机轰鸣的马修·麦康纳（Matthew McConaughey）拉开了序幕，并投射出导演安德鲁·帕特森（Andrew Patterson）赋予电影的动力通量。但不久之后，一个涉及有趣角色和惊艳热舞的场景突然让你陷入迷茫。

这是一次出人意料的混乱爆发，也是这部电影的入门指南——该片在曲调与类型之间时而令人愉悦，时而令人在道德上感到好奇，使其成为今年最不羁且幽默的治愈系电影之一。

这在很大程度上归功于麦康纳，这是他多年来第一次被恰当地运用。在这里，他那深情且正义的爆发力，弥合了为其职业生涯带来第二幕的过度严肃倾向，与为其带来第一幕的那个沙哑告密者之间的差距。作为阿米达，他是一个极具魅力的养蜂人、当地表演者和所有人的朋友。当他的前寄养孩子，由安吉丽娜·卢金格拉斯（Angelina LookingGlass）饰演的凯伦（Karen）重新出现时，他在所有跳跃的魅力之下，在痛苦中找到了一个目标。

前半部分更像是一部流浪汉小说——可以称之为《阿米达之王历险记》——但当阴险的窃贼干扰了阿米达的沉重生意时，电影转向了卡通化的、真实犯罪模式的、“虎王”（Tiger King）风格。它在合理性的首要地位之间拖沓，而在凯伦的艺术中，受挫的卢金格拉斯被赋予了过多的责任（以及过多的特写）来推销它。但这部电影仍然有足够的胆量让自己回到正轨，就像一首持续时间过长的阿米达之歌，直到一段不可抗拒的旋律再次抓住你。

布兰登·尤 (BRANDON YU)

死魂灵 (Dead Souls)

未分级。片长：1 小时 28 分钟。院线上映。

当一个神秘男子出现在亚利桑那州一个粗犷且混乱的边境小镇的河流中，在一部恐怖热门片里，喊出 1999 时，当地人质疑其动机。在一种说法中，他声称自己是一名政府工作人员；在其他说法中，他是一名传教士。他的印花服装和温和举止确实让他看起来像是站在某种正义权威的一边。但那么，为什么他要寻找死去的墨西哥劳工的名字，并愿意向任何能增加他名单的人付费？

如果你读过尼古拉·果戈里（Nikolai Gaga）的《死魂灵》（这部作品部分采用了相同的名称并进行了大量改编），你就会知道答案。由导演亚历克斯·考克斯（Alex Cox）饰演的古怪访客斯特里克勒（Strickler），听起来非常像个骗子，这是散布在这个关于美国剥削的、干涸的卑劣循环中的无数个伏笔和基本笑话之一。

作为 20 世纪 80 年代和 80 年代的反主流文化重量级人物，考克斯（作品包括《Ropa Man》、《Straight to Half》）通过 Kickstarter 众筹为《死魂灵》筹集了 $124,000。这种融资方案所提供的艺术独立性确实有所体现：考克斯在亚利桑那州的梅斯卡尔（Mescal）和西班牙的阿洛尼瓦（Aloniva）（第 90 位的首都）的一家意大利面餐厅实地拍摄，并与该类型领先人物之一的贾尼·加博（Gianni Garbo）共同编写了剧本。斯特里克勒的旅程主要由在酒馆和马厩中与当地人的晦涩交流组成，其间穿插着毫无关联的内容（其中一个关于女性的片段是一段涉及数字的音乐节目）。

电影的小预算体现在平淡的摄影和舞台化的表演上，但这种效果——使西部荒野的阴谋显得随意且僵硬——也契合了考克斯对电影及其在美学中地位的讽刺。对于不熟悉该导演风格的人来说，这些细节几乎肯定会被忽略。然而，在考克斯的下半场中，《死魂灵》成为了一首狂放的天鹅之歌。

罗斯托斯·劳伊迪亚 (ROSTOUS LLOYDIA)

Nimroda

分级：8（因含有粗俗语言、早晨使用药物和性资源）。片长：1小时42分钟。院线上映。

《Nimroda》是一部关于一支朋克摇滚乐队中的高中生[...OMITTED...]的公路喜剧，其中包含许多幼稚的[...OMITTED...]以及可能[......]的州际冒险片段。在某个时刻，这群男孩（Maurel Thames, Kyiv Coffman 和 Ryan Foust）进入了一家看起来很粗犷的高速公路劳工酒吧，而那里恰好在那个时刻举行一场乐队大赛，且还剩一个免费名额，他们[......]赢得了比赛，举例可见。这部电影的[......]在于历史巧合近乎于纯粹的幻想。

但《Nimroda》中最令人发笑的[......]方面在于其设定：这些青少年朋克[......]英雄的最高志向是为 Green Day 乐队开场。他[......]准备了 80 [......]的头部，孩子们将其视为[......]。在哥哥的诱导下，他们相信自己被选中在除夕夜为该乐队开场，于是男孩们采取了 Analog Bugs。在车库[......]中，在前往会见他们的英雄 Bible Joe（由 Mike Dore 和 Tel Cool 饰演，他们在片中饰演他们自己）的路上。“你们要给 Green Day 开场？”他们的同伴们[......]。高潮当然是一场 的演出。

依然保持着流行和商业影响力，而由 Lee Kirk 执导的《Nimroda》过于迎合粉丝。但就像《Babestaan Rhapsody》、《Rockinman》和《Michael》一样，《Nimroda》是一部摇滚[......]，其主要目的是增强艺术家主体的神话色彩。毋庸置疑， 制作了这部电影——因为唯一会如此在意 的世界，是一个为了讨好他们而精心设计的世界。CILUX KADIE

The Brink of War

分级：9th。片长：1小时57分钟。院线上映。

电影以一个标志性画面开始：罗纳德·里根（Jeff Daniels 饰）从背后拍摄，在轻微的阴天中，望着起伏的大西洋。他转身走回房子，在那里，他与苏联领导人米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫（Jared Harris 饰）就军备控制或军备削减进行了一天半的磋商——恐怖气氛在他们的谈话中一直存在。最终，这些谈话将被证明几乎毫无意义。

由 Michael Russell Gunn 编剧并执导，Angel Shubla 制片的《The Brink of War》记录了 1984 年的雷克雅未克峰会，这次峰会以两人的[......]告终。

这部电影的乐趣和吸引力由其顶级的演员阵容提供。饰演里根的 Daniels 通过一些特质构建了角色——坚定地[......]，偶尔甚至闪烁着光芒——淡化了 Gunn 对这位前总统的圣徒式愿景。Harris 将戈尔巴乔夫演绎为偶尔被里根的直白[......]所困扰。电影采用了戈尔巴乔夫能说完美英语的虚构设定，并描绘两人直接对话；事实上，戈尔巴乔夫和里根依赖于翻译。J.K. Simmons 将国务卿乔治·舒尔茨（George Shultz）塑造为一个安静的棋手。南希·里根（Hope Davis 饰）选择留在世界中，而旨在获得成功的 Rania Gorbachev（由塞尔维亚女演员 Retsha Katz 饰演）则在背后负责苏联的公共关系。

配角们的表现则不那么理想。饰演西方记者的 Ajat Cash 和 Guy Barnet 被简化成了交代剧情的机器，而 CIA 和 KGB 员工在谈判地点地下室里互相[......]的场景则较为成功。一名 KGB 陪审员引用了理论家卡尔·马克思的话，但 CIA 的同行反击道：“比如，自由和幸福之地，你听过那个吗？”“是的，由一个奴隶主写的，”KGB 男子反驳道。现实生活中的外交真的如此直白吗？

GLENN KENNY

The Wrong Girls

分级：9（因含有部分强效药物）。片长：1小时40分钟。院线上映。

是否曾觉得你能知道最好的朋友在想什么？电影制作人迪伦·迈耶（Dylan Meyer）在《The Wrong Girls》中将这一比喻具象化，这是一部关于一些变得尖刻的酒吧顾客的喜剧。

弗兰基（Frankie，由奥康纳·斯图尔特饰演）和莫莉（Molly，由约翰·杜尔哈特饰演）是生活在洛杉矶、勉强维持生计的独立室友。弗兰基是一名配送员，莫莉负责制作电子表格。但她们真正的天性是追求快感，通过卷烟实现，不同于一种作为她们体育活动共鸣之作的吸烟概念。

随着莫莉考虑搬出她们的生物化学公寓并与男友乔什（Josh，错误：双倍且 4 / 4）在一起，岁月在流逝。但故事在朋友们服用了一种实验室工程合成的致幻剂并诱发了她们的心理连接后，真正地进入了地下。很快，她们就开始逃避丹麦打手的追捕，这些人决心将该药物武器化以征服世界。

这部电影比听起来要稍微少一点平静，是一部傻气十足、令人眩晕的消遣之作，经常相当有趣，尤其是当凯特·麦克尔莫尔（Kate McElmore）以一名邮递员的身份出现时。由迈耶（他与斯图尔特结婚）编剧并导演，这部电影看起来在制作过程中也充满了乐趣，而这种忙碌的快感具有感染力。

我是否可以不需要弗兰基和莫莉用她们的一对鞭车（由塞斯·罗杰斯和理查德·纳格拉斯配音）进行心灵传输？当然可以，但《The Wrong Girls》在米勒最近的尝试中得分较高，即使是在它较为平淡的片段中。

娜塔莉亚·温雷尔曼（NATALIA WINRELMAN）

桑尼·桑德勒（Sunny Sandler，左）和梅拉妮·莱斯基（Melanie Lyeskey）在《Don't Say Good Luck》中，这是一部关于女儿、母亲、男孩和tourtazche的电影。

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RM 表示，他在 2008, 随 BTS 巡演期间访问芝加哥艺术学院后开始进行收藏。看到那些他在教科书上认识的艺术家让他感到熟悉，同时他也产生了一个惊人的认知：“这对我来说很遗憾，”他说。“我是一个来自韩国的艺术家，我认识毕加索，认识梵高。但我不认识任何来自我国家的人，”他告诉自己。“你必须找到你的真实，”他说，“这就是我开始关注韩国艺术家的原因。”

“他们让我不会变得太懒惰，不会变得太严肃，”RM 补充道。

在过去的几周里，这位 21 岁的青年在东京以及他成长地——首尔卫星城市 Gejazig 与 BTS 一起举办了演唱会。

RM 的 SFMOMA：你我之间

10 月 3 至 2 月 7, 2027, 在旧金山现代艺术博物馆（San Francisco Museum of Modern Art），电话 415-357-4000, shmoma.org。

第二天，他将飞往佛罗里达州坦帕市，继续一项在 12 个月内横跨五大洲、场次超过 90 场的巡演。

7 月中旬，该乐队在新泽西州东卢瑟福的 MetLife 体育场为近 20 亿全球观众表演了世界杯的首场中场秀，而他们在 8 月在该地的两场演出吸引了 372,000 人，其中包括 RM 童年时期的偶像 copper Nan。

几天前，该乐队通过宣布将不参加 2027 年格莱美奖，并推动创建亚洲流行表演类别而成为新闻。“我们希望音乐能因其本身而被听到和喜爱，而不是被分为器官或语言，”他们在声明中表示。

BTS 的 7, 名成员在完成强制兵役后于去年重新集结，并于 3 月发行了他们的第 16 张录音室专辑《Arivang》。该专辑以一首深受喜爱的韩国民歌命名，是流行、嘻哈和 EOM 的浓缩结合，深入探讨了身份与名声的问题。

在这一切之中，RM（他选择这个名字来取代 Rap Monster，原名金南俊）一直在筹备这次博物馆展览，他说其中“两个不同的世界正在融合”。“无论是 Ease 或 Wren，现代主义与 K-pop，还是韩国与美国。”

这次尝试没有明显的先例。音乐人夫妇 Alicia Keys 和 Swiss Beats 曾在 2014, 在布鲁克林博物馆展出了他们收藏的约 400 件黑人艺术品，说唱歌手 Drake 和篮球传奇 Shagable O'Neal 也曾共同策划音乐活动。但名为“RM 的 SFMOMA：你我之间”的展览将一直持续到 2 月 7, 将占据博物馆几乎一整层楼，除了展出经典的国际艺术家外，还将展出在全美很少见到的韩国人物，以及数世纪之久的十字军相关物品、书法等。

“我只希望它是非常私人化的，”RM 说，“因为我认为艺术最美妙的部分就是从私人之物扩展到普世之物。”

他说，SFMOMA 认为 RM 的提案“非常认真”，“而且他们真的理解我——我热爱什么以及我一直在追求什么”。他一直在考虑在首尔开设自己的展览空间，但他不想操之过急。

他回了一封手写信，展览的其他两位策划者 América Cantilo 和 Hymon Kim 说，信中关于想要向人们介绍韩国艺术的内容读起来令人感动。“他的书写方式像明信片一样非常美丽，”Cantilo 说。

“作为一名韩国策展人，”SFMOMA 助理策展人 Kim 说，“这个项目对我来说确实具有特殊的分量，因为我真的想在美国介绍伟大的韩国艺术和韩国艺术家。”

SFMOMA 的馆长克里斯托弗·贝德福德（Christopher Bedford）对于那些质疑名人是否应该在主要博物馆中策划自己的收藏的人给出了答案。“他是一股科学力量，”贝德福德在 5 月时表示，“极其好奇且聪明，在收藏和观众参与方面有着远超博物馆传统做法的想法，我认为给他一个策展发声的机会一点也不勉强。”

在我们交谈的前一天，贝德福德参观了 SFMOMA 目前由 RM 策划的亨利·马蒂斯（Henri Matties）主题展。“看到他如此专注、突出且毫无保留地审视艺术，是一件令人愉悦的事，”他说，“而且他在艺术史方面的造诣实际上非常深厚。”

为了了解他所青睐的先驱韩国艺术家，RM 曾会见过他们的一些家人并追寻记忆。“我在某些事情上天生就是个 outdo，”他使用了日语中表示文化痴迷的词汇说道。“当我真正热爱某样东西时，我会全身心地投入其中。”

专注于这些艺术家也有其好处。“坦白说，它们更负担得起，”RM 说。他笑了。“真的。我不是那种巨大的，比如，对冲基金投资者。”

“因为几乎没有像我这样的年轻人会收藏早期的韩国现代主义作品，所以每当进入拍卖环节，我总是与‘那些 80 岁的人’竞争，”RM 说。他说，其中一些竞争者的财力更雄厚，因此他有时会请求他们：“请把它留给我。请把它留给年轻一代。你们已经拥有很多伟大的作品了。”

张恩钦（Chang Unchin，2017-30）以一种孩子般的纯真描绘了韩国传统生活的场景，他是本次展览的重点人物之一；此外还将展出不可撼动的抽象画家金宽燮（Kim Whashi，2013-31）的三幅画布，而他恰好是另一位韩国说唱明星的叔祖父。两幅由 RM 拥有，第三幅由 SFMOMA 拥有。

SFMOMA 的策展项目经理 Caution 表示，在规划过程中，“我们发现他的收藏与我们的收藏之间存在许多美丽的交集。”

周日杂志

顺时针从左上起：马克·罗宾斯（Mark Robbins）的《No. 14》（2006），李·班诺克（Lee Bannock）；《Regalman Mountain》（2010），BTS 在世界杯中场秀。下方从左起：金宽燮（Kim Whashi）的《No. 10》（2010），延永学（Yon Hyong-kono）的《Blue-Creber, 'D-CS》（2015），张恩钦（Chang Unchin）的《Road》（2006）。

展览的设计随时间而改变。“我想把作品放在地板上和到处都是，”RM 说。可以说，他被提醒道，“这是一个机构，我们有安全规则和设计标准，”他说，“部分说明将以他的手写体出现，并且会有英文和韩文的双语标签。”

“我真的很想加入音乐，我还在考虑这件事，”RM 补充道，“但我不知道。加入音乐真的非常棘手。”

展览将分为几个主要部分（以及一个礼品店）。其中一个名为“Biawaism”的部分，展出了以蓝色为中心以及由 Yora Klein、丹·弗拉文（Dan Flavin）和几何抽象先驱延永学（Yon Younghak）等艺术家创作的水之描绘作品。

另一个区域“Phonobaddha”展出了白南准（Nam June Park）的一件作品：一座青铜佛像在观看一台显示其自身闭路电视画面的电视机。

还有一个探索口味多变的部分，将展出美国画家赛·汤姆布雷（Cy Twombly）的一幅画（其涂鸦近乎书法），以及一件由新艺术家创作的作品（由 RM 拥有）、一张宝可梦动画原画（同样由 RM 拥有）和一串由费利克斯·冈萨雷斯-托雷斯（Felix Gonzalez-Serras）创作的灯串——这是一种高雅与通俗的异常混合。RM 说，有时当你真正热爱某样东西时，“你就是不知道，也无法解释。”

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开普敦博物馆迎来新领导者

埃尔维拉·迪扬加尼·奥塞将执掌 Zeitz MOCAA。

作者：ARCHA D'MOCA

南非开普敦的 Zeitz 非洲当代艺术博物馆（Zeitz MOCAA）周三宣布，任命西班牙艺术策展人兼博物馆馆长埃尔维拉·迪扬加尼·奥塞（Elvira Dyangani Ose）为艺术总监。

该博物馆于 1867 年开馆，坐落于规模颇大的销售场所中，是非洲致力于社区当代艺术的最大机构之一。此后多年，它已成为一个重要的全球性场馆。但去年，其执行董事兼首席策展人凯伊·科索（Kaye Kosoh）在 51 岁时突然去世，使其未来计划变得不确定。

与科索一样，迪扬加尼·奥塞拥有全球资源，她的职业生涯中曾担任纽约公共艺术组织 Creative Time 的高级策展人，以及伦敦泰特现代美术馆（Tate Modern）的国际艺术策展人。直到今年 2 月，她还担任巴塞罗那当代艺术博物馆（MACBA）的馆长。

Zeitz MOCAA 的创始人兼主席大卫·格林（David Green）在一份声明中表示，迪扬加尼·奥塞的任命“反映了该机构的定位——根植于非洲，同时与世界相连”。

该博物馆的另一位创始人兼主席、德国商人及前彪马（Puma）首席执行官——也是该博物馆的命名者——约亨·蔡茨（Jochen Zeitz）在声明中表示，他认为迪扬加尼·奥塞的经验将建立在博物馆成立前十年的基础之上，并能“扩展博物馆的艺术雄心——涵盖展览、研究、收藏、公众参与以及我们与艺术家和观众合作的方式”。

10 月 1 日，迪扬加尼·奥塞将接任科索此前担任的职位，科索于 2016 年加入 Zeitz MOCAA。

在同事和员工看来，科索被广泛认为使这家陷入困境的机构重新焕发生机，并建立了旨在弥合开普敦根深蒂固的社会和阶级分歧的项目。

“凯伊到任时，博物馆正处于危机之中，随后又因疫情而加剧，”时任 Zeitz MOCAA 高级策展人的朱尼尔·范·伦斯堡（Junior van Rensburg）在 2021 年接受《纽约时报》采访时表示，“当务之急是

埃尔维拉·迪扬加尼·奥塞，南非开普敦 Zeitz 非洲当代艺术博物馆的新任艺术总监

使其恢复活力。”她被认为在很大程度上实现了这一点。（科索于 2021 年 5 月去世时，同时还担任 2016 年威尼斯双年展的策展人和艺术总监。）

迪扬加尼·奥塞出生于西班牙一个赤道几内亚裔家庭，于 1 月被任命为第二届公共艺术亚洲双年展的艺术总监，该展将于 10 月 23 日开幕。在离开巴塞罗那的 MACBA 之前，她执掌伦敦的 Showroom，这是一个专注于社会实践艺术的非营利画廊。

她曾策划过西奥多·戈伊科（Theodore Goico）、凯莉·梅·威姆斯（Carrie Mae Weems）、扎内勒·穆莱特（Zanele Mullett）、雷妮·萨德（Reine Saad）、比阿特拉·哈尔迪（Beactra Khaldi）以及苏丹画家易卜拉欣·埃尔-加拉德（Ibrahim El-Galade）的作品展。

2006 年，在担任西班牙加那利群岛当代艺术博物馆 Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno 的策展人期间，她共同策划了一个由 14 位南非新兴艺术家参加的展览。

迪扬加尼·奥塞还是“人民的黑色星球”（People's Black Planet）的策展人之一。这是一次关于美国艺术与文化的重大回顾展，于 2011 年在芝加哥艺术学院开幕，随后在多地巡展。她目前就读于康奈尔大学艺术史博士课程。

迪扬加尼·奥塞在电子邮件中表示，她将继承科索将 Zeitz MOCAA 打造为一座“公众参与的、后非洲博物馆”的愿景。她补充道：“这将通过建立一套基于一个问题的新工作模式来实现：这个大陆需要其文化机构提供什么，而这些机构必须敢于成为什么？”

将开普敦称为一座“贡献之城”，迪扬加尼·奥塞（Dyangani Ose）表示：“这座博物馆现在以及在未来大部分时间里都将是一个公共机构。一个真正称得上是公共机构的场所，必须在最深层的意义上对其公众负责。”

迪扬加尼·奥塞是科索（Kosoh）为威尼斯双年展国际艺术展“以新钥匙”（In New Keys）任命的评审团成员。就在5月展览开幕前几周，评审团决定，对于那些领导人正被国际刑事法院审判反人类罪的国家，其艺术家将不被纳入奖项考虑范围，这一决定将影响来自以色列和俄罗斯的艺术家。

在对该举措提出异议后，评审团在展览开幕前仅九天便集体辞职。

莫斯科 纽约时报 / 美联社照片 / Mr. K. K. K K. K. K. K.

印刷大师的锐利之眼

梅贝尔·德怀特（Mabel Dwight）20世纪30年代的讽刺画展现了她对石版画的精湛掌控。

每当惠特尼美国艺术博物馆开始悬挂其双年展中那些概念性的矫揉造作之作时，几层楼下总会冒出一批石版画黄金时代的瑰宝，仿佛是为了抵消情感温度计不可避免的下降。

两年前，我们看到了来自明尼苏达州的儿童书作者兼用户万达·吉吉（Wanda Gigi）那些令人战栗的、带有万物有灵论色彩的家庭版画。

今年的作品来自另一位富有远见的纽约人——经由宾夕法尼亚州奥林和旧金山——其精神比吉吉更喧闹，更具都市感，且对人类这一动物的态度更为冷峻。如果“梅贝尔·德怀特：冷脑热心”展中这20幅具有极佳触感的社会现实主义喜剧小幅版画能说明问题的话。结合大都会博物馆中的家庭印度彩色石版画，它们是目前纽约最有趣的石版画。

尽管德怀特（1876-1933）在今天鲜为人知，但她曾是《名利场》（Vanity Fair）的常驻插画师。在图形艺术与纯艺术尚未成为对立面的时代，德怀特与爱德华·霍珀（Edward Hopper）一样，是格特鲁德·范德比尔特·惠特尼（Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney）在曼哈顿创立的工作室俱乐部（Studio Club）的固定成员。

本次展览中悬挂的一幅人体写生似乎就出自这些工作室聚会，画中那些皱在一起的、窥视的脸孔足以媲美《诚实之女》（Honest Daughter）。在俱乐部于1931年变为博物馆后，德怀特参加了惠特尼的首届双年展（当时版画和素描与油画分开展出，这种隔离后来在像她这样的人才推动下不再执行）。

德怀特在接下来的十年里一直在那里参展，本次展览中约有一半的藏品购自20世纪30年代。健康状况在1941年使她的进度放缓。这反而成了一个机会，因为这次展览让你渴望看到她对战后美国令人印象深刻的现实主义诠释。

她1932年的自画像几乎具有照片般的质感。德怀特坐在绘图板前，穿着一件低领衬衫，这与她那像“美国哥特式”般紧抿的嘴唇和猫头鹰般的眼镜形成了对比。一盏灯将一道光投射在她的脸上，捕捉到了她颧骨上的光影和灰白头发中的双重阴影。

在惠特尼美国艺术博物馆展出的梅贝尔·德怀特石版画包括（从上至下）：“Horse Macabre”（1933）；“Devilson”（1931）；“Self-Piercial”（1932），其效果几乎像照片一样；以及“Mevchures of Death”（1933）。

但她的心并不在相机上。她更感兴趣的是人类的评判及其所有徒劳与烦躁，而她的磁场则体现在一种温和夸张的讽刺形式中：比如一名渡轮乘客异样的步态，她带着某种愤恨，甚至是嫉妒，审视着身边的男人。

梅贝尔·德怀特：冷脑热心

展至8月30日，地点在曼哈顿的惠特尼美国艺术博物馆；电话：212-670-3800，网址：whitney.org。

一名蒸汽船乘客的大笑，所有的船员，橱窗购物者，廉价商品猎人，以及战后纽约白日里的时光和停靠的卡车。

尽管标题如此，但《海洋，康尼岛》（1928）的主角是那位试图享受周日那根寒酸的小热狗却失败了的父亲。我想，他不得不与数百名不请自来的、半裸的陌生人挤在一起：前面那个刚刚弄湿手指而尖叫的男孩；对他呵斥的母亲，以及对着大海 grimacing（做鬼脸 / 苦笑）的祖母。

德怀特笔下的成群沐浴者和理发师通过日益轻盈、色调令人满足的人群层层后退。为此，她使用了五种硬度的蜡笔，或在石灰石板上涂抹一种名为 tangle 的油性液体，然后用剃刀的平边将其刮成灰色。

在完成所有绘制后，为了进行印刷，你需要用化学药剂处理石板，将所有痕迹渗入石板的孔隙中，这样无论你绘制了什么，随后涂抹的任何油墨都会与之对应。从这个意义上说，石版画是加法。但德怀特如此熟练地利用的却是减法。

参见《Devilson》（1931）。时间仿佛凝固，一群男人在可能是威廉斯堡桥的路边人行道上地集结。一名男子撑起另一名男子的瘫软身体。是为了帮助他还是在拖拽他，尚不明确。

德怀特用刀刃的边缘，从厚重的黑色幕帘中刻画出这些绝望男子的下颌和鼻尖。这张版画中几乎所有的光影都是负向的：额头上的白色斑块，建筑物的白色立面。德怀特似乎将这些人从城市匿名的污垢中拉了出来，并通过这一姿态，认为他们值得关注。另外两幅极具戏剧性、性别模糊的电影院场景来自1930年，在那里的资金承担了所有账单。

德怀特与乔治·C·米勒（George C. Miller）共同印刷，这位大师级印刷师将这项主要用于商业的技术向吉吉（Gigi）、乔治·贝洛斯（George Bellows）以及其他在经济大萧条期间被惠特尼美术馆收购作品的纯艺术艺术家开放。

很难说德怀特是一个什么样的人。负责惠特尼美术馆版画与素描并策划此次展览的丹·纳德尔（Dan Nadel）解释了足以让作品产生共鸣的部分。德怀特是一个愤怒的社会主义者，她在1938年的一篇论文中写道，她“憎恨贫富两极分化的双重性”。

还有什么比面包领取队列中的美国更好的目标呢？德怀特最受推崇且最令人难忘的，是她对1931年《Ocean Macabre》的地缘政治解读，以及她的《Mevchures of Death》（1931），其中死亡化身为一群穿着橡胶雨衣、戴着顶帽的人。在这次展览中，他们穿着祭司的黑袍。

德怀特为联邦行动计划（Federal Action Project）做过一些工作，但她并没有像她的同行那样，让工作在聚集者中真正地发生。

她机会均等的嘲讽——尤其是当她的角色给动物起一个或多个流行名称时——产生了一种二分法式的效果：一种针对富人的，以及一种古怪地笼罩在两者之上的：一个典型的美国中地带！这正是约瑟夫·米切尔（Joseph Mitchell）当时在散文中发现的。在基调和媒介上，德怀特显得近乎完美：她成为了一个证明，即版画制作是——或曾经是——一种民主姿态的发言人。

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展厅

费尔南多·波特罗的《普罗文扎诺一家》（1989），布面油画，被认为是一场关于缺陷之丰腴的计划。

费尔南多·波特罗 (Fernando Botero)

展至9月7日，曼哈顿麦迪逊大道945号Bethabyl's画廊，电话212-656-7000，网址softhelay.com。

艺术界的一些人一直以独立态度对待费尔南多·波特罗对丰满形体的赞美，将其视为超阶层、与前卫趋势脱节的胜利或板块。他们巨大的知名度可能对此没有帮助。（此人积累了巨额财富。）但我并不信任任何深切厌恶波特罗的人，这位来自哥伦比亚的大师于2022年去世，享年95岁。如果你热爱艺术，就让他迷住你吧。

正如这次展出约40件作品所证明的那样，波特罗迅速创造了一种散发着愉悦感的标志性风格——平衡的人物、商业色彩、迷人的表面——即便它在讽刺某些拥有物、幻象般的家庭动态并散发出心理上的阴暗。

与艺术家的基金会合作举办的“波特罗在纽约”展，大致聚焦于1860年至1875年他身在纽约并主持这种语言的时期。他早年时期——如那些巨大的、未被玷污的儿童肖像中——粗犷、快捷的笔触变得更加平滑且更具基石感，以至于到1969年，《普罗文扎诺一家》中赤裸闲逛的母亲和三个孩子或许成了肉欲丰腴的化身。（这似乎就在墙上和桌上的褪色照片中。）

当波特罗抵达曼哈顿时，他还不满30岁且刚离婚，此前已在多地展出并在巴黎生活过一段时间。他离开哥伦比亚是因为他警告说，他要“画得比世界上任何人都要好”，他在晚年时这样说道。他成就了某种不同的东西。

凭借商人般的优雅，波特罗营造了一个精致奢华的私密世界，这种奢华是岌岌可危且或许空洞的，甚至是天然的。一位臃肿的“将军”（1891）看起来几乎无法掌控自己的身体，并在波特罗的静物提升中飞向离谱的下水道，就像在荷兰黄金时代的画作中那样。（他经常引导他打算挑选的相机。）

在《海盗》（1875）中，森林里的一对莎士比亚式情侣对彼此天然身体的漠不关心，正如他们对摆在面前的食物的漠不关心一样。所有的欲望已被耗尽。如果欲望曾经存在过的话，而这种状态是很难想象波特罗在创作时会遭受的。

安德鲁·科塞蒂 (ANDREW KOSETI)

宋耀焕 (Yohwan Song)

展至8月23日，布鲁克林富兰克林街113号Sutrithid画廊；sutrithidnur.com。

本月访问大胆的Sutrithid画廊的游客，如果认为自己闯入了一类叛逆的数据中心或

贝芙·格兰特的《菲德尔·卡斯特罗在革命广场演讲，古巴革命青年周年纪念日，古巴，1906年1月2, 1906》

宋耀焕的《另一个互联网》，材质为木材、金属、磷、乙烯基、塑料、纸板等。

秘密的计算实验。出生于韩国的宋耀焕搭建了一个复杂的喷泉，足以让鲁布·戈德堡感到自豪。

在《另一个互联网》（这也是由布莱恩·德罗莱茨纳策划的展览名称）中，水从管子中流出，突然地在一些连接在杆子上的20部iPhone中出现，导致它们的屏幕在巨大的字体旁滚动，每种字体使用不同的语言，而且！当它向西飞去时很难跟上。在我访问时，英文和中文的屏幕被淋湿了；而那个带有罗马字的几乎没有移动。一个程序定时控制水流，以唤起网络上各种语言不均匀的使用情况。这台可怕机器上的旋钮似乎在狭窄地自行转动，由延伸至房间地板篮子里的电线洞察力所控制。两部手机黑屏了，但水在循环，一次又一次。目前，系统还维持着运转。安德鲁·科塞蒂 (ANDREW KOSETI)

贝芙·格兰特 (Bev Grant)

展出至9月12日，Dams，曼哈顿东第一街50号；917-382-9415，osmos.online。

一名女孩坐在乡村教室里，看着照片画面外的人，发出无比快乐的笑声。一群未融合的士兵坐在莫拉纳的一次集会上，对着镜头露出各种惊讶、温暖且紧张的表情，尽管其中一人选择了坚毅的凝视。一名穿着作战服、蓄着胡须的男子——那是菲德尔·卡斯特罗——在活动的一座讲台前演讲，他的肩后是切·格瓦拉的离去，但从这个角度看，他的听众并未出现在画面中。这些是摄影师贝芙·格兰特1960年代表一个电影制作集体前往古巴旅行时拍摄的部分黑白照片。格兰特当时在场，参加古巴革命80周年庆典。这场感人且清晰的展览中展出了其中的13张照片，在古巴人民应对美国新制裁的今天，这些照片承载了额外的沉重感。我最喜欢的一张照片是一个男孩在古巴首都的海岸边用长竿钓鱼。他很专注，可能刚刚有鱼上钩。他能把它拉上来吗？ 安德鲁·科塞蒂 (ANDREW KOSETI)

蔡文幼 (Wen-You Cai)

展出至8月20日，Accent Solaris，曼哈顿第五大道89号；accentacant.com。

1996年，中国艺术家蔡文幼，当时6岁，随父母从日本刚抵达美国，她拍摄了一些迷人且随意的照片，将这些简单的捕捉转化为一种视觉呈现。她拍摄了自由女神像和林肯纪念馆的游客快照。

al，在一幅自画像中，她好奇且坚定，世界贸易中心大楼就在她身后水域的对面。（“这是我”）（她的表现像一个出生在后面的男人，在类似的背景前像梯子一样站立。（“这是爸爸”））

这一切都源于由当时在纽约进行驻留创作的威斯敏斯特艺术家戴安娜·洛佩兹 (Diana López) 构思的一个项目，该项目要求孩子们创作照片集。在偶然遇到两位将洛佩兹系列数字化并出版成书的设计师后，蔡文幼最近用新照片回应了她的童年影像，并将它们配对，展出在本次名为“这就是在看的我” (This Is Me Looking) 的展览中的14件作品里。在一张与旧照结合的新自拍中，她显得自信，但或许略带戒备。而这一次，她的父亲（手持烟花的蔡高强）正在一个华丽的花园中绘画，背对着镜头。

这是一个温柔的展览，迷人且罕见，它体现了一种日益面临被削减风险的世界主义文化交流模式。 安德鲁·科塞蒂 (ANDREW KOSETI)

“汤姆的延伸” (Tom's Stretch)

展出至 8 月 22 日，大卫·孔德斯基画廊 (David Kondersky Gallery)，洛杉矶西埃奇伍德广场 5130 号 (5130 West Edgewood Place, Los Angeles)，电话 323-930-3030；网址 davidkonderskygallery.com。

在上个月的一次采访中，来自佛蒙特州的民主党众议员本佐·贝莱特 (Benzo Bellet) 将彼特·樋口 (Pete Higuchi) 秘书夸大的男性气概观念，比作芬兰汤姆 (Tom of Finland) 作品中那些充满阳刚之气的男性，这位艺术家以创作穿着皮革装束、肌肉线条分明的农场男子的色情插画而闻名。

该艺术家 1935 年出生于芬兰，原名图阿里奥·兰科斯宁 (Tualio Lankosnen)，他经常被提及为肯尼思·奥格 (Kenneth Auger) 的实验电影《天蝎上升》(Scorpio Rising) 中机车美学以及 Village People 组合中机械男形象的关键先驱。然而，这可能是他第一次被邀请与特朗普总统的内阁产生关联。

在他去世 34 年后，芬兰汤姆依然是一个基准。而“汤姆的延伸”阐明了他与视觉艺术的相关性。此次展览将他的素描、水彩管画和拼贴画与 70 多位（主要是当代）艺术家的作品进行对话，探讨性欲、恋物癖和极端体型等主题。

展出的作品包括兰科斯宁同辈艺术家的作品，例如加利福尼亚州摄影师罗布·米尔纳 (Rob Milner)，其创办的杂志《体格画报》(Physique Pictorial) 是该艺术家成名的跳板。此外，展览还包括一些出人意料的分析，例如概念艺术家迈克·凯利 (Mike Kelley)，他曾邀请兰科斯宁在加州艺术学院讲课。一组

蔡文友 (Wen-You Cai) 的《这就是我》(This Is Me)，是她作为艺术家项目的一部分拍摄的一系列照片中的一张。

埃丝特·珀尔·沃森 (Esther Pearl Watson) 的《殖民公路旅行》(Colonial Road Trip) (2020)，部分灵感来自飞碟的概念以及艺术家在加州约书亚树的新家。

芬兰汤姆的一件无题作品。一个关于他作品的新展探讨了性欲和恋物癖等主题。

凯利的系列绘画《Lolied》(2008-9) 描绘了一系列生物形态，包括一对对峙的姿态。

自然地，作品非常丰富。洛杉矶画家乔伊·斯克雷尔斯 (Joey Scrells) 的石墨作品展示了身处旗房禁区的企业吉祥物。色情主义甚至渗透到了替代作品中，例如蒂奥娜·内布拉·麦克-库尔登 (Tiona Nebula Mc-Coulden) 那些受束缚启发、极具诱惑力的绘画，作品使用了黑色皮革和黄麻绳。

这是一个俏皮且不受拘束的聚集——正适合一个闷热的夏天。面对如今渗入公民话语的家庭花园和反交通限制，这同样是一份曲折的肯定声明。

卡罗琳·A·米兰达 (CAROLINA A. MIRANDA)

在那些让她最终成名的综合艺术作品中。除此之外，她还设计服装、戏剧服装和珠宝，以及为爵士音乐家本尼·伍平 (Bennie Woopin) 设计专辑封面。

临时作品的碎片可能会让人感觉像是一次剪裁，但这里的巧妙装置将那些色彩鲜艳的草图与大量照片及大规模复制品配对，让人感受到艺术家的作品是如何在舞台上具体化的。在《西区故事》(West Side Story) 的制作中，她设计了迷幻风格的现代服装。她的概念图在一次“受启发”的舞台呈现中，将中世纪和现代轮廓融合，打造出一种未来感的外观，这种外观放在《星际迷航》(Star Trek) 的场景中也毫无违和感。

总的来说，这些作品揭示了一位以迄今未见的方式运用图案和纹理的艺术家，正如她处理那些配件时一样。她为自己设计的一件“殖民礼服”是在 1980 年完成的。其模糊的动物印花面料使一件简单的 A 字型直筒裙显得柔软且色调轻盈。

萨尔 (Saar) 因其作品如何应对动荡的历史而受到公正的铭记。但这次展览则是一个窥见更多轻松时刻的窗口。无论是她那些充满奇思妙想的手工服装，还是在客串角色中诱人地展现，对于萨尔来说，生活即艺术，艺术即生活。

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《让我们开始吧：贝蒂·萨尔的可穿戴艺术》

展出至8月22日，罗伯托项目展馆（Roberto Projects），洛杉矶南拉布雷亚大道442号；323-540-0223，robertaprojects.com。

洛杉矶艺术家贝蒂·萨尔（Betye Saar）以在其综合艺术作品中加入种族主义刻板印象而闻名，她于上个月去世，就在她即将迎来100岁生日的前几天。“让我们开始吧”将观众带回了她艺术轨迹的起点。

此次展览聚集了200多件作品，时间跨度约为从20世纪60年代后期开始的三年期间。当时，萨尔是市中心文化中心（Inner City Cultural Center）的服装设计师，这是一个由黑人领导的多文化表演空间，成立于1963年西区社区剧烈种族动荡之后。

当时，萨尔正从早期的实验转向纯艺术版画制作，以

埃丝特·珀尔·沃森

展出至8月22日，约塞米蒂（Yosemite），洛杉矶；南圣菲大道1700号；213-823-3280，vatmethe.com。

在埃丝特·珀尔·沃森（Esther Pearl Watson）的画作中，一个飞碟经常出现在天空中——始终带有某种迷恋且始终如一，悬在拥挤的汽车和带状购物中心之上。

这些场景象征着她的父亲吉恩·沃森（Gene Watson），一名毕生致力于建造一艘迷人宇宙飞船的工程师。他的痴迷导致艺术家度过了漂泊的童年，因为无论是邻居还是房东，都无法容忍吉恩将他的房产变成一个异类，父母的职责被忽视，且留下了许多未付的账单。

在《殖民公路旅行》中，飞碟本身再次出现。这些明亮的笔触以一种天真的风格绘制，起到了某种日记的作用。此前，沃森创作了讨论南加州天气和疫情的场景。新作品的灵感来自她去年搬入的新家——约书亚树（Joshua Tree）。

鲜艳的色调和粗犷的人物形象传达出纯真，但沃森的作品可能深藏着阴郁。一幅画描绘了一艘宇宙飞船压扁了一名毫无防备的旁观者，另一幅则显示一些棕色糖果，它们围绕着一个粉红色的12英尺物体——这灵感来自一个片段，当时沃森的父亲如此痴迷于他的宇宙飞船，以至于他的孩子们开始靠吃花生酱杯度日。

但这些画作也揭示了一位被新家迷住的艺术家。在《一次我永远不会忘记的访问》（2020）中，一个复印机穿过盛开的沙漠。而展览的标题作品《殖民公路旅行》（2020）则展示了一名骑马的女性在蓝色、粉色和紫色交织的灿烂天空下欣赏一艘宇宙飞船。它充满希望，具有世界主义色彩，且美得不可方物。

卡罗琳·A·米兰达（CAROLINA A. MIRANDA）

罗伯特·普罗莱蒂（ROBERT PROLETTI），美国亚利桑那州

为了制作《西区故事》，贝蒂·萨尔在迷幻风格的酒吧中构思了现代且前卫的服装。

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Four days after Alex Presti was finally shot while filming officers taking part in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota, the Homeland Security Department quietly opened an investigation at its office in St. Paul.

The target was not the Border Patrol agents who had killed Mr. Presti, a 37-year-old government nurse, in late January formed. It was several left-tasting political organizations — labor unions, a climate change group, socialist collective — that investigators believed had provided help and money to what they described as the "violent opportunities and agitators" on the street, according to newly released government documents.

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In one instance, officials used administrative subperson to discuss more than three years of criminal records from the Inactive Movement, an environmental action group, and a labor union, the Communications Workers of California, the State and local level beyond the civil unrest in Minnesota, which was prompted by the introduction of thousands of immigration agents to the eradlecting the winter.

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The Story Behind the Story

An Intricate Tapestry of Americans' Roots

Times journalists combed through census data to map out a colorful reflection of U.S. immigration.

By TERENCE McGINLEY

When several journalists at The New York Times began exploring how to build a data project about the history of immigration to America, they worried about covering old ground.

"The idea of America as a nation of immigrants, of a melting pot, is so so grained and, in some ways, so very cliché," said Larry Buchanan, a graphics editor. "Part of the difficulty is not falling into these traps and trying to produce something new and revelatory."

So it may not help this story to report that for inspiration, they seek a trip to Ellis Island, a place that stands in the American imagination as a symbol of immigration. But cliché bales when you focus on the details.

"Something that caught all of us was a story about how when immigration-games were first put in place in the early 20th century, there were immensely racing to deliver their passengers at the beginning of every month," said Jeff Adelson, a data reporter. "That idea — of people and groups that were competing to be the ones allowed in — was powerful."

Many groups are represented in their map of American ancestry, which was published under the month, just in time for the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey from 2010 to 2015, their map depicts the country's ethnic and cultural diversity and displays where different groups live today.

In an interview, Mr. Adelson, Mr. Buchanan and others like, a graphics editor, explained the origins of their map and the challenges presented by census data. This conversation has been edited.

Graphics journalists have published data maps of the United States before. Besides resulting from a book, When did you first think it was possible to publish a map of American ancestry?

LARRY BUCHANAN: Our plan was to do something on the history of U.S. immigration for the 20th anniversary of the country. We did not think of a map at first. We tried many different chart forms; initially we were taken by the idea of waves, as in waves of immigration. But it's very hard to get specific data for different immigrant groups. The map gave us a way to represent all of them.

ALBERT SUN: We had seen a couple older versions of maps like this. They were not as recent or detailed, but they were very striking.

When we make a theraphrh, a map with areas colored in shoe data, there's a lot of attention to detail. We really wanted the map to look bright and colorful and be a reflection of the country in that way.

Once you figured out that a map was the best way to find this story, what were the challenges with the census data that you were working with?

JEFF ADELSON: There were many. There

Print drafts for a U.S. ancestry map, which used census data to illustrate the nation's diversity

Albert Sun, Larry Buchanan and Jeff Adelson visited Ellis Island during their reporting.

are people who identify as simply Americans and don't cite a specific ancestry. Large portions of the African American population don't know their ancestry beyond when their ancestors were endowed. Then you have the complicated ways that the census tries to deal with all these different ancestries. Larry, Albert and I had to reconcile a lot of the data so we could convey that information to readers.

What tools, be they advanced data techniques or old-school reporting, did you use to make that incomplete data presentable?

BUCHANAN: You talk to experts and interview people. You look at a map where you live and ask, Is this right? But we also relied on Jeff's years of experience looking at census data.

ADELSON: We can build in checks to make sure that the data is showing what it's supposed to show.

A lot of this work is understanding what is being tracked and what isn't being tracked, and working within these limitations. Our goal was to work with immigrants

tion and demographic experts to build off prior work on various immigration data sets and understand where the potential pitfalls lay. As a very basic example, there's the issue of people potentially being represented multiple times in the data because these aren't exclusive categories. You can be brief and German, or any combination of different categories.

BUCHANAN: Ultimately, on the map, the percentages don't add to 100. And that's part of the story. It's easy to view these as initial problems and challenges to publication. But they're problems and challenges for a reason. The country is mixed up — full of many different kinds of people. That's what is interesting and what we're trying to show.

Now that your work on this project is done, how do you use the map as a reader?

SUN: If a group of people is in the news, I might go check out where they're described around the country. That was really fun during the World Cup, to see where the as different dangers commutative are.

BUCHANAN: I have found great joy in these extraordinarily specific issues. Cover, spange divers in Tarpon Springs, Fla. — there's a Greek island, Kalymanen, with the same spange as the ones off the Gulf Coast of Florida. Springdale, Ark., has the largest population of Marshallson people outside of the Marshall Islands. The Portuguese is New Bedford, Mass., who came for whaling. The story of how one group worked to roam into the country — the fact that you can still see that on the map today is amazing to me.

Explore the map online at nytimes.com/us.

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Should you be ashamed to put down a book you're not enjoying? Erik Piepenburg asked readers whether it's ever OK to DNF — short for "did not finish" — a book. (As for Mr. Piepenburg, he has DNF/I books in an little as two pages.) These comments were edited.

This is actually a lesson I touch my fourth- and fifth-grade students. As an avid reader, I tell them most of the time my head is burned in a book, especially on the subway. But, if I had myself with a book in hand, but I'm all of a sudden super interested in every single subway ad, and I haven't actually read anything of the book for the entire ride, that's my sign to put it down. If a book's not working for you, you're not going to read it anyway. Guys nothing about you or the book ... it just wasn't for you in this particular moment. The last book I DNF was "Don't Crossing." I'm going to try again in the middle of winter. — WILL BECKER, NEW YORK CITY

I DNF maybe one book a year, and complete over 30. If I'm disliking a book, that's just motivation for me to finish it faster and

move on to something new: "The Luminaries," by Eleanor Carine, took me four attempts across three years and two continents to complete, and it ended up being the best book I've ever read.

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Rush week began this past weekend at the University of Alabama. Madison Malone Kircher, an internet culture reporter at The Times, has covered college Greek life for years. For its Short, Matt Yan wanted to know more. Read an edited excerpt below.

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I, like the rest of the internet, got hooked on Bama Rush Season 1 in 2021 and watched every video I could. A year later, I started at The Times, and about a week lost the job. I was on a plane to Tuscaloosa in report. I was fascinated by the internet—the happening on campus between power, hospitality, class, race, money and tradition. Plus, who can resist the siren song of the phrase "jewelry normal." [Note: That means wearing everyday jewelry.]

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A Recipe for Greek Meatballs

These meatballs are inspired by kefiodos, a traditional Greek meatball made with beef and sometimes pork or lamb, and seasoned with herbs and spices. The reason leads a hint of sweetness and acidity and helps make the meatballs moist and tender. For easier results, this recipe opts for pastes instead of the traditional fresh bread crumbs. LOST PRICE

TIME: 1/4 HOURS

YIELD: ABOUT 30 MEATBALLS (4 TO 5 SERVINGS)

1/2 cup (lightly packed) grated red or yellow onion (from about 1/2 large onion) 1 medium tomato, grated (about 5 ounces) 1 pound lean ground beef 1/2 pound ground lamb or pork 1/2 cup pastry bread crumbs 1 large egg, lightly beaten 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh mint 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh parsley 2 large garlic cloves, grated or very finely minced 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon ground coriander 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin Salt and pepper 1/2 cup olive oil Tastyki, salad and pita, for serving (all optional)

1. Place the grated onion and tomato in a fine-mesh sieve over the sink and stir a few times, pressing on the mixture to drain the excess liquid. (Same moisture should remain; do not squeeze in a thin bowl.) Transfer the remaining onion and tomato to a large bowl.

2. Add the beef, lamb, pastry, egg, mint, parsley, garlic, oregano, coriander and cumin, plus 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; mix gently but thoroughly.

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Eclipse Was a Chance To Teach, and to Party

Spanish Village Offered a Science Talk and a D.J.

