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Bruce Nordstrom, Who Helped Lead His Family’s Retail Empire, Dies at 90

Though he was the company’s president, he opted for joint leadership with family members as they made Nordstrom, starting as a string of shoe stores, into an international fashion retail brand.

© Leah Nash for The New York Times

Bruce Nordstrom in 2019. He was a grandson of the company’s founder, who started with a shoe store in Seattle in 1901.

Biden’s Morehouse Commencement Speech Draws on Themes of Manhood and Faith

The president’s appearance at the historically Black college in Atlanta drew some respectful but noticeable protest over U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza.

© Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

“What is democracy when Black men are being killed in the streets?” President Biden asked the crowd at Morehouse College on Sunday. “What is democracy when a trail of broken promises still leave Black communities behind?”

Civilian Prosecutors Rejected Evidence in 9/11 Case That Military Calls Crucial

The revelation sets in stark relief the decision by military prosecutors to seek to include the evidence, which has opened the door to years of litigation over confessions by the men accused of plotting the attacks.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

Military prosecutors at Guantánamo took over the Sept. 11 case in 2012, but have not been able to get it to trial.

U.S. and Europe Move Closer to Using Russian Assets to Help Ukraine

Finance ministers from the G7 nations are hoping to finalize a plan ahead of the group’s leaders meeting next month.

© Maansi Srivastava/The New York Times

Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said the most promising idea was for Group of 7 nations to issue a loan to Ukraine that would be backed by profits and interest income that is being earned on Russian assets held in Europe.

Still Without Power, Houston Residents Struggle to Stay Cool

As stifling heat settled over the city, the local electricity provider said most service would return by late Sunday. But hard-hit areas could remain dark for days longer.

© Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle, via Associated Press

The Rev. Elias Lopez reading by candlelight during Sunday morning mass at All Saints Catholic Church in Houston. A storm on Thursday left the church without power, which has yet to be restored.

Congolese Army Says It Foiled a Coup Involving Americans

The U.S. ambassador said she was “very concerned” that Americans may have participated in what officials of the Democratic Republic of Congo called a failed coup attempt early Sunday.

© Samy Ntumba Shambuyi/Associated Press

Security forces blocking streets on Sunday in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

U.S. to Withdraw All Troops From Niger by September

The announcement spells out the terms of a pullout that the Biden administration unveiled last month and comes after a military junta ousted Niger’s president last July.

© Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times

About 1,000 U.S. military personnel are spread across two bases in Niger and will leave the country by Sept. 15, the U.S. and Nigerien governments announced on Sunday.

Who is Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi?

Mr. Raisi has been seen as a possible successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, the highest political and religious position in the Islamic republic.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran in 2021.

Ed Dwight Goes to Space 63 Years After Training as 1st Black Astronaut

Edward Dwight was among the first pilots that the United States was training to send to space in 1961, but he was passed over. On Sunday, he finally made it on a Blue Origin flight.

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At 90 years old, Edward Dwight became the oldest person to ever go to space on Sunday. He had been expected to become the first Black astronaut, but was passed over for the historic spaceflights of the 1960s.
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