New York Times

Entrance to the grounds of the National Tennis Center were free during the day session of the @uspoen today. Those who made it to Flushing Meadows Corona Park got to see doubles, mixed doubles, wheelchair tennis and the junior tournament. But as you can see in this photo by @karstenmoran — taken at Louis Armstrong Stadium during the semi-final doubles match between @lukaszkubot and @marcelomelo83 and @radu.albot11 and @jazirimale — the stands were sun-drenched, and far from packed. This #USOpen has been hot and humid since it began on August 27. 7 of 11 days, including today, were played under special rules for extreme heat. There were a spate of men abandoning best-of-5 matches with heat-related illnesses. The junior tournament, for players 18 and under, has been suspended twice. @johnrisner said he went through 11 shirts in his 3.5-hour quarterfinal loss to @delpotrojuan on Tuesday. In such conditions it’s probably no surprise that 4 of the 8 semifinalists in men’s and women’s singles are based in Florida. “I actually don’t think it’s that hot,” said @naomiosakatennis, who lives in Boca Raton. “I’m sorry. I’m used to the Florida heat. I kind of enjoyed it. I like sweating.” #

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“Movie theaters don’t close. I work Thanksgiving, Christmas and holidays, and I miss out on family events. It’s not unheard-of for me to work a full calendar month before I have a day off.” Tracey Tevis, 28, works as a theater manager in Lexington, Kentucky. But she’s also a 4th-grade teacher at Coventry Oak Elementary School, where she’s worked for 5 years. Tracey makes $48,000 annually, but took on work at the theater — for $12 an hour — to supplement her income. She works there 10 to 15 hours every week during the school year, and more during the summer. She also makes $10 an hour working as a sales associate at the Disney Store for 5 to 10 hours a week during the school year, and 10 to 15 during the summer. | 16% of American teachers devote 60 hours a week to the classroom, then go to work elsewhere. Visit the link in our profile to see what teachers do to pay their bills, with portraits by @brian_ulrich

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The deadly collapse of a bridge in Genoa, Italy, last month set off a bitter debate about who bears responsibility for the disaster and precisely what caused it. “It was not possible to save the bridge, but maybe it was possible to save the persons who died in the collapse,” said Carmelo Gentile, a structural engineering professor at the Politecnico di Milano. When the bridge — a signature of the port city, a source of deep civic pride, and an indispensable daily transportation link — was built in the 1960s, Genoa’s viaduct was more than just a bridge. It was a 3,600-foot journey of artistry and innovation that had garnered its designer, Riccardo Morandi, fame. Its figure was so light and airy it seemed to have leapt from an elegant line drawing on an engineer’s gridded pad to where it soared over Genoa’s deep, rolling valleys. Its beauty was its simplicity. But engineers gradually recognized that the structure had so few crucial supports that if even one of them failed, an entire section could collapse. @nytimes has recreated what happened by using investigators’ descriptions of a central piece of evidence — video footage captured by a security camera. Visit the link in our profile to see it, along with more photos of the bridge today, by @nadiashiracohen

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“We’re paycheck to paycheck now,” said Kris Ford-Amofa. “Swimming.” Her house is dry. The flood is long gone from her living room. But several times a month, her phone sounds a warning that her family is still underwater. Since #HurricaneHarvey, she and her husband have been caught in a financial storm. This is the case for thousands of middle-class families across southeast Texas, long after they pounded in the last new floorboard and rolled on the last coat of paint to reclaim flood-scarred homes. On the surface, it looks like they’ve recovered. But inside, nothing is the same. Only 20% of the homes damaged by Harvey were covered by flood insurance, and homeowner payouts from @fema averaged about $4,400. @fema gave the Amofas $9,000 to repair damage that estimates showed would cost much more than that. In all, they spent about $20,000. “I can be so mad,” said Yaw, Kris’s husband. “They see you at your neediest, and that’s when they try to take advantage.” @ilanapl took this photo of their children, Raechel and Joshua, waiting for the school bus. Visit the link in our profile to read more.

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President Trump said he wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate the source of an anonymous Op-Ed piece published in @nytimes. Speaking this afternoon to reporters on Air Force One — where @nytmills took this photo — the president said he was considering action against @nytimes, although he did not elaborate. @realdonaldtrump has raged against the column since it was published on Wednesday. But his latest remark indicates that he wants to use the Justice Department to root out the author of the column, which described some members of the administration in a state of near-mutiny against the president. “We’re going to take a look at what he had, what he gave, what he’s talking about, also where he is right now,” he said. Also this afternoon, former President @barackobama emerged from political silence to call #PresidentTrump a “threat to democracy.” In a speech meant to frame his message on the campaign trail, #BarackObama offered a stinging indictment of his successor. “It’s not conservative,” he said. “It sure isn’t normal. It’s radical. It’s a vision that says the protection of our power and those who back us is all that matters even when it hurts the country.”

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