Researchers have built an algorithm that can scan old astronomical images for unnoticed space rocks, helping to detect objects that could one day imperil Earth.

Killer Asteroids Are Hiding in Plain Sight. A New Tool Helps Spot Them.

Relentless mass shootings, a million dead from Covid — How much do we value a single life?

The Arrow in America’s Heart

As stocks have tumbled this year, predictions that the selling is over have been wrong time and again.

Wall Street’s Losing Streak Ends, but Uncertainty That Drove It Lingers

Businesses face headwinds as demand weakens, the Federal Reserve raises rates and government stimulus programs end.

After a Bumper 2021, Companies Might Struggle to Increase Profits

Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, May 31, 2022.

Quotation of the Day: Senate Chasing an Ever-Elusive Gun Law Deal

Mara Vélez Meléndez’s “Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members” ferociously explores the intersection of the personal and the political.

‘Notes on Killing’ Review: For These Puerto Ricans, Promises Never Kept

Chris Kreider scored twice and Igor Shesterkin was nearly perfect in the 6-2 win. New York will play the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference finals.

Rangers Hand Hurricanes First Home Loss of the Playoffs to Advance

The Environmental Performance Index, published every two years by researchers at Yale and Columbia, found only Denmark and Britain on sustainable paths to net-zero emissions by 2050.

Trump Policies Sent U.S. Tumbling in a Climate Ranking

The subpoena, the latest indication of an expanding inquiry by federal prosecutors, seeks Mr. Navarro’s testimony and any records he has related to the attack on the Capitol last year.

Peter Navarro, Former Trump Aide, Gets Grand Jury Subpoena in Jan. 6 Inquiry

A move to raise the minimum age to buy AR-15-style weapons is among several hot-button issues still to be resolved in Albany before the session ends.

From Gun Laws to Abortion, 5 Issues for N.Y. Legislators as Session Ends

“Planes,” by Peter C. Baker, explores the internal lives of four characters in a story of activism, duty and culpability.

A Debut Novel About Two Couples, Divided by Countries and Creeds

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders have reached a landmark political agreement to ban the vast majority of Russian oil imports by the end of the year, a measure that was considered impossible in the early stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine because of the bloc’s high dependency on the fuel.

E.U. reaches agreement on a Russian oil import ban.

Take a break with this puzzle from Sam Buchbinder and Brad Wilber.

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There were no immediate reports of serious injuries after a possible tornado struck Forada, about 135 miles northwest of Minneapolis, a county official said.

Storm Damages as Many as 100 Homes in Minnesota

The three-alarm fire sent clouds of smoke billowing over the city. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Omaha Residents Are Urged to Evacuate After Chemical Fire

A court-ordered redistricting plan puts Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler in a primary against each other.

A Collision Course for 2 Stalwart Manhattan Democrats

Your Tuesday Briefing

The European Union reached an agreement late Monday to ban most imports of Russian oil, a move that further severs ties between Europe and Russia and marks the harshest economic retribution Moscow has faced for its war in Ukraine.

Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.

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The discovery of what some viewed as disturbing illustrations in books for elementary school students set off a national furor.

Crude, Ugly and Pro-American? China Investigates Images in Math Textbooks.

David Hackett Fischer’s “African Founders” examines the interplay of Black and white culture through the centuries.

White and Black: A Historian Traces African-American Influences in the United States

In “The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon,” an activist finds flaws in patriotism, faith and suburban life and urges fellow baby boomers to change.

Bill McKibben, American Idealist, Sours on America’s Ideals

The decision has been misused in important policy debates about our nation’s gun laws. 

We Clerked for Justices Scalia and Stevens. America Is Getting Heller Wrong.

In a posthumous essay collection, Lopez asks readers “not to give in to the temptation to despair.”

May 31, 2022

Headlines from May 31, 2022

Killer Asteroids Are Hiding in Plain Sight. A New Tool Helps Spot Them.

The Arrow in America’s Heart

Wall Street’s Losing Streak Ends, but Uncertainty That Drove It Lingers

After a Bumper 2021, Companies Might Struggle to Increase Profits

Quotation of the Day: Senate Chasing an Ever-Elusive Gun Law Deal

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Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Un Verano Sin Ti

I Never Liked You

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Historical Context for May 31, 2022