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Activists protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline remained camped along the banks of the Missouri River here as a Wednesday afternoon deadline loomed for them to leave.

"Deadline Nears for Dakota Pipeline Protesters to Leave" is from the February 22, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Mitch Smith and Alan Blinder and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

For the second time in eight years, the mayoralty of the South’s most influential city is likely to head to a recount. Fewer than 800 votes separated Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood after local officials tallied more than 92,000 ballots that were cast in a runoff election Tuesday, according to unofficial returns.

"Atlanta Mayoral Race Poised to Move to a Recount" is from the December 06, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Alabama officials on Thursday unhesitatingly pushed aside a legal challenge from Roy Moore and certified Doug Jones as the winner of this month’s U.S. Senate election.

"Alabama Certifies Jones Win, Brushing Aside Challenge From Moore" is from the December 28, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and narrated by Archie Montgomery.

Thousands of students, emboldened by a growing protest movement over gun violence, stood up in their classrooms Wednesday and walked out of their schools in a nationwide demonstration, one month after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Florida.

"Shooting Spurs Nationwide Student Protest" is from the March 14, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder, Julie Turkewitz and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The Alabama Republican Party on Thursday offered unqualified support to the embattled candidacy of Roy S. Moore, ignoring the condemnation of national Republican leaders and brushing aside worries that he could lose a Senate race in a solidly conservative state — or be expelled from Congress if he wins.

"Alabama GOP Backs Moore in Split With National Leaders" is from the November 16, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and narrated by Archie Montgomery.

Even before a defiant Roy Moore stood at a lectern this month and refused to concede the Alabama Senate race, one political reality was clear: An extraordinary turnout among black voters had helped push Doug Jones to a rare Democratic victory in this state.

"Black Turnout in Alabama Complicates Debate on Voting Laws" is from the December 24, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and Michael Wines and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The scene captured by video is almost too terrible to imagine, much less contemplate watching: seven minutes of gunfire as a black-clad gunman executes his victims — many of them small children — inside the First Baptist Church here. Lock the video up forever, some Texas residents and former law enforcement officials say. Better yet, destroy it.

"Grisly Video of a Massacre Raises an Unsettling Question: Who Should See It?" is from the November 09, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder, David Montgomery and Jack Healy and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Alabama’s increasingly bizarre Senate race was convulsed again on Wednesday as four more women came forward to describe encounters with the Republican candidate, Roy S. Moore, and Moore’s campaign sharply questioned the credibility of another accuser.

"Alabama Race Takes a Turn to the Surreal" is from the November 15, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Hurricane Harvey bombarded a stretch of the Gulf Coast in Texas on Saturday with home-ripping winds and epic rains. As emergency officials scrambled to assess the extent of the damage, hundreds of thousands of people were without power after utility poles were knocked to the ground as if they were twigs.

"Hurricane Slams Texas, Dropping Torrential Rain" is from the August 27, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Manny Fernandez, Alan Blinder and Simon Romero and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Five days after the pummeling began — a time when big storms have usually blown through, the sun has come out, and evacuees have returned home — Tropical Storm Harvey refused to go away, battering southeast Texas even more on Tuesday, spreading the destruction into Louisiana and shattering records for rainfall and flooding.

"Stalled Over Gulf, Storm Deepens Texans’ Soggy Misery" is from the August 29, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Jack Healy, Richard Pérez Peña and Alan Blinder and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The plan seemed mutually beneficial: President Donald Trump would bask in an adulatory slice of Americana and the Boy Scouts of America would host yet another sitting president at its national jamboree.

"After Trump Injects Politics Into Speech, Boy Scouts Face Blowback" is from the July 26, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and Mitch Smith and narrated by Kristi Burns.

The lights were back on at the world’s busiest airport Monday, and after Sunday’s blackout, it was busier than usual — a lot busier. Hundreds of passengers whose flights were canceled Sunday were jammed into lines that snaked toward distant ticket counters.

"Atlanta’s Airport Has Power Again, but Many Passengers Are Stranded" is from the December 18, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and Richard Fausset and narrated by Kristi Burns.

ATLANTA — White nationalist and provocateur Richard Spencer had left the University of Florida on Oct. 19 when the day’s most serious trouble erupted just beyond the campus

"Roadshow of Hate: Travelers From Afar Fuel White Supremacist Rallies" is from the October 28, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

What felt like an apocalyptic onslaught of pounding rains and rapidly rising floodwaters brought the nation’s fourth-largest city to its knees Sunday, as highways and residential streets turned to rivers, waist-high waters choked off access to homes and hospitals and officials begged boat owners to pitch in with a massive and frantic rescue operation.

"Deadly Storm Transforms Houston Streets Into Raging Rivers" is from the August 27, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Julie Turkewitz, Manny Fernandez and Alan Blinder and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Three days after a plea for forgiveness, the release of a damning investigative report and a swirl of legal drama, the political future of Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama faces a new test on Monday as state lawmakers begin to hear evidence that could lead to his impeachment.

"Alabama Governor Faces Impeachment Hearing in Scandal of Sex and Power" is from the April 10, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

President Donald Trump, on his recent trip to Europe, reportedly declared the Germans “bad, very bad” on trade; Greer’s City Hall sits mere miles from a BMW automobile plant that employs about 8,800 people. And so after Danner read the news here, he quickly organized a call with Chamber of Commerce officials, who on Tuesday brainstormed ways to reassure BMW executives that they in fact considered them to be good. Very good.

"Trump Targets German Trade, and the South Grimaces" is from the June 01, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and Richard Fausset and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Decades after air-conditioning made much of the Sun Belt livable, it has now become standard nearly everywhere. Eighty-six percent of new single-family homes in the Northeast are now built with it; 94 percent in the Midwest are. Parts of the United States whose historical development never depended on air-conditioning increasingly resemble the regions whose growth wouldn’t have been possible without it.

"The All-Conquering Air Conditioner" is from the August 04, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Badger and Alan Blinder and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The rain had begun to fall again Sunday afternoon when there was a roar over Interstate 610. A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter was hovering overhead, a rescuer and a resident joined together by a harness and arms.

"Dramatic Rescues Unfold All Across Waterlogged Houston" is from the August 27, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

James Hawkins, the affable local coroner, has long performed a grim duty on execution nights: He pronounces the deaths of the condemned prisoners. He has done it more than two dozen times.

"In Area near Arkansas Prison, an Execution Is 'the One We're Waiting On'" is from the April 27, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and Manny Fernandez and narrated by Kristi Burns.

A day after the Justice Department extracted a guilty plea from a South Carolina police officer who fatally shot a black man in the back, a federal prosecutor here explained Wednesday why the department had declined to bring charges against two officers involved in the fatal shooting of a black Louisiana man, Alton B. Sterling.

"2 Fatal Police Shootings Yield 2 Different Results" is from the May 03, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Richard Fausset and Alan Blinder and narrated by Kristi Burns.