A ‘New Day’? Justices Step Back, Slightly, From an Aggressive Climate Stance.
The Supreme Court’s decision to not temporarily block an E.P.A. rule this week signals ‘rising influence’ of Justice Barrett, one analyst said.
By Karen Zraick
I cover the clashes playing out in courtrooms over climate policy and the individuals, advocacy groups and businesses behind the cases.
I joined The Times in 2013. Most recently I worked on the Metro desk, where I covered law enforcement with a focus on the Brooklyn federal court, including cases related to overfishing, transnational repression and gun rights.
While on a detachment to the International desk, I helped cover the Israel-Hamas war.
I have also written about immigration, chronicling the migrant crisis in New York and working on long-term projects on a Bangladeshi enclave in Brooklyn and on the Middle Eastern/North African box on the census.
My 2022 investigation with Dan Barry into a deadly construction site in the Bronx won awards from the Silurians Press Club and the Hillman Foundation. I was also a key member of the team covering Covid-19, for which The Times won the 2021 Pulitzer for public service.
Before joining The Times, I worked at The New York Daily News, The Associated Press and a chain of community newspapers in my home borough of Brooklyn. I am a graduate of SUNY Purchase and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. I speak Spanish and some Arabic.
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The Supreme Court’s decision to not temporarily block an E.P.A. rule this week signals ‘rising influence’ of Justice Barrett, one analyst said.
By Karen Zraick
The lawsuit alleges that the utility knew of the dangers of burning fossil fuels and misled its customers.
By Karen Zraick
In cooler times, a similarly rare storm over the Southeast would have delivered less rain and weaker winds, a team of scientists concluded in an analysis.
By Raymond Zhong
As storms intensify, so do the legal clashes with insurers, aid agencies and others over compensation, rebuilding and even scams.
By Karen Zraick
The lawsuit, seeking ‘multiple billions of dollars,’ opens a new front in the legal battles with oil and gas companies over climate and environmental issues.
By Karen Zraick and David Gelles
An environmental group said the company, a major food producer, was misleading shoppers with its claims about eco-friendly practices.
By Karen Zraick
The courts have become one of the most important battlegrounds in the fight over planet-warming emissions. Here are prominent cases to watch.
By Karen Zraick
The case argues the government violated young people’s constitutional rights by failing to curb the use of fossil fuels. A lower court had thrown it out.
By Karen Zraick
The suit challenges a measure that prohibits state entities like retirement funds from doing business with firms that “boycott energy companies.”
By Karen Zraick
The environmental group, which is being sued by the pipeline company in North Dakota, threatened to use new European rules to try to limit potential damages.
By Karen Zraick
Mr. Wang is on trial this week in Brooklyn federal court. He vigorously disputes the charges against him.
By Karen Zraick
Nargis Baran was a rising legal star in Afghanistan. She became a target once the government fell.
By Karen Zraick
Court papers said the “youth development specialists” took more than $50,000 in bribes to allow in items like razor blades, marijuana, alcohol and prescription pills.
By Karen Zraick
Lamor Whitehead, who prosecutors said was a career con man who ran a church, took in millions, which he spent on cars, clothes and jewels.
By Karen Zraick
Under the bill, New York nonprofits that provide financial support to Israel’s military or settlements could be sued for at least $1 million and lose their tax-exempt status.
By Karen Zraick
Hui Qin pleaded guilty to giving more than $10,000 in illegal political campaign donations to three candidates, including Mayor Eric Adams.
By Karen Zraick and Bianca Pallaro
Harvey Weinstein faced similar sex crimes charges in New York and California, but the arguments used to overturn one case may not help in the other.
By Karen Zraick, Maia Coleman and Lauren Herstik
Ms. Gentili, a transgender activist and actress, died in February after buying fentanyl-laced heroin, prosecutors said.
By Liam Stack and Karen Zraick
The actions on both sides of the Atlantic, which included sanctions, underscored the escalation of cyberconflict between Western allies and Beijing.
By David E. Sanger and Mark Landler
Viktor Zelinger, a Ukrainian native, admitted to running an illegal gambling club in Brooklyn and threatening debtors.
By Karen Zraick
Mayor Eric Adams was among those who received illegal donations from Hui Qin, a Chinese businessman, a person familiar with the federal case said.
By Karen Zraick, William K. Rashbaum and Dana Rubinstein
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could allow more New Yorkers to carry guns is raising thorny questions and has jeopardized at least one case so far.
By Karen Zraick
Lamor Whitehead was accused of using $90,000 of a parishioner’s retirement savings to buy luxury goods and trying to force a businessman to lend him $500,000.
By Karen Zraick and Olivia Bensimon
Six New York City residents were arrested on Tuesday and charged with importing the sought-after delicacies in violation of federal rules.
By Karen Zraick
Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington were convicted of fatally shooting the hip-hop D.J., born Jason Mizell, in his Queens recording studio.
By Karen Zraick
Most people of Middle Eastern and North African descent are classified as “white” in U.S. census data. Thousands of respondents to a Times survey told us how they actually identify.
By Karen Zraick, Allison McCann, Sarah Almukhtar, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Robert Gebeloff and Denise Lu
In the years before his death, the Run-DMC D.J. Jam Master Jay secretly turned to the drug trade to keep providing financial support to relatives and friends, according to testimony.
