Communities Stay Alert as Severe Weather Concerns and Other Major News Events Draw Public Attention

Grief and gratitude mingle in hospital waiting rooms as neighbors bring food, prayers, and the kind of presence that says, wordlessly, “You are not alone.”

Far away, in rooms without windows, negotiators weigh phrases that could calm a region or ignite it. Their work is invisible, but the stakes are not. In living rooms lit by breaking-news banners continue reading …