NYT > U.S.

Many patients with cognitive impairment have anxiety or depression, but standard treatments are difficult for people with memory issues.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/health/dementia-depression-therapy.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Investigators are still trying to understand the motive of a Saudi trainee who fatally shot three people at Naval Air Station Pensacola.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/pensacola-florida-shooting-saudi.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

As people watched, a prankster removed the banana, which was taped to a wall at Art Basel in Miami Beach.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/arts/art-basel-banana-eaten.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Xiyue Wang was a graduate student at Princeton who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison on two charges of espionage that U.S. officials have called groundless.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/politics/iran-prisoner-swap-xiyue-wang.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

A Saudi national at Naval Air Station Pensacola fatally shot three people before he was killed on Friday.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/nas-pensacola-shooting-shooter-victims.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Mr. Buttigieg says he has no choice but to honor the agreement he signed while working for McKinsey & Company. Critics say it undermines his image of transparency.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/politics/Buttigieg-McKinsey-Disclosure.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Before issuing his own condolences, the president channeled the Saudi king’s, and avoided any discussion of the hard questions about why the U.S. is training Saudi officers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/politics/trump-pensacola-saudi-arabia.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

She told the conservative radio host Glenn Beck that the Confederate flag symbolized “service, sacrifice and heritage” for some people in her state until Dylann S. Roof “hijacked” it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/Nikki-Haley-confederate-flag.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

The report, which echoes one released in 1974 as the House debated impeaching President Richard M. Nixon, comes two days before the committee will formally receive the evidence against President ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/politics/judiciary-committee-report.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

An army of Democratic lawyers and aides are preparing to formally present the case for impeachment to lawmakers — and the country.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/impeachment-judiciary-committee.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

The president appears to love nothing more than injecting himself into governor’s races, though once in office, the governors don’t seem to feel they owe him much.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/politics/trump-ron-desantis-brian-kemp.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Kneeling during the national anthem is a “completely appropriate protest” that should have been protected by Kennesaw State University, a lawyer for the student said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/kennesaw-cheerleader-lawsuit-anthem.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Don’t count on tech companies to keep online games and chat apps safe for children, experts warn. It’s all about “parental empowerment” and imposing limits.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/protect-children-online-sex-abuse.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Adakveo and Oxbryta could be revolutionary treatments, but each costs about $100,000 per year and must be taken for life.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/health/sickle-cell-adakveo-oxbryta.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

The president’s comments about water efficiency standards came up at a discussion on Friday about reducing government red tape.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/politics/trump-toilet-flushing.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

After a bone marrow transplant, a man with leukemia found that his donor’s DNA traveled to unexpected parts of his body. A crime lab is now studying the case.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/dna-bone-marrow-transplant-crime-lab.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

When it comes to race, “It’s always like ‘O.K., but now we’re going to start the lesson on peas,’’’ a biology teacher said. A study will test a new approach.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/race-biology-genetics.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

In a volatile primary with no true front-runner, Democrats face the prospect of a monthslong delegate battle that would also feature a lengthy public airing of the party’s ideological fissures.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/politics/democrats-2020.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Senators, temporarily relegated to the sidelines as the House begins impeachment proceedings against President Trump, lament inaction as legislation languishes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/senate-impeachment-house.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

How two nonprofits took on Amazon and won, hand-clapping games from around the world and wedding websites that promise to stop romanticizing weddings at former slave plantations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/11-of-our-best-weekend-reads.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Nearly two dozen kindergartners gave testimonials in a Michigan courtroom about how much they loved the soon-to-be-adopted boy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/kindergarten-class-adoption-michigan.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Rob Sand figured out how to win statewide office as a Democrat in Iowa, and now the presidential contenders are seeking his counsel — that is, when he isn’t deer hunting with bow and arrow.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/politics/iowa-democrats-2020.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Steve Bullock and Joe Sestak also ended their campaigns, and Joe Biden had a tense exchange with a voter in Iowa.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/politics/kamala-harris-is-out-this-week-in-the-2020-race.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

A new report found that oxygen levels in the world’s oceans declined by 2 percent over 50 years, threatening marine life around the planet.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/climate/ocean-acidification-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss