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Article of the day for May 15, 2019 is Tropical Depression Nineteen-E (2018) . Tropical Depression Nineteen-E was a weak tropical cyclone that caused flooding in northwestern Mexico and the United States during the 2018 Pacific hurricane season. By September 7, 2018, the storm had entered the northeastern Pacific Ocean, after crossing Central America. Despite disorganization and its close proximity to land, the meandering disturbance developed into a tropical depression in the Gulf of California on September 19, with peak maximum sustained winds reported as 35 mph (55 km/h). Although the storm quickly deteriorated after landfall, thirteen people were killed in Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and Sonora, and recorded agricultural losses exceeded US$40 million. Overall, the storm affected eleven Mexican states, with torrential rainfall and flooding in Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, and Sonora. Remnant moisture from Nineteen-E led to severe flooding in the U.S. states of Arizona, Texas, Okl...

In Bryan Washington’s ‘Lot,’ Stories Reveal Houston’s Hidden Borders

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By LUIS ALBERTO URREA from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2Yu9R3D

Scattered Thunderstorms Tomorrow Weather!

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With a high of 70F and a low of 58F.

Hear Andrew McCabe’s Story in His Own Words, and in His Own Voice

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By DAVID OSHINSKY from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/30j8PJw

A New Novel Stars the Dupes, Villains and Victims of America’s Forever War

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By PARUL SEHGAL from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2Q3fFOz

Colin Farrell Joins the League of High-Profile Narrators of ‘A Portrait of the Artist’

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By JOHN BANVILLE from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2JHiHHd

Rainn Wilson Narrates a New Audiobook of ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’

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By BRUCE HANDY from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2JBKngE

A Debut Novel Set on the Brooding, Remote Kamchatka Peninsula

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By IVY POCHODA from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2Hn3Z6V

How Was Polynesia Populated? Two New Books Explore the Pacific’s Mysteries

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By SIMON WINCHESTER from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2Q2kGHg

Justice John Paul Stevens Looks Back on His Long Career

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By EMILY BAZELON from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2Q8pE5u

In Defense of Liberalism

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By DAVID FRUM from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2LFXf8c