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• Evergrande Gave Workers a Choice: Loan Us Cash or Lose Your Bonus

  by Alexandra Stevenson and Cao Li on September 19, 2021 at 6:27 am

  The Chinese property giant owes $300 billion and is on the hook for as many as 1.6 million apartments. It may owe tens of thousands of its employees money, too.

• Our Generic Drug Supply Is Sick

  by Farah Stockman on September 19, 2021 at 5:49 am

  Competition for market share at rock-bottom prices has led to shortages, price-spikes, allegations of price-fixing, and substandard and even dangerous practices.

• Covid Infections at California Jail Quadruple in Less Than a Week

  by The New York Times on September 19, 2021 at 5:07 am

  The situation mirrored dangerous conditions in other jails. Gov. Gavin Newsom said two of his children tested positive. Catch up on pandemic updates.

• Washington, D.C., on Edge Over Protest of Jan. 6 Arrests

  by Jonathan Weisman and Matthew Rosenberg on September 19, 2021 at 4:16 am

  Organizers said the police response had dampened turnout for the “Justice for J6” rally, which served as a platform for pro-Trump politicians seeking House seats next year.

• Biden Administration to Deport Haitians in Del Rio, Texas

  by Eileen Sullivan and Miriam Jordan on September 19, 2021 at 4:03 am

  The U.S. will begin flying migrants back to Haiti and other countries on Sunday as President Biden struggles to manage an immigration system already buckling under record migration.

• SpaceX’s Inspiration4 Civilian Crew Completes 3-Day Mission

  by Kenneth Chang on September 19, 2021 at 2:53 am

  The mission hinted at what space travel could look like in a more accessible future, while remaining in reach now to only the richest of the rich.

• Van Couple: Parents of Brian Laundrie Say They Haven’t Seen Him in Days

  by Maria Cramer and Michael Levenson on September 19, 2021 at 2:12 am

  The parents of Brian Laundrie, whose fiancée, Gabrielle Petito, disappeared on a cross-country trip, say they haven’t seen their son in days, the police said.

• Texas Doctor Says He Performed an Abortion in Defiance of New State Law

  by Michael Levenson on September 19, 2021 at 1:50 am

  In an opinion essay in The Washington Post titled “Why I violated Texas’s extreme abortion ban,” Dr. Alan Braid wrote, “I am taking a personal risk, but it’s something I believe in strongly.”

• In Orange County, the Recall’s Defeat Echoes Years of G.O.P. Erosion

  by Jill Cowan and Shane Goldmacher on September 19, 2021 at 1:17 am

  Voters struck down the effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, continuing the political seesawing that has defined the former Republican stronghold.