EditorialAshley Fisher, director of the Mashpee Department of Natural Resources in Massachusetts, takes samples from the bed of the Mashpee River in Mashpee, Mass., Dec. 6, 2022. (Sophie Park/The New York Times)
EditorialEastbound traffic slows to a crawl on State Route 27, also known as the Sunrise Highway, in Hampton Bays on New York’s Long Island on Saturday morning, May 21, 2022. (Pat O'Malley/The New York Times)