The New York Times

In New York City, emergency rooms last week logged the highest number of patients treated for heat-related illnesses in years.

The police had first said the detective, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was shot by a man in the street early Sunday. On Monday, they said that in fact another officer accidentally shot him.

A man sent a scathing note to an immigration official after two demonstrators were killed. A lawsuit says agents who came to his house were trying to intimidate him.

A 6-year-old girl died over the weekend when she was swept away by a current on Long Island. An expert has suggestions for beach safety.

A New Jersey judge ordered New Brunswick Today to remove the video and barred it from writing about the episode, alarming First Amendment advocates.

Emergency officials warned that flash flooding was possible on Monday as powerful storms were expected to move through the region.

The plane, coming from the Hamptons, made a hard landing near the Manhattan waterfront on Sunday. The Fire Department rescued the pilot, a crew member and six passengers.

Strong storms knocked out power this week to customers from Oklahoma to Connecticut. As they waited on Sunday for the lights to come back on, the forecast called for more severe weather.

His 1998 book, “Gotham,” which told the city’s story to 1898, focused on social and economic conflict. It won a Pulitzer Prize and inspired two sequels.

The victims included two boys, aged 6 and 7, and one woman who remained in critical condition on Sunday, the police said. No arrests had been made.

The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an animal that can make new calls.

Nafiah Ikram was steps from her home when a stranger threw acid in her face. Five years later, she is trying to rebuild her life and cope with a stunning twist in her case.

More friends of Metropolitan Diary, including the chef Daniel Humm and the writer Jennifer Egan, help mark the column’s 50th anniversary by sharing their New York City stories.

The fires appeared to have been extinguished by shortly after 10 p.m., the police said. No injuries were reported.

An agency official said that Gautam Adani’s offer to invest $10 billion in the United States did not affect the decision to abandon a bribery case against him.