By Sean Piccoli
Mitchell Bosch repeatedly pushed against officers as they sought to hold back the mob loyal to former President Donald J. Trump that stormed the U.S. Capitol.
By Ed Shanahan
The killing of Jam Master Jay, the Run-DMC D.J., sent shock waves through hip-hop. On Monday, two men went on trial on charges of murdering him.
By Karen Zraick, Jonathan Abrams and Nate Schweber
In this airstrike, Israel was targeting a senior Hamas leader. Dozens of people in a residential neighborhood were killed in the attack.
By Anjali Singhvi, Bora Erden, Helmuth Rosales, Mika Gröndahl, Rumsey Taylor, Josh Williams and Abu Bakr Bashir
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By Karen Zraick
Beleaguered Gazans, having fled the territory’s north, emerged from a night of bombardment wondering where to go next for safety.
By Patrick Kingsley, Rawan Sheikh Ahmad and Thomas Fuller
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By Patrick Kingsley, Rawan Sheikh Ahmad, Iyad Abuheweila, Karen Zraick and Peter Baker
Israel has released a total of 240 Palestinian prisoners and detainees during a weeklong pause in hostilities.
By Elena Shao, Karen Zraick, Anushka Patil and Gaya Gupta
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By Karen Zraick and Samar Abu Elouf
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By Karen Zraick and Iyad Abuheweila
Hamas freed two dozen hostages, Israel released 39 imprisoned Palestinians, and more than 130 aid trucks reached Gaza over the first day of a tense, temporary truce after seven weeks of war.
By Patrick Kingsley, Christina Goldbaum, Rami Nazzal and Alan Yuhas
Families that waited outside a prison for the release of people detained by Israel said the conflict in Gaza and the rising death toll had cast a pall over any celebration.
By Christina Goldbaum and Rami Nazzal
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By Karen Zraick and Iyad Abuheweila
Officials in Qatar, which helped broker the deal, said 13 hostages were expected to be released on Friday. An Israeli official said Palestinians in Israel’s custody would be freed first.
By Karen Zraick, Aaron Boxerman and Isabel Kershner
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By Karen Zraick and Iyad Abuheweila
Both sides announced a four-day pause in the war between Israel and Hamas, but details were still being worked out.
By Patrick Kingsley, Ronen Bergman and Hiba Yazbek
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By Karen Zraick and Josh Holder
The agreement calls for a pause in the fighting and for Hamas to free 50 of the captives it seized in its Oct. 7 raid on Israel. Hamas said Israel would release 150 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
By Patrick Kingsley
Negotiations have centered on releasing women and children held in Israel.
By Karen Zraick
Some said they were ordered to evacuate Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The military said it had agreed to a request by the hospital director to help people leave safely.
By Ameera Harouda, Aaron Boxerman and Karen Zraick
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By Karen Zraick
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By Karen Zraick
The discovery at Al-Shifa Hospital did not seem to settle the question of whether Hamas has been using the complex to hide weapons and command centers, as Israel has said.
By Philip P. Pan, Patrick Kingsley and Thomas Fuller
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By Karen Zraick
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By Aaron Boxerman
The Israeli military said troops had uncovered a Hamas tunnel shaft underneath the Al-Shifa Hospital complex, as well as a vehicle on the hospital grounds packed with weapons.
By Patrick Kingsley and Thomas Fuller
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By Karen Zraick and Iyad Abuheweila
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would be at risk of another major attack if it did not remain engaged in the Palestinian enclave.
By Isabel Kershner, Karen Zraick, Victoria Kim and Michael Levenson
Hundreds of thousands of people are still in the region, despite Israel’s bombing, ground invasion and evacuation directive. Many say the trip to the south is too dangerous.
By Karen Zraick, Vivian Yee and Emma Bubola
A missile attack on an ambulance convoy has drawn severe criticism, including from the U.N., but Israel says it was transporting Hamas fighters.
By Adam Entous and Thomas Fuller
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By Gaya Gupta and Catherine Porter
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By Karen Zraick
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel appeared to rebuff the Biden administration’s request, saying that any cease-fire would be contingent on the release of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas.
By Adam Entous and Thomas Fuller
The Israeli military said it targeted an ambulance “being used by a Hamas terrorist cell.” At the time, Palestinians said, a convoy of ambulances was preparing to take wounded people to the Gaza border.
By Karen Zraick and Iyad Abuheweila
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By Aaron Boxerman
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By Hiba Yazbek and Karen Zraick
Gazans under bombardment say there is a surge of severely injured children entering hospitals, doctors operating without anesthesia and morgues overflowing with bodies.
By Hiba Yazbek and Karen Zraick
An Israeli military spokesman said that Israeli soldiers had surrounded Gaza’s largest city. White House officials said they would urge Israel to “pause” its bombardment on humanitarian grounds.
By Thomas Fuller and Aaron Boxerman
On Wednesday, the devastated neighborhood, where local officials say dozens were killed and hundreds were wounded in a Tuesday attack, was hit again.
By Karen Zraick and Hiba Yazbek
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By Karen Zraick
Israel said it killed a Hamas leader at a refugee camp, but many other people were wounded and killed, Hamas said. The assault came as fuel, food and water shortages pushed civilians to the brink.
By Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Karen Zraick and Emma Bubola
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By Karen Zraick and Emma Bubola
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By Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Karen Zraick and Aaron Boxerman
By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Karen Zraick