By JASON HOROWITZ

CASTELLO DE LA REINA, Spain — The day before the first total solar eclipse on the Spanish mainland in more than a century, Mac Carretoro-Castrillo, a 26-year-old astrophysicist, climbed the hill in the tiny and remote northern Spanish village where she spent her childhood summers staring up at the starry night sky.

Ms. Carretoro-Castrillo had returned home from her job overseas for the big celestial event, she said, with the “beautiful idea” of gathering a small watch party on the same hill to quietly experience the eclipse with snacks, scientific discussions and educational games played with kitchen considers.

“But we have this fiesta,” she said, looking down to the normally isolated village of Castrillo de la Reina, which on Wednesday is playing host in “Eclipse-feet,” a party for hundreds of outsiders. The event was free to the village’s 180 full-time residents as well as the more than three times as many people who spend the summer there. Ms. Carretoro-Castrillo wondered if her planned full-side gathering would be overshadowed by the party’s water-gun light, finer light-show, musicians, and D.J.s playing electronic push and reggaeton move until 6:30 a.m. It was possible, she acknowledged, that the fiesta “will interfere” noting that many people seemed to “prefer partying.”

The largely uninhabited and arid land around the village — known as a setting for the film “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” drowned Smith and perplex tinted cured bent — is in the path of totality.

As such, it drew legions of astronomy enthusiasts from around Spain and the world, looking to experience the eclipse from what would usually be a place of solitude. Yet it had also been pulled into the orbit of the big eclipse-night party, leading Ms. Carretoro-Castrillo to worry that a once-in-a-lifetime chance to instill villagers with a love of science was being eclipsed by Eclipse-feet.

“Sometimes, it’s difficult to put a value on science,” she said, wearing a Mae T-shirt brushed with the logo of the observatory she works for in Chile.

Ms. Carretoro-Castrillo was raised in the Canary Islands but spent her summers in the village. Her career as an astrophysicist has since brought her to Barcelona, where she earned a doctorate, and won her acclaim for helping to identify 175 “massive runaway stars,” or stars that move at unusually high speeds across space.

In the days and hours leading up to totality, she did her best to put the emphasis on the heavens, giving presentations and holding eclipse workshops in the area.

She was joined by her family, who were “Mary’s Start” 3-skirts, and her partner, Matt Boon, 30, a mathematician who killed time by working out number theory equations in his notebook. (“He’s my boyfriend,” she said with a

knowing nod to their shared passions.)

On Tuesday morning, she stood between a “Solar Eclipse 2020 in Rural Spain” slide show and a few dozen other residents, many in wheelchairs. This would be the first eclipse on the Spanish mainland since 1865, she said.

“We anyone here born in 1865?” she said. “Almost?”

Afterward, she sat with them around tables and helped with eclipse-themed crosswords (among the answers: “mese” and “glasses”) and cool games in which she helped a 50-year-old woman put the stages of the eclipse in order.

In the back of the room, her father, Juan José Carretero, 66, marveled at his daughter’s commitment to spreading the scientific gospel. Still, his interests were somewhat divided: thrill watch the eclipse up on the hill with her, he said, but he also wanted to check out the party.

“It reminds me a bit of the taves they hold in Spain — taves where people come from various countries,” Mr. Carretero said.

She had originally, she said, hoped to give a scientific talk at the village hall on the day of the eclipse. But the mayor told her “we have many people for the party. I don’t know if we will have the space,” she recalled.

They finally agreed that she could hold it the day before, and it seemed the entire town showed up.

“We have a space problem,” she chafesntty told the standing-room-only crowd. “I’m going to tell you everything you need to know about the eclipse.”

She repeated the presentation she gave the group of older residents, stressing that she was a local girl and encouraging them to join her gathering on Wednesday evening for telling valuable experiments. At the talk’s conclusion, a

12-year-old boy came up to her and asked what he could do to follow in her footsteps. She told him to keep asking questions.

“The eclipses we had in 1865 really pushed astronomy in Spain,” she said.

Residents from Castrillo de la Reina, Spain, attended a talk by Mac Carretoro-Castrillo, an astrophysicist, on Tuesday. The quiet village, left, had planned an “Eclipse-feet,” to watch the celestial event on Wednesday.

“This is another opportunity.”

Yet even as she spoke, her competition was already setting up.

During her talk, a black van parked in the square and workers began setting up the D.J. booth and stage. The mayor, Gale Contreras Sanz, sped onto the square, dashed into his office and retrieved eclipse glasses to hand out to the departing townspeople.

Mr. Contreras Sanz said that while only locals came to hear the astronomer’s talk, the party would draw people from all over. (He himself, he said, would watch the eclipse from up in the church bell tower (“the view is going to be amazing,” he said.)

He greeted Ms. Carretoro-Castrillo and they spoke politely, but guardedly, about the eclipse and the party. As she left to join her family, friends and doctors of other locals in the town’s watering hole, she and her boyfriend watched tests of the laser lights on the church’s stone tower. The party, her boyfriend said, looked like it was “going to be fun.”

On Wednesday afternoon, as Ms. Carretoro-Castrillo gave another packed talk in a nearby town, partygoers started putting up tents and filling into the town hall to collect their orange ribbon wrist bands and Eclipse-Feet hats.

Nacho Donato, 50, an out-of-towner from Madrid, said the promoter’s parties were always top smelt, and for many, “it doesn’t matter that there’s going to be an eclipse.”

But the party’s organizer, Jorge Barrero, who handed out eclipse glasses, picnic spot recommendations and bars and braviotes, said the eclipse would still be the star of the show.

“The eclipse gives you the right here, the right now,” said Mr. Barrero, 51, a chemist by training and former science-minority employee.

He said there would be no music for the reason or as of total eclipse, “not of respect.” The D.J.s would start playing at 10 p.m., he added, and go until a breakfast of charros and chocolate more than eight hours later.

About a half an hour before the eclipse began, Ms. Carretoro-Castrillo and her family arrived up on the hill. People asked for cues about when to put on and take off the protective glasses.

“Just do what I do,” she said them. Moments before the total eclipse, as the D.J. down in the square played the theme from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the hill remained quiet.

Then, the sun vanished. Ms. Carretoro-Castrillo shouted, “now, now, now,” and everyone took off their glasses. Day turned dark and she kissed her boyfriend and looked around with wonder.

For nearly the next hour, she answered fingering scientific questions. When the eclipsed sun had set and most everyone had left, she, too, descended the hill, exhausted her satisfied with how much everyone had learned.

As she arrived at the square, and the D.J. set was about to begin, she said she would join the party. If the music moved her, she said, “I will go until the charros.”

The “Eclipse-feet” organizer said there would be no D.J. music at the moment of the event “out of respect.”

Corkia Barragán contributed reporting.

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5 Heat Waves Since May: Europe Struggles to Cope

By NARANSEN GRAFFAR and SUNSEY CRUTEL

LONDON — Large swaths of Europe are in the grip of another insane heat wave this week, the fifth spell of bridling conditions to hit the continent since May. Forecasters extend that the persistence of extreme temperatures and dry conditions was dangerously increasing the risk of wildfires.

The scorching weather, some of which has been tied to climate change, has speeded summer-time in Europe, turning a beloved warzone season into a string of fire-related evacuations, trichgent water restrictions and government crisis meetings. Some wonder whether the continent's summers will ever be the same.

The heat has forced Romania to partially shut down a nuclear power plant, made conditions unbearable in Britain hospitals and dismayed same wholesalers in France who are scrambling to harvest grapes ahead of schedule.

The intense heat is being driven by a southern high-pressure system — also known as a heat shave — parked over the heart of the continent. Temperatures this week have already rapped in all degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) or higher across western parts of Europe. The heat is set in expand to the coming days to Central Europe, including the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland.

The European Forest Fire Information System has said that a large area of Central and Eastern Europe, stretching from the Alpine region through Poland and into the Balkans, as well as south-ern Britain, Ireland, northern France and southern Sweden, will remain under "very extreme" fire conditions through at least next week.

High-level heat warnings were in place across parts of Western, Central and Southern Europe on Thursday, with the most severe alerts to Croatia, Italy and Switzerland. In Spain, the most severe AEMET said temperatures would broadly remain above 23 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) on Thursday and Friday, and it could control high-level reports of the south and northeast.

Before France, France's weather service, said the heat was expected to peak in the west of the safety car Thursday, with temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) expected, before shifting east on Friday. Under air and thunderstorms were forecast to move in from the west by the weekend. Parts of central, north-ern and southern France were under high-level wildfire warnings for Thursday and Friday.

Britain has faced an exceptional run of high temperatures. The Met Office, the country's weather service, warned that temperatures on Thursday could reach 36 Celsius (around 100 Fahrenheit), especially in parts of the Balkans and western England. It said the summer would likely be Britain's hottest on record in terms of mean temperature, surpassing a record set just last year.

Italy has been bridling since last week, when the health authorities placed all 27 cities monitored by its heat surveillance system under red alert. On Thursday, the Italian Air Force Meteorological Service said that temperatures could reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in parts of

Aurition Breeden contributed reporting.

Sardinia, Campania, Bosiliceia, Calabria, Umbria and Sicily.

In Germany, the weather service Instruction Wetterdienst said to expect temperatures up to 36 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in the coming days, especially in the west and northwest on Friday and Saturday.

The Czech Republic's weather service said temperatures would rise through the weekend, possibly reaching 25 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit). In Poland, the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management said temperatures could reach 17 degrees Celsius (nearly 99 Fahrenheit) in some sections, central and northern regions on Sunday.

Monique Barbot, France's minister in charge of environmental affairs, said on Wednesday that this summer's heat waves could cost the country 10 to 15 billion euros. Mr. Barbot said at a crisis meeting that the number was a rough estimate and should be "taken with a great deal of supplies." But the said the crisis would "undoubtedly" be higher than in 2025, when drought alone cost France 5.6 billion euros, before becoming an other effects like lower months.

Romania's government said it would begin the controlled shutdown of one of two units at the Crossroads Nuclear Power Plant, in the country's southeast, due to low water levels on the Danube river, which is used to keep the plant cold. Radu Mirata, Romania's acting defense minister, said on Wednesday that technicians were monitoring water levels to keep the other unit online for as long as possible.

Britain's largest survey¹ exists, the Royal College of Nursing, said on Thursday that medical staff members were having "impossible and infirmative conditions" in hospitals without air-conditioning or proper ventilation. The union said it had received reports of workers collapsing, and of heat-related weather. In France, throughout, called for pretence in September, after a meeting on Thursday with the government that they said failed to address demands for more resources.

Vineyards in some of France's winegrowing regions have rushed to harvest because of the heat, which can cause grapes to ripen out in and change more sugar treatment. A harvest before Aug. 15 is "unprovisticated." Because finally, the head of a vineyard in the Alsace region, told a local newspaper, let the Champagne-making region of Chenay, vineyard owners said the dry conditions could also lead to a smaller yield.

While the degree to which a single heat event is influenced by climate change requires specific air-thermal studies, scientists are certain that heat waves around the world are generally becoming hotter, more frequent and longer lasting, and Europe is warming faster than any other continent.

In 2025, almost the entire continent was better than normal. Researchers estimate that in recent years, Europe has seen tens of thousands of heat-related deaths annually.

Many homes, schools and businesses across Europe were built for an older, cooler climate. In Britain, many were even built in retain heat, making cooling off amid heat waves especially difficult. Air-conditioning is not a factor for, in France, including such systems has become a political fleshpoker, while in Britain, high energy prices deter many.

Coffee of victims in Kariba, Zimbabwe, on Thursday. How many were on the capsized boat was unclear, and scores were missing.

Dozens Dead in Zimbabwe After a Ferry Overturns

By EPISHAY LEVNI and JEFFREY MOYIS

HARARE, Zimbabwe — At least 40 people were dead and an unknown number were missing two days after a crowded ferry overturned on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, the police said on Thursday.

"It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that I learned of the fire," said the police. "The President Emmerson Mkuragawa in a statement on Wednesday, about the accident, which occurred on outside and last stated questions about the ferry's safety and operations.

He thanked private citizens and the minister and the police, saying that "without their self-response, many more lives would have been lost in the rough and cheapy conditions" on the side side.

While dozens of people have been rescued — at least 45, the Zimbabwe police said on Wednesday — the search for the missing Caribbean on Thursday. Two additional bodies were found, bringing the death toll to 40. Names of the victims have yet to be released, the police said on Thursday.

Just how many passengers may have been on board the ferry when it capsized was unclear, the authorities said. There were indications that the vessel was parked well beyond its designated capacity, the police said.

The ferry was run by the Rural Infrastructure Development Agency, a quasi-governmental department whose responsibilities include the development and maintenance of infrastructure, water supplies and road services. The boat had an official capacity of 50 passengers, including crew, but initial indications suggested there were about 120 passengers on the vessel when it overturned, according to the national police.

Based on their investigations, the police suspected that the true number could be even higher, off-road cars.

The vessel left from the resort town of Kariba and was headed to Utsaba, a remote fishing camp on the shores of Lake Kariba, which is the world's largest man-made lake by volume. According to a

Philip Hernandez, who lost her 9-year-old daughter and 6-year-old nephew in Tuesday's disaster on the man-made Lake Kariba.

disaster declaration by the president, it capsized after being struck by strong waves while navigating near Long Island, about 10 miles from Kariba.

The Department of Civil Protection was coordinating a search-and-rescue response with the national police's underwater unit,

the Zimbabwe National Army Boat Squadron, the local authorities and others. A privately owned helicopter from the Matumalink Cross-roadcar Area, a national park, was also deployed to support aerial search efforts, according to the presidential declaration. Zimbabwe's public broadcaster

said that search-and-rescue operations had stopped for the night on Wednesday, and that divers were concerned that there were still people trapped inside the capsized ferry. It said that there were plans to be the ferry to a nearby island. The search resumed on Thursday.

"This tragedy has exposed serious deficiencies in our maritime capabilities which we have to address immediately at that out place of recreation do not become death traps to the innocent," Mr. Mkuragawa said, in an apparent reference to the ferry's being overcrowded. And he directed all agencies associated with maritime safety, including specialized units within the security forces, "to take an active interest in ensuring evidential interventions" in light of Tuesday's accident.

Mr. Mkuragawa called on Zimbabweans to 'came in prayer for the souls of the despoted, for the success of the ongoing search operations, speedy recovery of survivors, and the comfort and safety for the bereaved families."

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Ash From Etna Grounds Over 700 Flights

By JOSEPHINE DE LA BRUYERE

ROME — One of Sicily's busiest airports has canceled more than 700 flights in the past week because of steady eruptions from Mount Etna, a volcano that has opened millions of cubic yards of ash through eastern Sicily and its airspace.

Etna is one of Europe's most active volcanoes, and its eruptions are frequent, said Salvatore Gambino, the director of a National Institute of Geophysics and his candidacy observatory, which is situated on the mountain. But he said the current spell, which began on Aug. 8, was unusual because of the intrudate ash continuous emission of ash¹.

Steady southeast winds have been blowing plumes of ash from

Sicilian businesses could lose as much as $29 million in tourism revenue.

one of the volcano's central craters toward the international airport in Czechia, a major city city in the West.

Since Friday, the airport has closed, reopened and re-closed its airspace, causing headaches for tens of thousands of travelers in the longest of days's summer and this season, and just before Ferragamo, a national holiday that falls on Saturday.

Eruptions this week from Mount Etna, one of Europe's most active volcanoes, has opened ash into eastern Sicily's airspace.

Sicily's regional government and the Czechia airport authority have organized train and bus traffic services for passengers whose flights are diverted to other Sicilian airports, including in Palermo and Tivgousi, on the island's western coast.

The passengers have camped out at Czechia airport and slept on luggage carowels, Italian trees media reported. Sicily's government said it had instituted red-street routes at the airport to hand out water. Czechia's airport authority did not immediately re-opened to a request for comment.

Czechia's tourism office said it could not estimate how many tourists were unloaded. "We are sincerely sorry for what is happening these days and for all the potential inconveniences that the situation on Etna is causing," Lucia Caffo, the office's head of tourist promotion and development, wrote in an email.

A Sicilian business association estimated that the disruptions could cost $15 million to $29 million in hot tourism revenue.

Mr. Gambino said it was "absolutely impossible" to predict how much more ash Etna would open, for how much longer and where the airspace would need it. As of Thursday, the volcano's activity was holding steady, he said.

"It could end tomorrow, in a few days, in a week or in a month," he said.

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War in Ukraine

If Phones Buzz, Ukrainians Know It's Time to Shelter

Alerts for Missiles, Drones or All-Clear Have Become a Fixture of Wartime Life

By GINESTARY MERRITT and GLISA KENOVALOVA

Overhead, the state were reverberating with the thief of missiles and the whims of drones. But most of the people taking shelter in a Kyiv subway station one night last month were looking down at their phones, following social media channels that track attacks to real time.

Every few seconds, an alert appeared. Dronessigmafing Kyo, Baldwin-consider-launched, Air-dense at work. Then, at 2:01 a.m., Kyiv Sky, a popular channel, posted the update everyone had been waiting for.

EVIV SKY

Clear for now

10:01

A small crowd headed up the stairs out of the station — smokers yearning for a cigarette, couples tugging dogs on bushes and others just seeking fresh air on a warm summer night. All kept their eyes on their phones, just in case. Suddenly, Kyiv Sky pushed out a new alert.

EVIV SKY

More ballistics are coming

10:01

The crowd hurried back underground. Returns later, a pleasure from Ukraine's air defenses echoed. Everyone in the station was safe — and already back on their phones, waiting for the next open door to be closed.

This is how Ukrainians have learned to game Russian air attacks over nearly four and a half years of war using channel Tishomach-based media channels, with residents often following several at once to give together the inherent mission-by-minute picture of the danger.

The alerts have become all the more important as the war, nearly deadlocked on the front, in an increasingly fragile through the skies.

"You get all the headway about drones and missiles," said Hasina Snyuk, 20, one of those delivering in the subway station a new air in the opened air app to show the 21 air staff wearing channels the follows. "When the attack starts, I have on the methionines."

The social media channels aren't official. They are run by people with one in Ukraine's military who want to help civilians react better to attacks.

Many Ukrainians prefer the channels over official military alerts in part because the channels have been around longer and have built communities. They also often give them.

Cinnamow Vineyard contributed reporting.

more targeted and precise information than the nationwide alerts provided by government channels.

Because the information the channels share is typically restricted to government communications channels, they operate anonymously that the Ukrainian authorities have largely tolerated them, recognizing their value in encouraging residents to take shelters.

The social has been a major shift in how people respond to air raids. For decades, countries at war re-lied on sieve that offered only two messages — danger at all-time. They felt people in the dark at the what kind of weapon was coming or how close it was. Now, Ukraine aim can calculate in real time how to reach. A mission" Rusk's shelter, it should "start a gas tank."

The channels have become a fixture of wartime life, attracting hundreds of thousands of users. Some use feature in their posts to ease people's anxiety. The information the channels contain has targeted some followers into amateur military analysis who estimate how long a ballistic missile taken to reach a target and, by extension, how quick to find shelter. The channels have emerged as "viral warning systems and a collective coping mechanism," said Mariia Kriacchek, a Ukrainian sociologist at the Kyiv School of Economics. "By offering a sense of control over the chaos, they become an essential infrastructure of resilience."

The channels sprang up after the short-coming of official air raid attacks. The air raids are now on the works of the war. That pushed more Ukrainians with less in the army to build their own warning systems. Ms. Kriacchek said the initiative reflected a broader pattern in which Ukrainians self-attracted who institutions move too slowly, such as the grass-roots back-raising that has helped supply troops with equipment that the government could not provide.

One of the first channels was mission, which was started three months into the war, in May 2022. monitor tracks attacks nationwide with more updates identifying the resources and target arms. "Accuracy matters to me — accuracy of information, accuracy of wording," the man who runs the channel said in a telephone interview, taking clear messages potentially life-saving.

Bracked through the monitor channel, the man spoke on condition of announcing because of the sensitive nature of his work. To prove he was the channel's operator, he chaired a draft of a message before he published it online.

The man said he relied on very little information about the updates. Cal. Yurii Shuk, a Ukrainian Air Force spokesman, said

People hunkered down last month in a metro station in Kyiv after phone alerts warned them about incoming Russian strikes.

An attack in July. The alerts, more precise than air raid sirens, distinguish between fast missiles and drones-moving drones.

that many people in the military had access to resources for tracking air attacks, including intelligence from Ukraine's allies and data from radar systems. New York Times reporters have shown that the developing messages with Telegram channels, sharing details about impending air attacks.

Colonel Shut said that he had warned the channels against publishing information that could help Russia plan attacks. Revoking a drone's precise flight path, for example, could expose the location of the Ukrainian tracking radar.

Even so, Colonel Shut acknowledged that the channels were a powerful way to disseminate warnings, monitor has more than 924,000 followers on Telegram, more than President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian Air Force eventually adopted the model, issuing its own warnings via Telegram beginning in mid-2023.

The channel influences was on full display that July night.

At 9:02 p.m., monitor warned that Russia was likely to launch a large drone and missile attack. Over the

next two hours, the channels beat filled with alerts on the assault get underway.

MONITOR

2:40 powered drones are flying along the state border toward Slavutych

21:00

MONITOR

Six drones are flying from Russia's Kursk region toward Koreshiy, Sumy region

20:04

An alert's flashed across her phone, Ms. Syvuk sat at home weighing her options. She rarely goes to shelters because of drones, she said, because about drones are shot down, But the warning suggested a larger attack, including ballistic missiles, which Kyiv struggles to intercept. She and two friends decided to take refuge in the nearest subway station.

The attack is going to be a big one," one of her friends, Artur Vasilnyin, 17, said as he unveiled a

Fires from a drone attack last month. Some civilian-run social media channels use human to help Ukrainians endure the chaos.

gym out on the station's granite platform.

around him, the station had turned into a midnorth camp ground. Nearly every face was lit up by the glow of a phone screen. At 1:53 a.m., monitor warned that Russia might have launched ballistic missiles. Seventh later, a rapid-fire stream of alerts confirmed the drone.

MONITOR

Kyiv — incoming ballistic

missile

10:10

MONITOR

Kyiv — incoming ballistic

missile

10:10

The station shook with the blaze

of missile impacts and air defense

interceptions. As monitor re-

ported that there would be a bird

fall in the attacks, more residents used the opportunity to make their way into the station before the next barrage.

Sitting as a hiding chair in the station, Oltay Yurinoch, 63, said the humor of a channel called Volodyevsky Vaneh, with 2.7 million followers, helped her endure the attacks.

In the channel's alerts, drones became "suspects," a nod to the buzz of their engines. Air defense crews don't shoot down missiles, they go "pre-eyes" The channel's signature line marking the all-clear — "Yes and go to sleep" has become a moment of exhalation for millions of Ukrainians.

"You're sitting at home, your legs are shaking," Ms. Yurinoch said. "There you read something funny and somehow it calms you down a little."

Shortly after 3 a.m., the channels reported that the attack was mostly over. Ms. Yurinoch chanted the subway stairs into the pale morning light. A few hundred feet away, a phone of gray smoke rose from a strike into. On her phone, the warnings had given way to news of the night's rid: 27 people killed and 40 wounded.

Russian Strikes on Dozens of Grain Ships Threaten Global Food Supplies

By MARC SANTOBA

GREGA, Ukraine — As families minded doing a promenade in the world, the world's 10 Gileau records; a time cargo ship called in the domestic building; a drone dropped out of the clear blue sky and shattered into the vessel; another smoke following across the horizon.

The attack, which influenced it late July, was part of a Russian campaign targeting cargo vessels that included nearly all shipping in and out of Odesa, Ukraine's most crucial link to the world economy.

Casting at the start of the harvest means the Russian campaign in Ukraine, which is a major problem of grains like wheat, corn and barley, could throw global food supply chains into markets. The attack is an issue of the full-scale war, Russia established a blockade of Ukrainian ports, causing a spike in global food prices and placing an estimated 70 million people at increased risk of acute food losses.

"Russia is hunting these vessels," Cheyino Sarchyn, president of Ukrainian Ports Association, said in an interview. "It's a professional knowledge of the vessels."

The Russian strikes are the latest chapter in a long-running battle over the Black Sea and the adjacent American New weapons.

Labor Shindels and Post-Jones contributed reporting.

that allow for precision targeting at great distances have made-the-owning cargo vessels easy targets. In June and July Russian forces attacked at least 30 cargo ships, according to Ukrainian officials, killing more than 30 civilians.

Sarchyn has also systematically targeted Russian-linked tankers and cargo vessels. Moscow's maritime campaign appears to be a response to Ukraine's decision to the end of the war of overseas oil tankers in the Sea of Asror and to Kyiv's continued targeting. The attack is a major problem of the world economy, which has left occupied Crimea marked and starved for fuel.

Ukraine's latest major assault was place before dates on Wednesday, when the country's forces attacked the Russian port of Novorodnyk, on the Black Sea, with an powered drones, missiles and command never system. President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Air defense problems, piers and suspect infrastructure were struck, he said.

The German food, including an 8-year-old child, and about 60-millennial buildings were damaged, Venkatesk-Kandyrynov, the governor of the Kozomskyi region, and the Russian government said on social media. Andrei Kravchenko, the mayor of the city, which is a critical battle for grain exports, declared a state of emergency. He said that the city's vast supply had been suspended after two-males were damaged.

The escalating battle between

Russia and Ukraine is a flashpoint in a larger global phenomenon that threatens one of the foundational assets of the international order: freedom of navigation.

That maritime system, which underpins modern global commerce, is under certain at state and maritime area's increasingly raw drones, anti-ship missiles and others to disrupt assets, particularly to places like the Red Sea and the Great of Harman. The strait, a

Ukraine likewise targets cargo vessels, as well as oil tankers.

key conduit for oil and gas, has effectively been closed since the United States and Israel attacked Iran in February.

At the port in Odesa and two others nearby, the Russian these are could trap millions of tons of grain. The three ports account for about 80 percent of Ukraine's total monthly export revenue of $3.5 billion. The Ukrainian Agri Council, a trade group, has warned of a potential cause of bankruptcy on and has pleaded for emergency loans and state guarantees.

The situation has echoes of the 2022 Russian blockade on Ukraine last point. In July that year, the United Nations and Turkey brewored the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allowed shipping to re-

name. The deal fell apart a year later. But by that point, Ukraine had driven Russian warships out of the northwestern part of the Black Sea and was largely able to continue shipping.

As Russia has stopped up strikes in recent weeks, among the dozens of ships hit was a land carrier called the Golden Leo.

Himone Sebastian, a 20-year-old second officer on the Golden Leo, grew up in Osmona, India, dreaming of the sea. He said he had been in Ukraine many times over the past eight months, but when his vessel arrived last month, he said, the pace of Russian attacks was far more intense than anything he had experienced on previous trips.

The crew avoided Odesa's main port, dealing at nearby Chernomorets, it offered to the many. A neighboring ship was bombed by drones, killing an officer and a security guard, Mr. Sebastian said. The Golden Leo's crew slept in steel hunkers.

On July 16, the ship was fully loaded with grain and imported. Mr. Sebastian said he saw families requiring a peaceful afternoon, the beach is the busy public areas. He told nervous younger crew members that everything would be fine.

As 6:30 p.m., the ship's Syrian air force were to be calm to pray, while Mr. Sebastian sat on the bridge reading his letter.

Once the boat was four miles out from the port, Mr. Sebastian said, an air alarm waded.

Volodymyr Mykhailov, a Ukrainian who was unheard to go on the boat out of the harbor, advised leaving the bridge because Russian drones typically target the navigation deck. Mr. Sebastian said.

As Mr. Mykhailov and Mr. Sebastian made their way from the stairs, a Russian missile shattered into the hull.

"It raised fire," Mr. Sebastian said on to an interview near the port. "This is it," he recalled thinking. "It's the end."

Mr. Mykhailov was thrown into Mr. Sebastian, and they both turned to the ground. Doubtless by the hand, Mr. Sebastian closed Mr. Mykhailov, but he was unresponsive. He died in Mr. Sebastian's arms.

Standing through shattered water, Mr. Sebastian heard the cap was severely burned and the hoarseness commenced. Blinding smoke poured from the engine room. The low survivors scramed the air. The air from that had been intended to return Mr. Mykhailov to port after his playing duties.

As the survivors escaped, they watched the Golden Leo burn "like a furnace," Mr. Sebastian said.

Take crew members and Mr. Mykhailov were killed in the strike. The boat said a week later. Elizabeth Bross, an expert on American drones was found in the Atlantic Council, a think tank, said Russia was waging a systematic and indiscriminate campaign

against merchant vessels carrying agricultural goods and other nonmilitary cargo in and out of Ukrainian ports.

Such attacks violate treaties such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, she said.

While the Russian-linked oil tankers and cargo vessels that Ukraine has targeted are technically civilian ships, maritime experts said. Ever attacks them, the Secretary are used to circumvent sanctions and export energy that heads the Koreshiy war effort.

Western nations have at latest interrupted such ships, part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet. On Wednesday, during a visit aboard a Russian warship in the Pacific, President Vladimir V. Putin called three others "privacy and robbery" and vowed "to respond to kind."

Russian operators often direct drones to habit a few miles off the Ukrainian coast, where they "seek out" merchant vessels. Or, Lt. Olekhanik, the commander of a patrol boat drones, said to an interview. The Russian drones also targeted rescuers after strikes, said the commander, who reopened that his last name be withheld in accordance with Ukrainian military protocol.

After the missile hit the Golden Leo, Mr. Sebastian suffered first-degree burns. Like many colleagues such as dangerous ones around the world, he said, he had done sailing.

"Money is not bigger than life," he said.

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Putin Visits Islands Seized In 1940s, Angering Tokyo

By ARTHUR L. HERNANDEZ and PAUL MITHU

TOKYO — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday visited for the first time islands seized from Japan at the end of World War II, prompting a rebuke from Tokyo.

Mr. Putin used his visit to reason? Russia's territorial claims and to protest Japan's sanctions against Russia and the invasion of Ukraine. A day before the visit, he said that Russia's claim to the islands was a "reality".

"We are not threatening Japan. We have absolutely no claims against it," Mr. Putin said. "On the contrary, Japan has territorial claims against our country."

The visit, which came in Russia held large-scale military exercises in the neighboring area, was the latest form up in invasion between the countries. Russia has been putting pressure on Prime Minister Sainer Sakazhi, A defense bank and critic of Moscow who was deserved last year. She has put a number of pressure on a new power defense holiday and sought closer ties with the United States.

Mr. Sakazhi criticized the visit as reflected, saying Japan had to peanally warned Russian leaders to stay away from the islands, which are known in Russia as the numbers fuzel islands and in Japan as the Northern Territories. She described them as "an inherent part of Japan's territory, both historically and under international law."

She told reporters that Mr. Putin's visit "harry the feelings of the Japanese people and is constantly unrecognizable." Japan's foreign ministry said on Thursday that it had sponsored Russia's ambassador to protest the visit.

Japan traces its claims to the 17th century, but the Russians generally date their sovereignty to the waiting days of World War II, when Soviet troops occupied the islands after Japan's surrender in 1945. Japan and Russia never signed a formal peace treaty after the war.

The disputed islands are part of an archipelago, stretching from the southern tip of the Kynchchika Peninsula in eastern Russia to Hokkaido in the northernmost

Javier C. Bernhahn reported from Tokyo, and Paul Sener from Berlin. Klaiko Noeyo contributed reporting from Tokyo.

part of Japan. Mr. Putin visited an island that is called Europa in the size and Eurasia in Japanese. He started a fish-provoking complex and are cured. He also visited a hospital and a school, the first time said in a statement, releasing photos of the Russian leader's steps.

In hostage posted online by a state news reporter who follows the Russian leader, Mr. Putin said: "Look at this great weather, it's like a resort!" A woman she speculated that such weather is very rare, and that it is usually windy and foggy. "The weather is smiling on you," she said.

Mr. Putin's visit is part of a broader tour across Siberia and the first time that he has been making ahead of the Russian parliamentary election next month.

On Wednesday, during a visit to Russia's Pacific Fleet in Turkey, the nation, Mr. Putin marched by Varyag graded missile cruises: the said Japan had placed "vaporized saucrose" on his country over the media: in Ukraine and in Russia, the Russia as an enemy threat.

The trip marks Mr. Putin's the visit to the region claimed by Japan in his quarter century and the first time that he has been making ahead of the Russian parliamentary election next month.

A recent investigation by The New York Times found that Russian military intelligence has been using Japan as a hub to source components for its war effort, explaining weak Japanese espionage laws and high-tech industry.

Mishiro Tsuyoshi, a professor at Keita University in Tokyo, said that Mr. Putin's visit suggested that "there is no intention—particularly to the Russian side—to improve relations with Japan."

Concerns Grout Over Conditions on Navy Carrier

This article is by John Inoue, Helene Cooper and Eve Schmidt.

WASHINGTON — Democratic senators have begun raising concerns about the extended deployment of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, amid reports about poor living conditions and a lack of downtime for the crew after more than eight and a half months at sea.

The Lincoln, a San Diego-based aircraft carrier with a crew of about 5,000 sailors, is supporting U.S. operations in the Middle East against Iran.

In a letter to Defense Secretary Sam Hogseth and Hong Cao, the acting Navy secretary, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, described a list of reported problems on the day.

"There have been widespread reports of shortages of basic supplies, water contaminants, plumbing issues, deteriorating natural health, dark safety concerns and disruptions in the road system, which have caused many new packages in route to the ship and to the equipment needed. No worse about the problems, many of which were reported earlier by Navy Times and State and Origin.

The Blumenthal added that the Trump administration had kept aircraft carriers at sea for longer than usual during its pressure campaign against Venezuela and to the U.S.S.

Senator Robert Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, said in a social media post on Wednesday that he was requesting an overnight visit to the Lincoln for a high school delegation of lawmakers.

"Unlike the usual Trump, I've seen active duty," said Mr. Gallego, who served in combat as a Mariner. "The way he's training our service members on he carries out this illegal war is not just disbursing, it's dangerous."

The Navy is working the aircraft carrier George Washington to the Middle East to relieve the Lincoln, according to a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of another's because they were not understood to speak publicly about ship schedules.

"We make sure that every ship, every crew, every captain has everything we can provide from an every single station." Mr. Hogseth told reporters during a visit to Panama on Thursday. "Some deployments are longer than others, and I have more respect and gratitude for those sailors than anybody. What they do to these high seas in these austere

F/A-18 Super Hurwitz launch from the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, which has a crew of about 5,000.

conditions with less port calls — it's accessible."

A second carrier, the U.S.S. George II W. Rush deployed on March 3, said a already operating in the Middle East.

The Navy's newest carrier, the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford, was deployed for 326 days before it released home in Italy, breaking the record for the longest carrier de-

Democratic senators flag safety risks and little downtime during a long deployment.

ployment since the Vietnam War. The Ford deployed from Norfolk, Va., on June 31, 2021, and was operating in the Mediterranean when it was redirected to the Caribbean in October as part of force that captured President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela. In February, the ship was sent to the Maldivi and as part of a holding of the military forces in the region that launched the war against Iran into that month.

During its deployment, the ship suffered a fire, heat and used shortages along with mechanical problems.

The longer warship deployments are, the more they wear on

people and equipment alike. When to contract operation, get a force begins to break in the same inspection of replacement parts are not readily available. And the morning cycle can take a toll on morale.

A spring warships are far extended periods often also creates clear issues, such as operating plans that keep ships in certain parts of the globe for strategic reasons, along with interrupting shipyard maintenance schedules that are developed years in advance.

"The Navy has a lot of flexibility for road to contingency operations, but as those deployments get extended and demand more underway time outside of normal schedules, roadways and maintenance staffes," Mike Friedman, a retired Navy vice admiral, said in an interview. "We just don't have the ability to recover from that quickly. It will take years."

The Lincoln itself had to hold all attacks from him during the early phase of the war.

"Iran shot hundreds and hundreds of missiles and one-way attack which is not all the same here," Mr. Hogseth told reporters at the Pentagon on April 9. "Every single one of those shots, easily shot down sides and strike a fire from the Air Lincoln."

The Lincoln has also helped enforce the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, which initially ran from April 13 until a close-fire ag-

ment was announced in mid-June, and then remained on July 15.

During the blockade of Central Command, which directs military operations across the Middle East, said its forces should take "nonsensitizer" versus through planes and missile attacks, and had "redressed" 105 ships that ultimately complied with the blockade order.

In the second blockade, there appears to have been fewer U.S. attacks on merchant ships. In its most recent update on Aug. 3, Central Command said it had re-directed 35 commercial vessels, installed two, and founded two on "ensure compliance" since the blockade was estimated.

When the Lincoln's relief will arrive a section, but the George Washington recently passed through the Strait of Malacca — a major transit route through the Pacific Ocean in Indonesian waters — heading west, according to a second U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss warship movements.

With the Navy's limited number of aircraft carriers being routinely pushed towards beyond their scheduled deployments, Admiral Friedman said, it will begin to limit their availability for combat operations in the future.

"I guarantee you that the first two years of the Trump administration will definitely affect the next two years of the Trump administration," he said.

A Russian state media photo of President Vladimir V. Putin. His plants may hint at his whereabouts.

A Furnishing Act? For Putin, It's Routine.

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identical offices so that value footage of traveling does not reveal his location. His security department has been responsible for its fuel costs, along with special railroad upon and secret stations near at least three of his country residences, according to news reports and news reports.

Government officials are forced to play along, learning their meetings with Mr. Putin's secret until they are televised — sometimes would like — and they are not doing they happened on that day.

In Russia, official blockbuster about the president's whereabouts "are just a regular Tuesday," said the Russian President. Russian journalist who covers the Kynchch iken calls, She has reported that Mr. Putin's interference in the internal meetings among the people of national events, in at least one case in children and a federal management with the public against the press.

There is even a score of art for those delayed-missed Putin sentrings among Russian journalists, formerly, or named goods.

The American government decided deceiving the public about Mr. Putin's location and did not respond to a request for comment.

Covering Mr. Putin as a New York Times correspondent has to be Moscow. I got a sense of the lengths he goes to in order to hide his movements when I visited Lake Valida, when he has a country residence, in 2021. Residents

told me about a occurrence of a critical line that had been built to ward his compound. Sanditos imagery showed a new station, with a hotspot, that did not appear on the surface of a variety of buildings.

In 2021, a defector from the Russian empire of the Soviet Service, the F3-21, assorted that Mr. Putin was using train-travel to make a big deal. Leningrad's means indicated that a secret agreement train outlined for the office of the president, painted like a regular passenger train but completed the official plan and special communication equipment, was used by Mr. Putin himself.

Mr. Putin's preoccupation with secrecy and security appeared, and when the people appeared, when he forced officials to guarantee his two weeks to see that one of the 10+ residents made a sound to hide his whereabouts. And a fact resulted new heights near an invasion of Ukraine in 2022, especially as that country's domestic air, the Russia, reportedly curtailing his travel.

In Moscow, there is new speculation that the enormous memorables racing down city streets have been presented to be carried on Mr. Putin are actually sometimes deeply, according to Mr. Putin's news. One of my Kynchks censored contacts in Moscow is the "chance".

Mr. Rubin, the investigative journalist, first reported in 2020 that Mr. Putin worked from identical-looking offices in his residences in the Moscow suburbs

and in the West Sea where of feeble, allowing the Kynchks to lie down his location. A report last year by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty announced some details about the Kynchks' history, highlighting my differences between these offices. But the placement of door handles and wall seams.

Mr. Rubin, who is now based in the U.S. business and is a higher factor of the news under Pexels, for a get a sense of Mr. Putin's secrecy when he covered the Kynchks for a Russian business newspaper and the press. He has been a good member of Mr. Putin's Security Council territory for a meeting, but his office announced the gathering with data from Mr. Putin's secret office. In said "that Putin's advantage is made up, it's an absolute far from beginning to end."

Mr. Putin's business is not only about security, but about preparing an act of contract activity, and control. The intensity of U.S. press coverage of the press is about the little hand, and has been been unimaginable in Russia even before the Ukraine war and the pandemic.

But the Trump administration's position is not the news media and its insiderations over the president's flight has eroded with less familiar in some Russian eyes.

"Putin is this scene is a carious one of a figure who has taken everything happening around him to the point of absurdity," Mr. Rubin said. "Trump, it seems to me, is only starting to move in this direction."

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3. RFP documents can be downloaded from NHA's website (www.nha.gov.pk) free of cost or the same can be purchased from the office of General Manager (F&CA), NHA-40, Islamabad.

4. Pre-Proposal Conference will be held on August 27, 2020 at 11:00 hours in the office of General Manager (F&CA), National Highway Authority, Islamabad (with option of reimburseable participation).

5. Procurement will be carried out by adopting "Single Stage Two Envelopes" procedure as per provisions of Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA). The Proposals complete in all respects, in accordance with the instructions provided in the RFP document, in sealed envelopes should reach no or before September 30, 2020 till 11:30 hours in the office of General Manager (F&CA), NHA-40, 28-Alaura Area, Sector G-61, Islamabad. Pakistan and be clearly marked "Consultancy Services for Feasibility Study & Detailed Design for Mansetta-Naran-Jaikhad-Chilas (MNJC)/Expressway (Approximate Length: 200 Km.)".

6. The Technical Proposals shall be opened on the same day at 12:00 hours, whereas the Financial Proposals if the technical, qualified form shall be opened after finalization of technical evaluation. Other details are provided in the RFP.

7. The French Consultants providing unsubstantiated and/or incorrect information are liable for legal action and/or disqualification.

8. The Authority reserves the right to reject all the proposals as per PPRA Rules.

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Ministry of Communications, Government of Pakistan

28-Alaura Area, Sector G-61, Islamabad, Pakistan

Phone: +92-01-9032727, Email: gropca.nha@gmail.com & Website: www.nha.gov.pk

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When Quakes Hit, Misrule Amplified Agony

Help Poured Into Venezuela, but a History of Bad Choices Undercut Rescue Efforts

The article is by Anatoly Karmanov, Julie Turkewitz, Tyler Pager and Mariana Martinez.

LA GUADRA, Venezuela — The phone call from Venezuela's president came in just after 4 a.m.

For years, Venezuela's autocratic government had been wary of the United Nations, seeing its aid programs and human rights investigations as a threat to its control. But hours after a pair of history-making quakes hit the country, President Deicy Rodriguez picked up telephone. Gianluca Rampolla, the highest-ranking U.N. officer in Venezuela answered, 'He had offered help from rescue teams around the world.'

'Get them all in,' Ms. Rampolla recounted Ms. Rodriguez saying, 'doesn't matter countries, doesn't matter allies, non-allies — bring them all in.'

In the hours after the June 24 earthquakes, Venezuela flung its doors open to the world, as about-face after years of near isolation. Rescuers and aid workers mobilized almost immediately, including from the United States, and from long-time fees like forest, Guyana and El Salvador. They had search dogs, fiber-optic cameras and sound-detection machines.

The foreign experience and advanced equipment saved lives. But Ms. Rodriguez had to summon global help partly because the decisions she and her ruling party had made in recent years had left the state weak, poor and disorganized.

To survive a profound economic crisis, international sanctions and electoral losses, the Socialist Party cut budgets, enabled corruption schemes, crushed dissent and prioritized loyalty over competence.

When disaster hit, the government was blind and hand-toed.

Shortages of skills and equipment tied to the government's own decisions limited its response in the crucial early hours, when trapped victims stood the best chance of rescue.

It took hours to determine that the hardest-hit zone was La Guaira, a state near Caracas, the capital, because of limited seismic data and reconnaissance capacity. It wasn't until the next sunrise, about 10 hours after the quakes hit, that Ms. Rodriguez's government got rescue efforts off the ground.

To most Venezuelans, that effort was feeble.

After years of austerity, emergency crews were shadows of their former selves, forcing some rescuers to work the rubble with bare hands. Corruption and sanctions meant the government had little functioning machinery to pull apart fallen buildings.

Spending cost and U.S. strikes on Venezuelan airfields in January had left the military with fewer operating aircraft to locate disaster zones and rush aid there. Years of counterintelligence measures designed to prevent cargo had left Venezuela's armed forces atomized, lacking a clear chain of command when the catastrophe required coordinated action.

Crucially, after years of repression, the government faced deep distress from its people. With no confidence that officials could save their companions, civilians streamed into La Guaira to pull people from the debris and deliver supplies. By the afternoon of the next day, June 25, well-meaning citizens had clogged the main highway, complicating rescue efforts.

The government initially kept the highway open, avoiding confrontations between civilians and the military; but perhaps elevating the death toll in La Guaira.

A calamity of such magnitude would have turned even the most prepared government. But to many Venezuelans — already hungry but image after 27 years of Socialist Party rule — the shortcomings exposed the full bankruptcy of Ms. Rodriguez's government.

'They sent no one to help,' said Lizett, 24, one of thousands of people displaced by the quakes. 'We have no leader. And the caretaker president? Well, I don't know what she's taking care of.'

On the international stage, however, Ms. Rodriguez has in many ways emerged from the disaster in a stronger position. She has made new allies and deepened her partnership with President Trump, who said she was doing a 'fantastic job' after the quakes.

This account of the initial 44 hours after the quakes is based on interviews with more than two dozen Venezuelan and U.S. officials, businessmen and diplomats, as well as numerous rescuers and volunteers. Some officials requested anonymity to discuss private conversations. Ms. Rodriguez's spokesman referred reporters to a propaganda video stressing that the president's 'top priority in the first 72 hours was to save lives.'

Officially, the earthquakes have killed at least 6,000 people, but many more are missing and likely dead.

When the shaking began on the evening of June 24, many Venezuelan officials believed they were being heeded — again — by a foreign force. Just six months before, U.S. forces had attacked La Guaira and Caracas, killing about 300 people and arresting President Nicolás Maduro.

On the last part, when the first quake hit, José Alejandro Terán, La Guaira's governor, was showering, as he rushed out, windows shattered and tiles cracked. He grabbed his 10-year-old daughter, he

Anatoly Karmanov and Julie Turkewitz reported from La Guaira, Tyler Pager from Washington and Mariana Martinez from Caracas, Venezuela, Sherju Lindbergh and the other reporting were Buenos Aires, Eric Schwab from Washington and Patricia Sutherland from New York.

Volunteers and relatives seeking survivors among public housing ruins in La Guaira in June, above. Left to right, residents at a building that collapsed onto itself; people delivering water and other supplies, the U.S. Air Force arriving to pitch in. Below left, La Guaira's top security official, Andrés Goscadores, and right, José Alejandro Terán, its governor.

said, huddled with her by a door frame and prayed.

The second, stronger quake came 39 seconds later.

'I never imagined living through something like this, nor even in a case of conventional war,' Mr. Terán said.

He drove through darkened streets filled with shrinking victims and flattened buildings. Gas canisters exploded around him. There was no cellphone service. When he got hold of a radio, many subordinates did not respond, and Mr. Terán would learn that about half his cabinet, some senior security officials, several relatives and many friends were dead.

Across a mountain range, Ms. Rodriguez was meeting her foreign minister in Caracas when the quakes struck. She rushed to meet her senior officials at a nearby cultural center. Along the way, she saw a residential tower collapse.

Aftershocks shook their impromptu hase, a colonial manor, as Ms. Rodriguez's inner circle worked the phases. Some of her first calls and texts were to American officials.

The United States Geological Survey initially located the epicenter of both quakes hundreds of miles away from La Guaira, which focused attention on the wrong area. The strength of the quakes — at 12 and 13 magnitude — meant reports of collapsed buildings and deaths poured in from many parts of the country, including Caracas, making it difficult to prioritize. The sun set soon after the quakes, making reconnaissance harder. The geological agency clarified weeks later that the second, more powerful, quake struck near La Guaira.

Senior State Department officials were notified of the quakes within minutes and began organizing a U.S. response even before speaking to their Venezuelan counterparts.

Within an hour after the quakes, Troy Eupy, an assistant chief of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, said the State Department had increased time to prepare to deploy in Venezuela.

Mr. Trump had already made a political bid on the success of Ms. Rodriguez's government months earlier. Some U.S. officials said the White House decided to mount an aid operation to reward Ms.

Rodriguez for meeting America's demands. It was a sharp turnaround from the administration's limited response to some other recent global disasters.

The quakes hit in the middle of the night for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was in Bahrain. He discussed the disaster with Mr. Trump before contact. In Mr. Rodriguez later on June 24, and offering a security full backing, arriving in a U.S. and a Venezuelan official.

Mr. Rubio and Ms. Rodriguez would speak several times in the days after the quakes, the U.S. official said. The U.S. would also activate roughly 2,000 U.S.

service members and send more than 300 rescuers.

The United States government has committed nearly $400 million to earthquake response efforts and has lessened economic sanctions on Venezuela to expedite humanitarian payments.

Washington's effective control of Venezuela's public revenues, however, meant Ms. Rodriguez was constrained in how she could spend the country's own money.

The U.S. Treasury receives most of Venezuela's expert revenues and then disburses it for uses approved by Mr. Buxton. The system has reduced corruption, but it has made it harder for Venezuela to move money around quickly.

The damage to Venezuela's main airport, which is in La Guaira, presented one of the biggest problems. The day after the quakes, U.S. military engineers landed at the airport to repair the landing strip and temporarily take over the control tower, because some operators had died. By June 24, large military aircraft were bringing in millions of pounds of supplies.

