Adeel Hassan

New York

General Assignment Reporter at The New York Times

reporting national news @nytimes. skepticism is a virtue. human jukebox. binge reader. formerly @nytimesworld, @nytnow Morning Briefing

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Articles

An Atmospheric River Brings Flooding Risks to the Mid-Atlantic

1 day ago | nytimes.com | Nazaneen Ghaffar |Simon Levien |Adeel Hassan

A slow-moving storm system that's been called an atmospheric river is poised to deliver bouts of heavy rain across the Mid-Atlantic over the next few days, increasing the risk of flash floods. Forecasters expressed concern for areas where the ground is especially vulnerable in North Carolina. David Roth, a meteorologist at the Weather Prediction Center, said the state has been particularly at risk since Hurricane Helene. "Helene just made everything worse," he said.
Thumbprint on cigarette carton cracks a 48-year-old California murder case

4 days ago | miamiherald.com | Adeel Hassan

Jeannette Ralston was at the Lion’s Den bar in San Jose, California, when she told her friends that she would be “back in 10 minutes.”She never returned. The next morning, on Feb. 1, 1977, police officers found the 24-year-old woman strangled with the long sleeve of a red women’s dress shirt and squeezed into the back seat of her Volkswagen Beetle in a parking lot a few minutes away from the bar. Almost 50 years later, authorities believe that they know who strangled her.
Thumbprint on Cigarette Carton Cracks a 48-Year-Old California Murder Case

4 days ago | flipboard.com | Adeel Hassan

FBI Issues Urgent Warning: These 13 Routers Are Being HackedThe FBI just flagged 13 outdated internet routers that hackers can easily exploit—if yours is on the list, it may already be compromised. If your …
Father of Girl Who Killed 2 at Wisconsin School Is Charged

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Adeel Hassan

The father of a teenage girl who fatally shot a teacher and a fellow student at a Christian school in Madison, Wis., in December was arrested on Thursday and charged in connection with the case, the authorities said. Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, of Madison was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child and two counts of providing a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 resulting in death, police records showed.
Man Who Stabbed Baby Seal on Oregon Beach Is Sought

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Adeel Hassan

The authorities said that the attack, which the seal survived, occurred on a cold evening in a cove along the Pacific Coast. For several weeks, federal wildlife officials have been investigating who stabbed a 300-pound elephant pup seal several times in a beach cove in Oregon. The seal, which survived the attack, has largely recovered. Investigators say they have developed some solid leads about the attacker - and now they're asking for the public's help to identify the culprit.
Designers Do a Double Take at the Lettering on Pope Francis’ Tombstone

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Adeel Hassan

7 hours agoJost wondered what would possess the president to do this during the latest edition of "Weekend Update." “Saturday Night Live’s” Colin Jost thinks President Donald Trump may have damned himself with one of his latest Truth Social posts. The “Weekend Update” co-host said the president had ordered …
Designers Do a Double Take at the Lettering on Pope Francis's Tombstone

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Adeel Hassan

Irregularly spaced letters spelling "F R A NCISC VS" have caused a stir among typography nerds who specialize in spacing and fonts. One called them "an abomination unto design." The arrangements for the funeral of Pope Francis were meticulous, and the ceremony drew a global audience. But it is the arrangement of the letters on his tombstone that are now attracting outsize attention.
Truck Overturns, and Millions of Dimes Spill Onto Texas Highway

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Adeel Hassan

The scene looked as if a giant piggy bank had been split open, its loose change scattering and forming a metallic sea. In fact, it was the aftermath of an accident in which an 18-wheeler had rolled onto its side a little over an hour before sunrise on Tuesday on U.S. Route 287 in Alvord, Texas, a town about 50 miles north of Fort Worth. What had spilled out was part of a load of eight million dimes, Sgt. Josue De La Cerda of the Texas Department of Public Safety said on Wednesday.
Ex-Disney worker who hacked menus gets 3 years in prison

2 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Adeel Hassan

A former employee of Walt Disney World who hacked into menus used by its restaurants and edited them — changing prices, adding profanity and altering listed allergens — was sentenced to three years in prison by a federal judge in Florida this past week. None of the changes, including falsified information about food allergens that could have been harmful to visitors, ever appeared before the public, according to court records.
Ex-Disney worker who hacked menus gets 3 years in prison

2 weeks ago | wral.com | Adeel Hassan

FILE — A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., Sept. 1, 2024. The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday, March 28, that he had opened an investigation into Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the latest attempt under the Trump administration to halt such efforts.