New data shows example after example of overheating and damage along the 1,500-mile natural wonder. Continue reading Great Barrier Reef Is Bleaching Again. It’s Getting More Widespread.

Nevertheless, a C.D.C. analysis of 2,572 cases found three deaths. Babies seem more vulnerable, but the data was incomplete. Continue reading U.S. Children With Coronavirus Are Less Hard Hit Than Adults, First Data Shows

The falling price of the utility’s shares, which are part of the settlement, has jeopardized the company’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy by June 30. Continue reading Wildfire Victims Push to Reopen $13.5 Billion Deal With PG&E

Experts say a “mealy-mouthed” United Nations report failed to blame Russia for bombing hospitals and a school, for fear of alienating Moscow. Continue reading U.N. Inquiry Into Syria Bombings Is Silent on Russia’s Role

I had become very good at being on my own. Now, suddenly, I see myself everywhere. Continue reading I Think We’re Alone Now. Welcome.

A sidewalk twist in the Village, a helpful barber in the Bronx and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. Continue reading ‘As I Was Walking, I Saw a Woman Step Out of a Building Holding a Jar’

They had lower mortality rates from the influenza pandemic. But their economies also appeared to fare better. Continue reading Cities That Went All In on Social Distancing in 1918 Emerged Stronger for It

The acting secretary of the Navy explains why he removed the captain of a ship with many infected sailors. Another reader found that action “clearly excessive.” Continue reading Captain Crozier: Navy Hero, or Unsteady Leader?

Internet Archive’s “National Emergency Library” is meant to benefit consumers during the coronavirus crisis. Authors everywhere are losing. Continue reading The Pandemic Is Not an Excuse to Exploit Writers

We now have to deal with a shortage of hydroxychloroquine, the drug that has been keeping me alive for more than two decades. Continue reading Trump Keeps Putting the Lives of Lupus Patients at Risk