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California Today: A Foster Family Who Can’t Say ‘No’ - The New York Times
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Raelene MacDowell and her husband, Ted, are among California’s most prolific foster parents.
Since 1978, they’ve opened their home to more than 630 children, a figure that child welfare experts say is virtually unheard-of.
“She is a rather unique and amazing woman,” Dianna Wagner, the director of Shasta County’s children’s services agency, said of Ms. MacDowell.
Emmanuel Macron, Afghanistan, South Korea: Your Morning Briefing - The New York Times
Good morning.
Here’s what you need to know:
• It will be a short victory lap for Emmanuel Macron, the president-elect of France, whose real fight against Europe’s “populist tsunami” now begins in earnest.
First, Mr.
Internal Investigator Is Removed Over Rikers Spying Claim - The New York Times
New York City officials on Monday ordered that the head of internal affairs at the Correction Department be removed from his position and placed on modified duty, a spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
The action was in response to accusations that the official, Gregory Kuczinski, and his subordinates spied on city investigators as they conducted undercover anti-corruption operations at the troubled
Rikers Tumult Rises: Prison Official Accused of Spying on Investigator - The New York Times
New York City’s Department of Investigation has picked apart practically every facet of the troubled misuse of official cars by the commissioner and his staff.
Now it is taking aim at the very person who is supposed to prevent wrongdoing at the jail from within — the head of the Correction Department’s Investigation Division.
The Department of Investigation believes the jail official, Gregory Kuczinski, has orchestrated a spying campaign against it and has ca
Rikers Tumult Rises: Prison Official Accused of Spying on Investigator - The New York Times
New York City’s Department of Investigation has picked apart practically every facet of the troubled misuse of official cars by the commissioner and his staff.
Now it is taking aim at the very person who is supposed to prevent wrongdoing at the jail from within — the head of the Correction Department’s Investigation Division.
The Department of Investigation believes the jail official, Gregory Kuczinski, has orchestrated a spying campaign against it and has ca
Emmanuel Macron Embraces E.U. to Put France ‘Back in the Picture’ - The New York Times
LONDON — It was a striking moment when Emmanuel Macron, newly elected president of European Union. Some people even waved the bloc’s flag, with its circle of golden stars.
For the past year, and longer, the European Union has been politically radioactive, deemed untouchable by most mainstream candidates for national office in Europe. Yet Mr.
French Voters Defy Putin’s Meddling, but You’d Hardly Know It in Russia - The New York Times
MOSCOW — The official tone from the Kremlin on Monday, the day after the pro-Europe Emmanuel Macron was elected Russia can work with anybody.
A Global Trump Movement? France Election Signals No - The New York Times
WASHINGTON — To the extent that President Trump or his strategists saw his against-the-odds election last year as the leading edge of an international movement, the presidential vote in France over the weekend signaled that Europe was not ready to enlist.
Despite the rise of nationalist parties and
Why the Macron Hacking Attack Landed With a Thud in France - The New York Times
PARIS — French readers awoke on Monday to headlines about its young president-elect, Emmanuel Macron, and his decisive defeat of the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.
What they did not find were details of the “