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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More Than 280,000 French Protest Taxes by Blocking Roads

By ALISSA J. RUBIN
NYT Europe
The country’s “Yellow Vest” movement demonstrated nationwide, blocking roads and roundabouts, to register anger about fuel taxes and the loss of purchasing power.
Published date: November 17, 2018 at 10:14PM
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The Silence After the Hit-and-Run

By MAYA KAUFMAN
NYT
Five years ago, several shocking fatalities pushed the police department to expand its crash investigation squad. Apart from renaming the unit, little has changed.
Published date: August 31, 2018 at 12:00PM
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Electric Scooters

By KEVIN ROOSE
NYT
A week experiencing the e-scooter craze convinced our columnist that the devices aren’t an urban menace or a harbinger of the apocalypse. (In fact, they are pretty great.)
Published date: June 6, 2018 at 07:24PM
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