| We’re covering a major court ruling about the U.S. opioid epidemic, another angle to the fires in the Amazon, and a recommendation to eliminate gifted programs in New York City schools. | |  By Chris Stanford | | | Oklahoma had said it would need $17 billion to repair the damage done by the epidemic. About 6,000 Oklahomans have died from opioid overdoses since 2000, according to officials there. | | | Background: Oklahoma also sued two other drug manufacturers, Purdue Pharma and Teva Pharmaceuticals, but both settled without admitting wrongdoing. Johnson & Johnson’s drugs accounted for about 1 percent of opioid sales in the state. | | | What’s next: With more than 2,000 opioid lawsuits pending across the country, the ruling, which Johnson & Johnson said it would appeal, was closely watched. Settlement negotiations could quicken with two large groups of plaintiffs — one consolidated in federal court in Cleveland, and the other a coalition of states. | | | A peanut farm last year in Georgia. A former governor of the state, Sonny Perdue, is now President Trump's agriculture secretary. Melissa Golden for The New York Times | | | Losing China, the world’s most populous country, as a customer has been a major blow to U.S. agriculture. Farm bankruptcy filings in the year through June were up 13 percent from 2018, and loan delinquency rates are on the rise, according to the American Farm Bureau. | | | Quotable: “At some point we have to quit playing games and get back to the table and figure this out,” said Brian Thalmann, the president of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association. | | | The Daily: Today’s episode is about how the trade war affects the rest of the world. | | | Burned forest near Porto Velho, a city in Brazil's Amazon, on Monday. Victor Moriyama for The New York Times | | | Widespread fires in the world’s largest rainforest have drawn international outrage, but some locals are indignant at what they see as outsiders trying to decide how Brazilians should steward their land. | | | Farmers say they need fire and deforestation to maintain beef and soy exports, and that the damage done to the rainforest is modest. | | | Perspective: In an Op-Ed, a former Brazilian official argues that those who live in the Amazon must be given the means to both use and preserve their environment. | | | The Central Liaison Office formally represents the Chinese government in Hong Kong and coordinates the activities of those who have rallied to the Communist Party’s side. | | | The party’s low profile reflects an effort to maintain the “one country, two systems” formula under which Hong Kong, a politically diverse city, returned from British control in 1997. | | | Photo illustration by Delcan & Company | | | In the last U.S. presidential election, the idea of abolishing private health insurance was confined to the far left. Now it’s the central dividing line in the Democratic primary race. | | | PAID POST: A MESSAGE FROM CAMPAIGN MONITOR | | Email Marketing 102: Work smarter, not harder. | | Working smarter means running beautiful, results-driven email marketing campaigns – without sacrificing any bandwidth along the way. And with Campaign Monitor, you'll have access to a drag-and-drop email builder, a gallery of templates, and personalized customer journeys – all the tools you need to replace ‘harder’ with ‘smarter.' | | | Learn More | | | | Tightening Democratic race: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are in a virtual three-way tie for the party’s presidential nomination, according to a new national poll. | | | Misha Friedman for The New York Times | | | Snapshot: A dance class near the studios of “Good Morning America” in Times Square on Monday. One of the show’s hosts, Lara Spencer, apologized after laughing last week at the news that Prince George, the 6-year-old son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, planned to study ballet. | | | Late-night comedy: Most shows are in reruns, so our column is on hiatus. | | | What we’re reading: This article from Nautilus. Melina Delkic of the briefings team calls it “a personal and a scientific look at how closely intertwined language is — particularly one’s first language — with the sense of self.” | | | Lizzy Johnston for The New York Times | | | Smarter Living: Sound homework routines set children up for success in school. Organized work spaces and backpacks keep important assignments from getting lost. Nightly checklists set priorities. And parents can help children deal with three main challenges in studying: procrastinating, feeling overwhelmed and retaining information. | | | And this week’s Social Q’s column offers advice on refusing a bribe from a friend’s mother. | | | The Egyptians used rice, jasmine and lupine; the ancient Greeks used olive oil; and some Native Americans used a type of pine needle. | | | We’ve had methods of preventing sun damage for thousands of years, but the modern concept of sunscreen began on a Swiss mountaintop. | | | Coney Island, N.Y., in July. Chang W. Lee/The New York Times | | | After getting sunburned while climbing Piz Buin in 1938, a Swiss chemistry student set out to invent an effective sunscreen. Eight years later, Gletscher Crème (Glacier Cream) came to market, with what is thought to have been a Sun Protection Factor of 2. | | | A World War II airman mixed an early form of petroleum jelly with cocoa butter and coconut oil into a product that would eventually become Coppertone. | | | Should you leave home without it? The American Academy of Dermatology’s official position is that everyone should wear sunscreen to forestall skin cancer, but, a Times reporter recently wrote, dark-skinned people may have enough protection from melanin. | | | That’s it for this briefing. Do you love the Morning Briefing and want to help our journalists seek the truth? Support The New York Times for $1 a week. | | Thank you
Melina Delkic helped compile today’s briefing. Mark Josephson and Eleanor Stanford provided the break from the news. Remy Tumin, of the briefings team, wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach us at briefing@nytimes.com. | | | Were you sent this briefing by a friend? Sign up here to get the Morning Briefing. | | |
0 Comentarios
Dele clic para ampliar esta noticia http://noticiard.com/ con nosotros siempre estará comunicado y te enviamos las noticias desde que se producen, registra tu Email y estara más informado.
http://noticiard.com/