Local NyTimes - NEWS Break

Local NyTimes

Tropical Storm Beryl Spawned a Symphony of Spawning Toads

As the storm crossed Houston on Monday morning, the call of the toads echoed from every flooded street corner.

Tropical Storm Beryl Spawned a Symphony of Spawning Toads

Joe Biden, in the Goodest Bunker Ever

The White House desperately tries to take word salad off the menu.

Joe Biden, in the Goodest Bunker Ever

Jon Landau, Producer of ‘Titanic’ and ‘Avatar,’ Dies at 63

In a decades-long collaboration with the director James Cameron, he produced three of the highest-grossing films of all time.

Weeks After Alice Munro’s Death, Daughter Tells of Dark Family Secret

Andrea Skinner said in the Toronto Star that her stepfather sexually abused her at age 9, and that her mother stayed with him after she learned of it....

Weeks After Alice Munro’s Death, Daughter Tells of Dark Family Secret

Biden Receives Warm Welcome at Philadelphia Church

The president is in Pennsylvania on Sunday hoping to energize his key voters and salvage his campaign.

Biden Receives Warm Welcome at Philadelphia Church

The Kidnapping I Can’t Escape

Fifty years ago, my father’s friend was taken at gunpoint on Long Island. Then he went on with his life — and that’s the part that haunts me.

The Kidnapping I Can’t Escape