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Researchers are finding CTE in ever-younger brains. The parents of some of these contact-sport athletes bravely and openly shared their stories with us. Their conversations with us were raw, honest and emotional.
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Spoke to @mikiebarb for The Daily about research connecting CTE and young athletes, even teens. It features grieving families we got to know through our reporting.
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So they returned home, but days later, bombs began crashing into their own neighborhood. They ran out before their own home collapsed. After seeking help at a hospital, they were forced south again. “There is no safe place,” Ms. Badawi said. bit.ly/3RsFyJ8
ALT A satellite image of Gaza with an arrow that shows that Sondos Badawi and her family were heading back north to their home. It also shows that airstrikes hit their home.
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Sondos Badawi and her family heeded the order to flee, leaving their home in Gaza City to stay with friends south of the evacuated area. But airstrikes followed them, pounding the neighborhood they were staying in. bit.ly/3RsFyJ8
ALT A satellite image of Gaza with an arrow that shows the direction that Sondos Badawi and her family were relocating to. It also shows that airstrikes hit that area.
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In the weeks after Israel ordered civilians to evacuate to the south, it continued to strike there too. bit.ly/3RsFyJ8
ALT A photo of a long line of people traveling through a bombed-out area of Gaza.
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Entire neighborhoods are unrecognizable. Israel says civilian casualties are inevitable because Hamas embeds within Gaza’s population. The war began after Hamas rampaged across southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people, by Israeli estimates. bit.ly/3RsFyJ8
ALT A satellite image of Gaza with photos of bombing damage pointing to locations on the image.
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More than 16,000 people have been killed in the Hamas-run territory, according to the health ministry. Half the buildings in the north have been damaged or destroyed. bit.ly/3RsFyJ8
ALT A satellite image of the Gaza Strip that shows damaged buildings, as of Nov. 22, in red. Half of the buildings in the northern part of Gaza are damaged or destroyed.
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In the Gaza Strip, where more than two million people are trapped, death can feel imminent. This is life there: constant Israeli airstrikes, which have resumed after a truce; food and water are scarce. Nowhere feels safe. This is 60 days in Gaza. bit.ly/3RsFyJ8
The father of Josh and George Atkinson and the parents of Wyatt Bramwell, Hunter Foraker and Meiko Locksley relived the worst moments of their lives in the hope of shedding light on CTE, mental health and suicide. We thank them for their trust. nyti.ms/49HQytm
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All CTE stories hurt, but the videos in this one are devastating. Be prepared. nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
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I strongly recommend you take the time for this interactive report about youth football and brain damage. Absolutely stellar work by @KassieBracken @JohnBranchNYT @benjaminlaffin @the_log_lady @wardnyt nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
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Grieving families struggle with the dilemma: Should we have let our child play?
An honor to help tell these stories. Join the conversation with this gift article.
They Started Playing Football as Young as 6. They Died in Their Teens and Twenties With CTE
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On Saturday, a “ring of fire” solar eclipse will sweep across the Western Hemisphere. Viewers in the darkest part of the moon’s shadow, below, will see a ring of light around the moon. Others will see the crescent sun of a partial solar eclipse. bit.ly/3Ff7yJj
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The #NewsEmmys Award for Interactive Media goes to How We Went Inside the Apocalyptic Worldview of ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ (@nytimes).
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This incredible family has gracefully and bravely shared its journey throughout so that others might learn and feel. I had the honor of spending time with the Snows in Calgary last year. I hope they feel the love from all corners. nyti.ms/3rrasYd
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The insatiable search for oil and gas has become the latest threat to the endangered aquifers in the U.S., a reminder that to strike oil in America, you need plenty of water. bit.ly/3rruWA1
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In shuttering @NYTSports, per @barrysvrluga, we lose “the idea that deep reporting & elegant writing can elevate the understanding of sports…that [it] can enhance the experience of watching a competition, not just reproduce what everyone saw.” washingtonpost.com/sports/20…
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As @nytsports goes to bed for the last time tonight, a note of love and thanks to all the readers, colleagues and sources who have made these the best 18 years I could have never imagined.
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Today, Boston University released a study of 152 brains of athletes under 30. Among them was Meiko Locksley, a former football player whose brain had Stage 1 C.T.E. His father is Michael Locksley, the head coach at the University of Maryland. nyti.ms/45sgG8Y @nytvideo 1/6
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Over more than a century, hundreds of thousands of Native American children were sent to boarding school — many forcibly removed from their families. They endured abuse, malnourishment and manual labor. At least hundreds died. nyti.ms/47NbZYO