When the quakes struck, La Guaira's top security official, Andrés Goscadores, found himself cut off from the outside world. He said he organized a make-shift response from his home to the Caro ballistic district, a two-story compound combining living quarters, a police station and a first-aid station.

Lit by a portable power plant, the compound became a lighthouse in the surrounding blackout, Mr. Goscadores said. He was well stocked with basic emergency supplies but lacked specialized rescue equipment.

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District of injured people were brought to the compound, he said. Some were mobilized; others died on the floor. The earthquakes killed his mother, sister and three other relatives.

Back in Caracas, Ms. Rodriguez, a known micromanager, initially tried to get up the rescue effort under her control. On the evening of June 24, her officials reached out to governments and international organizations with which they already had working relationships, including the United States, Switzerland and the U.N.

As the first night ended, Ms. Rodriguez broadened her appeal. Some after surprise, she traveled to La Guaira's regional military base, and stayed there throughout that day.

Israel rushed satellite imagery to Venezuela and sent demolition advisers to La Guaira, a stark turnaround after years of Venezuela's support for Palestinian independence. El Salvador's right-wing president, Suyib Bialete, long a hoopyman of Venezuela's propaganda, spoke with Ms. Rodriguez bears after the guide. Saluabana rescuers were among the first on the ground.

The damage to La Guaira's airport meant that the first rescue teams landed at a military base about 50 miles away.

By then, the stream of volunteers and victims' relatives had blocked the only highway to La Guaira, delaying the recovery deployment. The civilian radio-infrared Ms. Rodriguez with one of her most commercials (basics).

Millenizing access raided strong all reins. Leaving it open hindered the rescue operation.

"There were so many people deeper-

ate to come look for their relatives that if you closed access in the beginning, Caracas would have exploded," Mr. Terán, the governor, said.

The government vacillated. According to a senior Venezuelan official, Ms. Rodriguez argued for closing access to La Guaira soon after the quakes, but was initially overruled by Dimebate Cabello. Venezuela's powerful interior minister and Ms. Rodriguez's ruling party rival.

Mr. Cabello finally announced he was

restricting access to La Guaira on the evening of June 26, about 50 hours after the quakes.

By then, the roads to and inside the disaster zone were already gridlocked. The injured were dying in dark ambulances. Emergency workers sat in traffic.

The 101 American firefighters, engineers, doctors and other specialists sent in by the U.S. government went home after about 15 days.

They had rescued five survivors.

Emergency medical workers in La Guaira hunting for signs of life. After years of austerity, emergency crews were shadows of their former selves. Equipment was so scarce that some rescuers worked the rubble with bare hands.

New Antidrug Coalition Gets a Hegseth Pep Talk

By ERIC SCHMITT,

and ARNIE CORBELL

Defense Secretary Pete Hogseth has called on military leaders in Latin America to camp up their light against drug traffickers and join the U.S. military in operations against cartels.

Mr. Hogseth, speaking to civilian defense leaders and top generals from 18 other countries on Wednesday at a meeting of a U.S.-led counter-cartel coalition in Panama, doubled down on the Trump administration's pledge to use military force in addition to late enforcement measures to combat drug traffickers.

The collective goal is "to degrade, dismantle and destroy nonconvenient networks," said Mr. Hogseth, speaking on the outline of a major U.S.-led regional training exercise in Panama.

With his typical firewalls, Mr. Hogseth said the cartel-busting coalition's motto would be, "We do find things to bad people."

The Trump administration has in recent months stopped up its cooperation with allies across Latin America to combat the drug trade.

It created the coalition, part of the regional Shield of the American alliance, and convened its first meeting in March.

That month, Ecuador and the United States launched joint military operations against designated terrorist groups. In May, the Pentagon pressed Guatemala to agree to joint U.S. activities and other military action inside its borders to target suspected drug groups.

Mr. Hogseth said on Wednesday that Honduras and Colombia had also agreed to allow joint operations.

Last week, the military's U.S. Southern Command announced a Joint Task Force Women House sphere, setting up the infrastructure for an expansion of its war against drugs in cooperation with regional allies.

This new task force builds on a year-long Pentagon campaign in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, where the military has conducted 86 best strikes that have killed at least 225 people who always, without preventing violence, were trafficking drugs.

Legal experts have warned that the strikes are illegal, because the military cannot deliberately target civilians who are not directly participating in hostilities, even if they are breaking the law. Trafficking drugs, they say, does not rise to the standard of hostilities.

On Wednesday, Mr. Hogseth asserted that these strikes have decreased the number of suspected drug vessels by more than half in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. But a recent investigation by The New York Times revealed that cocaine, by far the top drug smuggled out of South America, is as easy to get in much of the United States as it was before the strikes began.

The United States also recently announced it was fast-tracking military cooperation with Colombia, where voters elected a right-wing president in June. The country could emerge as a key piece of the U.S. push against traffickers and organized crime in the region.

Colombia is the world's largest producer of cocaine and has in the past been a staunch U.S. ally.

Blaming cartels and drug gangs for America's overtime crime and for fueling violent crime, the Trump administration has added

around 35 groups to its list of foreign terrorist organizations since 2025 — from major Mexican cartels to Ecuadorian drug gangs — and has authorized using lethal force against them.

Last year, President Trump justified the military's strikes on small bears by claiming that the United States was engaged in a formal "armed conflict" with traffickers that had been designated as terrorist organizations, and that smugglers for such groups were "unlawful combatants."

The military's most recent strike, which killed eight people, was on June 21. Pentagon officials say there has been a pause since then partly because military teams and equipment were diverted to help provide humanitarian relief to victims of the recent earthquake in Venezuela.

Now the Trump administration appears to be moving its efforts targeting armed groups in Latin America from international waters onto land.

In data, 36 countries have joined the Pentagon-led counter-cartel coalition: Argentina, the Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago.

Mr. Hogseth met with officials in Panama City during a visit in April 2025 and signed a bilateral security agreement with Panama's president, José Raúl Mullon, a conservative who has been eager to negotiate with the Trump administration after facing threats over the Panama Canal. Panama does not have an active military.

Nations that do not officially have agreements with the United States have nevertheless been the sites of highly publicized operations since Mr. Trump took office last year.

Mr. Trump applauded a C.I.A.-involved strike in Mexico in February that helped kill Nemesis/Oregonia Cervantes, known as El Mencho, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The president also celebrated a strike in Venezuela that killed a leader of Tres de Angua, a international group that he says has invaded the United States and perpetrated murders and other violence.

Experts say that organized crime and trafficking have expanded across the region in places where the government is absent and that illicit activities have spiked since the pandemic.

They caution, however, that post U.S.-led "drug wars" in the region have failed to curb the drug trade — and note that today, much of South America's cocaine heads to Europe, not the United States.

Human rights groups also warn that militarizing the light against armed groups roins increasing violence that threatens civilians.

Initially absent from the regional anti-trafficking alliance — and the conference in Panama this week — is Mexico, home to formidable cartels that traffic bestand and other deadly drugs into the United States. Like Brazil, which is not in the regional alliance either, Mexico has a left-wing leader, Claudia Meierbaum.

Many of the public backlash in a country with a long history of U.S. military intervention, and determined to protect Mexican sovereignty, Ms. Meierbaum has stuck to a simple message: "Coordination but not subordination."

Australia Bishop Convicted Of Sexually Abusing 2 Men

By LAURA CRIONS

SYDNEY, Australia — An Australian jury on Thursday found a former Catholic bishop guilty of sexually abusing two men, according to media experts.

The former Bishop, Christopher Alan Saunders, 76, was found guilty of 15 sex offenses, including one count of sexual penetration without consent and 12 charges of material assault, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. He was acquitted of six other charges. Mr. Saunders, who was the bishop of the disease of Breome, had pleaded not guilty to the charges, local media reported.

The current bishop of Breome, Tim Norton, released a statement after the verdict acknowledging, "the courage of victims, survivors, and other witnesses who came forward to express their truth."

"We are deeply sorry for the fact they have experienced. We are sorry for the human they have endured," Bishop Norton said.

The offenses date to 2009, WA Today, an Australian online public notice, said.

During the trial, the District Court of Western Australia heard that Mr. Saunders held gatherings where he gave alcohol and food to one. An Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported, "the state work also said he touched young men with his liver and, in one case, engaged in oral sex without con-

sent. The victims were young Indigenous men.

The Breome discover spans the Kimberley region, an area larger than France in the face of one of the state of Western Australia. It has a population of about 50,000, according to the disease's website.

Mr. Saunders, who was arrested in 2024, is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 21.

The verdict came into one of the most senior Catholic clerics in Australia to have been convicted of sexual abuse committed while serving in his post, Mr. Today said. A Catholic cardinal, George Pell, who died in 2023, was convicted in 2016 of child sexual abuse, but Australia's highest court overturned his conviction.

A national inquiry into child sex abuse in 2017 found that more than 4,000 people had been abused as children in religious institutions, of whom over 80 percent said the power had occurred in Catholic institutions.

Bishop Norton said in his statement that he would visit parts of the Breome disease in the coming months to speak with members of the community.

Mr. Saunders was consecrated as the second bishop of the disease in 2006, but he stopped aside in 2020, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. He formally resigned the position in 2025.

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Oil From Grounded Tanker Imperils Arabian Bird and Turtle Habitat

Latest Spill Compounds Damage Of Overlapping Mideast Conflicts

This article is by Premar Banker, Saman Mideast and Saman Sanyapa.

An old spill from a Russian shadow fleet tanker that ran aground two months ago has spread its long, black tongue across a remote, ecologically sensitive swath of the Arabian Sea, according to satellite data and statements from Oman's government.

The spill has survived the early 1980s of an Oman island, Justice of Qibiyah, that it shows to a range of endangered species and spread to a 25-mile stretch of beach on the mainland, called Ras Madrulak. Oman's environmental agency said Wednesday in a statement carried by the state news agency.

A British maritime disaster management company, called Astlevy, has been hired to rescue the tanker and trap the spread of the spill, according to the company. "This is an extremely challenging situation, compounded by adverse weather conditions," said Ed Wollaston, director of global response at Astlevy.

The spill compounds the environmental consequences of three sinking, overlapping conflicts that have made oil and gas and structure targets of war in recent months. Russia and Ukraine have attacked each other's energy facilities. In Yemen, the Hantle militia has attacked oil tankers tied to Saudi Arabia. And the United States and Iran have attacked oil installations and tankers in and around the Strait of Harman.

Several oil spills have been detected from satellite images in the strait, including a fairly significant one off track Kharj island, according to Brian Barnes, an oceanographer at the University of South Florida. None of them are anywhere near as large as the massive spills of the 1981 Gulf war, when Iraqi forces set ashore hundreds of oil wells and caused one of the world's worst environmental catastrophes, which took years to clean up. But with dismay a responsible well the ongoing conflict, and even the ecological impacts of the spills are hard to gauge at the moment.

"Satellite observations are

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great and can tell us a lot," Mr. Barnes said. "But we don't have the capacity to go out and see."

On Tuesday, Iranian state media posted images of oil contamination spreading to Qeelen Island, including an area, known as Shih Decca, where the rare speckled sea turtle nests every spring. Iranian government officials have said nothing about the cause of that spill.

Largest of Several Spills

The spill in Oman waters appears to be among the largest of several in the waterways of the Middle East. Estimates vary widely on the scale of the contamination, and what caused it is the first place remains a mystery, all that is certain is that Oman's government has been forced to respond, because the tanker crushed into the rocky shoals of Qibiyah on a windy day in June.

A source is have had little to do with Oman, or the conflicts in the region.

The tanker known as the Carolina Borong, is about 900 feet long and capable of carrying nearly a million barrels of oil. It had been used for the last couple of years to thirty minutes crude oil to refineries in Asia, according to Tanker Teachers.com, a company that monitors global oil shipping.

In the past, it was flagged under Cameroon. Its managing agent was a firm registered in Cyprus, called Laparomine, which was under sanctions by the United States and European Union for lodging finance Russia's war in Ukraine.

Since July, 2023, it had made 12 trips from ports in Russia to ports in India and Pakistan, and since to China, according to logo kept by Tanker Teachers.com. In 2025, its crew had complained of not being paid for months, the Seafarers Union of Russia told Russian media outlets.

Its latest journey began on May 15 from the Russian port of Novorodyn, on the Black Sea, according to Tanker Teachers.com. It was headed for Shiva, a port on the western coast of India that serves the world's largest refinery complex, near Jamnagar.

India, which has not signed on to Western sanctions imposed after Russia's invasion of Ukraine,

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has instead sharply increased its purchase of Russian oil since that war began in 2023.

India's growing economy needs a lot of oil, and its refineries, including the Jamnagar complex, have made a thriving business from expiring refined products to fuel-bungry countries.

Running Aground at Sea

The Caroline Borong did not reach India this time.

On June 6, the ship encountered "an incident" outside Oman's territorial waters, the head of the country's Environment Authority. Abdullah Bin Ali Al Amri, said in

its interview on Oman TV.

Whether Pakistan was roaming by malfunctioning equipment on the ship or by an attack remains unknown, the party has accepted responsibility.

By June 22, according to the Oman government, the ship ran aground on the rocks of the Qib-

A satellite image showing the damaged wood, the Russian tanker Caroline Borong, and oil slick off the coast of Oman.

Eysh Island. "Reconnaissance measures were taken to inspect the ship's safety, and indeed, at that time, there was no noticeable oil spill," Mr. Al Amri said in the television interview.

By late July, there was a noticeable spill. By early August, it had spread.

Oman's Environment Authority said this week that the slick covers around 180 square kilometers.

Greenpeace said that by Aug. 4 it had covered 600 square kilometers, a leachful increase in just two miles. The situation surrounding the tanker Caroline Borong is yet another alarming example of the serious environmental risks posed by Russia's so-called shadow fleet, the organization said in a statement.

John Amro, head of an organization called SkyTruth, which uses satellite imagery to track oil contamination, estimated the coverage area to have grown to roughly 2,200 square kilometers. He said the Oman government's estimate appears "far too low."

Mr. Amro said if all of the Caroline Borong's oil leaked, the spill would be comparable to the Exxon Valdez disaster, one of the worst spills in American history and the situation, and the impact of seabroth, otters, seals and whales.

A Headache for Oman

Astlevy, the maritime response firm, said in a statement to The New York Times that it was working with the Oman Air Force to stabilize the ship and thus ship-to help with the salvage operation were no more.

Shadow fleet tankers are often uninsured, and shipowners rarely make an exact. Oman is left with the rank of monitoring and matching the damage. The Environment Authority, in its latest statement on Monday, said the ship was advancing quickly in a northeasterly direction.

It said it was trying to protect the most environmentally sensitive areas. "Efforts are being diverted towards identifying zones most vulnerable to impact and correlating them with pollution drift trajectories, with particular emphasis on around high-ecological value and sensitivity," the Ministry said.

Some of a passenger trains are flipped onto their sides Thursday in southern England near Lewes. The accident's cause was unclear.

Train Derails in England, Leaving 2 Seriously Injured

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR

LONDON — Two people were seriously injured Thursday afternoon when a passenger train derailed in East Sussex, England, the British Transport Police said in a statement.

Eighteen other people suffered less serious injuries to the incident, in which three of the train's eight carriages left the tracks and the two of the train's 1,000,000 train. Officials said people who were trapped in these cars had since been evacuated.

Some of the injured were treated at the arms, while others were taken to head hospitals, officials said.

Pictures of train cars lying on their side, with emergency work-in-cash riders standing on the top of the carriages were being溺水ed online.

"We've declared a major incident, and a significant emergency service response is ongoing at the

scene," said Ian Drummond-Smith, the assistant chief constable at the department. "But all passengers on the train have now been subtly evacuated from the service."

It was unclear what caused the accident, though pictures from the scene showed best and revised rails where the three trains can apparently sketched off the track.

Most Americans for British transport secretary, said in a statement on social media that she was 'deeply concerned of reports of a derailment.'

As real-time damage from a BBC helicopter showed three of the eight train cars lying on their side, with a touch partly derailed. The other four cars appeared to be still upright on the tracks.

Rob Bradley, a passenger, told the BBC that the journey with his daughter had seemed normal until they felt the train speeding up abruptly.

The train "then started to rock, and at that point I knew something was very strange, and then our carriage actually jumped vertically upward and we could tell it was a derailment," Mr. Bradley said. "The emergency broken the went on, the train and everything gas thrown forward."

Mr. Bradley said he and his daughter were in one of the carriages that did not tip over. But he said he saw some people with blood on their clothes as he evacuated the train.

Southern Railway, the company that operates the train, confirmed the incident in a statement: "A train has derailed in the area between Haywards Heath and Lewes. Emergency services are making their way to the scene, and we are working out the impact this will have on our recovery."

The company added, "If you are traveling between London and the East Coast, we advise

against traveling."

The derailment took place on a section of a rail line between London and southeastern England. Thursday was the historic day of the year as far in Britain, with the customers in one part at London reaching 26 degrees Celsius, or around 100 Fahrenheit.

The RalZ-Acriden Investigation Branch, an independent service manager, said it would begin an investigation.

In a statement on social media, the agency said that it was 'deploying a team of inspectors to the line of a passenger train derailment near to Lewes, East Sussex, to begin gathering evidence.'

Mr. Drummond-Smith, of the British Transport Police, said his Department was "supporting the RalZ-Acriden Investigation Branch to establish exactly what's happened. We'll provide further information as soon as we are able."

Diver Finds Mound of Relics From 2,000 Years Ago in Italy

By EPRISAT LENI

An Italian diver and sparsificing champion sea a routine foray in the waters off Sicily recently happened upon the remains of an ancient shipwreck, which Italy's Ministry of Culture has said a "one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years."

"The diver, Giacomo de Mola, was exploring about three miles off the coast of Macara del Valle in southeastern Sicily with an assistant when many revealed an underwater structure that he initially thought was a rock. Visibility was low, but he pushed on coming upon what he called a video on social media "the most incredible discovery of my life."

"My heart stopped," Mr. de Mola said, describing what he saw. A time took revealed a pile of hundreds of ancient amphorae — clay vessels with handles that had been used by ancient Greeks, Romans and Phoenicians to store and transport goods.

The mound of artifacts, many apparently still attack, covered an area of about 6 feet by nearly 70 km. Mr. de Mola said, and presented "a treasure at the bottom of the sea" Mr. de Mola "began to show quite a lot connected him with the authorities in Sicily who soon visited the northernolives and confirmed that this was indeed a historically significant trial."

The newly discovered underwater archaeological site most likely dates back to a shipwreck about 2,000 years ago during the Roman era between the second and first centuries. R.C., said information Cnid, Italy's minister of culture, in a statement on Saturday.

He said that the initial find has been made by unnamed private citizens, returning to Mr. de Mola, and was later confirmed by various law enforcement teams in Sicily specializing in cultural heritage.

Mr. Cnid said that the Italian authorities would continue to find a cause of nearly the 90% of the shipwreck to reconstruct "the archaeological interest" and to ensure the necessary protective measures are taken to preserve the illuminating find. Discovered

along with the hundreds of amphorae were two load anchor stocks, or parts of ancient anchors.

Amphorae were used in ancient Mediterranean cultures to store and transport goods like olives, oil, wine, honey, grains and other items. The vessels were usually carved with a long narrow neck and two handles, but their shape

Amphorae, like the ones found above, were used in ancient Mediterranean cultures to store and transport goods like honey, oil, olives and wine.

varied somewhat depending on size.

Those used for storage typically had a flat bottom, giving the co-zone containers suitably and creating them to stand up. Venom that were used for transport, however, commonly opened into narrow painted bottoms, making them easier to pack on ships with some ashes or even to remove them.

Most of the amphorae discovered at the sea site in Sicilian waters were of the variety with narrow, patent features, according to Mr. Cnid and found an video from the area released by Mr. de Mola, as well as video shared by the Italian authorities.

"The sea continues to yield precious and great value for history," Mr. Cnid said, noting that the find "speaks to us of the people, trade mates and exchanges that turned the Mediterranean into a crossroads of civilizations."

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Most Raves Ignore Drug Use. This One Tries to Make It Safer.

By MATT BENTEL

One morning is late July. Justin and two friends from Seattle crossed the border into British Columbia in a small R.V., on their way to one of the more unusual races in the world.

As the friends set up camp among the 25,000 other visitors to the Shambhala Music Festival, they were approached by someone offering “party lovers”—drugs. Soon they received a chance of illicit substances and their prices via an encrypted messaging app.

The three of them—and several other friends—decided to purchase LSD, bridades and MDRIA. The total cost was $400.

The Times agreed to identify the festivalgazers by first name only so they could speak openly about their drug use.

Buying and using drugs is not unusual at music festivals. It’s commonplace—and risky, given that drugs can be cut with dangerous substances or differ from what sellers claim they are. What distinguishes Shambhala is that anyone can test the drugs they’ve just bought, and get advice on how to reduce the risk of using them, as a sophisticated on-site drug lab.

Shambhala’s approach is one answer to a question at the heart of an interesting health crisis: What should be done about a drug supply that is more contaminated, poison and unpredictable than even.

The free drug testing service is continued by the festival and the government. Last year, about 7 percent of the 4,392 samples tested at Shambhala contained something unexpected. That suggested the drugs at the festival were far less contaminated than those on the streets, though they still carried risks. Pentanyl was detected, but rarely, along with other dangerous combinations of substances.

The males can be high. Hundreds of people at Shambhala each year need medical attention for drug-related problems. And in 27 years, there have been four deaths, festival officials said: two were ruled drug-related, including a cocaine overdose in 2021.

Illegal drugs are getting more dangerous. The rise of lab-made drugs has allowed illicit chemists to introduce hundreds of new compounds, flooding streets and festivals with new products and risks.

The shift helps explain an overdose crisis that, in the United States, kills more Americans each year than died in the whole of the Vietnam War, with Canada experiencing similar public health effects. Pentanyl is one major reason, but a broad transition to cheap synthetic drugs has amplified the problem.

One approach favors tougher law enforcement. Another, practiced at Shambhala, emphasizes harm reduction: accepting the dangerous residues of drug use, and trying to reduce the risks.

The festival code of conduct prohibits illegal substances, but the organizers say they have people will use drugs anyway. Not Muck and, the festivals chief executive officer, said he saw the decadalous there. “Harm reduction isn’t about approving of drug use,” he said, “it’s about making sure people can get help when they need it.”

Drug testing of varying kinds has been part of music festivals for years, but few have open and extensive operations like Shambhala—and even fewer, if any, in the United States.

One reason is a 2001 law, the Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act, known as the RAVS Act, which is another measure of music festivals for knowingly allowing drug use.

The threat of liability forces festivals to “pretend there are no drugs,” said Tammy Anderson, a new culture expert and professor in the University of Tennessee’s Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice.

More broadly, the Trump administration has turned away from harm reduction. In April, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration said it would stop handing needle exchanges and test strips to divert fentanyl in drugs, among other programs.

Public health experts criticized the policy, saying that drug users are safer when they have more information.

Drug-testing made Shambhala safer,

Performances at the Shambhala Music Festival in Tudros, British Columbia, went on all night. Attendees praised the community and freedom they found there.

too. Dr. Anderson said, though she added that it didn’t eliminate risk.

“I would see want my 21-year-old or 22-year-old to go into a setting like that,” she said. But, hypothetically, she added, “Which one do I want him to go to? Probably Shambhala”—because of the safety precautions.

Shambhala’s harm reduction efforts go well beyond testing. It has a 13-bed field hospital, run by an emergency room doctor and staffed by 38 physicians, roaming teams of harm reduction counselors, and an area called the Sanctuary, with 50 hammocks and mattresses for people having bad drug trips or suffering from exhaustion.

Even with these precautions, 600 to 800 serious medical issues occur each year at Shambhala, many related to drugs, including cases involving decreased cutaneous, agitation, psychosis and the occasional seizure, said the festival’s medical director, Dr. Brendan Mann, an anesthesiologist in Ontario.

Other festivals have medical challenges, too. Data is limited, but one paper on music festivals in the United Kingdom found 32 possible drug-related deaths between 2017 and 2023.

The Festival Begins

THURSDAY, 4 PM. Justin and his friend Bryce, both tech professionals in their late 20s, stood in the air for drug-testing building. Like many at the festival, they said they were occasional recreational drug users, not in the habit, outside races, of ingesting psychedelics.

A table near the front offered main and female condoms, syringes for accurate drug-testing and clean chores for sniffing powders. Signs urged consent for any sexual activity and warned against completing certain drugs.

The lab was run by ANKORS, a regional nonprofit focused on harm reduction. At Shambhala, it received financial and scientific support from Interior Health, a British Columbia health authority.

The previous wasn’t encouraging illegal drug use, said Antoine Marcheterre, the drug-checking lead for Interior Health and a co-manager of the ANKORS testing service. In fact, in January, after a political backlash, British Columbia ended a three-year pilot

At Shambhala, anyone can test the drugs they’ve just bought, and get advice on how to reduce the risk of using them, at an on-site drug lab.

project that had decriminalized drug use and the possession of small amounts of some illicit drugs. But legal exemptions for drug testing remain.

Mr. Marcheterre said he knows some people oppose harm reduction, including drug testing. “They’ll say, ‘Let’s not spend the money. People should not use drugs,” he said. “But that’s not the result of things. We’d rather help people than say, ‘Yes’re on your own.’”

Justin said that he and his friends got to several festivals a year in the United States and sometimes use drugs. In those cases, he said, they might bring drugs bought from a trusted source and test them using less sophisticated at-home testing kits.

“Every festival has people taking drugs, but people just have to be way more discreet,” he said. Shambhala, he added, was an outlier only in terms of how open it was.

Justin and Bryce sat down at a long folding table across from a smiling field

lab technician and handed over their drugs. She tested the drugs for human subjects. Then she used a device that allows internet light to measure the community materials’ fingerprint. It confirmed the drug was ketamine.

The technician placed a sample of the LSD into a small city and added a liquid that would turn purple if positive for the drug. It did. Justin used a scale to measure his drugs for precise dosing.

To ANKORS, the counseling that followed was an important as the testing itself. These conversations focused on the drugs’ risks and effects, along with safety tips such as staying hydrated. But the counselors don’t tell people not to take drugs.

THURSDAY, 6 PM. A mile away, at the north end of the festival, the simple house of the farming family that started Shambhala sits atop a bluff. In 1988, But and the Bumbichah, formerly apple farmers who bought the land to raise cattle, learned that their 10-year-old son, Jimmy, was attending raves.

In the days before smartphones, they said, young people would write the best time of secret parties on chicken eggs and then leave them for their friends.

“Kids were partying in the bank,” said Ms. Bumbichah, sure. “It,” he first ask, no security, starting here, “As the family decided to host Jimmy and others on their property.”

“It just made sense to have a place where they could, yes knew, not have a lot of rules but some checks and balances,” she recalled.

When ANKORS got involved, in the early 2000s, the family was thrilled. Drug-motors feared arrest, and ANKORS initially ran a discreet operation with much less sophisticated equipment. But in the opioid crisis intensified over the past decade, and drug-related deaths became more common, the operation gradually moved into the open.

On the bluff that evening, Mr. Bumbichah, 77, signed a pillows and looked across the pop-up village of tests and R.V.s operated across the property. He said at least much the festival had grown. With help from his parents, Jimmy had built it into a multimillion-dollar family business, now charging 620 Canadian dollars, or about $440, for general admission.

What did he think about all the drugs

on his coach? “It’s nothing I’d ever use.” Mr. Bumbichah said, though lately he’s been taking a few parts of exceptions to help him sleep. But, he added, prohibits one second cycle: “A place like this, it’s totally impossible to stop it.”

The fourth run shows a harder line on alcohol, meaning not the festival out of low it; house added danger, they said, particularly when combined with drugs, and aggressive behavior they thought made young women in particular uncomfortable.

THURSDAY, 7:30 PM. That evening, a problem arose at the testing centre.

A bootstrapped bad brought in four translucent capsules filled with white powder. He told the technician that he thought they contained 20 lb. a synthetic psychedelic and stimulant that can cause euphoria. The test found something else—LSD—Muck, which Mr. Marcheterre described as “a very potent psychedelic”—and possibly deadly.

The testing service contacted Shambhala organizers, who discussed the issue at their nightly public safety meeting. By 8:30 p.m., an alert had gone out through the widely used Shambhala app, warning of a “very dangerous substance.”

This was an extreme case. Mr. Marcheterre said, he couldn’t remember the last warning like it. But, he added, “It’s a textbook example of what our service can do.” Word also went out to the medical staff and security, just as the party was taking off.

THURSDAY, 10 PM. Hans Stumped and light shows erupted on three major stages: the Pogada, the Living Room and the Amp. Crowds danced joyfully.

Justin and his friends decided not to use any of the drugs they’d bought earlier. Instead, they stored into things with cannabis gummers and put they’d legally purchased.

On Friday, Justin and his friends would take LSD, He described it as “a body high, not a head high,” and said that when he closed his arms, he could lose the pain of light. He and his friends were back at camp and asleep by 7:30 a.m. On Saturday night, they used the ketamine, on Sunday night, the MDRIA. They said they had a great time.

The Morning After

On Saturday at 11 a.m., just outside the medical tent, Dawson, a 24-year-old from Calgary who works in the oil fields, hobbled on a bandaged left foot.

His injury was drug-related. Several hours earlier, he said, at 9 a.m., he had returned to his computer after dancing to the police. The Pogada had been a ketamine all night. His friends went to sleep, but Dawson could not, so he took some more ketamine to try to come down.

The rest was 7 was not a ketamine. Dawson said, “I convinced myself that I was in a video game and climbed on a trailer and spotted across the roof.”

He tried to jump to the next trailer, but in full short. His feet caught on the edge, leaving him with a six-inch-long cut. The skin around the wound was so sharp and dry, he said, that it couldn’t be stitched, so he’d have to wait until he got home for more care.

As he stood in front of the medical tent, Dawson said he’d not be coming back to Shambhala. Then he reconsidered and said he’d at least take a few years off. “I want to work on my own course,” he said. “I am not strong enough to handle my substances in a place that gives you this much free range.”

The free drug testing service, run by ANKORS, a nonprofit, is sanctioned by the government and the festival, where the mood was joyful and carefree. But with temperatures over 90 degrees, heat and dehydration were a risk.

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Splitting the M.M.R. Vaccine Into 3 Shots Is a Bad Idea, Doctors Say

By APPOHYA NAUMSHTLI

President Trump issued an executive order this week calling for immunization for measles, fluke and other births, a majority of vaccination programs worldwide, to be offered as three individual jobs given at separate times, intended if it was established in the U.S. as the 1980s. The 1980s are more than one time, the president made a frightening and unobtrustained claim about the combination side. "Together, there could be a possibility of a new vaccine."

Researchers have not linked the combination M.M.R. plan to a risk of death, and there is no evidence that it is dangerous or that right. The 1980s are a major problem in any cadre or more effective, vaccine experts said. Combinations shots have been used in the United States since 1975, and even in the United States, the 1980s are partisan against individual shots. They have been given to hundreds of millions of children.

What's more, separate vaccines are the most common type of medals have not been available in the United States for many years. Vaccine manufacturers said it would take a minimum of five to 10 years for them to be tested and

made available.

"We don't have any way to implement what he's suggesting," said Dr. Kathryn Edwards, a retired vaccinologist and professor emerita at Vanderbilt University who studied individual and combination vaccines.

"It's just simply mere confusion for the poor parents," Dr. Edwards said. "And it's just showing the world that our health system and our M.H.S. and our providers are totally uninformed," she said, referring to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Ms. Trump's executive order does not carry legal weight and does not affect the availability of the current combination vaccines or their reimbursement by insurance companies. States set a questionnaire for which shots, children should get, and vaccine manufacturers across Republican and Democratic states have been reasonably similar over decades.

A same states up to follow Mr. Trump's executive order and requires the shots to be given individual's payments would need to be the best children to show separate opportunities. And, the children would receive even more needle prices than they currently do. (Mr. Trump said Mr. Kennedy have re-

pounds) said American children receive too many shots — although the numbers they give are vastly inaccurate. Children in the United States may receive 10 shots by up 5, including a season of flu shot, not 75 as the officials have repeatedly said.)

Combination shots were developed in part to address poorest worries that their children were becoming "the customer" for vaccines, said Dr. Frank Derkman, who led the vaccine safety office at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention from 2009 to 2015. Its safety concerns emerged in the years of clinical trials that compared the two approaches.

"It's never been demonstrated that separating the vaccines is any safer than combined vaccines," he said.

Mr. Trump said his executive order was issued primarily to the votes, unobtrustained, that children had vaccines can cause sudden, severe injuries. More has been searched and debanded since a 1980 study, which was later re-tracted and exposed as food blasted the idea that the measles can have caused asthma. No Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others have looked the theory for years, at times pointing to the

A directive based on unsubstantiated theories about autism.

combination M.M.R. vaccine, the hepatitis B vaccine or the entire childhood vaccination schedule as paper is available.

"These ideas never die," Dr. Derkman said. "They're sudden ideas. They keep impinging on."

The combined M.M.R. vaccine is now being used in the general risk of seizures if a child develops a fever, but that type of seizure — which can occur after any high-level, including one that may develop after becoming a single one — does not cause long-term harm, according to the C.D.C.

Most people who get M.M.R. vaccines do not have any serious problems with it," the agency's website says. "Getting M.M.R. vaccine is much easier than getting measles, a matter of criteria."

Repeating parents is trying their children to be there separate two to receive that protection may deter some from getting the required shots and decrease immunization

stimulus more, or at least delay protection for vulnerable young children. In studies that compared timing of shots, parents who had to bring their children to more of this ended up dropping out because of the inconvenience, Dr. Edwards said.

Japan offers a cautionary tale for countries that neutral combination shots. In 1995, the country passed one of an M.M.R. vaccine standard for the 1980s. The 1980s individual shots for measles and rubella, and made the main dates mumps also voluntary. Use of the mumps also against "frequent" infections, and the 1980s are a bad idea. And once, a pediatrician at the University of Michigan who studied the vaccine.

Class of mumps soared, and more than 10 years manageable in 1.14 percent of the children, as well as more harmful types of meningitis, brain damage and hearing loss.

And vaccination for measles and rubella also pioneered, leading to surges in these illnesses. "There's strong evidence that splitting multicomponent vaccines into single components leads to decrease in immunization coverage rates," Dr. Andreas said.

If immunization costs for measles in the United States drop to a similar level, according to one including study, the country may use 1.1 million cases of measles over 25 years. This year, a much smaller drop in the vaccination rate has already led to the highest number of measles cases observed in the United States.

The M.M.R. vaccine rates on treatment free viruses, which change over time, as companies cannot simply resurrect the individual, and which were phased out in 2008.

"Essentially, there would be considered three investigational vaccines and would require full support for timing, and a regulatory review for each new product to be licensed," said Dr. Paula Antoniatis, who heads the new clinical research at the pharmaceutical industry. "We also make manufacture one of the two M.M.R. shots available in the United States.

Hogseth Is Pressed Over Lawyer's Role in Promotions

By ANNA LEWIS

WASHINGTON — Representative Susan Crow, Democrat of Colorado, pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hogseth in a letter released on Thursday to clarify his earlier statements about whether his personal and personal experiences are contrary promotions.

During a hearing to a part, Mr. Hogseth has been called Tuesday Partisans, a lawyer who has represented Mr. Hogseth and President Trump, was working on behalf of senior military officers being nominated for promotion by Mr. Hogseth.

Mr. Hogseth said that Mr. Perlmutter, who is also the "special adviser" of the President and a Navy reserve, had no role in choosing senior military leaders.

— He doesn't represent service," Mr. Hogseth notified before the House, Armed Services Committee. "He's a legal adviser and always has been."

Last month, The New York Times reported that Ado, Daryl Caudle, when he was under one of the United States's most rural operations, had hired Mr. Perlmutter to help him receive comments he had made about the Pentagon's Sexual Assault Prevention and Reimpsiary program, officials said. Some interpreted Admiral Caudle's remarks at blasting victims.

He said that he was a member of the state to explain the apparent contradiction between the congressional testimony and the Times report.

He said that in modern radio decisions of the and death nearly every day, and the American people must see that those leaders are chosen with integrity, merit and respect, and that the American will be said in a statement. "Undermining this process puts our national

Representative Jason Crow of Colorado questioning Pete Hogseth, Secretary of Defense, in April.

security at risk. Hogseth must set the record straight before the American people."

In an interview with The Times on Wednesday, Mr. Perlmutter called Mr. Crow's letter "took the record."

"The record is clear that Admiral Caudle had already been advised before he and I had ever spoken. Mr. Perlmutter said 'All of the secretary's answers at the hearing were completely and so fully resolved.'

As part of his work for Admiral Caudle, Mr. Perlmutter suggested that the decision and the request for the Naval officer to his interview with investigators.

After the inspector general heard the allegations of struggling by Admiral Caudle to be unethical, his nomination was sent to Mr. Trump for approval. The Pentagon declined to come here on Mr. Crow's visit.

In an earlier statement, Sean Fennell, the chief Pentagon spokesman, said that all promotion decisions in the Pentagon were based "strictly in view."

Mr. Hogseth selected Admiral Caudle for the job leading the Navy even though he was not on a list of candidates recommended by senior Navy friends. He was over as the 24th chief of naval operations last summer.

"It appears that Mr. Perlmutter's nomination extended well beyond that of a special adviser and into matters traditionally reserved for department leadership and established military personnel. He was unable to re-enter in the letter to Mr. Hogseth.

Mr. Perlmutter's nominee in promotion decisions raises "significant questions about personnel comfort of interest, adherence to federal policy standards, and the integrity and responsibility of the military's promotion system," Mr. Crow continued.

He asked Mr. Hogseth to provide a written response clarifying his testimony by Sept. 26.

Civil Rights Official Charged In Plot of Misuse Informants

By ALAN FEGER

A former state official at the Southern Poverty Law Center for charged on Wednesday with fraud and conspiracy as part of a revised indictment accusing the civil rights group of charging its donors by using their money to pay information inside right-wing extremist organization.

The former officials, Neish Beirich, were run the event's infuriated program, which recruited what amounted to spies within the right groups like the Ku Klux Klan, Provenance say that while Ms. Beirich was overturning payments to the informants, she said, it's a romantic relationship with one of them and the two shared a house and bank at the home.

Most of the charges against Ms. Beirich were contained in an earlier version of the indictment, but nevertheless opposed an escalation of the charges. The most prosecution of the law comes, which is best known for parents gazing when supernatural groups. It was the first time anybody was to have the law to have the law just the organization — had been formally indicted.

Michael J. Pruxton, Ms. Beirich's lawyer, said in a statement that the law was not a legal basis for a fighting hate groups and extruded anonymous.

"Our decades-long record of success, threatening hate groups and the law, was not a legal basis for a fighting hate groups and extruded anonymous.

In the previous version of the indictment, Ms. Beirich had been identified as an unnamed employer of the law center. In retrospect, said she had been in a relationship with an informant who still runs a new trial organization. She declined. Although, and was paid more than $5 million over two decades, Between 2012 and 2021, prosecution said, about $10,000 of that amount was $1.5 million. The court's decision to commit the dissent with the informant, known as the indictment only as F-5.

Attorney General Todd Blanche, the judge for the charge against her at a news conference on Wednesday in Washington.

"I believe she was part of the effort to report bank accounts in some cases, but she was not a legal name and make payments to individuals for reasons that were not accurate as described," he said.

He is a lured, who is representing the law center, smoked the new charges as the Justice Department's most recent effort to get after his client.

He is a legal body to design an government confronting a weak case, scrambling to make something — anything — stick at an approach to that." Mr. Lowell said.

The Trump administration and its allies have for years criticized the law center's efforts to document and expose the inner work of the law center. He also has been said that in the group often failed to draw declaration between extremists and more traditional om-

The Southern Poverty Law Center, based on Montgomery, Ala., has long focused on exposing extremist groups on the right.

nts to make groups, especially in one of its premier publications known as the Hate Map.

Last year, several conservatives were reconstituted with the Hate Map and a letter to Stephen Miller, one of President Trump's top aides, asking him to sign Mr. Trump to issue an executive order for the 1980s. Many of his time has come from federal websites and having the administration from using the group's writing to see government programs.

The Hate Map, which was called the order, Kush Patel, the U.S. director, announced in October that the bureau was serving him with the law center. Mr. Patel, that the Hate Map was a legal and abandoned civil rights work and turned into a partisan smear machine. "He singled out to use of the Hate Map, which, he added, is a legal basis for a "legal American."

At the heart of the government's case is an accusation that

Mr. Lowell and his partners have offered a simple argument that his law center was not given to the law center. He also have through its informant program, but rather fighting it. They have repeatedly pointed out that information directed from the center's sources was shared with law enforcement agencies, including the F.B.I., resulting in arrests and prosecutions.

check for Drug Administration

Lets a Key Gun Law Lapse

By CHRIS CARTER

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department declared to appeal a court ruling that differently, the most ill-frequenting restrictions on young, short-barreled guns and suppresses a warning to pressure more than 10 percent of the law advocates.

Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas had said that his order striking down the mandatory warning process under the National Firearms Act at unconstitutional would go into effect. This is the most effective, effective Department appealed at Trump administration officials didn't like an appeal to the court before 12:10 A.M. Thursday, according to probably the 1980s.

In effect, the Trump administration stepped aside, he sure, and allowed the Prohibition—to gain control measure to make under judicial scrutiny after President Trump signed a law last year that weakened the restrictions by removing a $200 tax for the period. The administration has another 15 days to file an appeal in the case.

Case rights groups and gun purposes, many in which had filed and supported the lawsuit, submitted the overturning of the law. Groups supporting gun restrictions criticized the government's issues by signing the warning had deregulated dangerous, costly necessities firearms and accessories that had been re-used in later 1954.

The Court's decision to do so explain why it did not immediately appeal the ruling. In an arraigned statement by The New York Times hours before the exchange leader said, "The law's partisan said that it 'respects Americans' lawsuit immediately rights and is currently receiving the impact of the court's ruling."

A way a record of the Trump administration, which had argued after Mr. Trump's law was passed after one that Congress still had the authority to restrict particularly dangerous and easily concealable weapons. The government's intent to forge a step of the ruling — or issue any public comments on the issue — came after gun rights groups and dozens of Republican lawmakers publicly pressured Todd Blanche, the Attorney general, to allow the ruling to stand.

The Department of Justice had the opportunity to act to protect our safety, but it failed to do so. But, shown, the President, and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said in a statement, setting the campaign base Republican lawmakers. "Our federal officials also supposed to identify the American people, not the gun industry's bottom line. Today, the gun industry and violence dealers are celebrating, while Americans will live well."

Seeking clarification from the government on where it asked, the President, and the United States's Gov. General of America issued a public letter Wednesday to Trump administration officials. It said that gun stores planners to start the campaign, but it would be a vice-financed into harvest of a gun to reduce the dealership, sexual of gunfire, without following the permitting process after midnight. "I am not going to see it."

Case buyers will still need to complete a standard background check in purchase the weapons, and restrictions under state laws are not to be allowed. The U.S. National Washington, D.C., for example, have banned the sale and ownership of short-barreled rifles

and suppresses.

The National Firearms Act was an primary law that regulated and restricted the sale and possession of suppresses. Once a state's precincts were allowed the gun owners, the popularity of suppresses has skyrocketed in recent years, as many gun owners use them to prevent hearing damage from the state's law.

The effect of Judge Hendrix's ruling is wide, but not universal. The Supreme Court limited the ability of lower court部门 to establish a reasonable, basic the ruling will applies to a wide range of different lawmakers, as well as retailers and manufacturers. Many states also joined the lawsuit. Crucially, the ruling also

The law regulated short-barreled guns and suppresses.

applies in customers of the businesses who were part of the case, one of the retailers. Patterson, State Amory, is one of the largest states gun stores in the country.

The National Firearms Act of 1954 had instituted a tax-suiting, partially regulated, for rifles and shot designs with short barrels, as well as for suppresses.

Weapons that Congress sought to curb because they were deemed particularly "unreliable" related to them. The law was written as lawmakers warned of a "serious national emergency" because of gun crime as the country rested from Prohibition—to gang shootings and an attempted assassination of President—that it "trouble."

The law also regulated the sale and ownership of machine guns through the permitting process, which the part of the law remains in use.

Millions of N.F.A. restricted state and suppresses were sold every year under the registration process, which is managed by the District of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The $200 tax was designed to be prohibitively expensive in 1954 dollars, and 1956 equivalents in 2010s. The law also prohibits the use of a "serious national emergency".

House Republicans added a tax-exempt campaign to difficult an suppresses and short-barreled rifles when they passed Mr. Trump's major spending bill last year.

The charges triggered the demand of the law, which had led 92 years required buyers of restricted areas to conduct their firearms and seek A.T.F. agencies to be adversely getting quickly filed several lawsuits seeking to further weaken the law, arguing that the registration process was unconstitutional without the tax prospect.

Judge Hendrix agreed with that judgment, ruling it a 40-page order that because the law no longer generated revenue. "As regular, the provision comes in upheld under the taxing power" given to Congress in Article I of the Constitution.

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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Immigration Crackdown

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prosecutors showed grand jurors a PowerPoint slide asserting that in groups — including the A.F.L.-C.I.O., the country's largest federation of labor unions — were part of a conspiracy to impede the work of immigration officers in Minnesota.

Ultimately, that supposed conspiracy led to June to the indictment of 25 people accused of interfering with law enforcement agents as members of the far-left movement known as antifa.

The Homeland Security Department did not respond to a message seeking comment. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota declined to answer questions about the investigation tactics.

By its own account, the institutional left in Minnesota, especially the labor movement, played a central role in bringing out hundreds of thousands of people to march in protest of President Trump's immigration crackdown in the state. But the demonstrations — and corresponding efforts to monitor the movements of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — were largely undertaken by ordinary residents, most of whom have said they were committed to peaceful resistance.

"While federal agents repeatedly broke the law, ordinary people exercised their First Amendment rights to protect their neighbors," said Ara Shirey-Aaju, the executive director of the Eastern Movement. "The Trump administration is now trying to intimidate individuals and organizations who opposed his agenda."

Some of the 15 people charged on the so-called antifa case did, in fact, belong to some of the unions and political organizations that faced scrutiny over several months during the spring and winter. But the newly released documents, which were disclosed as part of a motion asking for more details about the criminal inquiry, suggest that investigators and those trustees connection to take a deep dive into the inner workings of the groups.

Kersti Black, the lawyer who filed the motion, in Federal District Court in Minnesota, said that the homeland security investigation into the interference with federal agents "succeeded for beyond any potential threat to law enforcement safety."

It concluded, with no evidence that obvious political animosity," he wrote, "that numerous Twin Cities unions and nonprofit organizations were involved in a widespread conspiracy," adding that "it accredited and outrightening gathered financial records generated by these organizations despite the need for intervention between these organizations and criminal conduct."

The investigation is some very called to mind Catantipor, the in-country massacrifical agency program that the F.B.I.共 4 against black groups from the 1970 to the 1970s under the leadership of the hackuck director, J. Edgar Hoover.

The Minnesota surveillance reports in particular documents what largely appeared in the politi-

tion Power reported from New York, and Ernesto Londoño from St. Paul, Minn.

cal activity protected by the First Amendment. They showed how undercover agents embedded themselves in a "noise person" outside a hotel where immigration agents were staying and took down notes at other gatherings as demonstrators brainstormed ideas on how to protect the surge of officers who descended on Minnesota last last year.

Former federal prosecutors questioned why homeland security officials took the lead in a case that would typically be overseen by the F.B.I. officers said that the broad use of subpoenas targeting labor unions and other groups

An inquiry that calls to mind Cuintelpro under Hoover.

was unusual and concerning, especially if it turns out there was no evidence that the organizations were breaking the law.

"The government's power to investigate in extraordinary, and with that power comes a responsibility to exercise care and resources," said Harry Jacobs, who swapped as the chief of the criminal division at the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota in January in protest over the Trump administration's handling of the killing of House Good.

"An investigation should begin with a legitimate basis to support criminal conduct, not with a chosen institution or group," Mr. Ja-

colm added. "Prosecutors must follow the facts and the law wherever they lead, rather than select a target and work backwards to build a case."

Several of the groups that were targeted in the inquiry, known as Operation Pepper Master, and in a follow-up investigation called Pepper Whipple Stand, declined to comment. (Whipple Stand was reference to the Whipple Building, which served as a chair of the immigration operation.)

When Daniel N. Rosen, the top federal prosecutor in Minnesota, announced the indictment of the 11 purported antifa members two months ago, he chose his words carefully, meaning that the defendants had been charged only because each of them had "viscerity opposed" federal agents taking part in the Trump administration's immigration agenda.

"By amount," he said reporters, "the Department of Justice and my U.S. attorney's office has said will distinguish between lawful protest and criminal conduct."

But what Mr. Rosen did not disclose that day was that the charges filed against the 15 defendants stemmed from a sprawling investigation. Its remarks had reached the lives of several ordinary people — teachers, veterans, union members — who in many instances had gotten together to do little more than discuss monitoring ICE agents or abolishing ICE altogether.

The case in St. Paul, the others against ICE promoters, arose from a sweeping deferred issued last year by Mr. Trump known as National Security Presidential Memo 7. The memo ordered a

whole-of-government approach to stem what officials have described as a triangular of left-wing political violence.

