First step

08/02/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/nyregion/sammy-buttons-sidewalk-musician-nyc.html

He started a bike messenger company in the 1990s. But the death of a friend, followed by Covid, inspired him to pursue his passion.

08/02/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/nyregion/victor-rivera-pleads-guilty.html

Victor Rivera’s guilty plea followed a Times investigation that revealed allegations of sexual abuse and financial misdeeds at his nonprofit organization.

08/02/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/world/asia/india-hate-speech-muslims.html

Activists and analysts say calls for anti-Muslim violence — even genocide — are moving from the fringes to the mainstream, while political leaders keep silent.

08/02/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/us/tsunami-northwest-evacuation-towers.html

A major quake in the Pacific Northwest, expected sooner or later, will most likely create waves big enough to wipe out entire towns. Evacuation towers may be the only hope, if they ever get built.

08/02/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/world/canada/canada-protesters-ottawa.html

It may be only a few hundred demonstrators occupying Ottawa’s streets to protest government overreach, but their message has aroused passions around the world.

08/02/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/07/world/covid-test-vaccine-cases

Nearly two years after Australia closed its borders to almost all noncitizens, it will reopen to fully vaccinated international tourists.

08/02/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/us/politics/supreme-court-alabama-redistricting-congressional-map.html

A special three-judge court had ordered lawmakers to redraw the lines, saying Black voters “have less opportunity” than other Alabamians to elect their favored candidates.

08/02/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/world/europe/putin-macron-russia-france-ukraine.html

President Vladimir Putin said diplomatic ideas raised in a meeting by French President Emmanuel Macron were worth pursuing, but did not rule out a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

08/02/2022