Livia Albeck-Ripka

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Reporter at The New York Times

reporter @nytimes • currently in california, previously covering australia & climate • [email protected]

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Fire at New Mexico Republican Party Headquarters Being Investigated as Arson

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Livia Albeck-Ripka

11 hours agoAs measles cases rise, some parents become vaccine enthusiastsAs a measles outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico continues to grow, and other states report outbreaks of their own, some pediatricians across the U.S. say they are seeing a new trend among concerned parents: vaccine enthusiasm.
Fire at New Mexico Republican Party Headquarters Being Investigated as Arson

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Livia Albeck-Ripka

A spokeswoman for the F.B.I. confirmed that it was investigating but said she could not provide further details because the investigation was ongoing. The A.T.F. did not immediately respond to requests for information on Sunday. The Albuquerque Police Department confirmed that the federal authorities were investigating but did not provide any further information, including whether arrests had been made.
Faulty DNA Tests Were Used in Los Angeles County Cases, Sheriff Says

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Livia Albeck-Ripka

Los Angeles County will retest about 4,000 DNA samples connected to criminal cases after discovering that it had been using potentially defective test kits to collect evidence for the past several months, Sheriff Robert Luna said in a statement this week.
Man and 2 Children Are Found Alive After Plane Crash Into a Lake

1 month ago | nytimes.com | John Yoon |Livia Albeck-Ripka

A man and two children who had been missing overnight were rescued on Monday from the wreckage of a plane that crashed into a frozen lake in south-central Alaska, the authorities said. The single-engine plane, a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser, was reported missing just after 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, setting off search and rescue efforts around Tustumena Lake and the Kenai Mountains, some 80 to 100 miles south of Anchorage, the Alaska State Troopers said on their website.
Murphy, Eagle Who Became a Foster Dad, Found Dead After Storm

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Livia Albeck-Ripka

Roger Holloway, the sanctuary's executive director, said in an interview on Sunday that although strong winds and some hail had struck the sanctuary, neither Murphy's enclosure nor the other eagles inside it appeared to have been affected. One possibility is that Murphy had been knocked on the head by a hailstone, Mr. Holloway said. . Murphy, who could not fly, had lived at the sanctuary since the 1990s.
After the L.A. Wildfires, a Race to Save the Tiles, and the Soul, of Altadena

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Livia Albeck-Ripka

Amid the ash, warped metal and husks of cars, the chimneys appear eerily uniform, each like a tombstone for a burned-down house. In many cases, they are all that is left of the thousands of homes consumed by the Los Angeles wildfires. Fred Van der Linde said his fireplace "was the only thing that was standing" after the Eaton fire incinerated his century-old home in Altadena in January.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's Farmhouse Among Properties Burned in Wildfires

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Livia Albeck-Ripka

The wildfires that tore through Oklahoma over the weekend, killing at least four people and destroying nearly 300 structures, also burned down the ranch of the state's governor, Kevin Stitt, the governor said in a video posted to social media. The video, posted on Saturday morning, shows Mr. Stitt, a Republican, standing amid blackened trees and rubble at what he describes as his farm. At a news conference that day, the governor said his farmhouse was north of the town of Luther, Okla.
State Senator Didn’t Use Runway Lights Before Fatal Plane Crash, U.S. Says

2 months ago | businessandamerica.com | Livia Albeck-Ripka

A 2023 plane crash that killed a state senator from North Dakota, his wife and two of their children was most likely caused when the senator — who was piloting the plane — became disoriented while taking off at night without runway lights, federal aviation investigators said on Thursday. The senator, Doug Larsen, 47, a Republican, was flying the single-engine plane on Oct.
Los Angeles Wildfires Leave Residents Worried About Contaminated Soil

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Livia Albeck-Ripka |Jesus Jimenez

At a glance, the community garden plot appears bountiful. Its beds, flanked by lavender plants, are lush with parsley, lettuces and kale that are weeks overgrown. But a sign on the gate forbids entry, describing the site as "DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH."In the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, the Altadena Community Garden is adjacent to the more than 14,000 acres that were scorched by the Eaton fire in January. Across the road are burned-out homes, crumpled roofs and the husks of cars.
Czech Dam Project Was Stalled by Bureaucracy. Beavers Built Their Own.

Feb 12, 2025 | ourcommunitynow.com | Livia Albeck-Ripka

Share For years, officials in the Czech Republic had pushed a dam project to protect a river south of Prague, and the critically endangered species living in it. But the project, hamstrung by land negotiations, stalled.In the meantime, a group of chisel-toothed mammals — renowned for their engineering skills and work ethic, and unencumbered by bureaucracy — decided to take on the task.

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