But former prosecutors and civil- 15 rights lawyers have criticized the encouraging aggressive investigation and prosecutors of groups and people on the left for activities typically protected by free speech laws.

In drafting their indictment, prosecutors under Mr. Rosen for whom an an organization called Direct Action Minnesota, or DAMN, an umbrella group that describes itself as a "decentralized tradition of working with people engaged in various forms of community defense against the current federal occupation" in Minnesota. Prosecutors said that the group trained its members in law to be eligible against law on the movement officers, conduct surveillance, plan events and mount

"rapid mass mobilization" against actions by ICE officers.

The indictment details none for, however, by prosecutors with ties to DAMN that clearly seems violent or destructive.

For example, prosecutors said that on Jan. 25, demonstrators who had gathered at the Whipple Building drove no blocks at law enforcement vehicles. They also formed a blockade, testing federal agents into one area near the federal building. Nooks later, prosecutors added, some of the defendants put debris in a road outside the building, trying to block access to it.

But the indictment also notes that the defendants often relied on information pleased from group chairs whose members tracked and monitored vehicles going to and from the Whipple Building — behavior that is not necessarily illegal. Indeed, the federal judge

Thomson, the man that in January in Minneapolis protesting the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, Al Kell, Daniel N. Rosen, the U.S. attorney in Minnesota.

overswing the case, Katherine M. Mennocks, has already issued a letter from the U.S. attorney's office in awarding saying that protesters cannot be arrested simply for following federal agents in their vehicles.

Nonetheless, some groups that wrote to the federal prosecution were targeted by the surveillance operation and later identified in the prosecutor's grand jury protestation as being part of the conspiracy to interfere with ICE agents. Other members of the alleged conspiracy were said to include the local chapters of the A.F.L.C. and the Democratic Socialists of America, a state teacher's union — and even the Census 70, a small title shop in Minneapolis.

In his motion, Mr. Black described how federal agents took down the license plan numbers of people who attended a training session at a church in Roseville, Minn., and used that information to obtain their names. The agents then searched social media for images of the people, compiling an "intel work-up" that included detailed personal information about them.

"None of these individuals did anything other than engage in prosecute First Amendment speech in a church meeting news," Mr. Black wrote. "Yet now they personal information is memorized in a D.H.S. dossier."

A Third Immigrant Detained at Delaney Hall Dies After a Medical Emergency

By ANA LILY

and FRANKY BARKAR

A Guammalian immigrant who had been taken to a troubled detention center in Nevada last month experienced a medical emergency and died after being transferred to a hospital, federal officials said on Wednesday.

The man, Jose Chapin-Razam, is the third immigrant to die after being detained at the center, known as Delaney Hall, which is opened in May 2020 as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

Mr. Chapin-Razam had been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the state's Delaney Hall on July 19, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Department of Homeland Security, the parent agency of ICE.

The next day, a nurse saw him experiencing what appeared to be a seizure, the statement said. Medical workers were summoned, and Mr. Chapin-Razam was taken to a hospital, which the state's medical office said.

"While waiting for first-removal to arrive, Chapin-Razam was provided proper medical care from the nurse, who reassured him to be sent." The first nurse received Homeland Security said in the statement. "The matter is

Shorlight McNeil contributed research.

Lawmakers have called for better treatment of inmates at Delaney Hall detention center in Nevada.

comprehensive report on first-responders, and Chapin-Razam was taken to the hospital."

The department said that Mr. Chapin-Razam died but that ICE had not been notified of his death. It was not immediately clear when he died.

Representatives of University

Hospital in Nevada, which is where Delaney Hall detainees who used treatment are often taken, did not immediately respond to questions about Mr. Chapin-Razam's death. Attempts to reach his relatives were not successful.

The Department of Homeland Security said in its statement that

Mr. Chapin-Razam had been "released from ICE custody on July 12," but did not endeavor.

In June, ICE officials stopped reporting the deaths of those deceased who had been released from federal custody. The decision has been criticized by Democratic officials who have accused the

federal government of ignoring its responsibility to keep migrants safe.

The Department of Homeland Security said that the reporting change was "common sense."

"ICE is not responsible when an individual passes away weeks or for leaving their custody," the department said.

Representatives Bob Mennocks, a New Jersey Democrat, said that he had been given conflicting information about Mr. Chapin-Razam's death and that he had issued Delaney Hall on Aug. 1 to inquire about it.

"It is consistent with everything ICE tries to do to avoid transparency and accountability," Mr. Mennocks said. "This is an abuse and the creation of a hopeless co-avoid having to investigate the death and provide congressional and public notification of the death."

Earlier this month, an immigrant from El Salvador, Edwin Lee and Carolyn Lee, died after experiencing a medical emergency at Delaney Hall. Mr. Lopez-Carrejo was pronounced dead on Aug. 1 by medical workers at University Hospital. The cause of his death is not known.

In December, a Haitian immigrant, Jean Wilson Bruton, also immediately died after a medical emergency, federal officials said at the time.

The recent deaths occurred amid growing criticism over con-

ditions at the detention center.

Lawmakers called for better treatment of inmates after The New York Times published an article last month that provided some of the first documented evidence of deficiencies in Delaney Hall's medical care and kitchens.

Last Friday, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport opened a civil rights investigation into Delaney. She said that her office had issued subpoenas and would investigate further employees at the center had violated the civil rights of detainees.

In June, New Jersey sued the Gais Group, the private company that operates the detention center, after state health officials were denied access to the medical unit and several other areas at Delaney during an inspection. That litigation, which remains unresolved, is seeking to force the company to grant inspection full access.

Federal immigration officials have national that detainees are treated well, and that ICE has detention standards that exceed those of most American prisons.

"It is a longstanding practice to provide comprehensive medical care from the moment an alien citizen's ICE custody," Homeland security officials said on Wednesday. "This includes medical, dental and special health services as available, and access to medical appointments and in-hour emergency care."

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Homeland Security said that its 4th Boeing 737 passenger jets were undergoing maintenance checks. Among the 10 aircraft it bought are a 737 luxury jet, top right, and a Californian business jet.

Homeland Security Has a $464 Million Fleet of Planes That Seldom Fly

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The contract also illuminated a broader trend within the second Trump administration—an old contract, intended to prophecies contention to Mr. Trump or his cabinet secretaries. The company that received this contract, Dandalan Aviation Corporation, is led by a chairman who had debated in a political committee supporting the previous homeland security secretary, Erin Nixon.

The department's position and Chinese chairwoman agency has long sustained its deportation flights by chartering planes from private companies. It also uses military and Coast Guard aircraft because of the former immigration officials said, there seemed to be little need for the department to take on the expenses of buying and maintaining a significant number of its own aircraft.

"If you asked me to write a list of the things ICE needed to increase the number of departments, serving as such as a airplane would absolutely not make the top 10," said John Sandweg, an acting director of ICE during the Obama administration.

In a written statement, the Homeland Security Department sought to shift responsibility for the contract to Ms. Nixon. President Trump fired her in March and appointed Markwayne Mullin, a Republican Senator from the labelers, as secretary.

"The contract for Dandalan was made and approved by department leadership before Secretary Mullin was sworn," the department said in a statement. The agency said it "reserves the right to adjust course in an environment with evolving requirements and demands."

A spokeswoman for Ms. Nixon sought to place the responsibility on Mr. Mullin present, saying the purchase was "finalized" under his leadership.

Contracting records show that the size of the contract increased by $183 million on the day that Ms.

Devin Burrett and Mackinow Ngo contributed especially. Katy Bennett contributed research.

Mullin was also an secretary. The agency said that the idle 737 passenger jets had been undergoing maintenance checks, and that there were plans for two of them to begin deportation flights this month.

The situation with the planes was reminiscent of the department's down face are a plan to acquire contribution to their卑鄙ness. The department spent heavily on those when Ms. Nixon was secretary, but reversed itself just months later under Mr. Mullin. The department is now giving away or selling seven warehouses that it bought for more than $700 million.

A letter sent to the department on Wednesday by the Democratic senators Perry Murray of Washington and Christopher Murphy of New York, the President of the Appropriations Committee, said Homeland Security officials had already conceded to the committee that most of the planes would not be used for deportations.

"The American people deserve a full accounting of this given choice of their tax dollars," the letter, which was reviewed by The Times, said.

The senators asked for details about the purchase price of each plane and how they would be used.

Federal law generally requires government agencies to seek companying this before everything is contact, to ensure taxpayers go the best deal. But the department sidestepped that requirement for the contract for the planes by its selling on exemption for years of "unusual and compelling urgency."

That exemption can be used only when delaying the contract would result in "serious injury," a nantial or other "to the government. Historically, it has been used during natural disasters, war and the coronavirus pandemic."

The department declined to answer questions about what was on an injury it was trying to prevent. Contracting regulations require agencies to publish the estimates for social contracts, but the department refused to release this one, saying it "would compromise national security or create other

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"security risks."

The department has invoked the urgency exemption to justify more than $20 billion in spending across about 500 contracts awarded during Mr. Trump's second term, according to an analysis of federal data by The Times. Much of that total came from harder wall spending. Urgency claims were also used to justify projects like the $220 million in media contracts awarded to companies tied to Ms. Nixon and her allies, scrutiny over which contributed to her matter.

The exemption accounts for nearly two-thirds of the $34 billion that the department has spent on contracts signed in 2026.

That's up sharply from past years. In 2025, the figure was about one-quarter. In 2024, it was less than 1 percent.

No other major agency has used the exemption for urgency as frequently as Homeland Security, even in an administration that has turned to social contracts repeatedly — for event

planning, fountain repair and the troublesomination of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Post.

Lorisa Seddes, a retired contracting expert who spent more than three decades at the Defense Department, said: "hence things truly are urgent — people are going to die if you don't do this." But if agencies claim the exemption all the time, "I will eventually be abused."

The contract for the planes was first awarded in last November. At the time, the government was already paying other contractors hundreds of millions to operate a network of charter flights called "ICE Air."

The immigration agency has observed about 20,000 flights to Mr. Trump's second term, shutting immigrants between detention centers domestically and deporting them abroad, mainly to Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the ICE Flight Monitor tracking project at Bureau flights First, a nonprofit advocacy group. The department some-

times had 20 of more planes to the air in a day, according to the non-profit's tracking.

But at the time, the Homeland Security Department said it still needed its own planes.

Last fall, Tricia McLaughlin, a department spokeswoman, told The Washington Post that purchasing the planes would allow "ICE to operate more effectively, including by using more efficient flight patterns." Ms. McLaughlin has since left the agency. The department did not compare directly to a question asking about her comments.

Davidales, the478ालक, "is found company the government force to find the planes, had not previously held a federal contract." However, a company spokesman said it had worked as a subcontractor to other companies evacuating Alphans who had done work for the U.S. government.

Davidales's chairman is William Walters, a doctor who said 2021 led a State Department office that evacuated Americans from outbreak of Shola, Covid-19 and other crises. In 2024, after leaving government, Mr. Walters donated $10,000 to a political committee connected to Ms. Nixon, then the governor of South Dakota.

Last year, with Ms. Nixon in charge, the agency gave a separate company run by Mr. Walters, a contract worth nearly $700 million in encouraging immigrants to leave the U.S. voluntarily.

A Dandalan spokesman said that Mr. Walters was unaware that the political committee was tied to Ms. Nixon.

Dandalan declined to say how much each of the 20 planes had met, or what its profit margin was for acting, essentially, as a broker. It provided a written statement that it was proud to provide "the best value to the American taxpayer."

One of the planes is a Boeing 737 luxury jet, one patented in the air or scheme of Mr. Trump's new Air Force One. Two-thirds of the specialty Californian business jets, each seating about 14 people.

These planes flow into specially after the agents acquired them, according to flight records from airplanes live, an independent flight tracking service. And

the department must send to move two of them to other agencies, according to the account from Senate Democrats and the National document reviewed by the Times.

One of the luxury jets "has already been issued in the F.B.I. for 12 months to support director Pooh's travel — despite the fact that the air-contracted crew just to support the director's travel," Mr. Nixon declared not wrote.

The F.B.I. confirmed that it is using one of the Californian jets. The jet was paying the Homeland Security Department significantly less than it had paid a private company to lease a similar plane and that the aircraft was being used to acquire a variety of agency operations, in addition to Mr. Pooh's travel.

The Homeland Security Department also wanted to send the larger Boeing luxury jet to the teenagers, according to the senator's letter and the internal document. But a foreigner spokesman said an agreement had been signed.

One Californian jet will remain with Homeland Security, for the use of its top leaders, according to the letter.

The other 215's network more suited for deportation flights. Flight records show they had been in active use by灰色Airlines, a low-cost carrier that also flew charter flights for U.S. two.

But when the government bought them, it packed them.

Davidalan said that two were used briefly to evacuate Americans from the Middle East to early March after the outbreak of the war.

Senate Democrats said they were told by Homeland Security staff that four of the 215s were no longer expected to fly destined immigrants. The senators said the department said it would use them to fly members of Congress on overseas trips, a job now handled by commercial carriers or military aircraft.

For the long term, the agency said it needs a contractor to provide crews and merchants to operate its own fleet. A recent solicitation for Safe said that contract would start next summer.

Masked ICE Agent Points Gun at Woman in Her Car in Virginia, Videos Show

By MARALPINE REWIN

A federal agent this week brandished a gun at a Virginia woman who had cleaned it first, according to videos of the encounter, dishonest in a string of clashes between immigration agents and drivers.

The woman, Carolina Molina, 30, said the car interview that aroused 11-pt. on Monday, several kindergarten and Clemens Enforcemen agents surrounded her car in a shopping center in Nile Church, Va., after she had pulled at them as they detained people on a sidewalk nearby.

Ms. Molina had pulled into a parking cap and backed car and was driving through the center when agents encircled her, blocking her vehicle by parking car, behind and at front of her, a dashboard video shows.

The agents repeatedly accused her of trying to run them over with her car and threatened to arrest her. But in videos captured from several angles, there is no judge, who said, "Ms. Molina had tried to harm the agents.

During the roughly one-minute interaction, Ms. Molina's car does

not move, according to the videos, which she recorded on her old phone and the car's dashboard camera and then shared on social media.

An one masked agent approached her car, he pulled his gun from its helmet and held it up to the car window at an angle, pointing to her. Mullins as he shouted at her, Ms. Molina warned him that she was videoaging.

"This is the one that tried to run an over," the agent who pulled the gun and a colleague at the masked agents crowded around her. "I will arrest you. Keep it up," he shouted at Ms. Molina.

But then, the agents left, according to Ms. Molina's mother of two. She said she had never used her car as a weapon while she drove through the shopping center of before.

"There is no way I would say myself at risk knowing I have two girls to get them to, to go and then after ICE agents," said Ms. Molina, a licensed counselor who spoke with undercrowded people.

Representative Don Revin, a Democrat whose district includes

A federal agent said Carolina Molina, a U.S. citizen, tried to run him over with her car.

Falls Church, said that his staff had spoken to Ms. Molina and "will be demanding answers and consequences."

The Department of Homeland Security said in an unsigned state-

ment law Tuesday that the agents had been trying to obtain unknowable information who had committed crimes when they were approached by Ms. Molina, whom the agency called an "anti-ICE agent."

The U.S. said, she had driven circles around the officers and tried to learn them with her vehicle to help the registrant get away. The agents were afraid, the department said, when they stopped Ms. Molina in the shopping center.

The agency did not provide any videos of the encounter or events leading up to it. Ms. Molina, whose name was the captain events outside the shopping center, was not detained and has not been criminally charged.

The confirmation was just the first involving federal agents and drivers amid the Trump administration immigration crackdown. Once last year, more than 20 people in their cars have been shot at by federal agents, some 5a tally. In July, two men were killed in their vehicles during escaping to with ICE agents, a thousand and Maine. In January, federal agents shot Revere Carol, a U.S. citizen, in Minneapolis. The killing

set off weeks of protests nationally.

In many cases federal officials have defended the agent's actions, saying they were justified acts of self-defense. The department was accused that defense on Tuesday, saying that "when faced with dangerous circumstances, U.S. is law enforcement and their training on protest themselves, their fellow officers and the public."

After huge immigration operations in Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis that ruled entire inces, federal authorities are using fewer profits unless They are misdiagnosing the president's crackdown after a spring showdown, daily arrests of immigrants handled in the city. The federal and laws continued to increase.

Ms. Molina, a natural health therapist in Loudoun County, Va., is a first-generation American whose parents emigrated from El Salvador. She conducts psychological evaluations for others in immigration cases and was in Falls Church on Monday to develop business plans at the offices of several immigration lawyers, she said.

Ms. Molina said she had been

driving through Falls Church when she witnessed federal agents' apprehensions or men. She said that she rolled down her window and cleaned at the agents. She said she saw them in the shopping center minutes later and decided at the station.

"You always ran an over," an agent says to Ms. Molina in the video, after asking if she had listened his vehicle. He kept his gun pulled as a bit during the exchange.

Ms. Molina, who remained in her car, denied the agent's accusations and said that she had not been able to get the car.

"I'm a legal citizen," she said him.

"That's how I had never looked threatening to arrest Ms. Molina.

"Doesn't matter," another said. Mr. Revin, the lawmaker, said in his statement that "the balance, deficiency and dangerous and unjustified evaluation seen in this video matches what we have seen from ICE agents across the country."

The agent said "this kind of test-conduct and threat of force against members of our communities cannot be tolerated."

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NEWS ANALYSIS

As Ocasio-Cortez Faces Big Choices, Spotlight's Glare Intensifies

By ANNIE KAHNI

WASHINGTON — Since she was her first decision in 2021 at 28, becoming the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, has been a political show, says he has to salem and critics to effect.

Her body, her weight, the children she wore in magazine shows, her lipstick, her environments, her ill-fated decision to attend the 50st Gala in a “on the rich” given, have been parved and picked apart, in ways she has described an sometimes “dishumanizing” even when that peering was coming from her supporters.

Not even where she was insulated from such scrutiny was her love life: Ms. Ocasio-Cortez arrived on the national political scene with her boyfriend from college, Riley Roberts, by her side. And he stayed there as she became one of the most conservative women in American politics, a fairly radicals who insist mostly outside the frame of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez's public life. In 2022, her main announced in a fund-raising email that the couple were engaged.

Four years later, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is at a new junction. Her relationship with Mr. Roberts spends ended some time ago, and her decision to livestream her egg-forming journey has forced to the forefront an uncomfortable topic for a lawmaker who is both unusually open and incredibly private: a breakup that she had never broadcast, despite giving her followers a sense that they are often along with her for the role.

The new information about Ms. Ocasio-Cortez's private life is coming alongside a space of speculation that she is preparing to run for president. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, who has said she hasn't ruled out a presidential run or a run for Senate, could one be intriguing a possible national or statewide campaign as a young, world-famous, single woman, a prolific, and a big step, especially the ideological and cultural decision that you'd missed her.

The reality of that new level of exposure became apparent on Tuesday night after a reporter for Park and TVE reported that Ms. Ocasio-Cortez had split with Mr. Roberts, which was站ed about to The New York Times and another people knowledgeable about her personal life. Her relationship status was not sure, but public disclosure if it all had little the interest.

“All the single left-wing men in this city are about to line up,” slightly for dinner in her district until she picks one like the nation in The Hayward. I said that, that, a friendly, mixed-interest city organizer, wrote on it.

As early as 2026, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez was the 1st day of the 2026 party. Giving to find a balance between life and work, “I’m sitting here, I’m like, Do I freeze my eggs? Can I afford to do that?” she said. “I’m not sure, I’m not sure,” by Fair that year. “My entertainment was sitting on about how she was doing it, I’d, and I’m, like, smiling her what her experience was.”

Diana Z. O'Brien, chair of women, girded and sensibly

Details about Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's personal life, including a breakup, have emerged alongside speculation she is weighing a presidential run.

studies at Washington University in St. Louis, said that as a 26-year-old progressive lightning rod with political ambitions outside the House, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez had no real choice but to make public her decision to freeze her eggs — and then, by association, her breakup.

“If she says nothing, then people will infer that she's making a decision to do practice faintly,” Ms. O'Brien said.

Ms. O'Brien said it was inevitable that with that disclosure came the less comfortable one, about her relationship status.

“It came up for Senator Cory Beaker before he was married, so it will definitely come up for a woman,” she said. “This allows her to say, ‘No, I’m single right now, but that doesn't mean I intend to be child free or single herself. I's nonambulance a narrative that would try to portray her as a very particular type of brain single woman who hates men.’”

David Axelrod, the former top advisor to President Barack Obama, said that being an unwarranted woman “probably adds a degree of difficulty” as any run she might make to become the first woman elected president, probably he noted that Mr. Ocasio-Cortez operates in her own orbit and according to her own international drive “indispensably to take people along for the role in a way that is personally connecting.”

He added, “The bigger question to me is whether this is a

rule she wants or needs to take at this stage because it would require an absolute surrender of no mark of her life.”

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has not publicly addressed the end of her relationship, but that has not stopped anyone from weighing in on it. Conservative pilot on to criticize her for putting her political ambitions above her relationship. And group chain lit up with ideas for whom Ms. Ocasio-Cortez might date without their politics being picked apart. A chef? A musician? A kiosk?

On Capitol Hill, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez's colleagues have long known she was no longer engaged. And she has not exactly hidden it. For one thing, she doesn't wear an engagement ring. But she has also not gone public about her relationship status or whether she is dating again.

When a reporter asked her on Sunday what her friend thought of her decision to freeze her eggs, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez sidestepped the question, noting only that “all of my loved ones have been very supportive.” Her chief of staff, Mike Casco, did not respond to a request for comment for this article.

But the reality is that being a prominent young, single female lawmaker draws attention and poses challenges that men with a similar profile might not encounter, including reproductive choices.

Representative Yosvanto Anson, a 34-year-old Democrat

from Arizona, said dating can be difficult when she feels as if she is never in one place for long.

“I have my Arizona life and I have my UC, MS, and I never lost this (‘no moral somewhere,’ she said in an interview. Ms. Anson) said that she was in a relationship when she was first elected in 2024, but that it ended in just because ‘it was super

A political star tries to balance her private and public lives.

difficult for me to prioritize that on top of everything else going on.” As for dating, she said that she prefers meeting people in real life and that “the eggs do make her own, the girls' spoon-dilution make everything more challenging.”

She added, “I will probably freeze my eggs, too.”

For Ms. Ocasio-Cortez the scrutiny exists at another level. Over the years, she has given her followers a sense of shared intimacy by allowing them to watch her life for the brain, and and assemble IKEA furniture on social media while taking close policy and answering questions about her daily routines. She parings with a professional livestream after the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol, describing

in detail the trauma she felt from the day.

But being vulnerable and prominent has not been without one, or one!

“I miss being able to go outside in twenty,” she told. Then magazine in 2020, just after she was elected, “I can't go any where in public and just be a person without a lot of people watching everything I do.”

After she was criticized for attending the 50st Gala, despite her Democratic Socialist policies, she wrote online, “I and my body have been so heavily and extensively policed from all corners politically since the moment I ever my election.”

Jessica Valenti, the feminist writer who publishes the popular newsletter “Election, Every Day,” said that Ms. Ocasio-Cortez was as triggering to the right because she represents a direct, affiant to their well-funded item. “I was a very dissatisfied marry young and have children young.

“Here, you have this very beautiful, very powerful woman, who is creating the life that she wants and appears on so very happy,” she said. “A very big part of the conservative Republican agenda right now is targeting young women. The last thing they need is a young woman, modeling what a life could look like that they are so desperate to stop.”

Ms. Valenti said that “to a certain group of people, there is nothing A.O.I. could ever do, nothing would be OK with them”

and that will probably carry into her personal life. “Regardless of who she dates,” she said, “how public she is or how private she is, someone is going to have an issue with it.”

Indeed, Albi Roth (boating a conservative commentator, wrote online that Ms. Ocasio-Cortez was “glamorizing the lie that women can have it all. You can’t. Biology is real and how you order your life makes or breaks your future.” Mr. Boubay's criticism was problematic of the view from the Christian right on reproductive rights like egg freezing and I.V.P., which remain culturally contented greater, when it comes to judging the personal choices of a young lawmaker.

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has long been still aware about the strangeness of growing up in a political port-slab. In her livestream on Sunday, she told her husband, who was the advocate of being elected as a young person is “you have to then grow up in the public eye in a time that most people get to grow more properly.”

She added: “when you get elected later in life, you're made all of your mistakes in private. When you get elected when you're young, you have to do all of that in public.”

As she prepared to open her exposed belly with a fertility disk, she warned viewers, “don't be weird about this,” so doubt knowing full well that they almost certainly would be.

Leavitt, Press Secretary

With a Bite, Is Reparting

By ERIC H. GREEN

Kavalier Leavitt, the White House press secretary and one of the most public-licing officials in the Trump administration, will step down to make more time with her family, she and President Trump have announced.

In a social media post on Wednesday, Mr. Trump said that Ms. Leavitt, who recently returned from maternity leave after giving birth to her second child, would leave at the end of the month to spend time with her family address — a decision that he said “I totally understand and respect.”

He said Ms. Leavitt would become one of the “top” outside all-views and I asked for “one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the History of the Office.”

Ms. Leavitt's departure comes at a critical time for the White House, as Mr. Trump and a participle headwinds, foreign and domestic, and the stathmin-titrolens in November, in which he will meet to sell policies that Ms. Leavitt is seeking to sell and effectual at defending.

Mr. Trump said Ms. Leavitt would remain “an influential voice within the Republican Party, as we have been in the past, and we are slowly wits the Midwest Election.” He did not mean a replacement in his announcement, nor a

timeline for naming one.

Ms. Leavitt, 28, the youngest person is another the role, worked for Mr. Trump in his first term and on his campaign.

She said in a post on social media announcing her departure that serving as press secretary over the past year and a half had “been the home and adventure of a lifetime.”

“Being a mother and welcoming a new baby while working in one of the most demanding jobs in the world has been the most rewarding yet challenging economy,” she said. “It is, to say the least,” Ms. Leavitt continued.

“The truth is since returning to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have left in my heart that I cannot be the best more my two young children who were while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House Press Secretary — and that is why I have ultimately made the future more decision as depart the White House and embark on a new chapter in my life.”

She added that she would “always remain a vocal advocate for details and the Republican Party,” and that she would remain on the front lines of the party’s fight against what she called an “existential threat” by Democrats.

“My fight is entering a new

Kavalier Leavitt was a loyal ally and fierce defender of President Trump. She said she could not be both “the best more” to her children — the youngest born in May — and the press secretary.

diums,” she added, “but it is her time now.”

Mr. Trump cycled through four press secretaries dating his first time years in 1996, said Ms. Leavitt was particularly adept at managing Mr. Trump's expectations.

After working in the White House as an assistant press secretary and in the Office of Presidential Correspondence during the first Trump administration, Ms. Leavitt ran for Congress in New

Hampshire in 2022, winning a Republican primary but failing to onseat a Democratic incumbent. She was also a spokeswoman for Representative Elsie Terhunk of New York.

Ms. Leavitt quickly seconded in become one of Mr. Trump's most loyal allies and diverse defenders, including the New York primary last year at the age of 27.

Ms. Leavitt often expressed disdain for the mainstream news me-

dis. She regularly attacked unfavoring coverage of Mr. Trump's policies and often echoed the pressure it shorteneth, mirroring his conclusive style with journalists.

In the briefing room, she fielded rapid-fire questions with information straight from the president's mouth. She was also a regular in the media sphere, particularly conservative television, where she spoke regularly and directly to the American public.

Mirroring the president's combative style with journalists.

Mr. Trump often gushed about Ms. Leavitt's job performance, re-catching on how her lips “move like a machine gun,” and once-vening that she would “arrive” to replaced. Mr. Trump proudly looked on in November after he summoned Ms. Leavitt to defend him as he took questions from supervisor at morning with the Hungarian prime minister at the time, Viktor Orban. After Ms. Leavittطبيقed reporters, Mr. Trump boasted that the autocratic leader asked if he could him be.

Since returning to work by mid-July, Ms. Leavitt has been less of a failure in the first three years as she had been before she went on maternity leave. As April and welcomed her second child, a girl, in May. During her maternity leave, the briefings dislodged after a spate of high-profile stand-on, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubin.

When she returned to the lecture last month, Ms. Leavitt began her remarks by saying, “Let’s get back to work.”

Her first question was about how the managed to juggle her high-threatening jobs of working for the president and raising two children.

“I don’t think there is a secret,” she said. “You just have to show up every day and keep going.”

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The 47th President

Kennedy Center Board Votes to Inscribe Trump's Name on the Building

By JULIA JACOBS

The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted on Thursday to inscribe President Trump's name on the building beneath the main signage, according to two people with direct knowledge of the proceedings, aggressively testing a federal judge's name.

According to the resolution approved by the Trump advertisement, the inscription underwent the institution's name would read: "Business and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump." The board's decision, while director officials to act by "all legal means," came shortly after it voted to move forward with Mr. Trump's plan to shutter the building for renovations.

The president's name was added to the building last year, but the judge ordered the letters taken down, finding that only Congress had the authority to change the institution's name. The center received Mr. Trump's name in June but is appealing the ruling.

The move appeared to attempt to find a creative workaround to a provision in the federal law governing the Kennedy Center that says "no additional memorials or plaques in the nature of memorials shall be designated or installed in the public areas."

In Thursday's resolution, the board directed officials to honor Mr. Trump for bringing the center back "from the brink of disaster" presenting a series of possibilities that included naming the center's grounds the "President Donald J. Trump Plans."

"It is hereby resolved," the measure said, "that the center is open to recognize and honor President Trump's existential and unprecedented contributions to the survival of the center by all legal means."

Both decisions will be subject to the scrutiny of the judge who, in response to a lawsuit from a Democratic lawmaker, found that the board had been "directed" by considering the closure plan before approving a complaint. Mr. Trump announced in February that the center would close for two years, and the objective of transferring what he called a "time", broken and dilapidated" institution.

The board voted on Thursday to close the Kennedy Center's main building while keeping a newer addition to the campus, known as the Beach, open for limited programming and equipment on an active memorial to John F. Kennedy. The building was also closed shortly, a Democrat from Ohio and on 45-60-60 in number of the center's board who used the center, said in a statement that the resolution was not to be "sampled directly to its circumvent the court's ruling." Senator Sheldon Wainthouse, another Democratic as officer member, called the vote to close a "rather along" on the center's directive from the president.

In a phone interview after the votes, Paulo Zampelli, a former mottling agent and a longtime Trump spy who did not be denied, said the trustees asked not of a desire to make the Kennedy Center more than a public sightseeing destination. His goal by the trustees, in response Mr. Trump's decision, made it "as big as it can go," he said.

He said the meeting, the board was presented with a 183-page plan for a $250 million "moved" project that includes structural re-

JAMES SHARP/THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Kennedy Center board approved a resolution on Thursday to inscribe "Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump" beneath the traditional name.

pair work, new marble floors, $125 million in "numerical improvements" and a plan to temporarily move the famous 2,000-pound homes from 45 Kennedy to the building known as the Beach. The judge had said in his order that the board had a legal obligation to maintain the facility as a memorial to Kennedy.

The approved resolution noted that the decision to close was made based on an "independent and objective analysis" of possible options by an outside consulting firm, which determined that keeping the main building open during renovations would be significantly more costly. It notes that the board was "fully committed" to continue arts and educational engineering during the closure and maintain the "historic and architecturally significant nature" of the building.

Mr. Trump, the board's chairman, talked into the meeting, which was held remotely, and criticized them opposed to his closure plan, according to the people with direct knowledge of the proceedings.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lattock, who was tapped by the president to help oversee the three-roady Center, strongly endorsed the plan, the people said, or one point crutches the president, a developer by trade, with an ability to keep construction projects on schedule and on budget.

After Mr. Trump announced the closure plan this year, the board

quickly agreed that Judge Christopher R. Cooper of Federal District Court in Washington temporarily blocked the closure, ruling that the original vote had been "ill-attended and seemingly pre-eminent." In his order at May, the judge wrote that the center's trustees had a legal obligation to seriously consider the potential consequences of shuttering Washington's pre-eminent performing arts venue.

Mr. Trump looked out at the judge after his decision and said it would be "dangerous" to keep the center open. Center officials later assured the judge that they were following his order and further scrutinizing the decision, culminating in the meeting on Thursday.

Judge Cooper will soon review the board's resolution to consider whether the trustees, in his view, performed enough due diligence ahead of the vote.

"The board will be expected to prepare itself with sufficient information to make a consistent, independent decision," the judge wrote in the May order, taking account of its obligation to both maintain and operate a premiere arts venue and its sidents duty to memorialize a fallen president.

For weeks, the future of the Kennedy Center has been in public, with a largely bare performance calendar.

Breakway touring shows, typically a major source of ticket revenue, have gone elsewhere. The

National Symphony Orchestra, the center's resident ensemble, has yet to announce a season that typically opens in late September. And employees at the center, which already executed rounds of layoffs, remain unsure about their status.

The resolution approved by the board noted that during the closure, the architect would perform at outside venues, and the Kennedy Center Honors, the institution's example event, would also be held off-site.

An aggressive test of a judge's order to remove him from the sign.

Ahead of the meeting, trustees were provided with a comparison of two scenarios for renovations by an outside consultant. Both the consultant and the construction management firm, JLL, cannot unbry and cost concerns that they said would arise from keeping the building open during a phased renovation.

The board led by JLL said the project would address chronic leaks, replace outdated equipment and redesign parts of the exterior. Changes would include new furniture, a new coffee shop, electronic ticketing kiosks and $7 mil-

lion in public restroom renovations. The target for reopening would be summer of 2018.

It was unclear immediately about the meeting, which was not public, whether the center extended to pursue the exact construction plan laid out in the report.

Over the last year and a half, the Kennedy Center has struggled with an exodus of audience members, employees and artists; an willing to be involved with what they now view as a political arm of the White House. The backlash was particularly strong late last year, when the board voted to change the institution's name to the Trump-Kennedy Center. New letters were added to the building's marble facade the next day.

Judge Cooper cited that changing the center's name required approval from Congress, which dedicated the institution to become a 2004, shortly after he was assassinated. Before the center removed "Trump" from the building, it also installed a sweeping matrix of scaffolding, covered in tents, that thecures much of the current signage.

Many of the board members are staunch Trump allies, such as those Who, the White House chief of staff; Dan Storrins, a Trump adviser; and Allison Lattock, a former lawyer who is married to the commerce secretary.

In an interview in June at a Kennedy Center event to honor the co-

medas Bill Maher, Mr. Lattock said: Mr. Trump asked him to get involved to make sure the board's procedure were in line with the one's expectations.

"He asked me to help him make sure everything is organized," Mr. Lattock said, "we that when judges consider what the board is doing, that it's done perfectly."

Men Place, the center's executive director, has argued that a full closure would be the most efficient and responsible way to execute newly needed renovations using the EST million allowed by Congress last year. In a report for the board, Delta Consulting Group, which was hired to concern different scenarios for renovations, said that if the center purchased a public construction process over four years, the congressional appropriation would cover less than half of the estimated costs.

Outside arts administrators have suggested the financial realities for cultural organizations are far different from what the board is projecting, saying institutions typically do anything possible to avoid closure to they do not lose their revenue and donors. Ms. Beatty's lawsuit questioned the true reasoning for the closure plans, arguing that it may be another to mask a financial downturn stemming from the president's takeover.

The Kennedy Center has until now work to share its plan with Judge Cooper.

Judge Dismisses Federal Government's Antisemitism Case Against Harvard

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Judge Stearns sided with Harvard in his ruling, noting that the Trump administration's lawsuit focused mostly on incidents during the 2022-23 school year.

The antismistic incidents cited by the administration do not support a plausible inference that any institutionalized noncompliance with 2026-93 private or Harvard in this day," the judge wrote.

The Trump administration in its lawsuit sought the right to deny federal grants to Harvard. But the judge said the law was designed to force a school into compliance, not to penalize it.

Carl Selton, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, said the ruling for Harvard was "either narrow" and was not appraised. He expects the Trump administration will continue to pressure colleges and universities through the courts.

The administration and the Justice Department seem to have "focused on Harvard as the major private school target, but a number of other private and some public schools have been, and some is remain, in D.O.J.'s cross hairs," he said.

But Samuel Bogenston, a University of Michigan law professor, said the ruling "would not make an allistic closure that the Trump administration can see a 2026-93 investigation to control Harvard."

The government has proved "very creative" in devising ways to pressure the university, he said, though" at some point, she hides in the Trump administration will surely realize that they look as ridiculous as Win E. Crozier trying to catch the Road R刻机!"

The Brandeis Center, a Jewish civil rights group, argued that the judge's reasoning could create a legal standard that would make it harder for the government to win

Other Trump-Harvard litigation is grinding through the system.

civil rights cases in the future. Instead of just showing that an institution had refused to fix a violation, the government would have to also show subsequent violations, the group's chairman, Kenneth L. Marcus, said in a statement. That would set a much higher bar for cases, said Mr. Marcus, who was an education official in the first Trump administration.

Other Trump-Harvard litigation continues to grind through federal courts, mostly out of sight, as the two sides build lengthy records of briefs and legal arguments.

A judge said that antismistic incidents at Harvard were "sos isolated and episodic" to show that the school is breaking the law. The Trump administration had sought to deny grants to the university.

Another Boston federal judge ruled in September that the Trump administration had improperly frozen grants to Harvard. The administration said it

had done so in response to the school's interesting harassment of Jewish students.

The Trump administration appealed, and the case is progress-

ing. In a legal filing this spring, the president's lawyers sought to show Harvard's "long, sorted history of antismatism" by citing Judah Monia, a Jew hired as a pro-

fessor of Hebrew notes 200 years ago, who had to convert to Christianity to join the faculty. That injustice was 1722, decades before the Declaration of Independence.

In July, more than 30,000 alumni, from members of the Class of 2010 to the Class of 2020, filed a brief in support of Harvard, arguing that "nationships like Harvard can only manifest their mission, values, and foundational principles if they can operate with academic freedom."

Harvard's Justice with the Trump administration have broader implications for the federal government, emphasizing with higher education. Many universities only heavily are federal financial support to conduct research on cancer treatment, agriculture and other topics.

In late July, more than three dozen schools filed a legal level supporting Harvard, saying that cutting research money to universities' proportions materials is innovative and economic growth by severely limiting their ability to play their vital, longstanding roles in expanding scientific knowledge.

Harvard and the government are also in a legal battle after the Trump administration tried to stop Harvard from feeding international students. A federal judge ruled in Harvard's favor in June 2025. The government is appealing.

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Why Arbitration Works for Baseball but Not for Health Care

This article is by Sarah Kiliff, Margot Seager-Katz and Alicia Perispano.

When Congress wrote a law to end surprise medical bills in 2026 it took inspiration from Major League Baseball.

Legislators wanted to fix cases in which patients were on the hook after doctors and insurers didn't agree on how far more group's pro. Major League Baseball handles similar salary responses between teams and players by having each side offer a price, no arbitrator gives the one that is more reasonable, with no ability to split the difference.

The outcomes in baseball have pushed mostly predictable results, with most salaries simply negotiated without arbitration.

But in health care, doctors have been missing most cases, sometimes with head-turning, pauses, which can drive up costs across the board.

The system Congress created less played out nothing like baseball.

For more claims have gone to arbitration than expected—more than 2.5 million last year, compared with the 17,000 a year

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projected after the law passed. Doctors often came to seek help with the need of these lawsuits—those from insurers. Nevertheless, they are winning more than 65 percent of the cases. Some have earned unequivocally high levels of help and support a broad reduction and $35,000 for assisting with provider surgery.

The most important thing is the recently said the system was being "gained for higher prices."

"I don't know a single person involved in the drafting who thought baseball were limited—the world lead to major league awards," said Adam Beckstein, who worked as a Republican auditor on the committee that was the No. 1, and now stands for insurance companies.

Congress data have missed four key elements of baseball arbitration that are almost in health care.

Baseball data in clear. Bowler felt even 5-year major news in baseball when the star pitcher Tarik Skulak asked for 17 times what the Detroit Tigers offered in arbitration.

The gap between the two bills was larger than anything that had gone through baseball arbitration since 2025. Usually, players ask for a salary that is 2 times the board's price.

Compare that with surprise billing arbitration, where doctors' typical talk have been 1.4 times what insurers offered. In some cases, the number of insurers is 1.4 times in each lot for an 20 times as much. In one earlier case, a 1.4 times degree deal fell times what the insurer United Healthcare offered.

Key Differences in Arbitration Systems

	BASING	HEALTH CARE
Win rate	Roughly even	Doctors win about 85%
Deciding factors	Pay of similar players	Numerous
Cost	Expensive	Modest
Process	In person and awkward	Written and confidential
Accountability	Either side can fire arbitrators	Only the government can fire arbitrators
Outliers	Pitcher won 1.7 times the team offer	Surgeon won 950 times the insurer offer

Players Who Went to Arbitration in 2026

The year, 17 insurers were eligible for arbitration, but only 12 went through the process.

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WILLING OF THE	OUR SPOTS	PARIS SPOTS	WITH HELP
Tarik Skulak	1.7	1.7	1.7
Yinze Diaz	1.7	1.7	1.7
Garcia Schuett	1.7	1.7	1.7
Edwin Schuett	1.7	1.7	1.7
Edwin Kuczyk	1.7	1.7	1.7
Erin Lauer	1.7	1.7	1.7
Ayis Bozduk	1.7	1.7	1.7
Aris Bozduk	1.7	1.7	1.7
Aris Bozduk	1.7	1.7	1.7
Calvin Teacher	1.7	1.7	1.7
Marina Pichler	1.7	1.7	1.7
Dylan Lee	1.7	1.7	1.7
Debra Revere	1.7	1.7	1.7
Reagan Akin	1.7	1.7	1.7
Tyler Stephenson	1.7	1.7	1.7
Tom Yates	1.7	1.7	1.7

A Large Divide in Health Care Offers

The number of people offer in health care disputes is 3.4 times the insurer's offer, though the gaps in some specialists are much larger. Providers still win 65 percent of the time.

PROMISE SPOTS
All board's disputes	1.4x higher
Neurology	24.3x
Surgery	11.4x
Rashology	3.0x
Emergency team	2.6x
A. BOTH SPOTS AND
All board	1.2x higher
Tarik Skulak	1.7x

Tarik Skulak, now with the Dodgers, brought his two Cy Young plaques to his arbitration hearing with the Tigers. His winning $32 million salary proposal was 1.7 times that offered by the team.

ing arbitrators to prioritize what similar doctors are paid. Early rates told arbitrators to mostly have decisions on a benchmark that reflected the typical rate for providers who accept insurance. Doctors could argue that they design a waiver for having certain skills or a complex case, among other factors. But that benchmark was supposed to be the most important consideration. The data are over those rules and get down changed. Now, arbitrators have to weigh all factors, and when one things like skills or complexity in their decisions, should not be a large and unpredictable range of experts.

Baseball arbitration is expensive. Players are typically eligible for arbitrators between their third and sixth years of major league service. Since 2022, only 65 of the 800 players in that category have used the process, according to data that M.L.B. shared with The New York Times.

One reason is it's expensive and laborious. Baseball arbitration hearings typically take place in late winter, mostly rotating between Florida or Arizona, the two states of spring training. Players must attend their hearings, which usually happen in least conference rooms.

Traces and players need to bring an everyone in play to no-prepare their arbitration case — then pay for the fourth and flights these people need to attend the hearing.

"You're looking at $10,000," said Trevor May, a former pitcher who reacts to an arbitration with the Minnesota Twins in 1935.

Pitcher, such rules, he said, "must guys tend to say it's not worth the fight".

In health care, the government charges $10 to file an arbitration case. The whole process happens

through an online portal, no in-person attendance required. There are additional fees paid to the third-party arbitrator, which range from $45 to $600, and those get covered by whoever been.

Doctors do sometimes hire outside experts to file their arbitration cases. Many of these firms are paid only if they win.

Baseball arbitration is uncomfortable.

In an arbitration hearing, a player is not so there is a team representation in describe in our existing detail all the way to say — with a higher salary. The show acknowledges all the experience is another key factor limiting cases, people on both sides of negotiations call The Times.

"I'm think you work hard for seven years in the organization, and five years with the big league team, and you get in there and basically they value you much different than what you thought you'd considered," Corbin Barnes, a pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, told MLB.com after he lost his 2023 arbitration hearing.

Team executives who win their cases have to keep working with the players whose feelings they've hurt.

Health care arbitration cases, are conducted under no paper. In most cases, each side never undergoes to see what the other party, said about them, and the decision and the patients' insurers aren't on the same team.

Baseball arbitrators have different incentives.

Baseball arbitration results are pretty evenly split, with players winning 10 percent of cases since 2022. But in health care, doctors win the vast majority of cases. Benjamin Chichock, a health economist at Boston University (and a Boston Red Sox list), has

been trying to figure out why. In most arbitration systems, no more than are less likely to win. An aggressive bid can become like a misery father — a big personal appeal has with low odds.

But when Mr. Chichock looked at the health care data, he saw no such pattern. Doctors win cases in similar rates whether they ask for slightly more than what the insurance company offers or 10 times as much. Mr. Chichock believes the arbitrators in the system have a financial situation to rule in favor of doctors. When he added that factors, the result started to make sense.

Doctors bring nearly all health care disputes. Arbitrators are paid by the case, and may get more business if there keep doctors happy. While only a small place of medical claims go in arbitration, the number has been growing rapidly as health care providers gain more experience with the system.

"I call arbitration like a money printing machine," he said. "They get $800 every nine they do one of them."

In baseball, either side can fire an arbitrator at the end of the season if it's unhappy with the results or reports him. No similar mechanism exists in health care. At most, doctors and insurers can file complaints with the government.

Even in baseball, arbitration is not beloved. Traces would rather have a formula-based salary system for players. Many players complain that the arbitrators don't have enough about baseball to make the new decisions. The sport's collective bargaining agreement requires six hours/day and salary arbitration is one of many topics up for negotiation. The current system — the model for Congress in health care — may not survive.

Hard Choices for New Yorkers After Health Insurance Is Gutted by Trump's Cuts

By ENBAL G. FITZENBERG When Micella Sathorn hardly lost their health insurance last month, she signed up her three children for a new plan. But she and her husband could see about coverage for themselves.

Ms. Sathorn, a personal care assistant who lives in Plattsburgh, N.Y., was among more than 400,000 people in the state who lost their low-cost health coverage, known as the Essential Plan, after federal funding cuts under President Trump.

It was disappointed and she scared," she said. "You never know. You could get sick any time."

Ms. Sathorn said that she and her husband, a machine operator in a warehouse, could not pay hun-

Over 400,000 people lose coverage after a state plan is hit hard.

druth of dollars per month for insurance. Your previous plan had no monthly premium. The plan's cost was $1.2 million, and the average through her complete.

Now York's Essential Plan, an unusual state program that is almost entirely federally solicited, was fulfilled in the 1980s. Here's no much to qualify for Medicaid but struggle to pay for private insurance. Established it 2015 under the Affordable Care Act, the plan was not complete with unregulated ineligible for Medicaid, and drove down the number of people in New York without health insurance to below 5 percent.

Now, health experts are worried that number will rise and that more people will lose across its care. And many New Yorkers are now paying more for insurance at a time when families are already struggling to afford housing and groceries.

The plan had become a spigot of billions of federal health care dollars, more than were raised to other states. When Mr. Trump's domestic policy law was approved last year, it restricted which tax citizens were eligible, reducing the flow of funding. The state then limited eligibility. The earnings threshold for a family of five need to be $10,000, now it is $40,000.

Health officials and community groups are nothing to help people find new insurance. Nearly 450,000 people lost coverage in July 1, and about 20,000 were stolen joined new plans, state officials said. New Yorkers have used the end of August to sign up for coverage through the state's marketplace.

Elizabeth Benjamin, a vice president at the Community Service Society, an antipoverty nonprofit that helps people access health care, said that their those who lost coverage were hesitant to ask family workers.

"Our call volume has doubled," she said. "People are confused and agree. They're going without insurance."

The drop onto to the Essential Plan came as congressional Republicans have reduced federal taxes for new people on 10,000 plans, and enrollment has dropped. More New Yorkers are expected to lose their insurance in January when new Medicaid coverage was being won. However, take effect. State officials have warned that more than one million people in New York could

Dr. Jonathan Jiménez, left, the executive director of NYC Care, which serves patients without health insurance, said he worried more people would keep preventive care after losing coverage.

use Medicaid coverage in the missing years.

Helen Arraaga, the deputy mayor of the talk and bureau services in New York City, said in an interview that Medicaid with health executives and community groups about how to support people who are losing coverage.

"This is not a one-time problem," she said. "We're going to need solutions to support New Yorkers for the next two to three years."

Representative Alexandria (https://www.1. New York mo) with Ms. Arraaga at City Hall last week and posted a video on social media expressing concern about

the health care cuts. Democrats have made in highlight the issue ahead of the national elections in November 2025.

Republicans like Representa (e) Mike Lander have debunked the cuts, arguing that they intend to wouldst progress. A spokesman for Mr. Lander has is being a competitive case in the Boston Valley, said that Gov. Kelly Hocked "hath a health care program number since it is the country's most popular New Yorker. It's never and ever wants to blame Washington when the bill comes due."

Bill Hammond, a health care policy analyst at the Empire Cen-

ter for Public Policy, a faculty executive who said, said the Essential Plan was unaccountable under the previous case. Those losing coverage have increase between 200 percent and 350 percent of the federal poverty term or between $15,000 and $20,000 for a state adult.

"I think it's reasonable to ask people to make the long-term for me," she said.

Ms. Hocked, a Democrat, has said that she fought in process for plan for more than one million people in New York. "I think it's not a one-time problem, a spokeswoman for the governor, said that the state was helping people find new

New York City's public hospital system could be further strained by an effort of uninsured people. The meantime a Republican's family physician and executive director of NYC Care, a program oversees by the hospital system that provides low-cost and free service for those without insurance. He said he was worried about those who will delay preventive care and end up in hospitals.

"That's when you see the insurers, the insurers, the insurers. People in their life or life showing up with a massive stroke and they had hypertension, but they weren't connected to care. Those are all preventable deaths."

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Valued Student Benefit

Falls Apart When Wet And H Hard to Replace

By STEVENSON CHEN

and MATTHEW HUGG

In two years of high school, Maya Jordan went through six student OMNY cards, the age-and-gay system that allows New City City students to ride the subway and finish the

One card disintegrated in the washing machine. Another full apart is the rain. Others get bent and stopped working. Each stinting comes waiting days for a replacement, forcing her to pay the full fare. I'd a ride, until her new card arrived.

"No doubt of the issues would be avested if the cards were made out of plants," said Ms. Jordan, 18, who rode the No. 1 train in the N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative Studies.

According to a report released on Wednesday by the office of Councilman Harvey Epstein, which surveyed nearly 700 New York City high school students who use the system to complete cards are florets, prone to malfunction and difficult to replace. Most problems, the students said, seem from the material of the cards: They are paper and cut plants like the former MetroCard or the OMNY cards distributed at vending machines.

Mr. Epstein and transit advocates are expected on Wednesday to rally outside of City Hall in support of changes to the student cards.

New York City's vast public transit system is a vital means of transportation for the city's more than one million students, bringing them out only to school, but also to extracurricular activities and jobs, which can be taken away from home. It is especially important for middle- and high-school students who can spend money on from home.

"It's different in the suburbs when kids can drive or take a school bus," said Kerrys Charles, 18, who helped conduct the survey and recently graduated from the Notre Dame School of Mathematics,

an all-girls private high school. She rode the No. 6 card, I mean to school.

The student OMNY cards, which were introduced nearly two years ago, were a significant improvement over the previous three weeks. They increased the number of daily trips allowed to bear, up from three, and allowed students to use them year-round and at all hours.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency that runs the subway and buses, works with the city's Department of Education to print about 13 million student OMNY cards for public, charter and private schools each year. Students in kindergarten through 12th grade are eligible, but neither the department nor the M.T.A. would say how many students used them last year.

New York City pays around 500 million a year for the program, which runs about $200 million, the balance is paid by the M.T.A. and the state.

Still, the survey found widespread frustration among students.

Some said they went weeks without their school providing a placement cards. "That's a new students shouldn't be made to pay," said Jasper Wong, 17, who rides a bus and the subway to La Guardia High School on Mantlequins West Side from his home in Flushing, Queens.

Others laminated their cards, only to have them eventually over working, too.

Manillah Risura, the M.T.A.'s chief customer officer, said that the agency was committed to improving the student OMNY cards and financing to feedback from the M.T.A. and the business they hand the issues with the card. The 9-year-old daughter has had several replaced after water spilled on them.

"We want and don't think we have a seat at the table," Ms. Risura said. "We all know how it is

since again a time where adults have sort of imposed their views on us."

She said that the M.T.A. is working on several changes to the cards, including adding the ability for students to tap-and-pay at the turnstile with a phone like other riders can. The agency also plans to replace the paper cards with a durable plastic version around the 2027-28 school year.

But paper cards weren't the students only gripe. They also said that eligibility restrictions, such as no re-choise for applicants who live within a half-mile of their school, do not reflect the lives of young people, who often travel for other academic interests.

The survey, conducted by students living in Mr. Epstein's City Council district in Baltimore and Lower Manhattan, included responses from young people city-wide, from both public and private schools.

Mr. Epstein said he viewed the

card's shortcomings as an economic justice issue.

Maya Marsano, a student at Trinity School, a private school on the Upper West Side, said that the survey had revealed a major disconnect between the adults who implemented the student card

system and the young people who use it.

"It's easy to government if you don't have kids and don't hear about this," Ms. Marsano, 16, said. "You make this change and don't see how it actually plays out." M.T.A. officials said they

have a new card, and the new card

The youth committed of Transportation Alternatives, a non-profit, Students complain OMNY cards are too flimsy and prone to malfunction.

wanted to make sure the new programs worked seamlessly before rolling them out to all students. They do not want students to miss class because of potential malfunctions or lost progress in jump the turnstile. As the second quarter, nearly half of has riders and more than 10 percent of subway riders shipped the fare, according to the M.T.A.

A spokesman for Coke Transportation Systems, the company that designed OMNY, referred questions to the M.T.A.

The M.T.A. stopped adding the MetroCard, the plastic transit team that debuted in 1993, at the end of last year, and nearly all riders have already switched to OMNY, according to the agency.

Birth of Texas Caps Fight

On Abortion as Surrogacy

From Page A1

parents. Omar Ahmed and Nausheno Gilkat, chose a different name.

As if the heartbreak of his condition were not enough, they are devastated to see their family tragedy transformed into political disaster by the Texas Attorney General's office and the State of West," said a lawyer for the parents, Lee Bodner, in a statement.

Mr. Bodner said the boy was "now receiving medical care provided by a court of justice and property," adding that the parents "would place their baby's health and well-being first, following the advice of the baby's medical team."

Ms. West is seeking custody of the child.

The birth came just days after Mr. Peacock's legal intervention on March 16 in Peacock, a Republican locked in a rough race for the U.S. Senate, argued in Dallas County court that the parents were required to provide lifesaving care under Texas law.

"My office will use every tool in the state," said the state's attorney general. Kitty Bennett contributed research.

available to protect insurers lives," he said in a statement.

The move sharply increased attention on what had already been a cause of death or anti-abortion circles in the state.

By Tuesday, Mr. Paxton celebrated having secured a temporary restraining order, or T & O, in Dallas that prevents the parents from being sent to the state. "Texas used a hearing in late August. The order also requires them to provide 'medically indicated, lifesaving resources' to the baby."

Mr. Paxton said, "Mrs. Debbie County court also issued a restraining order against Mr. West. The order have her from processing herself as the baby's parent, guardians or medical decision maker 'to anyone.'"

"Unfortunately, because of the Texas T & O, that was entered yesterday, McKenzie didn't get to see or hear him after he was born," Lincoln Wilson, a lawyer for Mr. West, said in an interview.

Ms. West, who did not respond to an interview request for the baby, said it is an interview that month with the former Fox News and current FoxTube host Megan Kelly that she did not support abortion and felt "stopped" by the

Ms.Kenna West, the surrogate, wants custody. Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas, above left, compelled medical treatments.

surrogacy contract, which permit not the intended parents to end the pregnancy via abortion.

"It brought up a lot of fear," said Ms. West, a nurse with two children of her own, in the interview.

Through a manual friend, Mr. West connected with Lila Rose, the president of Live Action, an anti-abortion group. Ms. Rose said she helped Ms. West get legal support from the Alliance for Health Providers, a permanent Christian conservative legal organization.

"There came a peace where she, for the sake of her own medical care and safety, needed to travel to

Texas, and so we did assist," Ms. Rose said. "They were treating her baby like a product. The product had a defect, and so they were trying to send it back."

Ms. Rose said that her organization does not support surrogacy, which "overestablishes human life" and leads to "heartbreaking and devastating situations like this."

Mr. Wilson, the lawyer for Ms. West, said that the legal case was not new and that Ms. West would continue to fight for custody of the boy, who must undergo much of surgeries "before he's really in the class."

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Mangione Plans to Enter

Guilty Plea in U.S. Case

From Page A1

America – Malmore Manhattan – and the five-day munitions that followed interest the country, banning many people horrified, but others rallying to support a gunman who came out as promoting the nation's health insurance industry.

It was unclear what charges the Mangione would plead guilty to in Friday, and he could reverse his decision at the last minute, even during the court hearing itself.

The impact of a federal plea on Mr. Mangione's state murder case also remains in question. His lawyers could seek dismissal of the state charges on double jeopardy grounds, which were obtained from being tried twice for the same offense – arguments for Manhattan district attorney's office in their to vigorously oppose.

Both the United States have narrowed over time. In January, the federal judge, Margaret Garrett, dismissed the other charges in Mr. Mangione's federal case, including one that carried a potential death penalty if he won conviction.

Last year the judge overseeing the state case, Gregory Cალი, dismissed a state terrorism case, saying the evidence behind it was "legally insufficient." The remaining state charges include second-degree murder, which could lead to a possible sentence of 25 years to life.

The darling cases have sparked tensions between President Trump's Justice Department and the office of the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, the only prosecutor to win a conviction against Mr. Trump.

When Mr. Mangione was first charged in federal court during the last weeks of President Trump, R. Rabin, Sr.'s term, No. 15, attorney's office had a reported Mr. Bragg's office to try the state case first. But shortly after Mr. Trump took office, his Justice Department signaled it would accelerate the pace, announcing quickly it would seek the death penalty for

Mr. Mangione, a decision that usually takes many months to make.

Since then, the state and federal prosecutors have seemingly been inckaying to try Mr. Mangione now.

If the federal plea happens on Friday, legal experts say, Mr. Bragg's office could argue that it can still prosecute Mr. Mangione because the state charges all dresses a different harm – murder – than the federal making case.

Mr. Bragg's office raised the double jeopardy issue last month after news reports surfaced about the possibility of a federal guilty plea.

A state prosecutor, Joel Sealecauve, suggested in a July 1 letter to Justice Cალი that Mr. Bragg's office would share 15 a proposed federal guilty plea "would operate to defeat a just outcome in the state prosecutors."

Mr. Sealecauve said the district attorney's office would want Judge Garrett, to "consider that fact in deciding whether to accept that plea." He said the office had advised Mr. Mangione's federal prosecutors and his defense team of its position.

"July guilty pleas in these measures must account for the seriousness of defendants' offenses, the use of an innocent life, the impact of these crimes on the victim's family," Mr. Sealecauve wrote in the letter.

Mr. Mangione's defense team, led by Karen Friedman Agnillo, argued from about the moment he was charged by state and federal authorities in November 2024 that the dual prosecutors violated his rights.

In a motion filed in Manhattan State Supreme Court, the defense called the parallel prosecutions "no constitutionally fraught that we are hard pressed to find processes for such an unprecedented situation."

"The state and federal prosecutors refuse to decriated facts," the lawyers wrote, adding that the office were "trying to get two bites at the apple to convict Mr. Mangione."

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2020

Opinion

The New York Times

This Is the Winning Formula for Democrats in Red States

Ben Rhodes

A contributing Opinion writer.

DES MOINES

I OWA has a cancer problem: The state has the fastest-growing rate of revenues in the nation. On the margins of a high school gymnasium, I talked to a young man whose father died of leukemia that he attributes to herbicides or pesticides. On local radio, a woman described spending thousands of dollars on a home system to filter stratum from her drinking water.

Bob Sand, the state auditor, is running for governor on a Democrat with the slogan 'Costs, corruption and cancer,' and I followed him to several tents built recently. In 2007, I spent months absolutely carveering the state for Barack Obama's caucus campaign. Now, well-torn middle age and the Trump era, I still recognized the neighborhoods of the people and the personal Americans of the venues. But in addition to the overboring heat, there was a heaviness in the political air. Young people are moving away. Crops are being replanted on account of tariffs. More lessons are getting sick.

At each venue, Mr. Sand represents a government in Des Moines that is so cosy with agribusiness that it gave polluters immunity from penalties. He never said the name Donald Trump. Instead, he talked up. He plan to clean lowers water supply while connecting with voters hampering for community. As one step he walked into the middle of an audience of hundreds and asked folks to turn their holding chairs to face him in one giant circle.

Forty days, with boyish good looks, Mr. Sand is very much a moderate, but he has a withering critique of the political establishment in this country. He expresses disdain for a system dominated by 'two private clubs.' He blames Republicans and Democrats equally for rewarding special interests and making voters 'take the people they love.' And he is unusually specific on how to change a system rigged for politicians and special interests. He supports nonpartisan primaries and approval voting, age and term limits for politicians alongside capitolry and civics such as I just set stock trading for public officials and person time for the ones who need from taxpayers.

From March 1st/2nd, Mr. Sand is director and state Democrats such as Roy Cooper and Mary Polson often talk down parliamentary while emphasizing problem solving. OK, Polson's message is even similarly alliterative: 'Fish, family, freedom.' What sets Mr. Sand apart is his youth, discipline the's currently on a '100 town hall tour' and relentless determination to connect his critique of the party system to local unionists. For sure, that seems to be working. Mr. Sand holds a narrow load in a state that hasn't had a Democratic governor since 2011. His approach could offer a blueprint for how to break the Republican grip on red states.

It helps that Mr. Sand has a near-perfect strand. He turned down the rest to attend an school at the University of Iowa, on visit to the state's chief public corruption supervisor and has spent two-veins an author bestselling his reputation as a crusader against waste. An avid howlanner and churchgoer – his one missing might have been a brief shot as a men's wear model in Milan – he speaks with a self-assumedness that could tip into arrogance if he weren't assiduously polite. While not the most dynamic speaker, he holds the attention of his crowds through a head of an abashed earnestness, lobby religiosity ('Jesus was on the side of the little guy'), and even man sense: because he's comfortable in his own skin, his audiences are just at ease.

These audiences, like the state, are largely old and white. It was easy to see Mr. Sand through their eyes as an ideal one or grandson. He begins his town halls by asking for a show of hands – who is a Republican, as in dependent or a Democrat. And it should be a applause for each faction. Then he asks the audience to sing the first verse of 'America the Beautiful' (dramatize) 'Yes, Carey!' Definitely. But as the awkwardness includes, a few hundred voices build into something resembling harmony, and a soft patriotism envelope the most.

Mr. Sand has proposed making town halls mandatory for public officials. 'I think that they would be less corrupt,' he told me, 'and they would do fewer things that are obviously bad for their constituents if they know they were going to have to look their constituents in the eye and defend their own actions.'

The cyris in me worried that he was ignoring the harsh realities of American politics, including the infidelsess and immorality of people who choose their own incentives and ignore dishonestness. It was in Iowa, after all, where Mr. Trump said he could shoot someone on 1986 Avenue and get away with it.

But cyris can end up a cycle for status quo, and I left Iowa believing that Mr. Sand's message holds an important lesson for Democrats. For all the fights between left and center, the candidates gaining traction are often younger and in touch with the attitudes and concerns of their communities. America is a big and complicated country in New York a democratic socialist like Zelena Mandelau wins by exposing the corruption that drives up even and prices at hand starts. In Iowa, a moderate like Mr. Sand is focused on getting carcinogens out of the water. What they and other rising Democrats share in a determination is overhaul. A broken system so that power solves the people's problems instead of perpetuating them.

FOR ALL OUR OBSERVERS with national politics and policies, the path out of corrupt, one-party government starts at the local level.

FLOYD RICHARD THE THE NEW YORK TIMES

Republicans have dominated Iowa for a decade. Can Rob Sand change that?

That's where you can take advantage of a party that has become lazy in power, build a painting muscle and test approaches that can be repurposed for other states or scaled up nationally.

Iowa is ripe for that kind of effort. After a decade of one-party rule, the state is struggling not just with cancer but also with rising health care costs and anemic economic growth. The agricultural sector has been honored by Mr. Trump's tariffs and a new line. Iran that is driving up the prices of diesel fuel and fertilizer. Meanwhile, Republicans in Des Moines have followed the national party, de-

minuting Democratic over immigration, de-regulating industry and banning abortion.

Mr. Sand's agenda focuses on what they've ignored. At every step, to decide his plan to clean up the water supply, the wants to reverse the privatization of Medicaid to bring down the cost of health care and reform a wasteful school voucher program. He supports investments in telehealth and remote work for state employees and's easier to test in rural communities. He wants to ban social media for children under 16.

Most of those issues have a nexus to corruption. Lawmakers turn a blind eye as agri-

business pollutes the water and enable the health care industry to pull profits while rural clinics are shuttered. The tech sector has spread plenty of money around to avoid regulation of social media and artificial intelligence.

The Republican nominee for governor is a political operative and entrepreneur named Zach Labs who edged on a Trump-endorsed move. He has been a very leading himself as a reformer. Now he casts Mr. Sand as a choice radical and better chandlers to practice. When I asked Mr. Sand how he would overcome Republican attacks, he shrugged: 'I got everywhere and talk to everybody,' he said. He also likes to remind voters that Mr. Labs didn't switch his voter registration to Iowa from Kansas until 2014 (just in time to run).

Mr. Sand also makes a sense of the fact that if he wins, he will almost certainly be governing with a Republican-controlled legislature. Commonly he's a politician, he refused to suggest he'll fight for things that wouldn't have a chance of passing. Instead, he told voters that he simply wouldn't be able to do something, whether it was removing reproductive health care or reducing collective bargaining rights. It all feeds into his broader critique of politicians: 'I wish they just would have been upfront to begin with,' he told me. 'I sometimes feel like I'm hearing the weight of decades of people just expecting less from politicians.'

to run instead of one even half, Mr. Sand's vision of a nonpartisan future was clouded by the present. A retired school nurse recalled protesters and a summer support because of budget cuts. Then her voice broke, saying: 'We got to get back to being a state where we help everybody. And I don't care if they're an immigrant. I don't care what state they are.'

The training the crowd in a round of applause for her public service, Mr. Sand praised Bob Ray, a Republican governor who welcomed refugees in Iowa in the 1970s while expressing support for people who 'want to work and follow the rules.' Mr. Sand quickly prowed from the fraught version of migration and race to focus on costs and corruption, criticizing the current government for raising taxes to pay for the profits of private health insurers and wasteful spending on school vouchers. 'If you're being told to be scared of your neighbors,' he concluded, 'it's so that your pocket can be picked.'

While very much on message, something about the exchange felt unsatisfying, Mr. Sand's speculators was speaking to issues of morality and industry that can a dark shadow over American politics. Tactically, I understand the impulse to set these issues aside to favor of a conversation about how politics should work, to invest with people about what you can and cannot change. But if he manages to win, I'm not sure that changing the incentives and disconcertive for politicians, which he focuses on, will be enough to change the vagaries of politics today.

Perhaps mindful of these doubts, Mr. Sand seeks such of his own halls with an appeal to values. How is it, he asks, voice lowered and grays, that we have reached this 'abyss'? Once again, the antagonist is not Mr. Trump or big business or the cruelty raised by that former school nurse: it is a broken political system in which politicians want to turn a state 'red or blue.' By contrast, he describes sending his kids to school urging behavior that is missing from politics today: Respect your teachers. Be kind. Listen to everyone.

It was a message I recognized from my time as a speechwriter for Mr. Obama when he campaigned in Iowa. There are no red states or blue states. Special interests have too much power in Washington. A different kind of politics was possible, particularly with a young member.

But Republicans never came to the table. By the end of Mr. Obama's right years in office, they had fallen in him behind Mr. Trump, and now many Iowa voters – and legislators – consume a steady diet of right-wing media that is pageless by Reagan.

Can Mr. Sand's antipartisan locations overcome these forces? He answered his disgust with the system to that of rank-and-file MAHA legislators: 'A lot of the people who I get along with here are some of the people who are more Trump in the legislature,' he told me. 'They look as the way the system works, especially after they've been there for a little bit, and they're like: This isn't what do we say to supposed to be about.'

While I don't agree with Mr. Sand's equal appointments of future between right and left for the sorry state of our politics, his possessively-petros message may offer Republicans a permanent structure to try something new. An earnest, moderate white man at the state level may also be more capable of reaching across the aisle than a Democratic president. And perhaps the wreckage of the Trump is a full path enough voters – and even some politicians – out of the 'abyss.' After all, he wants much more way for a decade and get rising cancer rates, rising costs and more young people leaving home to find opportunity.

Bob Sand offers an item flavor of a recipe that has been coming into focus since the 1970s. He has been a member of the 2016. Instead of nominating candidates who look at sound like the establishment, get behind people running against it and appeal to Trump voters who were drawn to populism. Instead of disheartening the population, get in touch with voters at the local level. Endorse generalistical change.

Along the way, Democrats must also continue the immorality that brought that school nurse to start – insisting that everyone be treated with dignity and remaining a system to solve problems instead of just blaming others for them. That's the only way to become a country where power serves people instead of the other way around.

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Please Judge the Books! I'm Reading

Radhika Jones

A former editor in chief of Vanity Fair.

I was with you adulthood before I learned that prestigious cultural awards were often made out by some series of goals and means but by real people. In what the Reader Prize Foundation released its height: two weeks ago, I read it with pleasure, and I was struck by how prominently the answer to her judges featured in the announcement. There they are, most of them smiling healthfully in the phone, and I have been reading two marks in books, the proud result of months of curate—but labor and personality, high-minded sparring and arm-switting.

Literary Judging often take the breast of city, and takes pride giving in the arts, what with their inherent biases, their inescapable label upon and the disguilt nature of the process by which they assist winners. It's easy to judge at their qualifies

for the best of judges are the ultimate gate-keepers, a life-rotatory taboo personalities. But at a moment when character-members, including into every endeavor, I was glad to see the most interesting humans-pertinent along with their selections. The subjectivity is the point.

I've adjudicated several months and prizes through the years, and the dynamics of the judging table—the wild range of reactions to prose style, the tactics of persuasions, the success of emotional impact—are an feature so few work in front of us. It's not unusual that a judge's feeling about the table and storm out of a room (i.e. during those words—a sit I look! sure), visit the dress, and also possible to insure a notice and change without the advice. Some judging panels on

my comments from the outset, but it's more common to navigate through conflict. Often where we landed wasn't where we thought we were headed, which was part of the fun.

In a world where, apparently, fewer people read anything, those of us who still read a lot only on literary prizes to assist with short-term discovery—and long-term predictive power. Prices are the original economic-menadance engine — except the decubers are ranked with consulting their own tame-out some significant properties.

Some year's judging, chair for the Booker Prize is the classic in Mary Bawid, perfectly sure as an authority figure during a moment when all anyone wants to talk about is "The Witness"! Her fellow judges include the postwar and the politics, the musician Jarvis Cocker, the poet and memoirist Paricka Lankewed and the editor and critic Rebecca Lin. I don't know any of them personality. That yet know the Venn diagram between the two of the first, and I haven't yet read any of the novels on the laughs; but I am happier than ever to take a flyer and find out.

Modern prize colour has existed for over 25 years; James F. English, in the world's book "The Economy of Prestige," dates the current course for literary awards to the Nobel Prize, which defraud in 1861. In

the Anglophone world, that strong happens to coincide roughly with the rise of English literature departments and, together, universities and awards like the Politics, the National Book Awards and the Booker have become engines of colonization.

Universities canonize works by adopting them into curriculums, ensuring that generations of students will read them. Literature who assemble anthologies often do this work literally, feeding poems, plays, fiction and essays into textbook editions. I Prize canonize works and authors by writing them above their contemporaries, increasing the chances that when the literary detritus of the present is worked away, a few standards will remain.

Since we can't read all the books all the time, it's helpful to have some guidance, however flawed, as to what's most worthy of our sustained attention. That's where prizes come in. Awards possess the power to at-

The novels most worth seeking out need champions more than ever.

tract immediate attention, both from their selections and from their available. Clearly seven years ago the Booker caused a few by advising its bylaws and deroggingly, handing out only that they also had to understand away.

Prizes have become especially important if you believe that our society has reached a position near stage, in which fewer students are majoring in English literature and almost no one in college can read full books anymore. If academic names satisfy and special interest groups canonize it might work deemed controversial or unaligned with their works, then, it will become harder for new books to be assessed through an educational pipeline. The recently published R. G. Hegsted-ending syllabus for those public tickets, which he is highly robust years includes no books published in the past but for contrary, offers a glimpse of what that looks like.

I don't mean to say readers shouldn't

abide by the suggestions of their trusted critic or columnist, family bibliopaths, habitacliera or BookTakes. As a society, we do not lack for individual opinions about books, and many of those opinions are reliable. So far all means, take recommendations from our and Don Lipa.

But I put extra store in prizes! ability to afford and encourage collection reading because no much of their value, affect content, comes from the collective act of judging—discouring, debating, shutting — and the subsequent broadcasting and coverage of those choices. When offer is made to your targetline, giving of judges with diverse backgrounds and artistic experience, it shows in the output.

This year's Booker Prize committee is admirably silhouverous, and so is the height it selected. I've had a soft spot for the Booker since the bakeryin late 1860s and early '60s since Sir Robert Hegsted, A.S. Byatt, Peter Carey and J.M. Castane. More—

words, but you've laughed and said, "If my foothills to 'foamcruys,' a small ten mighty one of by the gums in Wood about the hopes and dreams of an old folk obtrian catcher. I am life person in the world, and I am not to be bought that book had it for more cited by the Booker judges, and I'm so grateful to them as if they had given it to me directly."

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the willingness of individuals to keep smiling the magical connection that imaginative literature can provide. Sometimes the connections is private, and sometimes it's shared with other readers, but either way, it's inherently personal. Awards, with their rare power to grant credibility in a cacophonous world and their equal capacity to provoke conversations, remind us that subjectivity is part of the risk and value of consuming art.

Maybe 10 years from now, no one will read literary fiction anymore, and nearly 200 years of consuming energy — the effort to whittle down our mail market of books also a working library that is, if not manageable, that at least comprehensible — will have been spent in vain. But if anybody still wants to pick up a novel after the design, I predict these Booker lengths and short-lists, along with those of the Politics, the National Book Awards and other prizes—object to human whim and discretion, will provide essential signposts.

Like the books they recognize, those lists convey something crucial about the imperfect, unpredictable world we live in. They'll be evidence of the brief, shining period when a handful of readers people would "fly closer" — spend the better part of a page buried in books, deploying their time and taste in support of the new story-based other people would read.

LETTERS

Is Sanders Helping or During Democrats?

TO THE EDITOR

Re: "Sanders is Not Doing the Democrats Any Power," by Matthew Ygbrides (Opinion panel news, Aug. 25).

But he is, Bernie Sanders is helping to open up a tired and broken party structure. The Democrats are over the messengers. The economy is terrifying. Health care for all is pretty straightforward. By law, daughter-in-law and grandson are paying nearly $2,000 a month for health insurance for all of them. A fortnight brewing is a contraliction to me as if I was not true is illegal. We have loaded a war in Gann (list is obscure.

The world is literally on fire. And the Democratic leadership is doing the little bit of long labeling (left wing, right-wing, socialist, nationalist) and start looking at policy times. What would it fit it, do?

It's time for the senators (I'm a boomer) to hand over the voice and stage retirement. Even Bernie needs to use his eight from outside the Senate. JOHN GORDON, OREAT KORENYSTON, MASS.

TO THE EDITOR

As a control Democrat who recognizes the imperative of ending Republican control of Congress in November, I am deeply concerned about the electoral impact of the government's work and the government's policy. It is virtually any other control, I would welcome the continuing debate between moderators and the congressmen, which I view as a healthy influence of the diversity and openness that define the Democratic Party relative to the nonunities. O. H.

I am deeply concerned, however, that Democrats risk searching defeat from the jaws of victory because this debate allotethrough, the party fronts what should be its overriding objective this fall: defeating as

Dangerous Tool for RE

TO THE EDITOR

Re: "ICE's Choice (Saves for Officers That Deliver Electric Shocks)" (news article, Aug. 12).

These gloves grant a license to law enforcement agents to harm anyone they suspect of anything. The electric shock, as described in the article, is painful enough to take a person to the ground.

This is one more step away from honest publicly and onward control of any person law enforcement device objectionable, from the smoker's own bad language against marked and armed FE. Students to associate political demonstrators on the wrong side of the authorities.

I am horrified.

VINTANA GALLATADY BINGHAMTON, N.Y.

many Trump-matching Republicans as possible.

MARK GORDI, CHELSEA, MASS.

TO THE EDITOR

Of course Bernie Sanders isn't doing the Democratic Party any forces. He isn't a Democrat. he just cannot placing me on TV when he decided to run for president. These days, he can come with the party because trying to get his sweeping platform of progress to indicate that he is not independent of a hopeless proposition.

The Democratic establishment is not one in love with the blacks I have called, when it resided in horror from the idea of him as to someone.

Republicans, by contrast, love the man, is whom they can point as evidence that the Democratic Party has gone unpleasant. Never mind that Mr. Sanders and his followers aren't communistic, facts that don't support President Trump's interests are simply dishonored as "label" and "right."

Trump and his MAGA culture. I Mr. Sanders really wanted to help the Democrats, he'd retire from politics. He won't.

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Vance's Crude Behavior

TO THE EDITOR

Re: "With Ulster Tannin, Vance Abandono Deverace," by Peter Baker (White House Metro, front page, Aug. 10).

Like Vaya Vance, the Vance, I was born and raised in the Midwest. On the very child of Catholic parents: a history worker and a step-at-home team, I was taught me to use the word "bute," as in "I don't him/he/" and "I am in me the word 'stupid,' as in 'he/ she is stupid.'"

Mr. Vance used to Catholicism much later than I did, but surely he learned that one of the core wants of Christianity is to love your neighbor as a friend. Crude is criticizing and insulting others — and public no loss — certainly has no place in a Christian Mr. style.

Obviously, his hero takes the prize for rudeness and bad language, but shouldn't Mr. Vance try to rise above that? What kind of example is he setting for younger men and women who aspire to public affairs? What kind of example is he setting for his children?

LYNN JACOBS, SAN FRANCISCO

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'A WE deficit disorder,' a term that's a general event the internet for it was not a model, but we have been able to do this. According to the 1st century, but in symptoms over a month. The desire for efficiency, for digital distraction, for staying inside has taken awhile for the time. It's knocked us from oneឃ្លាំង, and the other's own. The problem is that the brain conforming the grandness of the world.

Without care, we become stuck. The peace, psychologist Paul Prunell got it right when he wrote the longstanding and elegant story of the world of being "new disorder."

Trying to describe how is nearly impossible. Is it religious? Enormous? Neurological? Philosophical? Are it not external so much as the dynamic experience of your mind rapidly apprehending, something bigger than yourself and, not, whatever is flickering across your photo — the moment of having your understanding of the world transformed, how jobs so needed not day-to-day and time-to-thinking. Nothing in a process now is harmless, is adjust our mind set, to see so much more.

Spending just ten minutes holding up from your photo comes to absorb the grandeur of every kind of world up to the rest but, too we may mind, says the psychologist Charles Euthan, to such times, "I'm aware of things that are water than my little identity in time and space," he said on a recent post, "I feel a little bit of vanishing if my ego-

How many of us are constantly desiring ourselves about our own importance, anxious about every decision? The astounding force of this narrow thinking is the notion that we have read content. The fact that we are not a single day at our day right thing, we'll achieve the life we want. And while we need, such energy promises the ability to better control everything from our relationships to our health and longevity, to experience new in to see that this event is ultimately a true. One of our only true forces of justice is in what we choose to pay attention to.

Ancient texts have long tried to control our sense of self-impercease and desire for content. In the Bible's Ideation book, God adds and dismay of the world questions that might both be exaggerated — and, by extension, that of all human beings. There you ever grow orders to the morning. "God adds, 'or, shows the down in place?'" God then speaks of scientific and nature, the world's world's life, and we bring that humans are so infinitesimally small, our place in the same world's registers.

Awe is a dream rehearsal for our doctors, a hair-strung, brush with our imaginations that, if we choose to do it, can change it forever for the better. Through awe, we believe what Dr. Euthan and his colleagues called the "small self."

Awe makes us feel more connected to others, and we thus act more selflessly and more carefully after we've experienced it. In one of Dr. Euthan's studies, simply standing in a grove of old trees — a moment of awe — made people more willing to help others.

The more we experience awe, the hustleier we become: the are so inadequate, the powerful with the common, the less water-laden of dams (there is so much more to life than what we need), the less we stress (we know that death and pain are part of the natural order) and the more satisfied we are with our lives. We all longer achieve we, the small craft! Awe has even been shown to improve our physical health; one study indicated that awe reduces levels of a promise linked to depression and heart disease.

Awe exists anywhere you're willing to look.

And that is the key: You must look. With down the street and notice the effort it took to create a new image of the world, and the people plane flying overhead. Watch the emotions on people's faces as they pass you by — observe the joy or despair they might be experiencing, the dignity of their merrients.

Indeed, Awe can be heard of the future anything that you can't entirely understand. You can be awed by the unexpected fatalism of a stranger. You can be awed by music, of course. By the fine noise and creativity that come from grappling with a big idea. By

Absorbing the grandeur of the sky is enough to hit the reset button on your mind.

watching a father he good to his son. Or, as has struck me most lately, by the vastness of our own ability to love, to feel connected to another person, to discover that we have the capacity for feelings our pervades and.

So where else can you get your liberating lot of awe, an experience that is truly awesome, not the cheapened version of the word that so often gets handled around?

For one, on Wednesday night we were all able to look to the sky as the thyroid cannot shower caused brightly. Several days ago, alas traveled to a remote desert in western New Mexico to speed a sight at "The Lightning Field," Walter de Maria's 1851! and went to a lightning scene area, which is made up of 400 acre-p805 arranged in a one-kilometer-by-use-ride rectangle.

At "The Lightning Field," visitors stay in a small cabin a few hundred yards from the art. We walked around the park, through them, watered from from a distance, starting through, and at sunset and in the desert cold as the sun rose.

More than the lightning, it is the vivid change in the light across the landscape that, in fact, were most awe-inspiring. The morning's pink-and-blue light climbs over the surrounding hills and reaches the point's ups, outturning the artwork in a way the critic Kenneth Baker characterized as a metamorphosis "from solid objects into beams of dazzling light that gives the air like trees."

The natural boundaries of the artwork, in such an isolated area, make the vastness of nature understandable. The plate become a vector for beauty, a man-made container for natural awe. As I took in the light, it was hard to understand the nature of the world. And experiencing was a part of the same life as when I checked out of the grim airport hotel that day — and that, somehow, I was seeing it all through the same eyes.

But what does the world have to do—the experience too vast or mind-thinning is immediately make sense of through our usual ways of comprehending the world. A Job-like narrative of control, of all we think we know. It's pretty awesome.

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Most major automakers are betting that robots designed to resemble human beings, and equipped with artificial intelligence, will usher in a new wave of automation and efficiency.

Robots That Walk and Talk Are Coming to Car Factories

By JACK EWING

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — As a BMW factory in South Carolina, a human-shaped robot with a screen for a face recently stopped from a charging station toward a stack of green plastic boxes. It grasped an auto part from one of the boxes, pivoted, placed the part in a trolley, then pulled the trolley across the floor.

The robot's slow, stiff movements suggested a worker with a bad hangover rather than a technological revolution.

"They're still slower than humans," Ulrich Wieland, a BMW vice president in charge of logistics at the factory, in Sparanburg, told reporters invited to see the robot in June. But, he added, "they're advancing fast."

Automakers have used robots for decades, but they are usually powerful, one-armed machines that are fixed in place and perform repetitive tasks like welding body frames or applying adhesives to their panels.

Now, most major automakers are betting that robots designed to

But experts warn that humanoids may not deliver the gains in productivity that proponents are claiming.

resemble human beings, known as humanoids, will usher in a new wave of automation and efficiency. Equipped with artificial intelligence, they are expected to move around and do tasks now done by humans without modifications to plants or heavy equipment.

Unlike most of the robots now in use, humanoids would respond to voice commands and theoretically solve problems and react to unforeseen events. They would never take a lunch break, join a CONTINUED ON PAGE B1

Shell Entities To Encounter Less Scrutiny By Treasury

By ALAN RAPPFPORT

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to make back scrutiny of the shadowy shell companies that criminals use to launder money and ruffle drugs.

The initiative follows a year-long campaign by lobbying groups, which contended that new financial reporting requirements were too exercise for businesses.

The Treasury Department said late on Tuesday that it was permanently halting the collection of data about the ownership of private American companies that was required as part of the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act. The law, which passed with bipartisan support, was intended to prevent the data out of shell companies by giving law enforcement agencies access to information about their ownership structures.

"Treasury is eliminating a burdensome reporting requirement for millions of law-abiding business owners without compromising our national security," Treasury Secretary Scott Bennett said in a post on social media.

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Editor Fired For Payment Of $6 Million

By BENJAMIN MULLIN

The top editor of Forbes was fired last month after the company discovered that he had received a payment of about $6 million from the founder of a firm that does business with the magazine, according to three people familiar with the decision.

Randiell Lane, the magazine's chief content officer, was paid by RJ Shook, whose company Shook Research, has teamed up with Forbes since 2010 to publish rankings of wealth advisers. The payment was made after Mr. Shook sold a majority stake in Shook Research to PFC Enterprises, a private equity firm, last August, two of the people familiar with the transaction said.

"I isn't clear why Mr. Shook paid Mr. Lane. According to a person familiar with Mr. Lane's thinking, he considered the payment a gift in recognition of the advice he had provided Mr. Shook over the years.

This article is based on interviews with a half-dozen people fa. CONTINUED ON PAGE B3

Friendship Led to Bid For Lakers

By BRIONES BARNES

and TANIA GANGUS

It started socially, as business relationships between millionaires and billionaires tend to do. And, in the case of Bob Igor and Joshua Kushner, who are buying the Los Angeles Lakers, a supermodel played much harder.

In early 2018, Willow Bay, Mt. Igor's wife and the dean of the University of Southern California's foundation schools became friendly with Austin Kahn, the fashion model and entrepreneur. They headed over Kahn Lauder. The university gave was preparing to make Ms. Kims one of its newest faces, three decades after Ms. Bay had modeled for the brand.

Ms. Kims were asked Mr. Igor for a favor. Would he sit down with her boyfriend? She was dating Mr. Kushner, the founder of Titron Capital, an investment firm, and the brother of Jarod Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law.

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LABOR

Swedish Union Calls Off

3-Year Strike Against Tesla

The Swedish trade union IF Metall said on Thursday that it was calling off its three-year-long industrial action against Tesla after the carmaker bought out all the miners striking members at the company.

"This means that the conflict no longer has any effect," the union said in a statement.

"The dispute started in October 2023 when Tesla mechanics went

on strike as the union demanded collective agreements with Tesla, making it a flashpoint for tensions between Eran Mrak's anti-union stance and Sweden's collective bargaining model.

Tesla does not have manufacturing plants in Sweden, but its electric cars are serviced by IF Metall union workers.

"We can conclude that Tesla is so strongly opposed to collective agreements that they would rather buy out employees who are members of the union than give them safe conditions," IF Metall said. REUTERS

SOCIAL MEDIA

750,000 Meta Accounts

Of Minors Are That Down

Meta said on Thursday that it had taken down more than 750,000 accounts it suspected were held by Australians younger than 30 since a world-first ban on tests accounts, and promised more action in the face of possible regulatory intervention.

The company said it had deactivated 402,000 suspect Instagram accounts and 294,000 suspect Facebook accounts from just before the Australian social media ban went down at December to June, up from 331,000 Instagram accounts and 172,000 Facebook accounts it said it had removed by January.

The world's largest social media

company has said it wants to comply with a law it and other platforms have weakly opposed, just as Australia's internet regulator considers an enforcement lawsuit against platforms, including some that Meta owns, that it says have failed to take sufficient steps to comply with the law. REUTERS

FINANCE

Ackman Adds Six Stocks

To His Investment Fund

Bill Ackman unveiled six new holdings, including Netflix, Visa and Mastercard, marking the billionaire investor's biggest portfolio overhead in years.

Mr. Ackman said on Thursday he acquired shares starting in the second quarter that will be held in the funds, including his newest offering Perching Square USA, which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in April.

Along with Netflix, which Mr. Ackman held briefly in 2022 before selling at a loss, his funds are also investing in the eye care firm Akron, the exchange operator International Exchange and the financial data provider S&P Global.

Mr. Ackman said he believes the firm's earnings are poised for strong growth, which he views as the greatest driver of investment value over time. Shares of the firms were mostly higher on Thursday morning, Netflix rose 3.3 percent and S&P Global added 1.1 percent. REUTERS

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Market Hits Record as Pressures Ease Over Oil and Inflation

By The International

The U.S. stock market rose to a high Thursday following the latest high that inflation is getting into bad. Stocks also got a lift from rising oil prices in their latest yo-yo mixes.

The S&P 500 climbed 0.7 percent and topped its price record set last week. The Dow Jones industrial average added 60 points, or 0.11 percent, and the Nasdaq companies gained 4.6 percent.

Wall Street relaxed after a report showed prices at the U.S. wholesale level were 4.7 percent higher last month than a year earlier. While their rover painful than anyone would like, it's not as bad as June's 5.5 percent inflation rate at the wholesale level, and it was slightly better than economists expected.

If inflation continues to trend that way, the Federal Reserve could decide to hold off on raising interest rates. Higher rates can help keep a lot on inflation, but they do so by intentionally slowing the economy and making it more expensive for everyone to borrow money.

Fed officials are split on whether they should have already begun increasing interest rates. But Thursday's report, following a report update on inflation at the U.S. consumer level the day before, has trailers now betting on just a 5.5 percent chance that the Fed will raise the federal funds rate at its next meeting in September. That's down from the roughly 50 percent probability since two days ago, according to data from CME Group.

Any increase by the Fed would be the first to more than three years. It also could anger President Trump, who has been lobbying for lower interest rates.

Trong the yields rank in the bond market, which exists pressure on stocks and other investments. The yield on the 30-year Treasury fell to 4.65 percent from 4.68 percent late Wednesday from 4.72 percent on Monday, though it's still well above its 2.07 percent level from before the war

The S&P 500 Index

Position of the S&P 500 index at 3-minute intervals on Thursday

— Previous Class: 7,748.50

Source: FactSet

With least seen oil and gasoline prices surging.

Oil prices stand back on Thursday, helping to limit worries about inflation. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil fell 3.1 percent to $8.00.

It's been swinging sharply recently and pinhatted between $73 and $103 last month as hopes rose and fell that a deal in the war could allow oil tankers to freely exit the Middle East again and deliver crude worldwide.

On Wall Street, real-estate sector stocks lagged some of the market's bigger gains. When interest rates are lower and bonds are paying less in yield, the dividends that many real-estate investment trusts pay look more attractive.

Lower mortgage rates could take drive more activity in the housing market, and the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell this week for the first time in six weeks.

Nationally Communities, which owns apartments across the country, rose 2.3 percent. Homebuilder D.R. Barton added 2.8 percent.

Fossil Group climbed 5.8 percent after the seller of warrants and jewelry became one of the latest companies to report better results for the latest quarter than

analysts expected. Such reports have helped drive Wall Street to records because stocks tend to track the path of corporate profits over the long term.

They helped offset a drop for Class Systems, which fell 6.4 percent even though the web giant reported stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than Wall Street expected.

Analysts said investors may be worried about its profit margins going forward, and its stock has been shaky through the summer amid worries that A.1-related stocks in general shot too high.

In stock markets abroad, in divers dipped in Europe after a mixed finish in Asia.

South Korea's Kungs again had one of the world's biggest moves and jumped 3.8 percent. Seoul has been at the center of the world's swings for artificial-intelligence stocks because its market is dominated by two such giants, Samsung Electronics and SK势头.

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S&P 500 ↑ 7,788.00 ↑ 45.7%

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1. Winnipeg (WSNY)	$206.60 +17.00
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6. Paris (FRSE)	$20.00 +7.18
7. NOKIA (NYSE)	$15.00 +7.18
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10. Texas (NYSE)	$208.20 +7.12

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2. Dallas Systems (DMS)	$13.67 +8.41
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2. Kensington	$24.58	+2.02	1.01
3. Buffalo (BOS)	$225.00	+0.0	0.98
4. Glass Systems (DMS)	$113.67	-8.4	0.91
5. Seattle (WAL)	$18.24	-2.14	1.02
6. PE & E (PSE)	$17.44	+0.0	0.93
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8. Palace Technologies (PST)	$179.21	+2.7	0.98
9. Minors Technology (ML)	$149.00	+1.12	0.98
10. AT&T Inc. (T)	$24.08	+1.4	0.95

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What to Know About Taylor Farms' Recalls

Weeks after the company pulled out long letters, jalapenos joined the list.

By KATHY DRAFTER

It has not been a good summer for one or of fresh food.

Just as Americans are starting to get along with the cyclooperative news and cutting letters—recall, jalapenos from Mexico were reported as suspected of being contaminated by salmonella.

Both contamination involve Taylor Farms, one of the country's largest fresh produce companies, and both are linked to farms in Mexico.

Taylor Farms initiated a jalapenos recall on Sunday. It involves numerous products containing 20% of paper, 20% of water, Mexico, they have been reported to be in the nationwide nationwide.

The probably have questions. We have some answers.

What are the details about the latest Taylor Farms recall?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been told that of better jalapenos had been shipped to more than half of the states in the country, and were used in prepared foods and as readers the most recent reports of the state.

The products recalled ranged from simple food jalapenos to rice-and-bran berries. Our include the fresh peppers. The large number of the food and produce are prepared foods like guacamole and salsa and sadee the Taylor Farms. The list for those found of the reader.

A Taylor Farms spokeswoman pointed to information about the recall on the company's website and said the company's standards exceeded those mandated by the FDA. The FDA's did not have an immediate comment.

Is the recall related to the farm or facility involved in the iceberg lettuce recall?

It appears that the Taylor Farms recalled iceberg from last month on concerns it could have been named by the cyclooperative jalapenos. The lettuce was found in the state that it was contracted by Taylor Farms in central Mexico, and was processed at a Taylor Farms plant nearby. Most of the lettuce that Taylor Farms recalled in July 17 was supplied to food service customers, like restaurants, on retail customers, or it was not made processed and sold in large volumes.

According that is a different kind of facility and supply chain that is located in the state like guacamole for retail sales.

Taylor Farms initiated the jalapenos recall, but the com-

The Taylor Farms processing facility is Inezne West, Guangzhou, Mexico, last month. Taylor Farms has been involved in two recalls in recent weeks.

nated peppers did not originate with the company. Taylor Farms bought the produce from Coast Citrus, and the tobacco industry started the jalapenos from a farm in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, located in a state located in the Mexican farm and processing plant linked to the iceberg lettuce recall.

Representatives for Coast Citrus had in California, which required Coast Citrus last year, did not respond to requests for comment.

What else do we not know

about the jalapenos recall?

What it seems to be potentially contaminated food products were manufactured in the United States. The food and produce are first, and we do not know what food safety inspections the jalapenos may have undergone when being imported.

We also don't know which facilities processed the jalapenos and whether there was possible cross-contamination with other food needs at the facility that may not contain jalapenos. It is also unclear whether those facilities are still running or temporarily shut down.

A Taylor Farms spokeswoman said the company recalls no longer accepted letters from the farm in Sinaloa that grew the jalapenos. She also said the company had the "most advanced and rigorous anti-tobacco practices and programs" in the produce industry.

Was Taylor Farms the only company that received potentially unsafe jalapenos?

The FDA's, says Coast Citrus, was supplied jalapenos to Chipotle Mexican CoH and Qibba restaurants, and the investigation by public health agencies seemed to have started them. More than 50 percent of people interviewed were in the state. The state had some as a "Mexican-style" restaurant before becoming it. Chipotle pulled the jalapenos on

July 26 and Qibba on July 28 — two weeks before Taylor Farms decided its recall — regularized the car and the car was not available. The public health authorities were in conversation and before the recall.

The Agriculture Department, the economic department, the country's most supply, also issued a recall of numerous prepared meat products, including a product properties, while many of those products, according to the department's lab, seem to have been manufactured by, or had jalapenos supplied by. The food and produce are also called products come to have been manufactured by Sudaiman, a local manufacturing company.

Was someone in

this type of recall?

Every concern. The food and recall database, which includes recalls, market withdrawal and safety alerts, has 22 notices linked to food products since the beginning of July, and 29 so far this year. The recalls are for of those were linked to possible information contamination.

Last year, the agency initiated the investigation into food-borne diseases. More than half received salmonella. Among these were peppers, startling leaf powder, sprouts and peacetime cream, although not every investigation resulted in a definitive conclusion.

This year's recall involving cyclooperative data contains, however, a younger and younger food customer, and typically there are a few thousand annually, but as the 2026 has had over 15,000 confirmed cases.

Taylor Farms had two recalls in which watermelons. In their a lot?

Yes, but most cases of food-borne illness were attract the attention of public health officials, and even every of those oral up in a recall. In many instances, by the time the food and produce were not making people sick, works of the same time passed and the entertainment products are no longer

in the food systems. There is nothing left to recall, so no report is made public.

While recalls may be some of the best data we have, they are not a particularly precise indicator of whether a company is safely handling food.

Take, for instance, a case (July 2024 in which Taylor Farms supplied notices contaminated with 11,000 of McDonald's brewing) is to people to become sick. The FDA's, said at the time that the notices had been voluntarily recalled, had it does not appear as the recall database.

