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Today — 31 May 2025Main stream

A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security

31 May 2025 at 07:59
The judge asked lawyers how a suit by Charleston, S.C., claiming oil companies misled people about climate risks, might be affected by a Trump executive order blasting cases like these.

© Madeline Gray for The New York Times

Recent construction work on a sea wall to protect Charleston’s downtown areas.
Yesterday — 30 May 2025Main stream

Trump’s Deportations Haunt Workers in the Fields of Rural New York

Foreign-born workers on New York’s fruit and dairy farms have sequestered themselves to avoid the administration’s deportation net.

Luis Enrique Gomez García, a lumber mill worker, was held briefly at a detention center with his daughters. Their grandmother, Dámaris Dalila González, helps care for them while their mother remains in detention.
Before yesterdayMain stream

A.I. Is Poised to Revolutionize Weather Forecasting. A New Tool Shows Promise.

22 May 2025 at 00:32
A Microsoft model can make accurate 10-day forecasts quickly, an analysis found. And, it’s designed to predict more than weather.

© Pascal Rossignol/Reuters

A storm approached Le Portel in northern France in 2023. It was one of the weather systems used to test Microsoft’s Aurora program.

How a Water Conservation Idea Won Over Oklahoma Farmers

Haunted by memories of the Dust Bowl, Oklahoma farmers have adopted conservation practices that have helped to revive about 100 streams.

© Nick Oxford for The New York Times

Japanese Farm Minister Resigns After Saying He’d Never Bought Rice

21 May 2025 at 14:19
The remark came in the midst of a rice shortage that has infuriated voters. “Frankly, my supporters give me quite a lot of rice,” said the minister, Taku Eto.

© Kyodo, via Reuters

Taku Eto, Japan’s agriculture minister, after meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on Monday. Mr. Eto’s remark about rice created a furor ahead of a national election in July.

U.S.D.A. Approves Soda Ban for Food Stamps in Nebraska

By: Linda Qiu
21 May 2025 at 08:05
The Trump administration approved a first of its kind waiver for Nebraska, allowing a ban on soda purchases through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, starting next year.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins at the White House in May.
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