More than a million people, including most in New Orleans, were without electricity, but the city’s levees held.

In Louisiana, Rescue Workers Search for Those Stranded by Hurricane Ida

From a single food truck to its coming expansion to Los Angeles, Veracruz All Natural has won a huge following. Yet its owners are still striving to attract more Hispanic diners.

The Shy Sisters Behind Austin’s Breakout Breakfast Tacos

Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy, Amalia Dayan and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn will become LGDR, a one-stop shop for artists and collectors.

Four Powerful Art Dealers Join Forces, Upending Traditional Model

Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, August 31, 2021.

Quotation of the Day: How the Delta Variant Spread From a Teacher to Half of Her Students

A century after museum collectors surveyed Colombia’s avian fauna, a new generation of researchers returns to see what remains, and what has changed.

Searching for Bird Life in a Former ‘Ocean of Forest’

The utility said on Monday that Hurricane Ida had put 216 substations and more than 2,000 miles of transmission lines out of service.

Entergy’s Push to Restore Power in Louisiana Is Slowed by Downed Lines

The United States may be the birthplace of basketball, but to make a career out of playing wheelchair hoops, athletes have had to move overseas.

For These Paralympians, a Pursuit of Excellence Means Life Abroad

Novak Djokovic and Ashleigh Barty feature on Arthur Ashe Stadium as a slew of young talent battles on the grounds of Flushing Meadows.

2021 U.S. Open: What to Watch on Tuesday

The three prisoners were to be charged for the first time, 18 years after their capture. Translation problems mean they wait one more day.

Charges in Bali Bombing Case Are Delayed at Guantánamo

Keith Pinto was working at a beach on the Jersey Shore when lightning struck, killing him and injuring other lifeguards and beachgoers.

Teenage Lifeguard Killed in Lightning Strike: ‘It Was Like a Bomb’

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on marriage vows and stolen library books.

My Stepdad Has Alzheimer’s. Can My Mom Date Someone Else?

Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021.

Corrections: Aug. 31, 2021

The moratorium, which was to expire on Aug. 31, is part of the state’s effort to help tenants struggling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

N.Y. Legislature Expected to Extend Freeze on Evictions in Rare Special Session

Contemplating Fermi problems keeps me curious about the world and how things relate to one another.

How to Solve Any Problem Using Just Common Sense

Wear jeans and bring along a small pickax. Expect crowds, but don’t worry — crystal enthusiasts tend to be a genial, family-friendly lot.

How to Collect Crystals

Five accusers — four women and one man — have now testified that the singer had sexual contact with them when they were underage, including a woman who described being raped.

R. Kelly Got Angry if Women Broke His Rules, Ex-Assistant Says

As children’s hospital beds fill up, the F.D.A. shouldn’t delay. 

The Intolerable Wait for a Kids’ Vaccine

For Ojibwe, the Big Drum is a gathering to mourn, to process grief, to understand loss. Could it heal my pain from the past year?

‘A Sadness I Can’t Carry’: The Story Of The Drum

As the first tennis balls were struck in earnest at the U.S. Open on Monday

Fans waited an extra year for the U.S. Open. Then they waited some more.

Shortly after the last U.S. troops left Afghanistan, the secretary of state outlined a plan to use diplomacy to try to extract remaining Americans and Afghan allies.

Transcript of Blinken’s Speech on ‘New Chapter’ in Afghanistan

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said fewer than 200 Americans were still in Afghanistan, pledging safe passage for them and assistance for Afghans who were at risk of reprisal for working with the U.S. government.

Blinken: A ‘Diplomatic Mission’ Has Begun in Afghanistan

The rule allowed fertilizers, pesticides and industrial chemicals to flow into small streams, marshes and wetlands. The judge warned of environmental harm.

Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Rule Governing Water Pollution

Cristhian Bahena Rivera was convicted in May in the 2018 fatal stabbing of Ms. Tibbetts, which Donald J. Trump used to stoke opposition to illegal immigration.

Iowa Farmworker Gets Life in Prison for the Murder of Mollie Tibbetts

A Cut Above

Osaka navigated a challenging first set before settling in and beating Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-1.

August 31, 2021

Headlines from August 31, 2021

In Louisiana, Rescue Workers Search for Those Stranded by Hurricane Ida

The Shy Sisters Behind Austin’s Breakout Breakfast Tacos

Four Powerful Art Dealers Join Forces, Upending Traditional Model

Quotation of the Day: How the Delta Variant Spread From a Teacher to Half of Her Students

Searching for Bird Life in a Former ‘Ocean of Forest’

Billboard 200

Happier Than Ever

Planet Her

Sour

F*ck Love

Dangerous: The Double Album

Historical Context for August 31, 2021