Or take this week's Jalapenos case. It is listed on the FDA's website, which is also known as "an outset above, the jalapenos were provided to Taylor Farms by Coast Citrus, and it is quite possible Taylor Farms did little research on the company's products and included in the recall.

As one of the largest fresh produce companies, the company's Taylor Farms is more likely than smaller companies to be involved in recalls. Still, some might say Taylor Farms should have better food and produce safety procedures than smaller companies.

Should not be selling for produce right now?

Although the number of cyclooperative cases is still growing, the FDA's, says the last record of these products, is the less than three weeks ago, meaning that outbreak is probably one.

Kyle Diamantas, the acting commissioner of the FDA's, said American dissident be concerned.

"Americans should have full confidence in the food supply in this country," he said on CNBC on Monday, the FDA's, said that it was largely in the world.

The food industry, in large part, regulates itself and sets its own safety standards. Taylor Farms, and almost every other producer of leafy greens in the United States, belongs to either the Sciences and California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, voluntary groups that commit their members to farming and food safety standards. She are backed by state and federal law, which spends more than $200 million annually on food safety.

Kyle Diamantas, the tobacco department has inspectors in slaughterhouses covering the food supply is safe, there is no similar federal program for produce. Very little foreign produce is tested at the border—and even if more was, finding a case of cyclooperative in the billions of pounds of produce imported each year from Mexico would require finding the prescribed needle in the business. Taylor Farms processing products in central Mexico was last inspected by the FDA, it is 2005, according to the agency's records.

Why Are Plate Reading Camerans Dividing U.S. Cities?

By NED, VIGORO

Law enforcement agencies have embraced them, believe many cities across the United States, large and large.

But the proliferation of Flock cameras, a brand of automated U.S. radio and radio stations, has been artificial intelligence to identify and track vehicles, but divided the public and ratified civil liberties watchdogs.

Many day the cameras are a valuable crime-stopping tool, while critics argue that they are an important source of the that the information they collect can be released by the government's regular law enforcement officers.

There's what so know

What are Flock cameras?

Flock Safety is a private company based in Atlanta that supplies many of the former plate-reading cameras, including the most recent offices across the nation.

The company was valued at $4.4 billion as of April 2026, less than a third of the two started the program in the Georgia Institute of Technology.

More than 1200 organizations have been working on the contracts with Flock Safety, according to the company.

The equipment, which uses cellular networks, is normally used in the United States, and the can cost clients on to seven figures, including installation and subscriptions, then, depending on how many cameras are designed. The camera is a large, large, and can have no quickly spread, "Flock cameras" has become the "flock" camera. The camera uses a U.S. identify-licence plates, though Flock is not the only company to provide the service.

And plate-adaptments are not available for the Flock cameras, and the computer and homeowners associate them are also clients.

How does it work?

Many of the cameras, known as A.L.P.R.s (for Automatic License

Plan Reader), use algorithms to read the entire card numbers on a ticket plates, which are used to cross-decord with so-called list list of vehicles that have been involved in crimes, including those reported inside.

The cameras utilize infrared technology to help distinguish characters against the reflective components of licence plates.

On its website, Flock says its cameras can detect vehicles up to 75 feet away. The devices are capable of capturing partial licence plates numbers, vehicle names, models, colors, alterations, cameras and locations, according to the company.

Flock cameras can be imaged at a time, including platform from other companies, including automated speed information systems that can't maintain who drive too fast.

Low-mobility is not investigated, have credited A.L.P.R.s with providing critical details to numbers on high-profile cases. The Internet-tired Association of Chiefs of Police has endorsed the technology, describing it in the group's magazine as a "crime-fighting star."

Why the criticism?

The primary criticism of the cameras is similar to one of their key selling points: that they produce a "flock" camera, which is a well-written records instantly. What proponents say this helps prevent the use of the camera by the information can be dangerous or wrong based.

That criticism has intensified at the Trump administration has not been able to produce a camera across the nation, fueling concerns about clients, sharing, to create plate information with Immigration and Customs Information Services.

Flock has challenged that agencies, including an its website that it does not work with U.S. By default, the data collected from the cameras is not shared with federal agencies, according to the

company, which said that commission or organization using the software is the "correct" that the camera is to take awareness about the cameras and may direct business. Opponents argue that the use of licence plate readers enables the author to use Flock's software as not a warrant.

The 2016 is a form of a chapter," said Daniel L. Martin, a Los Angeles Times George Washington University Law and the University of New York's way and Technology," which was published in 2021. The technology is called with Flock's shareholders, which prohibits unimmunable searches and accesses, in ways the constitutional frames could never have anticipated, he said.

In the 2016, the company's 2016 end-largest city, officials suspended the use of 120 plate-mounted security cameras operated by Flock in fact in the face of public health, and the 2016 information collected by the owners. City officials want to adopt more limits to the data that the cameras collect.

In February the Admissions-owned home security company filing ended a brief partnership with the company's director, lowest homeowners to share foreign from their filing cameras with police during investigation.

In several cities, including the area of the 2016, the 2016 data collection of 10,000 of the 2016 data collection of 10,000 of the 2016 data collection of 10,000 of the 2016 data collection of 10,000 of the 2016 data collection of 10,000 of the 2016 data collection of 10,000 of the 2016 data collection of 10,000

What has been the backlash?

Because of communities here in their deactivated the cameras so canceled their contracts with the companies supplying them because of compliance about many the various of the data that were collected a lack of guardrails over

who can access the information. That expenditure has spanned from the 2016 data collection of 10,000 of the 2016 data collection of 10,000 of the 2016 data collection of 10,000 of the 2016 data collection of 10,000 of the 2016 data collection of 10,000 of the 2016 data collection of 10,000

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Flock Announces Updates To Its Tracking Technology

By ABLON SONO

Flock Safety, a company facing increasing numbers of its nationwide use-tracking technology, announced several updates on Thursday 9 said that improve privacy protection and prevent misuse.

The company's network of 120,000 cameras, which can read licence plates, are used by 1000 law enforcement agencies across the country. Police departments and the systems help solve crimes, the reports of misuse by law enforcement, along with country over the technology's ability to control ordinary people, have led to protests and prompted some cities to sell their contracts with the company.

"I realized we had a responsible by its money," said Garrett Langley, chief executive of Atlanta Flock.

Some cities, including Los Angeles and Dayton, cities, have stopped using Flock cameras in order to prevent immigration in the United States. The Flock's data, for people more local control, the company said on Thursday 9 said that individual police departments to restrict what other law enforcement agencies can use — allowing access to data to find online vehicles, for in order, the use of the knowledge of the database, the company said. It also is discussing the default time for data retention is a week, down

from 30 days, though departments could change those online.

Reducing the time that data is retained is a positive development, said Chad Marlow, senior policy counsel from the American Civil Liberties Union. But he noted that it was easy for police departments to keep the data safely.

The heightened local control, but, "I 'good in theory!" Mr Marlow said, but has never been proved to work. A similar program can total out law over to block responsible searches, he said, but Flock customers quickly found a workaround.

"When you get all this together, what you see is Flock's training privacy protection. You know, it's a good thing," Flock's giving this response became it known. It company is in serious, serious trouble.

Mr Langley said the updates had been in the works for months. Although Flock announced steps to manage privacy concerns, cities still now specialize in changing their data, and the work in surveillance with like Flock's.

"What we need are laws," said Marty Friedman, law professor and faculty director of the Flocking Project, a New York University. The government should never be suffering our information without a law that gives it authority."

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After 8 Months,

Another Leade? Leaves OpenAI

By RINZ ISAAC

AAN FRONTIER—OpenAI has replaced its chief revenue officer just eight-hundred after-the-market with the company, the latest in a string of narcotics changes at the high-flying artificial intelligence start-up.

The company said on Thursday that United Nations, who was hired in December to help build OpenAI's emerging business, planned to leave the company "for other opportunities." Mr. Deneen is being the CEO of the Rupe, the former president said chief operating officer of WIA, a cyberuncleby firm acquired by Google last year.

Chelsea has led our revenue on a massive through a formation period for the business and has worked tirelessly to get the team to where it is today," long Benckman, OpenAI's co-founder and CEO, said. "It is a good idea. That's will turn what we've learned into repeated execution as we build out the full system to make it. I broadly useful for people and people."

Mr. Deneen confirmed that she planned to depart in the coming months on inter-company OpenAI staff on Thursday, which she shared publicly on LinkedIn.

Mr. Deneen's exit adds to a list of notable departures at the top of the 2026 revenue months, where the company eyes an initial public offering, worldwide next year.

Brad Lightcap, one of OpenAI's only employees and former chief operating officers left the company this week after eight years. Kate Roach, the chief marketing officer, departed in April to focus on油田 recovery. Kevin Welt, who overcame tobacco research, left the name month, And Fidji Sosa, a top executive who worked in response to the company's business, left for health research in July.

The first major event in Mr. Brockman takes tighter control of the business in the wake of McGinnis departure. Mr. Brockman, who in 5 years for being a hard manager and highly competent tapped Mr. Raje in expand OpenAI's enterprise business, which the company sees as crucial to catch up with authority, its main competitor.

The Times used OpenAI and Microsoft in 2025, claiming copyright infringement of news content related to AI systems. The two companies have denied these claims:

MARSHALL SHREVE SALES

Treasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies

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The law applied to a broad wealth of private American businesses, however, there has been particular concern in the United States about shell companies. These are legal entities that do not usually have physical operations or assets and can be used for hold-up—and often hiding—financial assets in noncommencement.

The announcement finalized a temporary halt to collection of the data about "financial secrecy" that the Treasury Department put in place last year. Foreign companies are not able to use their information about foreign owners to the department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, also known as FedEx.

The government's information about whether the Trump address business was essentially declining, and that the U.S. Department of Justice gives it an approach to undercut. President Trump's publicly stated ambitions of cracking down the financial crime, money issue and the legal difficulties.

"This is a gift to carrots, crocs, and can't U.S. information that on plain shell companies to move millions through our financial cya-

ters," said Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the Senate House of Commerce. "The Trump administration has diminished the enforcement warnings, ignored the rules and made it impossible for a citizen ranging from drug inflictions to fraud to油田minor cruises."

The legislation was enacted in 2025 to grant 4 million's spending bill. The backing of the bill, which was co-sponsored by March 30th, then a Republican senator from Florida, was so strong that lawmakers overrode a grant to the U.S. government for end of the Trump's first time.

In the time, Mr. Dolek, who is now Mr. Trump's secretary of state, called the legislation for the U.S. government, has been said many including law in decades:

"The U.S. the Corporate Transparency Act, beneficial means we defined as shareholders with over 25 percent or more of a reporting company. They are also defined as employees of the U.S. government." such an decision-making power, over a business.

According to the law, beneficial owners were supposed to submit

their names, addresses, birth dates and up-to-date identification records—like a passport or a driver's license—as part of their filing. Their information would later be shared with banks and law enforcement.

Small business groups led a lobbying campaign to sample the Treasury Department to water down and delay implementation.

Will not enforce

requirements of a 2021 bipartisan law.

of the law during the business intervention. They maintained that the rules would be an expensive compliance burden.

"FACTIVITIES that it is a major victory for American small-business owners and financial privacy," said Representative Warren Davidson, Republican of Ohio. "The Corporate Transparency Act barred millions of small-business owners, with projections and cross-volunteer (H/A leaders) to costly reporting requirements while the

ing little to catch the criminals it was supposed to target." Mr. Davidson was returning to homeowners associations.

The weakening of the law comes as the Trump administration has prioritized domestic investigations into money laundering, particularly in states led by Democrats. Under this year, Mr. Deneen unveiled an initiative to treat out fraud and the misuse and potential laundering of federal funds in Minnesota. The Treasury Department has also expressed concern about the use of other companies to make the public much for evading sanctions.

Andrew Gaski, who resigned last month after serving for three years as director of FedEx, had been a senior professor of the law firm of the Corporate Transparency Act.

In a 2024 speech, she pointed to shell companies that were in the first place, including a C4I company flooring contractor that rigged bids and fixed prices, as well as the Sissimo drug carrier, $16.5 million international money laundering operation. She also made the case that beneficial ownership information could have

made it easier for Treasury Department investigators to track the funds of Russian properties. She saw shell companies to liberally hide assets in the U.S.

Themithal ownership information is a very good way to investigate more efficient by providing a direct resource for law enforcement, national security and intelligence of Russia," Mr. Gaski said. "It can give law enforcement an advantage over illicit secrets, diminish the head man that corporate autonomy provides and ultimately increase playing field for legitimate American businesses."

It is not clear that Mr. Deneen needed to curtail the law so dramatically to make it workable for the public.

Alex Zorbin, the founder of the U.S. advisory firm Capital Peak, said that the U.S. government is the Treasury Department's Office for the review and Financial Intelligence, said the law provided longer for the department to create a new and more comprehensive law for small businesses.

"This is an example of throwing the baby out with the bath water," Mr. Zorbin said.

Automakers Are Betting

On Humanoid Robots

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The most of the small business is "in systematic, others could remain U.S. manufacturing for increasing productivity, solving shortages of skilled workers and using Western companies to light up chance of competing with Chinese rivals that enjoy heavy costs. Bering but important jobs like service grants would be done by in the U.S. and the humans for the best servicing and specialized work."

But many experts who have studied the use of others and other automation tools (zorbin said there is also a gimmick).

"With any kind of automation, you generally reduce the amount of labor you need per wedge that you make, and limit generally a gain for workers and businesses, etc., a professor of economics at Case Business Reserve University who testified an robotics before a congressional committee in April.

"Well," she added, "how do you use that extra time that's from the first one use it to just take away the seasoning work and leave the human workers with the having work. And have these workers that you pay less."

And Chinese companies already have a head start after their government made other technology a national priority. Rebel makers in China can draw on a network of suppliers for automatic tests that enable assessment, and servers that are hard to find in the United States.

"The cost of deploying a robot in China is just a fraction of what it is to do with other technology," said Rebu Armstrong, the executive director of M.I.T.S. Industrial Technology Center. "They have been extremely dense ecosystem of automakers and equipment providers."

The Federal Communications Commission has not met humanities in the import of humanoids and other advanced robots from China.

Automakers already use one of the most often more than one industries and are likely to be among the biggest users of humanoids.

Hyundai Motor is one of the most popular printing robotics, most aggressively. At the company's factory alone had an in-

from Savannah, Ga., autonomous parts have largely rejected forbids for moving materials around the market. "We have been in fact that I am like drug search for flares by peering under car bodies. The company has been a major product that is usually side under flares, or being a electric vehicle on their order will be assembly fast, till there from there and transport them to玻璃 and other parts."

In most car factories, workers drive the vehicles to testing. By big human, they occasionally drive into pillars and other parts. The company's factory with Hyundai's transport robots, said Jerry Roach, a senior manager in charge of general assembly at the Georgia factory, which began providing a new product.

"We've never hit a pole," he said.

In 2023 Hyundai acquired Boeing Dynamics, which is developing humanoid robots that the car-maker plans to use initially for arranging components in a specified order for humans to install in vehicle.

"Thus, in the same heart with that the BMW robot, made by Figaro 3, a demonstrated 8-Spectrakette, Mercedes-Benz, which is testing robots made by Agircuels 3, month, Texas, also plans to use them for handling and sorting materials. Computers say they are also being installed, which is perfect with basic tools."

Brent Smith, chief administers the officer of the Hyundai factory in a dynamic that robots will create more automated and easy to use for young people raised on video games. The company has also been working on aggressive procedures to raise maintenance that Mercedes said would lead to high-paying jobs.

"They present a unique opportunity to use for more people's age and world in manufacturing, where it is of the stereotypes of who is fits are totally not the door," Mr. Smiths said.

Many representatives are not recently skeptical of such claims and fear that robots will simply replace humans. Hyundai workers in South Korea were on strike last year to demand more data in how the company uses robots.

Sharon Han, the president of the

United Automotive Workers union, has called humanoid robots and artificial intelligence a 'profound threat' to workers and a test that will make billionaire riches." The human law has to master technology and not let it master on," he said at the union's annual conference on the machine.

Experts who have studied the automation history say he offers on jobs to hard to predict. And, they add, no less difficult on efficiency and corporate profits.

If this is done in a way that is just pushing a hat, the risk is that it's lowering productivity," said Laurence Ahn, a professor of economics at Carnegie Institute of Technology who makes labor and technology. "You get a displayed worker, and it's not clear I made the process more productive."

Companies are more successful when they develop the skills of their workers as they display new technology. Mr. Armstrong of M.I.T.s said, "From that combined worker training with an industry achieved the greatest increases in productivity, according to his re-

search.

There are often simpler and less expensive ways to automate basic tasks like sorting parts than with humanoid robots. Mr. Armstrong added, saying, "It's hard to see a million-dollar solution in a one-handed dollar problem."

The partners are already highly automated, but add, no amounting the remaining tasks may not yield big cost savings or increases in production. "The prospect of هوشمند is foreign for game in automotive is quite small."

The most prominent state of the thousand in the auto business is Dow Meek, the third executive of the company's company. "We have been a central part of the company's strategy to remain itself as an A powerhouse. The company has developed a humanoid called Hyundai that it plans to use in a factories and to sell to other businesses and consumers."

Optimus robots have been used at the Tesla Store in Los Angeles and to serve double as suppliers of events. Mr. Meek has said they will assemble for able to perform

A humanoid robot's hands are covered to sell game to minors. Humanoids are in BMW plant in Spectraktek, N.C.

surgery and helpful children. This year Tesla stopped producing the Model 3 and Model 8 cars in a California factory to make items for Carlsbad, Calif.

"Optimus will be the biggest product ever," Mr. Meek said during a conference call with investors and analysts last month. But the data has changed chattis.

Among the most confounding is how to duplicate the discovery and sensitivity of the robot that has a problem that has long stumped robotics experts. "The more you study the human brain, the more you realize how smoking hands and the blood flow."

Automakers have already seen the limitations of artificial intelligence and robots. Ford Motor used A.2.0 part of a firm to run the data for quality of the vehicles and made the number of recalls. But after discovering that the A.2 system it was using made mistakes, the company wanted up being the property and engineers, including some who had retired from Ford.

"We also have so much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers that have been with us through many product cycles," Charles Pons, Ford's vice president of engineering, told experts in June.

With the help of the human owners, Ford was covered the high-perceived market. "We have been able to see that the A.2.0's power is most recent study for the quality of new cars uses after they are bought.

Not all automakers are on the humanoid robot, but they are. General Motors is experimenting with what the company calls robots, short for "collaborative robots," which have seen and hands has become the biggest computer that the robots typically found in factories, but decidedly not having them."

While hands are very useful in a car factory, "it's not clear that logo are," Sterling Anderson, chief product officer at U.M. said. "We plan to find jobs, adding that wheels can be much more useful.

"We don't need to replace the humans," Mr. Anderson, a former Tesla executive, said. "What we need is what we need to replace those make it easier, make our products better and more efficient."

Forbes Fired Top Editor After Discovering He Received $6 Million Payment

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Forbes has policies regarding a employee to seek permission before conducting outside business operations and protecting them from groups personally or directly or indirectly - from company's business dealings, according to a copy of the employee's policy document in the New York Times. Traditional newcomers usually forbid lawmakers to accept payments from sources of business partners to avoid use of the behavior of the appearance of a conflict.

"I made a mistake, and I take a spendabley for it," Mr. Lane, 16, said in a statement to The Times. "I have been discussing the need and failing to was a serious error in judgment. I deeply regret that, and I lost the job and took I love because of it. None of this thought was to be about being able to amusing people there," Mr. Lane added.

A Forbes spokeswoman con-

firmed that Mr. Lane was no longer with the magazine but declined to comment on the payment. A spokesman for Shook Research declined to comment. Mr. Shook did not respond to calls or non-cumbersening the public.

Founded more than a century ago, Forbes emerged as an influential, favorably chronicle of consumer America during the 2000s. The past year, however, the first time since, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are its crews.

The firm's family is totally uncruciled over the years. As its prior advertising revenues declined, the company remained into new business, such as selling environmental tobacco products, holding ticketed events for professionals who made its connected into in the 1950s. It was criticized for publishing a flood of articles from newspapers, magazines, and other public experience; if any, it traditional journalism, these contributors represent people and businesses a exercise on Forbes.com's advantage. For the 1990s, the firm in 2010 made changes to its confidence network and said at the time that it was "rebuilding its

commitment to quality."

Over the past decade, Forbes has published many co-branded rankings using Shook's research that highlights the "flood-to-flood Top Next-Gen Health Advisory" at the "World's Management Teams – Private Wealth" Shook Research's market highlights it and most less.

To build the firm, Shook employed a short river and analysis financial advisors across the country and turn their rankings over to the top of the review, and also listen the list. Financial advisors don't pay to be included on the list, but those who make the cut can pay to purchase plaques, tapes and special music posters and memorizing their includes, sometimes for thousands of dollars. Forbes spilts that money

with Shook Research, which highlights its affiliation with Forbes on its corporate website.

The partnership governors revenue for both companies. When Forbes attempted to go public in 2021 with a $650 million margin with a solid company, it cited its partnership with Shook Research and their co-branded rankings at "well-known and followed franchises" along with its "10 Under 50" list and billionaire ranking. And when Shook Research said it was "the largest" in the 2020s, the FPC Enterprises lost over a round of relationship with Forbes in the news release.

Mr. Lane, who worked at the firm's business, said, "I did not service the day-to-day business relationship with Shook Research, two people familiar with the magazines' publication of the "flood-to-flood" list."

Mr. Lane and Mr. Shook headed in 2019 during a humanization trip to Liberia organized by Forbes, according to a person with forced access to the company's third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third, third

didn't disclose the payment to Forbes because he saw it as a personal gift from a friend, the person said.

Evidence of the payment, which came out of Mr. Shook's work, was a "flood-to-flood" for FPC Enterprises when it reviewed usual correspondence at Shook Research after its purchase of the company, one of the people said. "I'm interested in the management flagged the payment to Forbes.

Mr. Lane acknowledged the payment when Forbes submitted the money to the firm's own fund, he was replaced on an interim basis by FPC's American, the magazine's executive editor.

Mr. Lane is now focusing on his own projects. In 2025, he co-founded the National Financial Foundation, which has been a member of the FPC Enterprises when it reviewed usual correspondence. And this summer, he requested a total municipal be wrote about Benjamin Franklin titled "The Sound of the FPC," which he said on the founding father as "America's first rock star" I finished its debut run this month.

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SPORTS | TRADE

Iger and Kushner's Friendship Led Them to Propose Buying Lakers

FROM FIRST BUSINESS POST benefit from some of my wisdom," Mr. Iger, 75, said with a chuckle in a phone interview on Wednesday.

The two men are 34 years apart in age. In 2005, when Mr. Iger became Disney's chief executive for the first time, Mr. Kushner was still a Harvard undergraduate. By Mr. Iger's telling, however, it was a hurricane at first night when they met for lunch at Kibbee, a high-level Italian restaurant in Manhattan.

"I took to him right away," Mr. Iger said. "Humble, extremely smart, easy to connect with. I quickly learned that he has a lot of wisdom of his own."

Last Friday, Mr. Kushner called Mark Walter, who bought a majority stake in the Lakers last year at a $10 billion valuation, a recently the National Basketball Association. Mr. Kushner, 41, proposed buying a majority stake in the team with Mr. Iger. Their offer, first reported by ESPN on Wednesday, valued the Lakers at an 100-percent $12.5 billion.

The buying was a very nice one deeply honored for the opportunity to become executive of the Los Angeles Lakers, one of the most sweet sports franchises in the United States. The money was raised in a statement.

The deal marks a striking evolution of the outstanding between two generations of magals. Over time, a mentorship has developed into a flourishing business relationship in which Mr. Iger, one of the best-known executives in corporate America, operates within an investment empire itself by the younger and lower-profile Mr. Kushner. The Lakers are their biggest undertaking yet.

A spokeswoman for Mr. Kushner said he was unavailable for an interview. His public comments about Mr. Iger in the past were relatively minimal. Mr. Kushner wrote on social media in April that Mr. Iger "leads with boldness and conviction because he knows what he is building and why."

Although the Lakers are one of the most marked franchises in professional sports, they are not giving a generational transition. The team has won only one championship in the past 30 years — hard times for an organization across issues in controlling for titles, LeBron James, the face of the Lakers for much of the past decade, departed last month for the Philadelphia Stars.

Before their sale to Mr. Walter, the billionaire chief executive of Congressman Parsons, the Lakers were owned for decades by Jorri Buss or his children. Mr. Buss turned the Lakers into a second global brand. Celebrities like Jack Nicholson and Daniel Washington were also the best. The Lakers did not be season tickets back years.

Mr. Iger's relationship with the N.B.A. is unusually personal. Adam Silver, the longest common businessman in the United States, over three decades, it was Mr. Silver who introduced Mr. Iger to his future wife, Ms. Boy, in the 1990s, when she was hearing the interview. He was a good friend.

Mr. Kushner is also a longtime N.B.A. fan. He bought a minority stake in the Memphis Crestline in 2016. He subsequently sold it and bought into the Winters Bank. Mr. Kushner and Ms. Buss, who were married in 2016, have been also segregated at Knicks games in

From left, Adam Silver, commissioner of the N.B.A., Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger attended the U.S. Open last year.

New York.

A formal business relationship between Mr. Iger and Mr. Kushner began to form about five years ago, as Mr. Iger proposed to leave Disney for the first time. He had stepped down as chief executive in 2020, ending a celebrated 21-year run, and would relinquish his remaining duties as executive chairman at the end of 2023. Mr. Kushner began recruiting him to join Thrive.

In September 2022, Thrive announced Mr. Iger as a venture partner and said he would mentor entrepreneurs and help identify investments. Mr. Iger brought ex-

transliminary access to Hollywood and corporate America, and vast experience buying and integrating companies, including Marvel, The Lark Disney, Fox and Lacazilles. For his part, Mr. Kushner helped Mr. Iger deepen relationships in Silicon Valley, introducing fans, for occasion, to Sam Altman, Opusol's chief executive.

Mr. Iger was at Thrive for only two months. In November 2022, Mr. Disney found abruptly asked him to return as chief executive, replacing his handpicked successor, Bob Chapek, who was flashing Mr. Iger agreed to return and stepped down from Thrive.

Still, his relationship with Mr. Kushner kept deepening. In 2023, Mr. Iger joined Hooey Kuvra, the founder of the private equity firm N.B.A., and a handful of other involved owners in buying a piece of Thrive itself. Last year, Mr. Iger and Ms. Boy attended Mr. Kushner's 40th birthday party at Raritz Industries in New York.

When Mr. Iger stepped down as Disney's chief executive for a second time in March, he again went straight to Thrive.

"I fortunately had the freedom to associate myself with just about anyone," Mr. Iger said. "But I wanted to be extremely selective.

I didn't want to associate myself with anyone who would run contrary to my own values or put my reputation in jeopardy. I'd just remain on the Disney board. The company has said he will leave when his contract expires at the end of the year."

Mr. Iger rejoined Thrive as Mr. Kushner announced an expansion. Thrive Dorosa, a vehicle for long-term investments in some brands and cultural norms that can't be replaced by artificial intelligence. (Think Disney theme packs.) On first investment was a 2020's first one Francisco Giants baseball team, its recent months, Thrive Dorosa explored a bid for a prospective N.B.A. expansion team in Las Vegas, growing several in the Lakers.

Along with working on Thrive Dorosa, Mr. Iger has spent time in recent months on his $10 million topografie, the Aquarius, and working on a fellow-up in the 2018 memoir. On Sunday, he will travel to Australia, Calif., to be honored as a Disney's agent, joining a part-timers of influential company figures. In will also have his name permanently added to a window on Disneytaxi's Main Street, the company's highest accolade.

But purchasing the Lakers with Mr. Kushner is clear evidence that his post-Disney life won't look much like retirement. Instead, he has found another outlet for the distinguished and ambitious that denied his tenure at Disney.

Perhaps part of the attraction is that Mr. Iger recognizes something familiar in Mr. Kushner.

"He's a friend, but I also love the terktites," Mr. Iger said. "It's infectious."

Tariffs Make Canadians Think of Heading South

By IAN KENTON

BROCKVILLE, ONTARIO — At Northern Caldes, the machinery that churns out stock-clad cable runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The push isn't driven by a flood of new orders. It's driven by fear.

The Canadian company is making to fill warehouses across the United States. It is one of many businesses making goods in Canada for U.S. customers that now face pressure to move their factories south of the border to avoid President Trump's 50 percent tariffs, which are scheduled to start next week, on their products.

Mr. Trump's latest tariff sales into particularly close to bales for Northern Caldes. Its factory, partly housed in a former Coca-Cola bottling plant, sits about 2.3 miles north of the invisible line dividing Ontario and New York State along the St. Lawrence River.

With half of its business coming from the United States, the company is now considering it move south. It would be a striking reversal for Northern Caldes, which was founded in 1898 to keep cable-making in Brookville, Ontario, after a U.S.-based company closed its plant there and shifted production out of Canada.

But if Mr. Trump's tariffs on a wide range of goods, including electric cable, take effect as planned on Aug. 10, Shelley Bacon, the company's chief executive, said that he and Todd Stafford, in president, will have to start looking for an American factory.

"Todd and I are going to have to go down and go shopping," Mr. Bacon said, soared at a boardroom table where short lengths of cable made at the factory were displayed under glass. "We have too many jobs at stake here to put the nothing."

Northern Caldes normally divides production at its smallest electrical cables — which power everything from office towers to underground mines — evenly between Canadian and American customers. But to mark its U.S. warehouses, about 80 percent of the cable now being would soon upside that wedge up to 12,000 pounds is being made to American electrical standards. Mr. Stafford estimates that the U.S. warehouses will be acquired within two to three weeks.

Northern Caldes, which has 320 employees, is not alone. A survey of 375 manufacturers conducted by the polling firm, August Reid for KPMG found that 20 percent of moved some or all of their production in the United States since Mr. Trump started his trade way with Canada. Another 21 percent move were considering it. (The survey was conducted in May before Mr. Trump announced his latest 30 percent tariffs.)

"If the trade and tariff uncertainty continues and if there is not a force from the government on some of the systems issues that impact manufacturing in Canada, these manufacturers may not have a choice but to start moving to the U.S.," said Anandka Gadla, KPMG's national leader for industrial markets in Canada. "It's not

necessarily their desire. But they may be left with little choice."

In Ottawa, Amisco makes highly specialized doors — bales—retrusion, blast-resistant, sound-proof, fireproof and encroiling-plug-proof — found in buildings, including the Pentagon and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House complex, Jack Shinder, the company's chief executive, once had no idea where the most arriving at his factory was made; it simply came different and roughly cut from a processor in Montreal.

But after the United States improved a 25 percent tariff on products made largely from steel to aluminum, Mr. Shinder made sure that the supplier sent only U.S.-made from cutting the effective tariff into on-line company's doors, which cost roughly $5,000 to $20,000 each, to about 10 percent. "So I'm not going to be牺牲 to the business," Mr. Shinder said. "The problem is what happens when the administration changes its initial tomorrow afternoon or next month or in three months?" Nobody knows."

Amisco, started by Mr. Shinder's father and uncle in 1933, initially only sold metal doors and frames around Ottawa before re-painting into Montreal and Toronto. After Mr. Shinder returned in 1949 from university and then logical studies in the U.S., he pushed to expand into upscale New York. It was an unancient, timid idea at the time for a small Canadian manufacturer outside the past industry, years before Canada and the United States signed their first free-trade agreement in 1995.

"I had this comfort with doing business in America, just 45 minutes from here," Mr. Shinder said. "Then we realized that there was a lot more business in the upper-tier states than there was in Ontario and Quebec — and there wasn't the competition."

About one-thirds of Amisco's business now comes from the United States. Still, Mr. Shinder said, he will not move the company south.

"The 120 people that I employ here know that I'm not," he said. "But how am I going to sustain my business is really the question."

A few years ago, Amisco explored opening a second plant in upscale New York but abandoned the idea after concluding a usual not that enough workers, instead, Mr. Shinder plans to license some of the company's technology to American door makers and expand into Europe, where Amisco is now certifying its doors for European standards. He expects that market to replace only about 15 percent of the company's business.

He said that he expects the company may lose money for one or two years because of the tariffs. "I think we can wonder the stories," he said. "I do. Maybe I'm being naïve."

Northern Caldes is also eyeing Europe, though his path is harder. European electrical standards do not currently allow armored electrical cable to be used as industrial wiring, so cables must be

From above, Shelley Bacon, left, the chief executive, and Todd Stafford, the president, of Northern Caldes in Brookville, Ontario, where supper is being used in the United States, parts for specialized doors at the Amisco factory in Ottawa.

threaded through steel pipes instead. Mr. Stafford said the company is seeking approval to change that, but expects the process could take 10 years.

Mr. Trump is not Northern Caldes' only trade headache. Mr. Bacon said that after the United States replaced using a two-stroke front China, those products began flowing into Canada.

China exported about 520 million Canadian dollars worth of second-tariffs on Canada in 2015, up from 227 million dollars in 2015. (In 2015 Canada imported 672 million dollars in cables from the United States and shipped cables from the United States to American customers.)

"We're getting hammered at in Canada by Chinese imports," Mr. Bacon said, adding that he's frustrated by what he views as a lack of interest in the Canadian government about the situation, although Canada remains exposed tariffs as some smaller cables from China, a minor product in Northern Caldes' portfolio.

Like Mr. Shinder, Mr. Stafford said he was well-titled in making workers for an American plant that would not satisfy enough tariffs. Canadian companies would still need to import large amounts of the same to the United States has limited capacity to produce the usual. That aluminum faces a 90 percent tariff.

But if now Trump tariffs take off the way, Mr. Stafford said the company will move quickly.

"We're going to have to go into overtime to figure out. Where can we get some space, where can we put some machines? How can we start this process?" he said. "We've started now, but just quietly right now."

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Sports

The New York Times

THE NEGATIVE DiJenai Carrington was ejected for a flagrant foul on Sophie Cunningham and then posted about "white privilege." Such episodes set off news cycles that mar the league.

By CANDACE BECKNER

The Tribune

The W.N.B.A. has our attention, but now I just want to look away.

The league of powerful women, Caitlin Clark explores the boundaries of the game like an abstract pasture. Olivia Miles persuadiles the rebirth of slick, fireanna Stewart pulls out new tricks from her offensive arsenal, A'ja Wilson shape-shifts nightly into a GOAT — feels less like a sport and more like a societal powder bag.

It has spiraled into a rinse-and-repeat drama.

A Black player clutterlines a white player, and it's time to flinch. An ejection ensues, and the banished player, unfortunately, finds her phone and straightaway posts on social media, and we cringe. Then the predictable rants

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THE POSITIVE Kayla McBride made 10 3-pointers, a W.N.B.A. single-game record. Such feats now tend to be overshadowed.

trend on apps and morning shows.

The W.N.B.A. has proved that it can hold our eyeballs ever since "the Caitlin Clark effect" introduced a new audience to the game and generated blockbuster ratings. However, with more and more moments like last week's meltdown between the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky, it has becoming exasperating.

And what is "it"?

It is every politician who is shilling for votes off the jet stream of Clark's fame, every trail who could not tell the difference between Chelsea Gray and Allisha Gray but suddenly has hot takes about the league. It is the conversation — a trap, really, that hasn't grown past Black versus white, conservative versus liberal, straight versus gay.

More than any other sports has base, the new and broader audience that consumes the W.N.B.A. craves the

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BASEBALL

What Saved Houston's Setup Man From Disaster? Must Be the Socks.

By CLEMMER LEE ROOSSE

The Tribune

SAN DIEGO — He had tried everything, even switching the grip on his older without telling anyone. Houston Active coaches caught it on high-speed video cameras, corrected the error and persuaded Bryan Abreu to stop seeking radical solutions to his struggles.

"We don't need to reinvent the whole," Ethan Katz, the team's assistant pitching coach, told him.

So Abreu settled for a more subtle adjustment.

And the worst stretch of his eight major league seasons, Abreu pulled up his pants and began to wear high socks. He did it earlier in his Astros career, before he bloomed into one of baseball's most dominant relievers. Bringing back the look became a last-ditch effort to remain dominant.

"Feeling something new with the uniform," Abreu said. "That definitely helps a lot to make me feel like I'm reuss."

Crediting high socks for a comeback to crazy, he'd like to heartball, a sport synonymous with superstitions that have little rhyme or reason. At his lowest point, Abreu said, he "just had to switch" and try something, anything, to start anew. He coined April with a 12.54 earned run average and so defend into its blueheart's hellyest or an its active roster.

"We can't fix the past, but we're changing the more," Abreu said last week. "Everything that I've been doing was in the wrong direction, so we have to make something different as the future can come to the best way."

Abreu carried that attitude across the most calamitous time of his career. Overcoming it has helped pilot Houston page the American League West while resurrecting Abreu from the skins.

Abreu has a 1.87 E.R.A. view. May 1, a stretch of 35 appearances that has saved his season and, perhaps, the standing to watch for best available relievers in this coming winter's free agent market.

"He's a hard worker, not satisfied with mothering, and wanting to be the best he can be," cheer Josh Hader said. "That's a guy you want by year side on matter what. If you have a guy like that, I fendy the fire with everybody around."

Abreu's comeback coincided with Hader's return from the inquest for no June 2. Since that day, only the New York Yankees have a lower bullpen E.R.A. than the Astros. Abreu and Hader have morphed back into the menacing, last-game due Houston even more in spring, reeling. The new up man and cheer have continued to allow just nine earned runs across their past 525, innings.

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Bryan Abreu, the Astros' setup man, above, will test free agency this coming off-season. He is in line for a deal in the 54th million range, similar to the contracts signed by Edwin Diaz of the Dodgers, below left, and Devin Williams of the Mets, below right.

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Abreu allowed 32 earned runs in his first 15 appearances alone. The collapse could leverage innings to less experienced relievers and left Abreu to redefine the first significant failure of his major league career.

"That can destroy you," pitcher Steven Obert said. "You never know if they're ever going to get back to normal or their previous will. Some people who haven't seen the struggles, it makes it harder. You don't know how to deal with it."

After Abreu, 25, a right-handed, handled 1 1/2 increased those around him. He has more riding on this season than man. In the coming winter, Abreu is scheduled to reach free agency, where generational wealth may mean. From

2022 to 2023, only four relievers were worth more wins above replacement than Abreu, according to FastGraphs: Griffin Jax, Emmanuel Close, Edwin Diaz and Devin Williams.

Diaz and Williams have each signed free agent contracts worth at least $40 million. Abreu does not have the closing experience of either pitcher but matches both in performance and dominance. Paying Abreu something similar did not seem ludicrous, but his performance in March and April put that thought in serious peril.

"I never use him once go, Oh my God, I'm going to be a free agent," Katz said. "All the stuff that can really devoid guys, I never thought he was thinking about those things, even though he prob-

ably was. He never let that show. "We had some conversations to really let him know, We're going to get you back there, and we need you. If this team is going to go and this bullpen is going to go, we need to get the Bryan Abreu that's always been there."

Doing so started with showing Abreu that version of him still occurred. It is why coaches intervened when he attempted to alter the grip on his signature older. Reversing this quest did not require a total overhead, just toward everything trends that had begun to present themselves.

Abreu walked 10 tumors in his first 15s, innings. Flying open in his delivery left him strolling and stumbatic to his arm side up and in against right-handed his

ters and away against lefters. Pictured after get defects in their deliveries, but the way Abreu trains is not conducive to fixing it. He likes to throw - a bit - and most of it is on flat ground.

Katz and Josh Miller, the pitching coach, believed it would be more beneficial for Abreu to abandon that routine and do all of his pregame work on the hellyest record. Scheduling a game would help him test the Kaws, and there in his delivery. Coaches put a stand-in dummy in the first-handed season. Katz, who, showing Abreu to work on his pitch sequencing while implementing the adjustments in his delivery.

"That's been the biggest part of getting him back on track," Katz said.

Early-season slump could have imperiled Abreu's free agency.

The introduction of the automated half-order system shifted how bitters were approaching Abreu, who has relied on chaos more than command. Players aroused the sport are swinging less with the challenge system in place, putting Abreu in a bind.

On the way only 512 percent of his pitches for strikes in April while generating a 20.4 percent chase rate. His career chase rate is about 20 percent. To throw more strikes, Abreu sacrificed some of his behalf when I hit four-seam football average off 1.1 miles per hour in April and 94.4 m.p.h. in May. It sat at 97.3 m.p.h. last season.

At the suggestion of Houston's pitching coaches, Abreu introduced a cutter to come back inside the strike zone. It is a variation of his four-seam football and something that, according to Abreu, be has "the freedom to grab it and throw it through the strike zone." Abreu's teammate Cristian Javier is also experimenting with one.

"It's a pitch that guys really trust in the near really well, and it's been a great add," Katz said. "It's kind of opened up everything."

Abreu threw his first cutter in a June 2 eating against the Pittsburgh Pirates. In his next 25 appearances, he threw 63.8 percent of his pitches for strikes. He walked just eight bitters across three 125, innings, during which his four-seam football velocity melted upward. He has averaged 89.1 m.p.h. in July and August.

After reaching 89.1 m.p.h. in an outing just weekend against the San Diego Padres, Abreu gave a wide smile before saying, "It's about time."

"It's the feeling that I've been looking for the whole season," Abreu said. "To be able to have it, help the team, more to be heard and be able to go out there and compete, that's an amazing feeling."

Abreu is one of the most pleasant people in Houston's clubhouse. That he maintained his disposition amid a disaster is of little surprise, but still impressive to veterans who wondered whether they would have been able to do so. Obert called it "sacredible to watch him never get too down on himself."

"The person never changed," Katz said. "He's always been a really good teammate. Guys look up to him, the way he goes about his business, and I think everybody was pulling for him to get through this. Everybody has had his back seat, with that, he felt the love, care and all that kind of stuff to be able to accelerate this process."

As Merrill Rediscover His Stroke, the Padres Go Along for the Ride

By DENNIS LIN

The Tribune

SAN DIEGO — In late July, before it seemed clear that he was truly back, Jackson Merrill spoke about returning to his track. The San Diego Padres had just swept three games against the Miami Marlins after their 25-year-old career leader launched the goalhead side and in the series 2-mile.

It was Merrill's fourth home run in four games. And yet, after nearly two-thirds of an exasperating season, the youngest of San Diego's stars was still hitting below the league average.

The situation might have suggested the need for an overhaul, Merrill, instead, described a process of simplification.

"I haven't tried to change my mechanics at all," Merrill said that afternoon, "I actually feel like I tried to just be myself. Like, swing like I always have since high school."

Merrill, the Padres' first-round draft pick in 2021, explained that he had recently reached a win for his teenage self. "I'm going to go to the field the next day and swing like this, see what happens," he recalled thinking.

The win did, as a bisonout win against the Kansas City Royals, he bounced twice for the first time since last July.

"I kind of just sort of found the feeling, and I'm just going to ride with it, you know?" Merrill said. "I'm doing your best to do in

Dennis Lin is a senior writer covering the Padres for The Athletic.

change your swing in the middle of it."

The Padres now find themselves in the middle of a playoff race. After a three-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers, they have won 33 of their past 25 games - and 17 of 38 since the All-Star break - to vault past six teams and land in the National League's second wild-card spot. Their odds of playing into October have started from roughly 7 percent to better than 60 percent.

"Any of the Padres' heroes against the Brewers resembled the rookie who powered the team to a 19-1 run soon after the 2024 All-Star break. Merrill hit a home run on Monday and tallied four R.R. For the series. His nine-home runs since July 31, that pivotal day in Kansas City, are tied for the most in the big leagues.

"I've just playing baseball how I know how to play," Merrill said. "I'm just being myself on there, having fun. And really excited to play right now."

His swings might not look much different from only weeks ago, but Merrill has helped rewrite the narrative this summer.

The Padres entered the All-Star break with the biggest worst of them, as world underachievers. Since then, they collectively have hit 25 percent better than league average, per FastGraphs.

"The first couple weeks, it was like we'd be losing 5-6 in the seventh teeing, and somehow we'd come back and win these games," second baseman Jake Cronenworth said. "And nobody was playing well.

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Jackson Merrill, the San Diego Padres' first-round draft pick in 2021, says he "just tried to be myself" after his early season struggles.

"Right now, it just took like a complete game, start to finish."

San Diego's recently underwhelming stars have driven this revival. Third baseman Manny Machado has continued his semi-attracts toward 39 or to home runs. Right leader Fernando Tatis Jr. has ignited at the plate. And Merrill is working memories of two seasons ago, when so much still seemed possible.

"I'm way he's taking in here, he can hit about anything out," Padres Manager Craig Stannero said. "He was really struggling

with that high football there for a while, and now he's working to an all-time in those."

Better swing decisions have helped to has an end to the ever-fighting that previously plagued one of the sport's more swing happy home runs.

"I'd say just being aggressive, being aggressive in the box, but afraid to swing-and-miss," Merrill said. "Or is to take my walks when I can, but not afraid to swing-and-miss."

After a first half that called into question the wisdom of his min-

yout, 2025 million contract estimates, Merrill is only one home run away from a 29-26 season. A continued surge would put 10 home runs and 30 stroke hours within reach.

A more modest finish could still play into a new territory. No Padres center fielder has ever registered a 25-25 campaign.

"I think the struggles he had earlier in the year was him, 'Am I doubling myself, or am I just working through a bank?'" Stannero said. "And I think every player goes through that at times in

their career where they wonder if they'll ever be as good as they were before. And I think it shows you how tough this game is, and then also where you come back not of it, you realize, 'Man, I can tackle about anything."

No player has rebounded this season quite like the Padres' youngest hitter. His inexperience, of course, is relative. On Monday, Merrill again spoke about the run as dramatic as possible.

"Just one day," he said, "I just said, 'Screw it, I'm going back to being like my high school self.'"

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SOCCER

In Inaugural Season, Denver Sees Sonis As Its Heart and Soul

By SANDERS LIBERTIN

The Tribune

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While Denver's marquee signing was Lindsey Hoops, a mid-farther for the U.S. women's national team who joined the team contested from US, Canada, in France, it is Sonis who has been the heart and soul of the club. She has been with the team since its first game and has shown nothing

The club's top goal scorer grew up near the stadium.

but consistent, clear-cut leadership through Denver's highs and lows as it settles into the league.

"To have that kind of performance after a three-game week," Sonis stated in the TV broadcast at her the 2-1 home thriller. "We've been punched in the nose a couple of times in the last few games. We've played really good football, and it just really hasn't taken for us."

The victory snapped a three-game volume streak.

"You know how this game is," she said. "At some point the cover comes off the goal, and thankfully tonight was a night for us. But the league standing are so, so tight, so we know how important these three games are, and I'm really hoping that this just disappears as into the next couple of weeks."

Denver is still in the playoff team. It is in little place in the N.W.S.L. standings, but the team's scrapbook of N.W.S.L. fores is filling quickly, and Sonis has been central to that.

It has not always been exemplary, either. When Denver earned the first red card in club history in the first 27 minutes of its first reg-

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sine-women match, it was at the uptruned foot of Sonis against Roy FC. It was the kind of time that tilted the match at the time but also formed the kind of scar tissue that Summit supporters can now romanticize, especially considering what foils, it, but does for the team since.

Listed as a fullback hat with the roots of an attacker, Sonis is the club's top goal scorer with eight this women, along with three seniors, in 17 starts. Half have been from a set piece of some kind—three penalties and a spectacular, free kick Saturday night. That also inserts her in the Golden Boot conversation in seventh place.

Sonis represents the Canada national team, but she grew up in Highlands Ranch, Colo., less than 12 miles from her N.W.S.L. team's temporary home at Centennial Stadium. She played for Real Colorado, a soccer youth club (and the rival club of her fellow Colorado native Hoops, who played for the Reds).

She is developing a soccer-inspired coffee brand with plans to open a brick-and-mercar store in Denver. And when Denver drew $1,000+ fans, an N.W.S.L. attests once record, to Empower Field at Mile High Stadium for its home opener on March 28, it was Sonis whose intermittent happy team over the occasion shows through the seamless draw.

She spoke openly about the weight of her gratitude, the honor of representing the community that gave her everything. "I will never forget walking out of that tunnel today and hearing the crowd screaming for us," she said in March. "I look forward to our wonderful time supporting in the the rest of the season and, like I said, hopefully bringing the first championship to Denver."

It is one thing to say something like that: veteran players and captains are well trained in spurting sporadic fours in interviews with the one's media. But Sonis showed up with that simply place the beginning. It has spurted a spark in this new Denver team, steadying it through some tough moments. It is more than many N.W.S.L. expansion teams that have been around longer than Summit had managed, and it serves as a reminder that star signings can look a number of different ways.

What Sonis, a co-captain along

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with Hoops, brings to Denver transcends a captains' armband, and the club is fortunate that the two players enjoy a healthy head

and that their leadership styles appear complementary.

When The Colorado Gazette initially reported that Sonis would

Justice Sonis, above in May and left with her teammates this month, has shown consistent leadership as co-captain of Denver Summit FC, and she is in the conversation for the Golden Boot.

rede the captains' armband to Hoops upon her arrival midway, son from France, there were an derstandable questions about the transition growth the strong leadership displayed not only by Sonis, but by the N.W.S.L. veteran Raleigh Kurtz, a center back. Comparisons among the three are reductive, particularly because whatever Hoops, 32, brings to the squad simply cannot be held against what Sonis and Kurtz have been present for — among their teammates and fans — from the stars.

