A Frantic Call, a Neighbor’s Knock, but Few Official Alerts as Wildfire Closed In

By SIMON ROMERO, TIM ARANGO and THOMAS FULLER
NYT
In the frenzied first hours of the Camp Fire as it bore down on Paradise, Calif., only a fraction of residents received emergency alerts or evacuation orders from local authorities.
Published date: November 21, 2018 at 08:40PM
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Blacks Are Twice as Likely as Whites to Experience Sudden Cardiac Death

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
NYT Live
The rate of sudden cardiac death in African-Americans is twice as high as in whites, and no one knows why.
Published date: November 15, 2018 at 11:32PM
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When Paradise Is On Fire

By SARAH PAPE
NYT
In Butte County, we are flailing, trying to find the words to express what has happened, and that it’s still happening.
Published date: November 13, 2018 at 10:47PM
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In California’s Fires, Fear for the Missing: ‘I Loved Her. And I Don’t Know if I’ll Ever See Her Again.’

By JULIE TURKEWITZ
NYT
Four days after the Camp Fire blaze ripped through the small town of Paradise, Calif., more than 200 residents are still missing, the sheriff’s office said.
Published date: November 13, 2018 at 03:36AM
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Operators in Fatal Duck Boat Accident Say They Owe Families Nothing, Citing Obscure 1851 Law

By MATTHEW HAAG
NYT
The companies are trying to use an old maritime law to limit their liability. A survivor of the accident, which killed 17 in Branson, Mo., said it was insulting.
Published date: October 18, 2018 at 11:49PM
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To Live and Die in Paris

By PAMELA DRUCKERMAN
NYT Sunday Review
People have been dying for millenniums. Why should there be great surprises now?
Published date: August 17, 2018 at 06:00PM
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