How Humans Failed Racehorses
It was a thrilling finish: A long-shot named Mystik Dan held off a late charge by Sierra Leone and a colt from Japan named Forever Young on Saturday to win…
Which Industries Lost Jobs, Which Gained Jobs: Longer-Term Employment Trends in Charts | naked capitalism
Lambert here: Can’t have too many charts! By Wolf Richter, editor of Wolf Street. Originally published at Wolf Street. Earlier today, we discussed the overall labor market. But each industry…
Charges Against a Congressman Lay Bare Foreign Government Influence Attempts
As tensions flared over disputed territory in the Caucasus region in the summer of 2020, Azerbaijan’s squadron of high-priced Washington lobbyists scrambled to pin the blame on neighboring Armenia and…
Canadian Arrests Highlight Alleged Gang Role in India’s Intelligence Operations
Months after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada accused India’s government of plotting a murder on Canadian soil — plunging diplomatic relations between the two countries to their lowest level…
A Former ‘Bachelor’ Finds Love Off-Camera
Nick Joseph Viall is used to his dating life being on public display. From 2014 to 2017, he appeared in four seasons of the “Bachelor” franchise: two seasons of “The…
Was the Stone Age Actually the Wood Age?
In 1836, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, a Danish antiquarian, brought the first semblance of order to prehistory, suggesting that the early hominids of Europe had gone through three stages of technological…
Chief Counsel at R.N.C. Pushed Out After Two Months on the Job
Charlie Spies, the Republican National Committee’s chief counsel, was pushed out of his new role just two months after taking the job, amid a storm of controversy over conflicts involving…
Opinion | The Three Faces of Don
When I worked at Time magazine in the early ’80s, I bought a frame at the company gift shop that was a mock-up of the Time Man of the Year…
‘Student arrests will be my final college memory’
As graduations begin, three students reflect on a college experience bookended by Covid and now campus protests.
Kentucky Derby: Mystik Dan wins three-horse photo finish by a nose
Mystik Dan edged a three-horse photo finish by a nose to win the 150th Kentucky Derby. The 18-1 shot, ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr, won the thriller in front of…