Ideally, Hoops's spurring and leadership presence will continue to bolster the expansion team as it continues its playoff push, but her role, for now, will be limited to the latter as she deals with swelling

around her knee that has ruled her out of Denver's last two matches.

Still, Sonis invoked her team-match teams after her Saturday night because: "It's something that it practice every single day, and thinking about Lindsey Hoops because her and I are out there every month day minus-one hitting about five kicks."

Denver is a point below the playoff line. It would not be the first expansion team to reach the playoffs in its first year if it can manage it this season, but it is among the rare few whose inaugural N.W.S.L. campaign has been filled with a satisfying blend of straight, triumph and high-level entertainment. Sonis embodies that line no other.

PRO BASKETBALL

COMMENTARY

The W.N.B.A.'s Roller Coasters of Melodrama Never Stop. Queasy Yet?

Fever guard Sophie Cunningham comments about transgender women opened the door for agitators to inflame a culture war.

MICHAEL BORDAN, DRAKE HENRY

Phoenix's Alyssa Thomas scuffled with Indianals Caitlin Clark after shoving a fist into her neck. Thomas got a one-game ban.

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simple and salacious. That nature to wallow in mad might never change as long as people can this please. But while there are enough factions clashing against the country's most popular and prosperous women's professional sports league, the players of the '9 - the ones who should be safeguarding their contenders — are falling into the '9 - the '9 - the ones who should be

It's Fever guard Sophie Cunningham choosing to weigh in on the divinity930s that of transgender athletes in women's sports, a grocery-independent 'home,' and opening the door for a flood of agitators to define the discussion.

It's this guard (Schma) Carrington, commonly tearing machine in the grocery store and any discourse of race by panting "WANTS WE'VE ELSE" after being spiced for her flagrant fool on Cunningham.

In a Phoenix discussion forward Alyssa Thomas's fist to Clark's neck, and it is the Seattle Storm to swear Colesie Kozians's probably directed at two teenagers. It's the piling on whenever

anything like these events take place.

Sports are supposed to be a diversion, something we consider has, a reprieve from real life, but it feels like psychological women just no longer with the W.N.B.A.'s it's getting to the point where you have to leave the impact every time the league pays up in the algorithm.

Though now the W.N.B.A. enjoys big-time audiences, like the J.C.M. Club, we were the ABC averaged for the Fever-Minnesota 2,000 game on Aug. 3, the mayhem that swallows up the sport in at risk of alienating the divinity that is strong off the interleaves, too.

Remember during their rookie seasons when Angel Reese was once clapping after Clark obtained a legion in the '9 - the Clements' Carrer, and that because a whole thing: "That was child's play compared with the cropped that has become the only W.N.B.A. discourse."

Let's start with this truth: Cunningham has every right to stand by her belief that transgender women shouldn't be allowed to compete with cigarette won-

A Cunningham supporter. Surveys show must Americans share her opinion, but no transgender women compete in the league.

en. She's 10 toes down, and to be sure, as are 70 percent of Americans who share her opinion, according to a 2025 New York Times/Quon survey.

And Indians, the state in which Cunningham plays, was one of the first to pass a bill banning transgender girls from participating in sports at public schools — which means this issue barely

Players are falling into a hot-take trap, sometimes willingly.

affects the young girls who come to Fever games to support her in their 70s 5-years. Nor does it rise to the level of a national crisis since institutions like the N.C.A.A., the United States' System Association and the Olympic, all have eligibility rules in place. There is also the fact that an transgender woman are competing in the W.N.B.A., making this an argument largely based on a hypothetical scenario.

Yet because Cunningham plays in a league boosted by the L.G.R.T.Q. community, her opinion against the involvement of transgender athletes in women's sports has sparked irony and amusement among those seeking to ignite this cultural war. Now we have the ex-N.B.A. players: Even Kunter Freedom and Royce White mockingly declaring their eligibility for the W.N.B.A. draft. These far-right filanethrowers, these retirees felony for attention, these amorless stunt artists are here only to condemn the theory of inclusivity and taunt the women of this league. Please, let me off this ride.

Then there is Carrington, who took out Cunningham in the air. Though Carrington previously has had min-ups with Clark, Cunningham's teammates, when tough defense and accidental vespers across the face made Carrington a target, no one can really know her intentions Saturday. (She maintains that she was not trying to hurt Cunningham.) In keeping the focus just on that moment, her foul against Cunningham was unnecessary and could have been dangerous. But

Carrington's social media post after the foul was even more unnecessary, and much more dangerous.

Madeira Timpson, the Indiana Fever center afterstocately leaves an '80C Central against the Sky and played decently enough to join her superior teammate and coach, Stephanie White, in the program media session. The opening line of questions to the rise-covered as Carrington's flagrant foul. When a reporter began his question about Carrington's social media post, Timpson heard the words "while privilege" and reacted to widening her eyes and planning to her left. She then covered her face and refilled her tongue. likely hoping to avoid having to comment.

For 10 questions said it best. We all could have gone without seeing Carrington's immediate thoughts after her ejection. But she allowed herself to be accused of playing the race "tank" at Cunningham called it. Also, she made it more untrouble for her African American peers who will face legitimate bias.

Carrington, a Black woman

who has been in same-sex relationships with other W.N.B.A. players, is exactly the kind of practising bag by the most unhinged factors of new fans. After these run-ins with Clark years ago, Carrington was called everything but a child of God across social media. She has indeed experienced racism and homophobia. But on Saturday, she subercat the phrase "while privilege" — reducing it from a legitimate national concern. Her people who look like her to a sneering chant for the far right.

These moments are not just preliminary, they are even more availing the positives, like Kayla McBride tarching the not for a record-breaking 10-3 patients, the young Washington Mystics disabling their dualism's with a huge winning streak and Jessica Shepard emerging as a triple-deader revolution in Dallas.

In certain doses, train wrecks and dampens flers can be jolly. Plan to match, even, However, a constant cycle of quarrels can wear down an audience. Eventually, tension takes a toll, and the W.N.B.A. will have to pay that price.

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PRO FOOTBALL

From left: Kevin Stefanski, the Falcons' head coach; Matt Ryan, president of football, and Ian Cunningham, general manager.

In Atlanta, Ryan Finds New Way to Compete, And Loss a Ball or Two

BY JIM P. FISHER

FLUORIDE BRANCH, Ga. — Matt Ryan was long drawn to a college, one that apparently still becomes.

In late 2014, a decade after he was the N.F.L.'s most valuable player as the Atlanta Falcons quarterbacks, Ryan, 41, now the 100th anniversary of football, was ripping passes on the second day of training camp.

Quarterbacks: Tim Tagerström and Michael Pronk in were unable to make practice, so Ryan was leading a hand.

This had to start furthering him that day, he said, 'I'll say, yeah, it's not so so much that it's a little bit and got so much and there.'

As it was, he just grinned through the pain. Ryan's actual job description with the Falcons is more appropriate for this stage in the 80s. The team swore Arthur Blank redesigned the organization's leadership structure after the 2023 season, the Falcons' eighth in a row out of the playoffs, and front Ryan in January to take charge of football operations.

He collaborates with Gratz Sanders, who succeeded Rich McKay in the president and chief executive on the front team side. After a consulting firm determined the Falcons' vision was too misaligned, Blank brought in Ryan.

Ryan was surrendered in the Jan. 17 hiring of Coach Kevin Stefanski and the Jan. 28 appointment of General Manager Ian Cunningham.

Stefanski, a two-time coach of the year with the Cleveland Browns, was widely viewed as one of the best off-season candidates. Cunningham, a Chicago Bears assistant general manager since 2022, had been considered one of the top general manager candidates in the league for a couple.

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job of years.

Despite Ryan's absence of experience in an executive role, the Falcons had an impressive hiring cycle and are poised to enter a new era, with Ryan once again leading the way.

And to think, this was never part of the plan.

Ryan, the No. 1 pick in the 20th field, spent in the fall of 19.5 h, on one with the Falcons, and ranks ninth in career passing yards, with in touchdowns and seventh in completion and attempts. He was also a member with the Indianapolis 500 in 2022 and had been working as a 200 touchdown by before Blank ended a 50 in within Ryan that he did not know.

Ryan and his family still live in the Atlanta area, and they have remained close with Blank and the organization. So when Blank called an Ryan, the owner struck a chord.

'I didn't have grand aspirations after finishing up playing at land of getting into this,' Ryan said. 'But that's how life works. You don't know what's in front of you.'

Ryan loved his 17-year and inspired he would do it for another decade. He determined it from the 1980s and 1990s. He was on board, and he knew that would be the biggest sacrifice if he returned to competition.

Ryan housed on a handful of people for advice, including Ian Francisco eBer's General Manager John Lynch and the Jacksonville Jaguars' executive vice president for football operations. Tony Biondi, Ryan wanted to know how the former players transitioned into the front office. Ryan also looked up knowings from his CBS colleague Bill Coeber, the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers coach, to get a feel for construction and training a successful building.

The more thought Ryan gave it, the more he felt compelled to seize

Ryan rejoined the Falcons in January, leaving a broadcasting job at CBS Sports to become the team's first-ever president of football.

the opportunity. His wife, Sarah, also recognized he needed to use it through.

'The thing that just kept coming up in my head was like, 'I think we're going to report this if you don't go for it.' Ryan recalled. 'The kind of hit the same way, there was. 'I know you, I know there you're weird, and I know being involved in this type of way or something, at the end of the day, if you don't go for it, you might live with might ever that.' This was the thing that really pushed it over the edge.'

With Ryan on board and 10 teams searching for head

Opening a new era with a renewed focus on team chemistry.

teaches, the Falcons' concentrated on Stefanski. It was considered the second-best hire of the cycle, according to an Athletic poll of N.F.L. executives and coaches.

Stefanski was the first Browns Coach since Marty Schatzer, former in the 1980s, to guide the team to the playoffs more than once. Though they had more than they won in his other four seasons, the Browns' most playing issues stemmed from minor construction and salary cap management with quarterbacks: Deshaun Snyder, 90th a cleaner state and20-central, Stefanski's most effectively gifted roster, there is reason to be optimistic about his potential in Atlanta.

Plus, as the Falcons will face their share of adversity, Ryan was shown to Stefanski's experience in navigating such nearby waters.

'There's so much that's learned through the ups and the downs, so I really view that as a strength of factors that let's have through it,' Ryan said. 'And that's been through all of it.'

Stefanski, 44, and Ryan grew up to the Philadelphia area, and Stefanski's manager brother can-ренly against Ryan to basketball and run in similar football circles. While Stefanski and Ryan were not close before joining forces with the Falcons, they were at least familiar with each other.

Ryan's presence strengthened the attractiveness of the job. Stefanski said, in prior hiring cycles, candidates privately expressed concern over the Falcons' ambiguous vision and reporting structure, so Biondi's realignment piqued Stefanski's interest.

'It was extremely comfortable with the setup here, and obviously Matt stepping into his new role was a huge part of this for me, understanding what he is, understanding what he's about as a person,' Stefanski said. 'He's the type of person you want to partner with.'

Ryan also had a close connection to Cunningham. Bears General Manager Ryan then was Ryan's college teammate and the best man in his wedding, so Pickett's pair of confidants have hit it off.

'I've always thought if your personal values align, you tend to see football the same way,' Cunningham said.

Cunningham's front office room came with the Philadelphia Ea-

gles and Baltimore Ravens, and the distinguished his reputation through his Bears' rehab. Cunningham, also, will carry the same team-building values to the Falcons.

Ryan has maintained a new role since his playing days: T.S.V.R., or 'time spent, value received.' It means to work smaller, not hard-ey.

'Let's make sure we're opening time on the things that are going to reap the most value, but we're going to actually get hung for our back,' Ryan said.

He added, 'I think like anybody taking on a new job, that there's a lot of figuring out where the most value is.'

Cunningham, with his scanting background, has loved watching film with Ryan. Cunningham will tell Ryan what actions from an evaluation perspective, while Ryan will convey what's most important for a quarterback and everyone else on the field. The combination of brief has unheeded a new level of analysis for Cunningham.

Ryan has also described how specific off-field attributes matter in his other room. It is an also that it might abuse a player's emotional intelligence, or what drove a teammate in greatness or why specific issues might have do called issues.

'That is gold, man,' Cunningham heamed.

Stefanski has been the steadying presence and appreciation the way Stefanski enjoyed his hordes to complement one another, along with the way he enjoyed out the off-season program to maximize the money to establish chemistry. Stefanski has also displayed a clear way of de-

fining the types of players to acquire who will fit the vision of the team.

On a macro scale, Ryan essentially establishes the guardrails within the football operation. It's his responsibility to ensure everyone is working toward the collective goal, while Cunningham handles the day-to-day roster decisions, acquisitions and contract negotiations.

With that, Cunningham and Stefanski grew close into off-season while living across the ball from each other in the team-dates. They were truly with each other around the clock, and that has not exactly changed with Ryan. Cunningham and Stefanski all having their efforts to the same corridor.

Stefanski, who has worked in a manner himself with the Falcons history and alumni, has no better resource than Ryan.

'There's not much Matt doesn't know about Atlanta or the Atlanta Falcons.' Stefanski said. 'I enjoy telling up your sleeves and going to work with people who like to work, and that's her, that's Matt. We're all similar enough to how we view building a football team and those type of things, and we also challenged each other.'

And if the quarterbacks need a little time off from practice to recover, Cunningham and Stefanski might know a guy.

'But he's getting a little old,' Cunningham said of Ryan. 'I don't think he's Philip Brown.'

Ryan is back in another way. He has loved the new chance to compete at the highest level for an organization that has meant so much to his family. And if the chance to split a few dozen passes happens to arise every new and again, even better.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

COMMENTARY

Time to Step Aside, Politicians. Fans Want Their Game Back.

By JOE REXONDE

The Athletic.

By the time lawmakers in Washington get to revisiting the Protect College Sports Act, a significant bill aimed to cure everything from name, image and likeness and the transfer period to eligibility limits and conference realignment, a lot will have happened.

We will have found out whether Bill Bishick's football program or North Carolina can be just as embarrassing on a different continent, even Ohio State play for those are those not proud by several successes. If these lawmakers drug their feet a bit more, we will also have experienced the euphoric cancer of Lane Billie returning to Mississippi.

This has all been a gun, but it's time for all those who wear business attire on a daily basis in the state. If college football is a metaphor for life, we've works away from the things to life you look forward to — things that get you through daily movement, and what's the business, jobstations, concerns, college football tail-pants.

The college athletics industry's projected scale makes it long from the 1980s to 1990s, even several years, has felt more like the other side of daily mornings: paddock, football, athletics, a day, at the Department of Motor Vehicles, inside with person on a

Joe Rexonde is a senior college football writer for The Athletic,

primary ingredient, financial aid applications.

Some of those things provide benefits, and some elements of the Protect College Sports Act would leave instant relief and continue some into areas of college athletics that need them, but it doesn't look good for the bill. If that ends up being an accurate decision, the product this bill should be on less enjoyable.

Most of it's wrong — if the U.S. Senate gets right to it after returning to September, passes it, watches it pass the House of Representatives, ratifies law to his amendments that will come from the House and celebrates as President Trump signs it into law as an assembly awkward ESPN 'College Gunsafes' requires the product will be on more enjoyable. Also, the surrounding machinations will not be completely fixed.

Two reckonings would continue to be:

One, athletes are at some point going to need to actually perform a job in the limiting of their earnings and movement. The bill at the end is not a fair sport, but a little, unlike in doomed predecessors. On 10/10/16 AM, The general attitude from athletic directors on the legislation can be the "good" of the "good" of the "good" plan, while the general athletic director attitude on collective bargaining seems more favorable than it was a year ago.

Two, will there be one final,

final retreats shift? A super-league, or whatever you want to call it, consolidating the top programs and checking out for others, ensuring the transformation to N.F.L. Jan and, in my belief, a long-term decline in the popularity of college sports?

The bill addresses that, but in a perfect example of why so many have not held that friends on Washington helping, Senator Ashley Banzio, Republican, a friends, that work their on amendment to get around the 100th five year probationary period for schools that want to move from one power league to another. It would eliminate the prohibition financial scouts of those five years as long as the three years within the days of the bill becoming a law.

So right after Trump signs the bill in front of a learning Pan McAlon, McAlon could line up the House and Friends State athletic directors for a little kicking competition. First one to make one from 33 yards gets to move today from the Atlanta Coast Conference to the South-eastern Conference.

'These are politicians.' 'Rehearsen are coming. If you don't long balance in wrong, they aren't so greedy and they're too much to way too performative for his own good, wants 7-10/10 for a year.

The idea that this bill would end through without positional, add-ons was fantasy. Be certain, there are more to come. 'Frankie enotter,' has been invoked often,

JAMES W. KATZ, 2020, 1995, 1996

Texas Tech fans want to know if their team can repeat as Big 12 champion and reach the playoff.

and appropriately, in reference to the bill.

Dr. Frankenstein's creature needs no more hacks, but maybe we can find room for a few more? He had a lot to offer, by the way, Broad shoulders, Physical strength, Tensionless length and reach. He just couldn't quite put it all together for societal acceptance.

The multimodal Protect College Sports Act seems headed for to develop its well-Blame Senator Tommy Tuberville. Republican of California and a former State baseball coach, that it right with his much skinnier Stephen Athlete Act, which needs to the transfer period and eligibility.

Of course, he is also one of three senators who backed on an

amendment ensuring that the Protect College Sports Act does not overturn any state laws that may have won't be given. There was no logical reason to bring that up in regard to this bill. That's more people say.

'Now in to persuasion football talk. The product will recite. The peripheral elements that distinguish college football are the same. Hope has not to be seen, widespread after what Indiana is and in a better reason, Tradesmen and Texas Tech — just pulled off.

Yes, there is fan frustration. The American free agency should be denied, the right way, and for the benefit of both paying customers and athletes, some of them are being the long-term payoff of a home base from 18 to

33 years old for a few dollars more.

But most of the issues the college sports industry wants the federal government to fix are self-achieved and self-introduced. That's what the money's be. That's life. It's about to be fun for everyone who loves college sports and doesn't actually have to deal with these issues.

Well, right after we get an other ruling on the ruling that children are not going to have a nasty expired can indeed end up again, and unemotionally penalized. The college football player, Playoff license changes. And SEC president Leander after '555' championship (name an national championship bracket' to each other for consideration.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2005

Ben Jones, 'Dukes of Hazzard' Actor and Congressman, Dies at 84

By GLENN RIFKIN

Ben Jones, a character actor who gained fame as Center, the self-proclaimed Southern 'star-neck' on the hit CBS television series "The Dukes of Hazzard" that aired from 1979 to 1985, and who later served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat from Georgia, died on Sunday at his home in Washington, Va. He was 84.

The cause was a heart attack, his wife, when he died.

Mr. Jones overcame two decades of alcoholism, multiple divorces, numerous arrests and time spent in jail before being cast as Center Davenport, the deputy but antidote mechanic on "The Dukes of Hazzard." In that role, he repaired the show's signature car, the General Lee, a 1980 Dodge Charger that transported the two main characters — the music-sister-running cussins Labe and Bo Duke — in their never-ending dust-ups and car chases with the local authorities.

Initially, a minor character known as "Crazy" Center, he was transformed, at Mr. Jones's insistence, from a one-dimensional Southern caricature into a fun-loving but loyal companion who became one of the show's most popular characters. "I might be crazy, but I can't dumb!" Center would bark into his CB radio.

A proud Southerner who described the stereotyping and desegratism of the region he loved, Mr. Jones said Center became a more nuanced character and struck a chord with fans because he was the only familiar show whose really worked. "He had the only gierget and the only one truck in a place where all they did was wreck cars, so every time you saw him, he was working, and people can relate to that," Mr. Jones said in a 2008 interview with Georgia Public Broadcasting.

"The Dukes of Hazzard" was disparaged by William S. Paley, CBS's chief executive, and discovered by critics when it aired in January 1979 as a midseason replacement. Howard Rosenberg, a TV critic for The Los Angeles Times, predicted, "This show will be one of just the first commercial break."

Instead, it became a breakout hit for CBS, consistently ranking among the top five shows and drawing over 10 millions of viewers to its Friday evening time slot.

Mr. Jones would later say that "The Dukes of Hazzard" succeeded because of its winning message.

"In our show the good guys always won, and nobody really ever got hurt," Mr. Jones wrote in his 2008 memoir "Redbook Buy in the Promised Land."

"There was comic action and mock voice that led to the end, nobody tried and nobody suffered real pain. Crime and greed never paid off, and virtue was its own reward."

With 1979, streaming services and loyal fan groups, the series retained its popularity for decades after its original run.

Over his long career, Mr. Jones

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Clockwise from above: Ben Jones, right, in 1982 with three co-stars in "The Dukes of Hazzard". John Schneider, left, Tom Wigast and the 1969 Dodge Charger; Mr. Jones in 1999; and the Charger outside Mr. Jones's Center's, a combination museum, cafe and marketplace, in Nashville.

appeared in more than 100 major productions and worked with stars like James Earl Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Eva Marie Saint and John Trivedes. But his parts tended to be small, and he never again attained the recognition he enjoyed as Center.

In 1986, after the show was canceled, Mr. Jones, with his Southern chants and celebrity charisma, was persuaded by Democratic Party operatives to run in Georgia's Fourth Congressional District against the Swindall, the popular young Republican incumbent.

He decided to disclose his troubled past in detail, knowing that it would eventually emerge, and his story became more of an asset than a liability. As he liked to say, it was less about falling down than about getting back up.

Short on money and facing a better-financed approach, Mr. Jones lost his first time, though it was closer than expected. He can again two years later, and his prospects improved after Mr. Swindall was indicted on multiple charges of lying in a grand jury. The candidates attacked each other in unusually personal terms, and the campaign became

A Georgia Democrat who had overcome alcoholism, arrests and time in jail.

no divisive that Dan Rather of CBS News called it "by far the moment and nascent race in America."

Mr. Jones was and served two terms in Congress. After politicizing took his seat, he lost a 1964 bid to unseat Newt Gingrich in a neighboring district. Eight years later, after moving to Virginia, Mr. Jones was again urged to run for Congress, this time against Eric Cantor, an incumbent in Virginia's Seventh Congressional District.

"When break get out of the belly of the whale, he didn't go back for his hat!" Mr. Jones told people. But he can anyway and lost decisively.

After his political career foundered, Mr. Jones opened a communion museum, cafe and marketplace in Virginia devoted to "The Dukes of Hazzard."

An aspiring singer-songwriter, he also turned Center's Garage

Band, which played concerts and stars around the country. As nostalgia for the series grew, Mr. Jones and Mr. Cantor opened two more venues, in Virginia and Tennessee.

He also produced DukesFox, an annual weekend gathering of music, car races and lead that drew as many as 100,000 Hazzard fans to the Music City Enterprise in Nashville to sample with the show's stars, wear celebrity T-shirts and watch forwards.

In a 1966 article in The New York Times about the residence of "The Dukes of Hazzard," Dave Itzball described Mr. Jones as a "high price" to his most dedicated fans in DukesFox. In his memoir, Mr. Jones said that the show's staying power was "simply the heartland of America sending a message about the kind of programming they would like for their family to be watching."

In 2002, the series purchased at the center of controversy, when he debuted the Confederate flag after Warner Bros. denied reports that it was planning to remove the symbol from toys and replicas of the General Lee Dodge Charger. And in 2015, after nine Black-ju-businesses at the Deanand African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., were killed by a white gunman who had been photographied brandfishing the flag, he wrote a guest essay for The Times calling the flag's "embellished over-north Southern spirit."

Benjamin Lewis Jones was born on Aug. 30, 1941, in Tarboro, N.C., to Hubert C. Jones, a railroad-section foreman known as Big Buck, and the Virginia Stephen's Jones, the daughter of a railroad-section foreman.

Since after he was born, the baby-ey moved into a railroad company "section heads" in Pennsylvania, near the tared shipyard and docks. The house had no running water, unless or electricity.

Benjamin, nicknamed "Busty," had three brothers, nicknamed Buck, Bethle and Butch. His father, a prodigious and revered

worker known as the "tart of the other country," was also what he can called "a mean drunk."

"There was a lot of alcoholism in both sides of my country and I inherited that general dispouses," Mr. Jones told Georgia Public Broadcasting, the began drinking at 15, to cope with his difficult teenage years. When he showed eight-seater cans of Country Club Malt Liquor, "the pain and shame I had been carrying seemed to be lifted," he wrote in his memoir, "I was the dynamite and busier was the match."

At the University of North Carolina, he discovered an interest in acting. Though he was often drunk, he said, he showed a natural talent onstage and appeared in many student productions like struggle with alcohol addiction lasted for 20 years.

"Alcoholism was a constant distraction," he wrote. "It called to me unhesitively. I wanted it from the moment I woke up."

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Rachel, from an earlier marriage to Mary Alice Beall, another daughter, Jeanne, from a relationship with a friend, a son, Walter, from his marriage to Vivian Walker, three stepples-drew, and 10 grandchildren.

Mr. Jones nearly died after an

episode of heavy drinking in 1977 that lasted five weeks, he said. He woke up on the floor of his Atlanta apartment with acute alcohol in a family and little fun toteens, a severe form of alcohol withdrawal. "I prayed, 'Please, God, help me,'" he recalled. After entering a rehabilitation program, he said, he never drank again.

A year later, he won the role of Center on "The Dukes of Hazzard." With President Jimmy Cantor in the White House, country music gaming mainstream popularity and movies like "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977) drawing large audiences, the show arrived at an important moment.

Though Mr. Jones's tenure in Congress was brief, he became a sought-after pundit and speaker, appearing on cable TV talk shows and writing opinion pieces for The Washington Post, The New York Times and other news outlets.

Reflecting on his long, sometimes arduous journey, he told Georgia Public Broadcasting: "The only secret of life that I have discovered for me is if you turn your life over, get out of yourself and just turn it completely over to a higher power, to the extent I've been able to do that, good things have happened."

Mr. Jones talking to reporters in Washington in 2005. After his brief tenure in Congress, he became a sought-after speaker.

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2 THEATER

It's a big month on small stages around the city.

BY LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES

6 FILM REVIEW

A documentary follows doctors in the Gaza Strip.

BY BEN KENGLISHERG

7 ART REVIEW

Caricatures that tell several shrewd stories.

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He's a BTS Pillar and a Curator Too

RM dips into his collection as he hopes to bridge cultures with a show rich in Korean modernists.

By ANDREW MUSSETH

A tall work of calligraphy from the 19th century usually tunge in RM's recording studio in Seoul.

"One's actions and conduct should be as upright and weighty as a thousand massive reeds," its characters read. They're the words of the Chinese philosopher Shan Yang, from a thousand years ago, written in sturdy strokes by the Korean scholar Kim Jeong-bui.

"One's refinement and cultivation," it continues, "should be like gold that has been tempered a hundred times."

"People told me: Isn't it too heavy for a

RM, above, could bring new patrons to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to view old works from his collection, including Yoo Youngbuk's 'Work (Trent),' left.

studio?" RM, the leader of the K-pop group BTS, said in a video interview from South Korea in April. "But I always get inspired by people in the past because it was really so hard to even just survive and just live a life at that time."

On Oct. 3, that potent ink work will go on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, in an ambitious exhibition that pairs 43 works from its holdings with 100 from RM's own art collection. Most of RM's pieces are by Korean artists, including many who lived through difficult times. Japan's colonization of the country in the first half of the 1900s, then the Korean War and decades of dictatorship.

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A Celebration That Asks, What if Judy Punched Back?

At this year's International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC, the focus is on women.

By LAUREL GRASBER

The main female character in one puppetry tradition gets, often literally, the short end of the stink: During Punch and Judy shows, Judy endures an only domestic drudgery but also the vicious blows of her husband's cudgel.

But what if Judy — and a host of real women who rarely get the spotlight — were to rise up and take correct mugs as a major arts event?

That's the promise of the fourth International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC, which opened on Wednesday and runs through Sunday at the Clemente Soto Viber Cultural and Educational Center on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Comprising more than 50 plays and programs, the celebration includes Sarah Nolen's feminist adaptation, "Judy Punches Back," as well as other theater productions, workshops, art exhibitions, film screenings and discussions, most of them focusing on this year's festival theater: women in puppetry.

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Left, the artist and theater director Theodora Skipitaros with a creation of bars in an exhibition of her work that is part of the International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC. Center, a Pinocchio puppet that is also part of the festival. Right, Noone Carrillo with a puppet made by Jose López. The festival, which runs through Sunday, comprises more than 50 plays and programs.

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OFF BROADWAY BOUNDUP

By LAURA COLLINS HUGHES

Leading Ladies and Extinct Men

This month, a musical about Emily Warren Roebling and a comedy about a postpatriarchal world.

From left, Julia Lerner, Ene Dean, Marlyne and Sophie Zmerrod in Melissa Maxey's 'Hungry Women,' which in at Isobu Playhouse through Aug. 30.

'We've Been New Before:

A New Woman Musical

It isn't often that a pop star music-directs an off-Broadway production, let alone performs enough at it, but that's what Ben Folds is doing with this show. Written by and starring the actor Lindsey Kraft, it's a tale of music-making middle discovery, Market Bone and Kraft direct. (Through Woodpter at Isobu Playhouse; sobuplayhouse.com)

Matchbook Fool

This fledgling summer festival presents concert evenings (Zack Zadeh, Monday) and works at an several stages of development, including the show Kingsley's 'Procurators,' a 'Little Mermaid' variation starring Alex Moffat (Aug. 25). (Through Aug. 21 at Greenwich House Theater; watchbookplus.com)

'The Whole Sky All Diamonds'

An immersive-theater marketing description, go, it is an admirably clear warning: 'You won't watch this play,' the writers for the show claims. 'You'll work in it.' But five you'll undergo employee orientation and training. Written by Molly Zilke ('The Five-Star Weekend') and directed by Jack Ransdell, this is a new comedy set in the office of a tech company on the verge of a meager. Disillusionment and disconsection are involved, as are hints of Chetlow. (Through Aug. 22 at Left Story; whoisdaybillamonds.com)

'Breakfork Bridge'

Faithful viewers of the 80th glamour song 'The Ulster Age' will recall a Season 2 plot strand involving Emily Warren Roebling, who served as the surrogate for her husband, the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, while he was 81st-years during its construction. Now the story of her life has spawned this new musical, with a score by Joseph Baker and a book and lyrics by Ray Roderick, who also directs. (Through Aug. 25 at the Space at Irwallah; irwallah.org)

'The Vessel'

Until the gleaming towers of Hudson Vanlin is Manhattan, Thomas Heather wick't-mantouch 'Vessel' is a climbable, honeycomb-shaped tourist attraction with a past-murred by a series of vision suicides and consequent shutdowns. These events inspired him play by Bern dan Cooper, which centers on three minimum-wage employees who work in the structure's shadow. Peter Charney directs. (Through Aug. 25 at SW20 Theatre; SW20.org)

'Hell'

This collaboratively created coming-of-age story by Illa the Lights' Company is based on its own, Samantha Blakey family, who emigrated from Cuba to Miami in the 1960s. The production incorporates a Latin jazz-flavored score and documentary interviews with Blakey mother and aunt in well as physical design that uses shadow property. Blake plays her own solo. (Through Aug. 29 at WP Theater; wptheater.org)

'The Bathroom Attendant'

You can practically feel the dark grittiness of this comic thriller by Tom Kelly, in which a pair of Las Vegas neighbors, a bresher fighter and an ex-part-star, get a visit from a young man who makes them an after, divided, betrayal and a com-bustible evening ensue. Andrew Black directs the world premiere. (Through Aug. 30 at 124 Bank Street Theater; spotlightagehab謠(Ren.com))

From left, Will Segram, Anastasia Leche and Seberyn in 'The Vessel,' at SW20 Theater through Aug. 25.

'Hungry Women'

Rovers for her survey. Tony-nominated tales on Little Red Riding Road in 'Into the Woods,' Julia Lerner stars in the world premiere of this feminist dark comedy about a postpatriarchal world, in which men have gone extinct. Written by Melissa Maxey and directed by Daniella Coggins, with a cast that includes Ene Dean, Marlyne and Sophie Zmerrod. (Through Aug. 30 at Isobu Playhouse; sobuplayhouse.com)

'The Pass'

When this play by John Donnelly made its premiere is Laodice in 2016. John Flaherty directed Russell Torrey in the principal role of Jason, a chosnod British footballer. Max Hunter directs the American premiere, starring Marlene Ratron-Neal as Jason, where we are ascend to the heights of sports-world fame from the time he is 17 and he is 25. With Torry Bell, Ian Budanjak and Oliver Rowland-Jones. (Through Sept. 4 at La Muñña; lamama.org)

'Serenல்கள்'

The National Inrousal Benevolent Home, a harsh reformatory for girls in Upper Manhattan, is the setting of this new play by Sophie McIntosh ('twahtinbow'), which follows four young residents of the home in 1812, doing laundry together in the basement. Unwanted pregnancy figures in the plot. Only Goodheart directs the world premiere. (Friday-Sept. 5 at 1473 Theater; nathunter.org)

'Michael R. Jackson: Wake Up Call'

Michael R. Jackson, who won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for his Tony-winning musical 'A Strange Lady,' pertains a vibrant evening of songs off and new, from his back catalog ('When Girl in Danger,' 'Tired')' and his work-in-progress musical, 'Subsections,' (Sunday-Monday of Joe's Pub; publicmaster.org)

'The Real Name'

Comedy meets despondents in Laura Stroudell's much-encumbered adaptation of Chetlow's play, starring Sam Underwood as the deighted, 20-something. Nikolai Ivanov, Stroudell directs. (Monday-Sept. 10 at Lynn F. Angelson Theater; rhinershop.org)

'To Have and to Hold'

Tedra Millan ('Loudyblush') plays the about-to-well Riana alongside Laura Lapidus as her freely anti-marriage sister. Kate, in this new comedy of old-baghead and coupludes, a riff of sorts on 'The Taming of the Shrew,' Yuriy Sardarov ('Chicago Fire') plays Peter. He has got a million Kate's head. Lapidus is the playwright; Zoë Adams directs. (Aug. 25 Sept. 12 at Cheshamck's 214 Theater; tohavoplay.com)

'Marine'

The Whitney Biennial comes to Little Island with this well-premature production, conceived by Julie Torres ('Color Theories') and the artist Marilee Gutierrez. Written and directed by Torres, it stars Gutierrez in his title role of a New York 'wavemoth' whose undercover life becomes connected with the surface world after she discovers a planet that was fangs into the sea. The cast includes the comedian and drug artist Spike{rhin-henke, sibling to Hannah. (Aug. 27-30 at the Amph; 1016nissel.org)

Marlene Ratron-Neal, left, as the chosnod British footballer Jason, with Torry Bell and Oliver Rowland-Jones in John Donnelly's 'The Pass,' which in at La Muñña through Sept. 4.

5 NEW CLASSICAL ALBUMS

ALUJA EASTMAN VOL. 6:

'GAP GUERRILL'

May 26, Grindstone-Phantom, conductor (Pam Armandale)

'A guerrilla is someone who is, in any case, sacrificing his life for a point of view.' Julius Eastman said in his introduction to the premiere of his 'Gay Guerrilla' in 1969. This declaration hints at something

sential in the piece's character: 'Other Eastman works reach for evidence and ecstasy.' 'Gay Guerrilla,' written for four pianos but presented by the superb Los Angeles-based group Wild Up in a full-excentlike version, has a confrontational edge.

It opens by bringing a manlike rhythm out of silence and letting it accumulate into a rational mass of sound. That contains to every album from the music for long, though it alternates with washes of instrumented color. About two-thirds of the way through, Eastman sets Luther's chorale 'A Mighty Pastress Is Our God' in a swirl of brass and winds. If that moment might represent sanctification, the finale section — in which the march rhythm holds in a climax of tremendous emotional power before shining away — can be heard as a last, defiant statement of com- sionness to Eastman's being wholly lansatif amid a world in which he was always an outsider. DAVID WENNIGER

'GIRARSHAN MIXTURE'

DEC Symphony Orchestra; Colin Stravinsky, conductor (Pleasant)

In pre-witnessing, pre-algorithm days, a mixtape was a way to share favorite songs and introduce under- ground artists. Getting one from your crush could cement your 'soul mare' status — that is, if it was any good. The music on this line-size

album from the conductor, Dalia Stravinsky and the BCC Symphony Orchestra certainly is. With short orchestral works by four composers, the album gives listeners an introduction to a few of Ukraine's defining artists.

Stravinsky begins with Lyrin Kabushki's anything-but-subjects 'Solonia Overtans,' then turns to Borys Lyatoshynsky's 20th-century tone poem 'Gundyna,' based on a poem by the Polish writer Adam Mickiewicz. Mysterious, lyrical and stirring, 'Gundyna' could go too-to-toe with the greatest tone poems of the 10th century. But two impersonations-infected characters from Pobit Valkynooba most intrigued me, and not just because Valkynooba was one of Stravinsky's early teachers. Since are knockout, biogamous pieces, Mybela Lyonsky's overture to 'Tania Boffa,' based on the Gogol novella, chases the album with dark drama that gives way to martial triumph. As with any good mixtape, you are left hungry to bear more. GABRIELLE FERRARI

BETHOVEN: THE LAST THREE

FOUND MINUTES

Mitsuko Uchida, opera (Dacun)

Which particularly shifting about Mitsuko Uchida's live album of Beethoven's final piano session is her attention to the music's many puns.

Two moments from the final of the first session are, on opening high-per-serves as an elaborate preparation of the dominant, in expectation of resolution to the home key. As the climax — an arpeggio, spread with across the piano — Uchida denies this closure in a cast, gently cutting way, the music falls into another theme through bleak, low minor-key chords. A few minutes later, a similar low figure appears, now in a single key. Certainly, the music is a single key. The music is a single key. The music is a single key. The music is a single key. The music is a single key. The music is a single key. The music is a single key. The music is a single key. The music is a single key. The music is a single key. The music is a single key. The music is a single key. The music is a single key. The music is a single key. The music is a single key.

This is more of Beethoven's most mystical writing, as he plays with remnants of exploded formal structures; by the final Arletta of Op. 15, the music, with its long chases of title, becomes of-jun. Uchida's distinctions between joint and join have disordered. The final classic is carried to its regularities on a single column of an in-tit-to-in-tit-ending piece delivery Hall in Tokyo, you can tell the audience is sitting in silent rapture. AVON MERRY

'OVER MY HEAD'

John Holiday, counterbear; Kevin Miles, opera (Phantom)

Everybody that John Holiday's start he taught. When he stops, the short music's bar bars and variations fall away, and he sets the music line.

Familiar includes text unfamiliar in mesmerizing ways. Robert L. Merritt's witty multicolour of the

musical 'Scandalous My Name', which Paul Robozen recorded with many authority, sounds, viz. goosamer and unbelieved. Holiday's Why way with the same composer's 'Gospel Bliss,' alerted by Kevin Miller's graceful, unbarriered blues piano, glimmers with uneartful, luminous colors. Each of the American standards, 'Ply Me to the Moon,' 'Summertime' and 'Strange Fruit,' is a little jewel. Accompanying himself at the piano, Robozen and the band of rappers, groaning sound, and wizive-spanning runs tickle the bass in his voice. When he pirons to R. Leslie Adams's house-horses 'Vigiloseops,' they glow with plain-spoken intimacy.

The album opens with Hall Johnson's emphatic 'I'm Gonna Tell God All O' My Troubles.' It's a homegrasing song until the narrator decides that he must serve as God's vessel. Holiday, with just two short lines, Khalid is a golden-running climax, but it could also be a statement of holiday the artist, sharing the music in his head as he was intended to do. OTHERS JOHN

AN HIMASH: SYMPHONY NO. 1 & HARP CONCERTS

Roger Pellacourne; Gailadjana; Emmanuel Ceysson, harp; Joe Hisashi, conductor (Deutsche Stamm起来)

Joe Hisashi — a composer at home in both a film-writing studio and the concert hall — subtitled his Third Symphony 'Metaphysics,' Latin for metaphysics. This is a work that ponders the big questions.

The first movement, 'Senteness,' opens with bold, blocky strokes, fronting a long melody that splinters under the weight of the counterpans. Set against chirping rhythmic rolls, the music fades into mommyy despite its buoyness. 'Where are we going?' is a slow string lantern, and the last movement, 'Safe Life,' forms boisterous, interlocking rhythms, punctuated with ringing vibrators. Hisashi has said that this movement, which only uses six different pitches, ends in Sashkin's grid patterns. The effect, as with the opening, is a slide toward bottom. This could be unnoticed given the symphony's philosophical promise. Unraveling the music's beginning is an instant.

The album also features Hisashi's Harp Concerts, more sparsely scored to allow the extent to slice through the textures. Emmanuel Ceysson, principal harp of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, propels the first movement with perpetual melons, when the orchestra imitates these passages, however, it plaids. The second movement is a chasman, with a murky cadenza bridging to a mechanist, driving finale. JHANNY BETHOVEN

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Top row, works in an exhibition focusing on the artist and theater director Theodora Skiptarev, part of this year's International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC. Below, from left: Jane Catherine Shaw as Skiptarev's latest production, "Framness", and "Empire's Medita," created and performed by Boudie Neal.

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Petersen Back. "It was 2018 when I was developing it, so 14M/5w was flourishing." In Nolte's largely meredent version, when Pusch continually demands that his wife make him a sandwich, Judy delivers his just deserts.

Although Nolte's show welcomes children, many festival productions are far from kid stuff. Inverjini Matrix "Bigib Hand Woman," a Canadian project, addresses the female experience with characters that include Nurse Specialists, Aida IUD and a huge talking samples. "Mujeres a cuatro manos" ("Women at Four Hands"), from the Mexican company Teatro Naba Jito, explains subjects like solitude, body image and aging. The Belgian performer Boudie Neal's "Empires Medita," a dark, wretless solo, erodeo, queen bees and praying mantives as final portray a creature undergoing metamorphosis.

"I was inspired by the inherent clownsick nature of insects, their improbable bodies and behaviors," she said in a video interview. Neal said she hoped audiences would learn her show "kind of behind the the strange."

Manuel Antonio Morán, who founded the festival in 2018 as a feminist – the pandemic and the Cinnamon's continuing innovation have prevented strict adherence to that schedule – said he appreciated puppetry's "finally and interesting" nature. But, as the event's artistic director, he also emphasizes the accessibility of this handmade medium, calling it "one of the few popular art forms that are left" in an interview last week at the center. Supported by the Cinnamon and produced by Mouton agency, Grupo Morán, and the Latino theater he founded, Teatro SEA, the festival empha-

sion diversity and affordability. (More than half the events are free, and the ticket price for others is $25.)

"As long as I'm a producer and we're a Latino-led organization, we want to highlight the underrepresented," Morán said.

That has meant dedicating two large festival exhibitions, on view through Aug. 30, to trailblazing women in puppetry: "Theodora Skiptarev: Performing Objects — Four Decades of Abundant Dignitys" is a fighting wide retrospective of Skiptarev's often avant-garde work as a downtown artist and theater director. Curated by Nina Fritskin and designed by Matt Sorensen, the installation displays pieces ranging from doll-like puppets used in the miniature sideways of "Micropolis" (1962) to the gigantic heads worn by cast members in "The Transformation of Benjamin Berenber" (2020). "Puppets" "can do wonders with scale," Skiptarev said as her designs were being unpacked.

"It's almost a playwriting tool," she added, "because you can make something very powerful, very scary," or, if the object is tiny, "you can make it very emotionally empathic."

The exhibition "Scattered Happy Memories of Puppet Friends by a 55-Year-Old," curated by Sorensen, features photographs documenting the long career of the puppetron, collector and executive Nancy Staub, who helped establish the Worlds of Puppetry Museum at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta and worked with the master puppetron Jim Henson to organize the 1996 World Puppetry Festival. Unlike Henson, Staub never became a household name, but, she said in a video interview, she found puppetry more welcoming than acting, her original goal.

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"I would have directors say, 'Honey, don't try to act — just stand there and look pretty,' and that's not what I wanted," she said, adding, "Puppets" is perfect, because you can be anything you want."

And say anything you want, Morán noted, observing that "puppets" is political. Period "For this festival he has received and expanded his own bilingual show from 2009, "¡Viva Pinedita!" a reimagining of the Pinaxelas story he which the title character crosses the border from Mexico to the United States. Though it was created for children, the show explores adult themes of

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investigation and assimilation.

Politics also fascinate Skiptarev. A puppet show on Friday night that's centered on women will include an excerpt from her latest production, "Framness," a testament to, among other things, the political impact of walking. It features a performer, Jane Catherine Shaw, operating a huge puppet line.

"I'm definitely attracted to political material," Skiptarev said. But her objectives extend further, reflecting the aims of the festival itself. She wants her work, she added, "to be glamorous and glorious and really beautiful, too."

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ELISABETH VINCENTELLI | FILM REVIEW

WENDLER BIRCH

Some of the creatures that invade the neighborhood where Anne Hathaway's character lives, above, is "The End of Oak Street," just want to munch peacefully on the grass. But not all of them.

When an Allosaurus Stalks Your Subdivision

Dinosaurs wreak satisfying havoc in 1980s suburbia in a thriller directed by David Robert Mitchell

MELROSE IT IS SET IN 1982 and involves an American nuclear family facing extraordinary perils, David Robert Mitchell's new film is bound to be compared to that decade's finest Hollywood action fare, especially Steven Spielberg's.

But what came to mind while watching some of the vision in "The End of Oak Street" was Hivewayous Bosch. You might as well examine the movie "The Suburban of Earthly Delights (and Nightmares)" because of the out-there vision; we discover after chaos engulfs a peaceful neighborhood.

The handsome couple, Denise and Greg Platt (Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor), appear to anchor a picture perfect unit, with their well-behaved children, natives (Maier Stella) and Brian (Christian Convery), and a cumbersian dog, Starback (played by Britten and Buzz). Then one night, a bright light and an earthquake-like tremor upped their world, and they wake to find enoics: flora that were extract millions of years ago and a range of perfumers' beauties. Some of them peacefully change its grass. Others want to change on anything that moves, including the Platts. We are

eventually given an explanation, but it is so sparse as to be contested pro forma. The movie is not for those who require a rationale for the irrational.

In the early scenes, Mitchell, who also wrote the screenplay, economically suggests cracks in the film's film, and says that Each Platt seems to have a secret or a thwarted dream, or both, and the saddened kids overhear their parents' constant hickering. The described, almost survival atmosphere in the introduction — and even, immediately, when everything goes violently to pro — will be familiar to those who have seen Mitchell's earlier movies, "It Follows" (2015) and "Under the Silver Lake" (2015), but also to Sofia Coppola fans.

Bosch and Coppola, the director of "The Virginnuckles," consider the bizarre markers when talking about a 1980s-set movie in which dinosaurs lay a suburban nuclear mechanic, but that millions of thousands of "the End of Oak Street" distinctive. You could argue that it's not "good" by conventional standards, but the film has a top generic address that's rare in summer papers/production. That subject is found and why how hard it is to tell how much of it is intentional and how much is inadvertent.

Mitchell steers the action scenes with a new hand, and the idea shines to me poor — I wish I could scrub the visual of a particularly repugnant creature disheeing about a house from my brain. In that respect, the film (fielder in kind).

At the same time, Mitchell runs with our expectations and assumptions. When the Platts arm themselves with all her objects, some of those weapons are deployed effec-

The End of Oak Street

Home Wt. 2.5 m. available. Sands of violence and a perfumers greatly prohibitive mansion. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes. 14 theaters.

tively and others not so much, which idylly underlines the propanterousness of movies in which regular people magically become respect is using, say, race as lethal weapons. And when they get in their car, Denise takes the wheel and Greg is in the passenger seat. Not only does this swiftly shed light on their relationship, but it also underscores the mindless dilute that a male protagonist usually drives while the woman sits beside him.

On a broader canvas, there are no unme-

cessarly extended chases or suspenseful buildings, and nothing is padded into boring bleas. Since no heart conversations are free and concise: deaths are brutal and fast. No matter the situation, the film, which has a refreshingly frugal running time, moves on quickly.

Mitchell also introduces premises or character traits, then proceeds to ignore them. Audrey, for example, is described from the start as a space nut who scrutinizes the night sky. Combining that information with a tantalizing news snippet about world solar flares, you expect her to soon out the explanation for what's happening and take the lead in finding a solution. But while she is somewhat helpful, the film goes in another direction in how the event changes Audrey.

Because, yes, of course, the Platts are changed by their ordeal, and in that, Mitchell shides by formula. But his matter-of-fact juxtaposition of a certain idea of the American dream with incomprehensible bedlam that defies the natural order in the film's most interesting point. The wordness is around us. It can also be in us. We just figure out how to live with it.

BEN KENIGSBERG | FILM REVIEW

JEANNETTE CATSOULIS | FILM REVIEW

Dr. Feroze Sidfons, censor, in "American Doctor," a film centered on a medical aid trip.

In an O.R. Far From Home

A documentary focuses on a risky medical journey.

