‘Covid Will Not Win’: Meet the Force Powering Brooklyn HospitalBy Victor J. Blue, Sheri Fink and Catrin Einhorn Photographs by Victor J. Blue During the surge of Covid-19 cases this spring that filled Brooklyn Hospital’s emergency room and intensive care unit with the critically ill and the dying, the staff …...Read More

As much of the United States moves toward reopening in phases, some people are enjoying little bites of pre-pandemic life, such as dining in restaurants, exercising in gyms and learning in classrooms. With the gradual return comes a set of intrusive health questions: Are you experiencing any symptoms? Have you …...Read More

WASHINGTON — More than a dozen attack jets that Russia sent to Libya this year are conducting ground strikes and other combat missions in support of Russian mercenaries fighting alongside a beleaguered commander in his campaign to oust the government from Tripoli, the capital, a top American military official said …...Read More

“Why did D.H.S. come into existence? It came in to share information that state and local partners weren’t getting,” said Chuck Wexler, the executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a law enforcement policy organization. “It filled a void that didn’t exist. So if you start to filter that …...Read More

WASHINGTON — Emboldened by President Trump’s campaign platform of law and order, militia groups have bolstered their strength before Election Day by attracting military veterans who bring weapons and tactical skills viewed as important to the organizations. The role of veterans in the newly proliferating militia groups — which sometimes …...Read More

But Alabama, whose Tuscaloosa campus has suffered one of the nation’s more significant college outbreaks, has not opted to repeatedly test the entire student population, unlike some other schools where the virus is spiking. Dr. Hanage cautioned that few campuses will make it through the semester with in-person classes without …...Read More

The New York Genome Center awarded six cancer research grants this week as part of an initiative examining the role of race and ethnicity in major types of cancer. The projects will investigate a variety of cancers including pancreatic, colorectal and endometrial cancer in African-Americans; lung cancer in Asian-American patients; …...Read More

WASHINGTON — The unfamiliar voice on my cellphone three weeks ago had the “You have been selected” greeting that usually signals someone trying to sell you something. But this was no telemarketer. I had been chosen, the woman said, “to participate in the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine trial.” She introduced herself …...Read More

Vice President Mike Pence traded an elbow bump with the Democratic nominee for president, Joseph R. Biden Jr., Friday morning when the two attended a ceremony in Lower Manhattan marking the Sept. 11 attacks. The two men, both wearing masks, were photographed with their elbows touching, a greeting aimed at …...Read More

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Furious that Israel was about to annex large swaths of the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, took the painful step in June of refusing to accept taxes collected by Israel that account for more than 60 percent of the authority’s budget. Then last …...Read More