July 2019

How We Augmented Our Original Reporting for the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. The Apollo 11 mission returned to Earth in July 1969 with boxes of moon rocks and rolls of iconic photographs: a boot print on the moon, a wrinkled American flag, a portrait of Buzz Aldrin

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Trump’s Electoral College Edge Could Grow in 2020, Rewarding Polarizing Campaign

President Trump’s approval ratings are under water in national polls. His position for re-election, on the other hand, might not be quite so bleak. His advantage in the Electoral College, relative to the national popular vote, may be even larger than it was in 2016, according to an Upshot analysis of election results and polling

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Wolverhampton hospital’s ‘regret’ over new mum’s death

Image copyright Family handout Image caption Sophie Burgess died in hospital before seeing her babies A hospital trust says lessons have been learned in how to better identify and manage sepsis after a woman died hours after giving birth to twins. The trust said it offered “regret for the circumstances” leading to Sophie Burgess’s death

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Nevada: Feds should restudy seismic risk at nuke dump site

       Nevada’s governor and congressional delegation are pointing to earthquakes this month in the California desert and calling for the U.S. Energy Department to look again at seismic risks of burying the nation’s most radioactive nuclear waste at a site in the Mojave Desert. In a letter made public Wednesday, Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak told

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Fact-Checking Trump’s Tweet About Too-High Interest Rates

President Trump has made a regular habit of criticizing the Federal Reserve, and on Friday he tweeted that the central bank’s “faulty” decision-making was causing Americans to pay higher interest rates than other nations. The Federal Reserve is supposed to keep the economy growing at a steady pace. Mr. Trump nominated its chair, Jerome H.

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