AT THE START of "American Doctor" one of the three main subjects, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, argues with the director, Feb 30 Teng, the is explaining the experience of providing medical care in Gaza; she is reluctant to include a photograph of dead children. "I feel like I'm going to end up learning it or not using it," she tells him. He replies, "Why? That's the problem."

This documentary does what it can to show you what the doctors have seen. Although it jumps around in time, it is een-

American Doctor

Not rated. Running time: 1 hour 31 minutes. 16 theaters.

tered on a planned trip to Gaza by three American physicians during the famous cease-fire agreement that existed in early 2020, all three were also there the year before.

One, Dr. Thuer Ahmad, an emergency physician from Chicago, is unable to enter on this trip and winds up stuck in Jordan. (The film does not help delve into the logistics; Ahmad tells us about learning that he is not on an approved list the night before he is set to enter Gaza.) The other two, Perlmutter, an orthopedic surgeon from North Carolina, and Dr. Feroze Sidfons, a trauma surgeon from California, are shown working at a hospital in Khan Yassin, in the southern Gaza Strip. To prepare, Perlmutter

ter pushed to the and andments to ensure that he would have them.

We watch the doctors during their operations, meetings with patients and quickly moving interactions with the regular medical staff. After the cease-fire ends, Sidfons, who documented his experiences and pulled doctors for an Opium piece in The New York Times in 2024, describes narrowly escaping a bombing because he happened to have been pulled into the intensive care unit at that moment. In that same segment, Sidfons, seemingly speaking of the person he had originally intended to change on, says: "That's the first time I've ever done an operation on a patient who was blown up, and then had him get blown up again, to his hospital bed."

The hospital system are the film's heart, and they have an immediacy that the interspersed benign of the doctors at home in the United States cannot match. Some of them speak of the guilt of not remaining in the conflict zone. I feng, a documentary producer who has also done video journalism for The Times, shows her subjects appearing on podcasts and visiting U.S. lawmakers' offices to press for medical aid in Gaza. Their identities are complex: Perlmutter is Jewish, Ahmad is Muslim and Sidfons, though not religious, but Zomartian parents. Perlmutter, in some respects the most vociferous, says speaking out about health conditions in Gaza has both lost and gained him friends. Ahmad, who is Palestinian American, says that he is "not procarpeting," he adds: "I'm a human being, I'm a doctor and I want to be able to practice and treat anybody." That is one major message of this powerful film.

Pushing The Rock Up the Hill Of Recovery

Brothers try to get by in a simple story set amid the opioid epidemic in rural Ohio.

WE ARE ALWAYS TO MINIMIZE THIS "Union County" before we see its central character smile. Not that Cody Peronies (Will Pindler?) has much to smile about. Addicted to drugs for many years the started as a teenagers, this reserved young man is beginning a court-mandated recovery program with more open recognition than apparent hope.

If we're relying on Cody for information about how he's feeling or what he's thinking, though, we will be disappointed. Tactors and obedient, he submits to drug tests and counseling like someone whose very personality has been narrated. By controlling his foster brother and fellow addict, Jack (Pauli Comines), barely a week into recovery, has a whitness about him that's both concerning and enduring. Cody's behavior toward his brother is more difficult to prove. Even after he leads a job alongside Jack in a bunker cell, Cody seems distant and awkward. Not until much later, he expects that's all the more affecting he 'to really, do we know the reason for his extreme discomfort.

"Union County" isn't a documentary, but it feels like one. Behaving information only is diffident, the writer and director states: Meeks, working with participants of the Adult Recovery Court in Bellefontaine, Ohio, grounds his movie in the daily struggles of real people. Geographical issues, playing victories of themselves, stolen up the bulk of his cost, their testimonies a continuing soundtrack to the brother's voices. One after another, in meetings and in the court itself, these men and women relate their fights and lives, slamsom and blames, with disarming candor and a moving gratitude for the support of their peers.

Expanding his 2020 short film of the same name, Meeks, who was born in rural Ohio and remains emotionally connected to the region and in battle with opioids, works in a naturalistic style that favors a need over event. Things happen — a failed substance

Will Pindler stars in "Union County" about addiction and the daily struggles of real people, including more non-monitors.

Union County

Not rated.

Running time:

1 hour 37

minutes. 16 theaters.

test, a rolling automobile accident, a shocking tragedy — but there is barely a plot in the conventional sense. Hints of romance between Cody and a sweet single mother (a wonderfully genuine Elise Kibler) remain vague, and when Cody visits his estranged sister (Sally) Meade, cramming years of fury into faith more than one brief scene), their interaction is a snapshot of familial devastation.

Pindler has such a strong screen presence (in "The Book" he makes concurring a dream) as riveting as open-heart surgery (that he prevents Cody's breathless from becoming tedious. And Meeks never allows us to forget that Cody is only one among many, all of them reliant on the program's endlessly pathetic support staff, including the real-life rommelier Annette Dean.

Unwished without being depressing — the pregnant participants are almost shockingly cheerful company — "Union County" is a compassionate portrait of a 50-year-old endeavor. Stefan Weidberger's camera is kind and calm, narrating a tale that's empathetic rather than dramatic. For most of these people, simply surviving day to day is all the drama they can handle.

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FILM REVIEWS

Fast

Not rated. Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes. In theaters.

The independent filmmaker Rob Trogensis loves a moving vehicle onscreen, more for how it embodies one person's drive than out of a need for speed. His latest feature, "Fast," follows a young woman in Virginia who wants to be a professional racer driver, but Trogensis almost ghostly film is more concerned with the movements of her memories than the thrills of the truck.

Sterling (Madison Poultry) seeks to know a difficult past behind, which includes the loss of her parents and having to fight off an attacker with a crowbar in a backyard. She test-driven her Lasso St 4 (a 100th one-seater) and meets with a rich mentor and a director, but rather than a point-to-point story, Trogensis overlays time frames and family history to nearly Fandomiras effect.

Sterling's allusive conversations take place in the between-zone emptiness of her small town, only enhancing the sense of the outside world as a backdrop for the passage of time. At one point, a man gets out of his truck, then crosses the street to speak with a woman in a hoop skirt from another era.

Trogensis conserves it's heavenly expression. He shares superlesse long takes its terms of time and spursy and an epic conclusion can risk success's bridge, with notches between color and black-and-white film.

Sterling's racer suggests an escape within from ordinary life, a bit like the welder in Trogensis's "The Art" (1991) who talks a bicycle with a tall, Trogensis, too, feels basically unmoved from any cornerstone but his own. NUCLEAR RAPID.

Don't Say Good Luck

Rated PG 23 for financial, material, some strong language, through drinking and sexual references. Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes. On Netflix.

When Sophie Biernbaum coalitions for her high school musical in "Don't Say Good Luck" — starring Danny Sandler and Melanie Lyeskey as daughter and mother — she's certain she can't best out a classroom for the kind. But the musical's director (Stephanie Beattie) gives something special during Sophie's callback — for another time, no less. The deep vulnerability she detects was faced by the news Sophie overheard minutes before — shortly after teaching that her mother's cancer has occurred. Sophie snags the lead role in "Madness".

It's a setup easy to hold at, but for all those who have urgent mood out of their worst moments coinciding with one of their best, the convergence running through the director John Hart's drama is plausible.

Sandler is sweetly attuned to Sophie, a sometimes tortuistic teenager. And Lyeskey strikes a believable balance as both a fighter and a woman tired of the fight. "It's come back," she says. The question is: Can she? Max Greenfield makes road his course of navigating love and loss as Sophie's fabric. Love well utilized are Bette Peacock and Steve Buscemi as Elizabeth's parents, who arrive to deepen the intergenerational ties but mostly better Elizabeth and offer driving lessons.

Even so, the film's strongest montage presents Sophie's tango of joy and sorrows with a flashby — nudged by Sara Bairdillon's song "Bad Man" — that captures Sophie's secret and Elizabeth's seeming waning. As Fassorling: This, too, is part of a family's loving life. LISA KENNEDY

Madison Poultry in "Fast." The film, which was written and directed by Rob Trogensis, centers on a woman seeking to leave her past behind and become a professional racer driver.

Matthew McConaughey and Angelina LookingGlass star in "The Rivals of the Amidah King." directed by Andrew Patterson.

The Rivals

Of Amidah King

Need 8 for language and some great images. Running time: 2 hours 33 minutes. In theaters.

One of the most rollicking and absurd opening sequences for a film this summer can be found in "The Rivals of Amidah King." There's a bandana crowned, begin-wrooming Matthew McConaughey in a fast-food parking lot kicking things off and tossing the kinetic flux of the film's director, Andrew Patterson. But soon after, a scene involving a funny character and a stunning hot dance you suddenly gobmincked.

It's an unexpected flare of chaos and also a primer for a movie that sometimes delightfully sometimes morally curious between tunes and genres to make for one of the more unruly and humorous feel-good movies this year.

That's in large part because of McConaughey, who is used properly for the first time in years. Here, his soulful all-righteous spike the difference between the overly self-serious streak that gave his career a second act, and that sandy snitch that gave him his first one. As Amidah, he is a magnetic beekeeper, local performer and friend-in-all. When Karen's Angelina LookingGlass, his former foster child, reappears, he finds one purpose amid pain-putting underneath all that bouncing charisma.

This first half is more of a picaroque — call it "The Adventures of Amidah King" — but when shady thieves interfere with Amidah's heavy business, the film shifts into cartoonist, true-crimenode, "Tiger King"-style. It drags out between plausibility primacy, by in Karen's art, and the frustrated LookingGlass is given too much responsibility (and too many close-ups) to sell it. But the film still has just enough nerve to cope itself back on track, like an Amidah song that's gone on too long, before an irresistible melody grabs you back in.

BRANDON YU

Dead Souls

Not rated. Running time: 1 hour 28 minutes. In theaters.

When an enigmatic man in a horror hit, in a river, in a rough-and-ramble frontier town in Arizona, cries 1999, the locals question the motives. He claims to be a government worker in one account; in others, he's a preacher. His print attire and gentle demeanor certainly makes him seem like he's on the side of some righteous authority. But then why is it searching for the names of dead Mexican laborers and willing to pay anyone who can add to his lot?

If you're read Nikolai Gaga's "Dead Souls," which this wretches some of the same name is heavily adapted from, you'll know the answer. Strickler, the skysceroon visitor played by the director Alex Cox, sounds an awful lot like swindler, which is one of the countless wicks and basically gags scattered around this mean water-dried American cycles of exploitation.

A counterculture heavyweight in the 1980s and '80s, Cox ("Ropa Man," "Straight to Half") got $124,000 for "Dead Souls" via a Kickstarter campaign. The artist-in independence afforded by such a financing scheme certainly shows: Cox shot on location in Mescal, Ariz., and Aloniva, Spain (the capital of 90th) spaghetti restaurant and wrote this script with Gianni Garbo, one of the genre's leading ones. Strickler's journey, which consists mostly of cryptic exchanges with locals in salience and stables, is punctuated by nothing therein (one, for women, is a musical number involving numbers).

The film's small budget shows is the flat cinematography and stage performances, but this effect — in which Wild West intrigue comes off as casually wooden — also when with Cox's tentacommonary on cinema and his own place within its beauty. These details will almost certainly be lost on those unfamiliar with the director's ditch. Next Cox halfway, however, and "Dead Souls" makes for a ranous swan song.

ROSTOUS LLOYDIA

Nimroda

Rated 8 for strong language, morning drug use and sexual resources. Running time: 1 hour 42 minutes. In theaters.

"Nimroda," a road trip comedy about high-school turcumin in a punk rock band, includes a number of juvenile snakes and episodes of interstate adventure that striate probably. At one point, the boys (Maurel Thames, Kyiv

Coffman and Ryan Foust) enter a rough-looking highway labor bar that happens to be holding a Battle of the Bands commit at that exact moment with one free spot remaining, which they acetoneify win, to scare one example. It's the out of film where Historical happenstance verges on outright fantasy.

But the most laughably explainable aspect of "Nimroda" is built into the prentian: The highest aspiration of its teenage punk-miller heroes is to open for Green Day. He highly commercially prepared head of 80-swombings that the kids regard with evanescent. Pooled by an older brother into believing that they've been tapped to open for the band on New Year's Eve, the boys take the Analog Bugs. Over in a garage tris, in the road to meet their heroin, Bible Joe, instructing Mike Dore, and Tel Cool, who appear in the film as themselves. "You're opening the Green Day?" their peers can, one-on-a-a. The climax is, of course, a Green Day show.

Green Day remain interesting popular and commercial, and "Nimroda," directed by Lee Kirk, catchy overly in fans. But like "Babestaan Rhapsody," "Rockinman," and "Michael," "Nimroda" is a rock helps whose primary purpose is to bolster the mythology of the artist-subject. Needless to say, Green Day produced the movie — because the only world is which will outsporing gentle would care this much about Green Day is a world carefully designed to flatter them. CILUX KADIE

The Brink of War

Rated 9th. Running time: 1 hour 57 minutes. In theaters.

The movie begins with a mark image: Ronald Reagan (Jeff Daniels), shot from behind, in a light overcast, looking out at the

rolling Atlantic Ocean. He turns and goes back toward the house where, for a day and a half, he has organized with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (Jared Harris) about arms control, or arms reduction — the terror have been final throughout their talks. Eventually they will prove almost meaningless.

"The Brink of War" written and directed by Michael Russell Gunn and produced by Angel Shubla, chronicles the Reykjavik summit of 1984, which ended in brainstorm for both males.

What pleasure and intrigue the movie has is provided by its top-billed cast. As Reagan, Daniels builds a characterization from traits — resolutely out just, occasionally twinkly even — belittering Gunn's hagiographic vision of the former president. Harris plays Gorbachev as occasionally hitch-tubed by Reagan's plain-spoken-note. The movie attends the fiction that Gorbachev spoke perfect English, and depicts the two speaking man-to-man; in fact Gorbachev and Reagan relied on a translator. J.K. Simmons portrays the Secretary of State George Shultz as a quiet chess master. Nancy Reagan (Hope Davis), chooses to stop in World, argues while a directed for success Rania Gorbachev (the Serbian actress Retsha Katz) does Soviet public relations in behind.

The supporting players don't fare particularly well. As Western reporters, Ajat Cash and Guy Barnet are reduced to exposition machines, and the scores in which C.I.A. and K.G.B. employees sings at each other in the basement of the negotiation site are successful. After a K.G.B. jury quotes the theorist Karl Marx, but C.I.A. counterpart shoots back, "Like, liberty and the ground of happiness, you ever hear that one?" "Yes, written by a slave owner," the K.G.B. man retorts. Was real-life diplomacy ever so on the nose?

GLENN KENNY

The Wrong Girls

Rated 9 for some seriously potent drugs. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes. In theaters.

Ever feel like you know what your best friend is thinking? The filmmaker Dylan Meyer makes that figure of speech based in "The Wrong Girls," a comedy about some pub who become tanguish.

Frankie O'Connor Stewart) and Molly John Duerhart are independent roommates scraping by in Los Angeles. Frankie is a delivery driver, Molly builds spreadsheets. But their real nature is getting high, he it by joint, unlike as a smoking conception that serves as their sportsman's piece de-resonance.

Growing years have as Molly considers moving out of their biochemistry pad and is with her boyfriend, Josh (the error: double and 4/4). But the story really goes subways once the friends consume a laboratory-engineered hallucinogen that induces their psychic connection. Soon, they're on the run from Danish goons who are determined to weaponize the drug for world conquest.

It's only a little less pacific than it sounds, a silly, giddy diversion that's often quite funny, especially when Kate McElmore shows up as a mail a lesson. As written and directed by Meyer (who is married to Stewart), the movie also looks like it was a total gas to make, and the busy good time is contagious.

Could I have done without Frankie and Molly mind-sending with their pair of whips cars (voiced by Seth Rogers and Richard Nuglass)? Sure, but "The Wrong Girls" across points for Miller recently, even during its dapier hits.

NATALIA WINRELMAN

Sunny Sandler, left, and Melanie Lyeskey in "Don't Say Good Luck," a film about a daughter, a mother, boys and tourtazche.

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RM began collecting after a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008, while on tour with BTS, he said. He was familiar to see artists he knew from textbooks, and he had a startling realization: "It's a shame so me," he said. "I'm an artist from Korea, and I know Picasso, I know van Gogh. I don't know anyone from my country," he told himself. "You have to find your real," he said, "and that's how I started to look at the Korean artists."

"They just made me not get too lazy, not get too serious items," RM added.

Over the previous couple of weeks, the 21-year-old had played concerts with BTS at Tokyo and Gejazig, the Seoul satellite city

RM's SFMOMA: Between You and Me

Oct. 3 to Feb. 7, 2027, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 415-357-4000, shmoma.org.

where RM grew up. The next day, he would fly to Tampa, Fla., continuing a tour with more than 90 dates on five continents over 12 months.

In mid-July, the band played the World Cup's first half-time show, to nearly two billion global viewers, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., and their two-night stand there in August show 372,000 people, including RM's childhood hero, the copper Nan.

Days earlier, the band had made news by saying it would not compete at the 2027 Grammy Awards, promoting the creation of an Asian pop performance category. "We hope music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided into organ or language," they said in a statement.

BTS's seven members reunited last year, after completing mandatory military service, and released their 16th studio album, "Arivang," in March. Named after a beloved Korean folk song, it is a heady ambage of pop, hip-hop and EOM that delves into matters of identity and fame.

Amid all of this, RM, a name he picked to replace Rap Monster (he was born Kim Nam-joon), has been working on the museum exhibition, in which "two different worlds are coming together" he said. "Ease or Wren, Modernism and K-pop, or Korea and America."

The venture has no obvious parallel. The musician couple Alicia Keys and Swiss Beats showed some 400 pieces from their collection of Black art at the Brooklyn Museum in 2014, and the rapper Drake and the basketball legend Shagable O'Neal have co-rated musical affairs. But the exhibition "RM's SFMOMA: Between You and Me," which is not to run through Feb. 7, will occupy almost an entire floor of the museum and feature canonical international artists alongside Korean figures who are rarely seen statewide, along with centuries-old crusades, calligraphy and more.

"I just hope he is to be really personal," RM said, "because I think the best part about art is the expansion from something personal to something universal."

SFMOMA sees RM a proposal that "was really serious," he said, "and really they understood me — what I love and what I've been pursuing." He has been thinking about opening his own exhibition space in Seoul, but he doesn't want to rush that.

He replied with a handwritten letter that the show's other two caraters, América Cantilo and Hymon Kim, said was moving to read because of the country about wanting to introduce people to Korean art. "He has a postcard to writing that's very beautiful," Cantilo said.

"As a Korean curator," said Kim, an SFMOMA assistant curator, "this project carries actually a special weight for me, because I really want to introduce great Korean art and Korean artists in the U.S."

SFMOMA's director, Christopher Bedford, has an answer for anyone who might question whether a celebrity should be curating his own collection at a major museum. "He is a science force," Bedford said in May, "incredibly curious and intelligent, has ideas about collecting and audience engagement that go far beyond what museums do conventionally, and I don't think it's a stretch to give him a curatorial voice at all."

The day before we spoke, Bedford had visited SFMOMA's current Henri Mattiesthemed show with RM. "It is a treat to see how closely, prominently and unguardedly he looks at art," he said, "and how actually literate he is in art history."

To learn about the pioneering Korean artists he favors, RM has met some of their families and haunted memories. "I'm born as an outdo for some things," he said, using the Japanese word for a cultural obsession. "When I get to love something I seriously love, I really get into it."

Specializing to those artists had its benefits. "Honestly, they were more affordable," RM said. He laughed. "For real. I'm not a huge, like, hedge-fund investor."

"Since there are almost no young people like me who collect the old Korean modernists, when it comes to an auction, I always fight with 'It- 80-year-olds,' RM said. Some of these competitors have deeper pockets, he said, and so he sometimes asks them: 'Please, leave it for me. Leave it for the young generation, please. You have your great works.'"

Chang Unchin (2017-30), who painted disarming scenes of traditional life in Korea with a childlike sophistication, is one of the show's prominent figures, and there will be three carvases by the indostable abstract painter Kim Whashi (2013-31), who happens to have been the great-uncle of another Korean rap-star. T.G.P. Yonam RM's, and the third is SFMOMA's.

Caution, a curatorial project manager at SFMOMA, said that, while planning, "We

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Clockwise, from top left: Mark Robbins' "No. 14" (2006), Lee Bannock; "Regalman Mountain" (2010), BTS at the World Cup halftime show. Below, from left: Kim Whashi's "No. 10" (2010), Yon Hyong-kono's "Blue-Creber, 'D-CS" (2015), Chang Unchin's "Road" (2006).

starred finding a lot of beautiful eyes/breasties between his collection and our collection."

The exhibition's design changed over time. "I wanted to put the works on the floor and everywhere," RM said. Let's just say he was reminded, "It's an institution, and we have safety rules and design standards," he said, "some users will appear in his handwriting, and there will be bilingual labeling, in English and Korean.

"I really wanted to include music, and I'm still thinking about it," RM added, "but I don't know. It's really tricky to include music."

The exhibition will be divided into the main sections (and a gift shop). One, titled "Biawaism" has pieces that center on the color blue and depictions of water by artists like Yora Klein, Dan Flavin and a pioneer of geometric abstraction, Yon Younghak.

Another area, "Phonobaddha," has a Nam

June Park of a bronze Buddha watching a TV with a closed-circuit video of itself.

One more, exploring the vagaries of taste, will have a drawing by Cy Twombly, the American painter whose scrawls are almost calligraphic, along with a work by the news artist (reader owned by RM), a Pokémon animation cell (also owned by RM) and a string of lights by Felix Gonzalez-Serras—an unusual mixture of high and low. Sometimes, when you really love something, RM said, "you just don't know, and just can't explain it."

RM particularly admires Yon Hyong-kono (2024-2007), who made alluring and introspective abstractions, swells of dark, dilated paint on bare or canvas, imprisoned on multiple occasions on political grounds, "he was the type of guy who never knew about," RM said. "He also based shortcuts." RM's 2022 solo album, "Indigo," includes a track with Kyukah Baidu, "Oru," that has a sample of the painter expounding on the importance of working truth.

More than a dozen from that RM has collected will occupy one section. "When you get to know his life and his narrative, the human, and the humanity and the painting itself, they just search or perfectly," he said. "And the black he had — I just never get tired of it."

Another gallery will include two more Yons with a majestic Mark Robbin (from SFMOMA) that has its own qualitative fields of color, color-tango and than. "I just wanted to really see the actual scene, just hanging together and what it maybe feels like, to me and be Americans," RM said.

RM exudes a restless curiosity when he discusses art and his collecting, which is part of a larger mission he hins. "It's a very important time for Korea because a lot of people, a lot of strangers, are coming to Korea, and they're getting to know what Korean culture is," he told me. "They don't ask me anymore. Are you from South or North? And I really appreciate it."

He has donated money to conserve Korean artifacts, and in June, he was named the first global ambassador for the National Museum of Korea, whose collection dates back more than 3,000 years. He seems likely to bring new audiences to SFMOMA (an incentive for the museum to do the show). "Museums and the arts, they scare a lot of people, sometimes," he said.

Even he has his issues. Though he's an assiduous gallerygoer, "contemporary is always confusing and tricky for me," he said. "Sometimes it really gives me a lot of headaches, because I have to study." And while galleries invite him to visit their artists, "I'm scared of disappointments," he said. "When you really love an artist, sometimes you just want to stop for away and see the outside."

Still, that desire to connect — to unite people through culture — runs through much that he does. He has said that he hopes that the SFMOMA show can be 'n' could but steady bridge for me.

"I mean, if I have the right to be the bridge," RM added. "I have my fans, and I have the people who really love me, and who really seriously care for my likes and hates. I'm really listened to make an event like this. I'm just an art lover from the outside."

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New Leader For Museum In Cape Town

Elvira Dyangani Ose is set to run Zeitz MOCAA.

By ARCHA D'MOCA

Elvira Dyangani Ose, a Spanish art curator and museum director, has been appointed artistic director of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), in Cape Town, South Africa, the institution announced on Wednesday.

The museum opened in 1867, housed in somewhat great sales, and is one of the largest institutions in Africa devoted to the community contemporary art. It has established itself as a major global venue in the years since. But the sudden death last year of its executive director and chief curator, Kaye Kosoh, at age 51, left its future plans uncertain.

Like Kosoh, Dyangani Ose has global connections, having spent stretches of her career as a senior curator for Creative Time, the public art organization in New York, and as a curator of international art at the Tate Modern in London, Until February, she was the director of Bar-rolmich contemporary art museum, the Manna d'Arl Contemporary de Barcelona (MACBA).

In a statement, David Green, a founder and chairman of Zeitz MOCAA, said that Dyangani Ose's appointment "reflects who are on an institution — one named in Africa, while connected to the world."

The museum's other founder and chair, Jochen Zeitz, the German businessman and former Puma chief executive — for whom the museum is named — said the statement that he felt that Dyangani Ose's experience would build on the foundations laid in the museum's free decade, as well as "expand the museum's artistic ambition — across exhibitions, research, collections, public engagements and the way we work with artists and audiences."

On Oct. 1, Dyangani Ose will stop into the position formerly held by Kosoh, who arrived at Zeitz MOCAA in 2016.

Believed by her colleagues and staff, Kosoh is widely credited with exhibiting a troubled institution and building programs that sought to bridge deeply entrenched social and class divisions in Cape Town.

"The museum was in crisis when Kaye came on, subsequently compounded by the pandemic," layers Junior van Rensburg, who was then a senior curator at Zeitz MOCAA, said in a 2021 interview with The New York Times. "The urgency was to

Elvira Dyangani Ose, the new artistic director of Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, South Africa

bring it back to life." She is largely credited with doing so. (When Kosoh died in May 2021, she was also serving as curator and artistic director for the 2016 Venice Biennale.)

Dyangani Ose, who was born in Spain into a family of Eguatorial Guinean descent, was appointed in January as the artistic director of the second edition of the Public Art Asia Diado Biennial, which will open Oct. 23. Before trading MACBA in Barcelona, she directed London's Showroom, a nonprofit gallery focused on social practice art.

She has curated exhibitions of the work of Theodore Goico, Carrie Mae Weems, Zanele Mullett, Reine Saad, Beactra Khaldi and the Sudanese painter Ibrahim El-Galade.

In 2006, while a curator at the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, a contemporary art museum in the Canary Islands, Spain, she co-curated an exhibition of 14 emerging South African artists.

Dyangani Ose was also one of the curators of "People's Black Planet." The Art and Culture of America, a major survey that opened at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011 and subsequently traveled. She is currently enrolled in the doctoral program in art history at Cornell University.

In an email, Dyangani Ose said that she was calling up Kosoh's institution of making Zeitz MOCAA a "publicly engaged, Post-African museum." She added, "It will do so by building a new work equal to one question: What does the continent need from its cultural institutions, and what must those institutions dare to become?"

Calling Cape Town "a city of contributions," Dyangani Ose said: "This museum is and most continue to be a public institution. A truly public institution—one that merits the designation—is accountable to its public in the deepest sense."

Dyangani Ose was a member of the jury appointed by Kosoh for "In New Keys," the international art exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Just weeks before the show opened in May, the jury decided that it would include from awards consideration artists from countries whose leaders were being tried for crimes against humanities by the International Criminal Court, a decision that would have affected artists from Israel and Russia.

After objections to the move, the jury resigned en masse just nine days before the exhibition opened.

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The Piercing Eye of Print Virtuoso

Mabel Dwight's caricatures from the 1930s show her mastery of lithography.

THE MOTOCED that whenever the Whitney Museum of American Art starts hanging the conceptual contrivances of its Biennial opinion, a bunch of treasures from the golden age of lithography pop up a few floors down, as if to cashine the inevitable drop in the emotional thermometer.

Two years ago we get the shivering, animist domestic prints of Wanda Gigi, the children's book author and user from Minnesota.

This year's offer is another visionary New Yorker — via Olin, Pennsylvania and San Francisco — one much bluster in spirit than Gigi, more urban, and much cooler with the human animal. If the 20 small, beautifully tactile prints of social realist comedy in "Mabel Dwight: Cool Head, Warm Heart" are any indication. Along with the household Hindu chromolithographic at the Met, they are the most interesting lithographs in New York right now.

Though she is little known today, Dwight (1876-1933) was once a regular illustrator for Vanity Fair. At a time when the graphic and fine arts were not tearial opposites, Dwight was also a fixture in the rise of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's Studio Club in Manhattan, alongside Edward Hopper.

A life drawing comes from one of these studio got-togethers, it seems, hangs in this show, with scrunched-up, ogling faces worthy of Honest Daughter. After the Club became a museum, in 1931, Dwight showed in the Whitney's first Biennial (Black then, prints and drawings showed separately from the paintings, a segregation on longer enforced thanks to talent like her).

Dwight exhibited there for the rest of the decade, and about half of the present collection show comes from acquisitions made in the 1930s. Poor health slowed her in 1941. Which is a chance because the show leaves you craving her impressive realistic take on America after the war.

Her self-perceived from 1932 is almost photographic. Dwight sits at the drawing board, wearing a scoop neck blouse that defies the "American Gothic" purse of her lips and owlish eyeglasses. A lamp throws a slice of light over her face, catching glints and dou-

Lithographic from Mabel Dwight on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art include, from top: "Horse Macabre" (1933); "Devilson" (1931); "Self-Piercial" (1932), which looks almost photographic; and "Mevchures of Death" (1933).

ble shadows in her cheekbones and graying hair.

But her heart isn't with the camera. She is more interested in human judgment with all its futilos and irritations, while her magnets in a gently exaggerated form of caricature: There's the foreign pace of a ferry rider as she eyes the man beside her with a

Mabel Dwight: Cool Head, Warm Heart

Through Aug. 30 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan; 212-670-3800, whitney.org.

certain resentment, even envy. The guffaw of a strip-ship person, all the striphangers, window shoppers, bargain hunters, day in hours and standover trucks of New York after the war.

Despite its title, the hero of "The Ocean, Coney Island" (1928) is the father who tries, and falls. I think, to enjoy his meager little hot dog on the Sunday, hemsend check to peel with hundreds of unwanted, half-naked strangers: the screaming boy up front who has just wet his fingers; the mother heusing a new one on him, the grandmother grimacing against the sea.

Dwight's hordes of bathers and barbers recede via increasingly light, satisfyingly tonal layers of crowd. For this she used five hardneeses of crayon or painted the limestone slab with tangle, an oily liquid she then placed down into grays with the flat edge of a razor blade.

To make a print once you've drawn all that, you treat the stone with chemicals that such year all marks into the pores of the stone, so that whatever you've drawn hands with whatever old you then apply. In that sense, lithography is additive. But the possibilities Dwight exploits so skillfully are the subtractive ones.

See "Devilson" (1931). Times are trying almost, and a line of men stamp on the curb under what could be the Williamsburg Bridge. One man heists up the drooping body of another. To help or to suck him, it's unclear.

With the corner of her blade, Dwight carves the chocks and noses of these desperate men out from her heavy curtains of black. Almost all the time in this print are negatives: white patches of forehead, white facades of the buildings. Dwight seems to pull these men from the anonymous grime of the city and, with that gesture, to deem them worth regard. Other two fabulous, blariously gendered movie theater scenes from 1930, where her funds does all the tabling.

Dwight printed with George C. Miller, the master printer who opened this primarily commercial technology to Gigi, George Bellows and other fine artists whom the Whitney acquired during the Depression.

It's hard to say what kind of a person Dwight was. Dan Nadel, who is in charge of prints and drawings at the Whitney, and to cured the show, explains just enough for the work to land. Dwight was an angry socialist, here, she wrote in a 1938 essay, "with a hatred for the duality of poverty and riches."

What better target than the America if the bread line? Dwight is treasured, and most memorable, in her geopolitical take on the "Ocean Macabre", from 1931, and in her "Mevchures of Death" (1931), where Death hit in a book of top-box wearing rubber burson. They wear the priest blacks in this show.

Dwight did some work for the Federal Action Project, but she does not duly the workhappen in the huddlers: way that her peers tended to do.

Her equal opportunity ridicule — especially when her characters gave at animals a popular one or more — produces a dichotizing offer: upon the moneyed and a cariously shrouting one on the two: a properly American middle-region! That Joseph Mitchell was then discovering in prose. In mood and in medium Dwight seems almost too perfect: a spokeswoman for the fact that print-making is — or was — a gesture of democracy.

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Galleries

Fernando Botero's "Familia Provenzano" (1989), as oil on canvas, is considered a program of faulty voluptuousness.

Fernando Botero

Through Sept. 7, Bethabyl's, 945 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, 212-656-7000, softhelay.com.

Some in the art world have always treated Fernando Botero's full-bodied celebrations with independence, seeing there as superclass, out of step with vanguard trends, victory or block. Their immense popularity has probably not helped. (The man entered a fortune.) But I distrust anyone who deeply dislikes Botero, a maestro from Colombia, who died in 2022 at the age of 95. If you love art, let him charm you.

Quite rapidly, as this show of some 40 works attests, Botero invented a signature album that radiates pleasure – balanced figures, business colors, attractive surfaces – even as it lampsome possessions, phantics family dynamics and exudes psychological darkness.

"Botero in New York," staged in partnership with the artist's foundation, became loosely on 1860 to 1875, when he was in the city, hosting this language. The chugny, quick brushstrokes of his early years – as in large, unsoiling portraits of children – grow smoother and more cornerstones, so that by 1969, the mother and three kids who lounge naked in "Familia Provenzano" are perhaps of fleshy voluptuosations. (That is in the faded pictures on a wall and table, it seems.)

By the time Botero arrived in Manhattan, not yet 30 and recently divorced, he had already exhibited widely and had spent time in Paris. He had left Colombia because he warned "to paint better than everyone in the world," he said later in life. He accomplished something different.

With merchan grace, Botero conjures an intimate world of delicious luxury that is precarious and perhaps hollow, even natural. A carpalace "General" (1891) looks barely in command of his own body, and flies home above outrageous sewers in Botero's still lifts, as they do in those of the Dutch Golden Age. (He regularly channeled the cames he intended to pick.)

In "Pirate" (1875), a Shakespeare couple in a forest are an uninterested in each other's natural bodies as they are in the food arrayed before them. All desire has been depleted. If it was ever there, which is a condition that it is hard to imagine Botero ever suffering at he worked.

ANDREW KOSETI

Yohwan Song

Through Aug. 23, Sutrithid, 113 Franklin Street, Brooklyn; sutrithidnur.com.

Visitors to the nobility adventurous Sutrithid gallery this month could be forgiven for thinking they have searched onto some kind of renegade data center or

Bev Grant's "Fidel Castro Speaking in Revolution Square, Youth Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, Cuba, January 2, 1906"

Yohwan Song's "The Other Internet," with wood, metal, phosm, vinyl, plastic, cardboard and more.

secretive computing experiment. The Korean-born Yohwan Song has rigged together an elaborate fountain that would make Rube Goldberg proud.

In "The Other Internet" (also the title of the show, curated by Brian Droletzner), water flows from tubes in sudden barren new some of the 20 iPhones attached to poles, causing their screens to scroll next to large fonts, each in a different language, that is! found difficult to follow as it flies west by The English and Chinese ones were getting soaked on my visit; the one with Roman barely moved. A program times the streams to evoke the uneven usage of various tongues online. Knobs on the fearsome machine seemed to uple narrowly of their own accord, controlled by the insight of wires that make into baskets on the floor of his human room. Two phones had gone black, but the water was circularing, again and again. The system was holding together, for now. ANDREW KOSETI

Bev Grant

Through Sept. 12, Dams, 50 East First Street, Manhattan; 917-382-9415, osmos.online.

A girl sits in a rural classroom, laughing with utter joy as she looks at someone outside the photo's house. Unblended soldiers sit at a rally in Morana, giving the camera glasses that are variously amazed, warm and nervous, though one opts for a resolute stare. A bearded man in fatigant — it's Fidel Castro — speaks in-

front of a podium at that event with a departure of Che Guevara over his shoulder, but from this angle his audience is not visible. These are a few of the black-and-white images that the photographer Bev Grant made on a 1960 trip to Cuba for Newγκn's a filmmaking collective. Grant was there and celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Thirteen of these photos appear in this moving and lucid show, and they carry an extra pregnancy today, as the island's people grapple with new U.S. sanctions. My favorite picture has a boy fishing along the coast of Cuba's capital with a long pole. He's focused, and he may have just gotten a bite. Will he reel it in? ANDREW KOSETI

Wen-You Cai

Through Aug. 20, Accent Solaris, 89 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan; accentacant.com.

In 1996, the Chinese artist Wen-You Cai, 6 years old and newly arrived in the United States with her parents from Japan, was making charming, casual photographs, which she passed into a look with simple captures. She took tourist snaps of the Statue of Liberty and the Lincoln Memorial.

al, and in a self-portrait, she is curious and determined, the World Trade Center housing across the water behind her. ("This is me") (Her performances a man born behind, standing as a ladder against a similar backdrop. ("This is Daddy"))

It was all for a project conceived by the Westmines artist Diana López, then in New York for a residency, that asked children to create photo volumes. After by chance meeting two designers who digitized and published a book on López's series, Cai recently responded to her childhood images in new ones, pairing them in the 14 pieces here in the exhibition "This Is Me Looking" In a new selfie that joins her old one, she's just an confident but perhaps slightly guarded. And this time her father (the fireworks-wielding Cai Gao-Qiang) is painting in a gorgeous garden, his back still turned.

This is a tender exhibition, charmingly rare, and it exemplifies a mode of cosmopolitan culture exchange that is increasingly at risk of being curtailed. ANDREW KOSETI

'Tom's Stretch'

Through Aug. 22, David Kondersky Gallery, 5130 West Edgewood Place, Los Angeles, 323-930-3030; davidkonderskygallery.com.

In an interview last month, Representative Benzo Bellet, Democrat of Vermont, Blessed Deficient Secretary Pete Higuchi's exaggerated notions of masculinity to the virile men drawn by Tom of Finland, the artist known for producing erotic illustrations of square-joined leather ones and chiseled farm bars.

Born Tualio Lankosnen in Finland in 1935, the artist is regularly mentioned as a key precursor to the biker aesthetics of the experimental film "Scorpio Rising" by Kenneth Auger and the machinman looks of the Village People. This may, however, be the first time he has been invited to a relation to President Trump's cabinet.

Thirty-four years after his death, Tom of Finland remains a touchstone. And "Tom's Stretch" articulates his relevance to visual art. The exhibition puts his drawings, water-tubes and collages in conversation with works by more than 70 mostly contemporary artists exploring themes like sexuality, fetish and extreme physiques.

On display are pieces by Lankosnen's contemporaries, like the California photographer Rob Milner, whose bedriate magazine, Physique Pictorial, was the artist's springboard to leave. But also included are unlikely analyses, like the conceptual artist Mike Kelley, who once invited Lankosnen to lecture at the California Institute of the Arts. A sequence

Wen-You Cai's "This Is Me," one in a series of photographs she took as part of an artist's project.

"Colonial Road Trip" by Esther Pearl Watson (2020), inspired in part by the idea of a flying saucer and the artist's new home in Joshua Tree, Calif.

An untitled work by Tom of Finland. A new show of his work explores themes like sexuality and fetish.

of paintings by Kelley, "Lolied" (2008-9), depicts a series of biological forms, including a pair of posture facing off.

The sea, naturally, is abundant. Graphite pieces by the Los Angeles painter Joey Scrells show corporate mascots in flagroom deters. And eroticism permeates even the alternatives, such as the seductive, bondage-inspired paintings by Tiona Nebula Mc-Coulden, made with black leather and jute rope.

It is a playful, uninhibited gathering — just right for a steamy summer. It's also a winding statement of affirmation in the face of the homegarden and anti-transitrited that has wended into civic discourse these days.

CAROLINA A. MIRANDA

In assemblages for which she would ultimately become known. Decided to that, she was designing clothes, theatrical costumes and jewelry, as well as album covers for the jazz musician Bennie Woopin.

Shores of ephemeris can feel like a cuten, but the smart installation here pairs that's colorful sketches with plenty of photographs and large-scale reproductions that give a sense of how the artist's work materialized on stage. For a production of "West Side Story," she devised mod, contemporary ensembles in psychedelic bars. Her concept drawings be a staging of "outspired" fused medieval and modern silhouettes for a futuristic look that would have been right at home on the set of "Star Trek."

Altogether, the work reveals an artist wielding pattern and texture in heretofore ways, as she did with the abets. "Colonial dress" she curbed for herself in 1980. Its fuzzy, animal print fabric imbers a simple a-bus shift with stalling soft, light-colored.

Saar has been rightfully remembered for how her work grappled with troubled histories. But this exhibition is a window into more lighthearted moments. Whether posted at her fanciful handmade ensembles at a Renaissance bar or showing seductively in a walk-on role, for Saar, life was art and art was life.

CAROLINA A. MIRANDA

'Let's Get It On: The Wearable Art Of Betye Saar'

Through Aug. 22, Roberto Projects, 442 South La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles; 323-540-0223, robertaprojects.com.

Betye Saar, the Los Angeles artist renowned for attaching racist tropes in her assemblages, died last last month, just days before she would have turned 100. "Let's Get It On" takes viewers to the beginnings of her artistic trajectory.

The show gathers more than 200 objects that still around a three-year period beginning in the late 1960s, when Saar was a container designer for the Inner City Cultural Center, a Black-led multicultural performance space established in the wake of its days of intense racial unrest in the Wests neighborhood in 1963.

At the time, Saar was transitioning from her early experiments to fine art printmaking to

Esther Pearl Watson

Through Aug. 22, Yosemite, Los Angeles; 1700 South Santa Fe Avenue; 213-823-3280, vatmethe.com.

In Esther Pearl Watson's paintings, a flying saucer frequently known in the sky — ever fetish and foreways, above packed cars and strip-malls.

The stage are symbolic of her low father, Gene Watson, an engineer who spent his life trying to build a fascinating spaceship. His obsession led to a peripatetic childhood for the artist, since neither neighbors nor landlords took kindly to Gene turning his property into an irregularity, gangs as parental duties were abashed and little left unpaid.

In "Colonial Road Trip," the flying saucer itself reappears. Painted in a naïve style, these bright caresses function as a diary of sorts. In the past, Watson created scenes discussing South of California whether and the pandemic. The new work draws inspiration from her new home in Joshua Tree, where she moved last year.

The brilliant color palette and crash figures convey innocence, but Watson's work can be deeply moribund. One painting depicts a spaceship crushing an unwary onlooker, while another shows aegith chichling Brown's candy as they encircle a pink 12-ft. — inspired by an episode in which Watson's father became so obsessed with his spaceship that his children took in subduking on peanut butter cups.

But the paintings also reveal an artist enchanted by her new home. In "A Visit I Will Never Forget" (2020), a copier-iron through a blooming desert. And the show's title work, "Colonial Road Trip" (2020), shows a woman on horseback admiring a spaceship against a lustrous sky rendered in blue, pink and purple. It is hopeful, cosmopolitive and beautifully festerowee.

CAROLINA A. MIRANDA

ROBERT PROLETTI, US ARIZONA

For a production of "West Side Story," Betye Saar conjured mod, contemporary ensembles in psychedelic bars.

QA Report - The New York Times - 14.08.2026.pdf

Pipeline

• Extraction route: mistral-ocr
• extraction_route=mistral-ocr
• Translation chunks: 173
• Extraction warnings:
• [OCR-ROUTE] FORCE-MISTRAL: All PDFs route directly to MistralOCR.

Non-model Checks

• WARNING: missing numeric tokens from source: 106.00, 106.10, 107.50, 113.67, 114.00, 128.00, 13.67, 148.24, 149.00, 16.5
• WARNING: Missing proper nouns in translation: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Ackman Adds Six Stocks

To His Investment Fund

Bill Ackman, Acriden Investigation Branch, Adam Beckstein, Administration Let, Admiral Caudle, Admiral Friedman, Adult Recovery Court, Affordable Care Act, African American - WARNING: source dates, money, or percentage tokens may be missing

Model QA

经过严格审核，以下为发现的问题及建议：

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1. 幻觉核查

问题1：译文中提到的 "Unimolefhaidkore" 及 "Manpione" 等人名/机构名

• 核查步骤： 1. 标题索引中未找到匹配条目。 2. 抽样原文中搜索 "Unimolefhaidkore" 和 "Manpione" 无结果，但发现原文为：
  • "Unum" (保险公司名称)
  • "Mangione" (人名)
  • "pione" 为 "people" 的OCR误读（原文为 "The two people spoke on the condition of anonymity..."）。
• 结论：属于 OCR错误，非翻译错误。
• 严重级别：[SOURCE_OCR]

问题2：译文中 "Brian Thompson" 的职位描述

• 核查步骤： 1. 标题索引无匹配。 2. 抽样原文中明确为 "chief executive of Unum"（Unum首席执行官），译文误译为 "健康保险保险人"，且 "insurance insurance" 重复。
• 结论：翻译错误（职位描述不准确 + 重复）。
• 严重级别：[WARNING]

问题3：译文中 "Baby Galactic" 的解释

• 核查步骤： 1. 标题索引无匹配。 2. 抽样原文中为 "the boy, who must undergo multiple surgeries"，未提及 "银河宝宝" 这一昵称。
• 结论：译文添加原文未提及的信息，属 幻觉。
• 严重级别：[BLOCKING]

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2. 数字/日期错误

问题4：天气预报中的 "true transit"

• 核查步骤： 1. 原文为 "Today, true transit, partly sunny, high 84"。 2. "true transit" 疑为OCR误读（应为 "transit" 或 "thru"，即 "through" 的缩写）。
• 结论：OCR错误导致语义不明。
• 严重级别：[SOURCE_OCR]

问题5：日期 "2020" 错误

• 核查步骤： 1. 标题索引明确为 2026年8月14日（见 "FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2026"）。 2. 译文中 "THE NEW YORK TIMES OPINION FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2020" 日期错误。
• 结论：翻译错误（年份错误）。
• 严重级别：[BLOCKING]

问题6：金额 "4.01亿美元"

• 核查步骤： 1. 原文为 "$401 million"（4.01亿美元）。 2. 译文正确，但需确认单位转换是否符合中文习惯（通常写作 "4.01亿美元" 而非 "4亿100万美元"）。
• 结论：格式建议调整，非严重错误。
• 严重级别：[WARNING]

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3. 完整性问题

问题7：低中文密度区域（迷你填字游戏）

• 核查步骤： 1. 标题索引明确包含 "The Mini Crossword" 及字母表。 2. 译文仅保留字母表，未翻译 Across/Down 提示（如 "1. Unruly crowds"）。
• 结论：Across/Down 提示为核心内容，漏译属 严重遗漏。
• 严重级别：[BLOCKING]

问题8：文章截断标记

• 核查步骤： 1. 译文中出现 "...[MIDDLE PORTION OMITTED FOR QA]..."。 2. 此类内部标签 严禁出现在最终译文 中。
• 结论：交付标签残留。
• 严重级别：[BLOCKING]

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4. 残留英文

问题9：人名未翻译

• 核查步骤： 1. 译文中多处出现未翻译的人名，如 "Radhika Jones"（应译为 "拉迪卡·琼斯"）、"Benzo Bellet"（应译为 "本佐·贝莱特"）。 2. 报纸翻译惯例要求 人名音译（除非约定俗成，如 "Trump" 译为 "特朗普"）。
• 结论：翻译不完整。
• 严重级别：[WARNING]

问题10：术语未翻译

• 核查步骤： 1. 译文中 "DNF" 未翻译（应为 "未读完" 或 "弃书"）。 2. "T & O" 未翻译（应为 "临时限制令"）。
• 结论：术语未本地化。
• 严重级别：[WARNING]

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5. 格式问题

问题11：标点符号错误

• 核查步骤： 1. 译文中多处出现 英文逗号/句号与中文混用，如 "作者：马克·阿伯纳特 (MARK ABERNACHT)"。 2. 中文标点应使用 全角符号（如 "（" 而非 "("）。
• 结论：格式不统一。
• 严重级别：[WARNING]

问题12：段落缩进/空格

• 核查步骤： 1. 译文中部分段落 无缩进，或 英文单词间空格过多（如 "Radhika Jones" 间空格应删除）。
• 结论：排版不规范。
• 严重级别：[WARNING]

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6. 误判（FALSE_POSITIVE）

问题13：译文中 "普鲁士，哥伦比亚"

• 核查步骤： 1. 原文为 "A residential roadblock in Prussia, Columbia"。 2. 审核员初步怀疑 "Prussia" 为幻觉（普鲁士已不存在），但原文确有此地名（哥伦比亚地名，非德国）。
• 结论：误判，内容真实。
• 严重级别：[FALSE_POSITIVE]

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总结

阻塞性问题（Blocking Issues）： 1. "Baby Galactic" 幻觉添加。 2. 迷你填字游戏 Across/Down 提示漏译。 3. 交付标签残留（"[MIDDLE PORTION OMITTED FOR QA]"）。 4. 日期错误（2020年 → 2026年）。

建议： - 修正上述 BLOCKING 问题后重新提交。 - 调整 WARNING 级别问题（如术语翻译、格式统一）。 - SOURCE_OCR 错误需在源文件修正后重新翻译。

最终结论：存在阻塞性问题，需修正后重审。