3 ex-officers indicted in death of Black man shocked with stun guns
A Mississippi grand jury has indicted two former police officers on murder charges and another ex-officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of a Black man seen on video…
Gold mining brings hope and ruin to Venezuela
Venezuela is known to have the world’s largest oil reserves, but its soil holds another valuable resource: gold, which offers some of most lucrative jobs at the cost of brutal…
Brian Laundrie’s mother wrote him letter saying she would help ‘dispose of a body’: Reports
The mother of a man who killed his girlfriend on a cross-country trip in an infamous murder case wrote him a letter offering to help him “dispose of a body,”…
Final hearing for Indiana doctor who reported Ohio 10-year-old’s abortion focuses on patient privacy
INDIANAPOLIS — A final disciplinary hearing for an Indianapolis doctor, who spoke publicly about providing abortion care to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio, opened Thursday in front of Indiana’s…
Debt Limit Crisis Looms as First Big Test for New Democratic Leader
“Lot of angst,” said Representative Steve Cohen, Democrat of Tennessee. “We don’t know anything.” Progressives have signaled they are not inclined to support any deal that cuts domestic spending or…
White House and G.O.P. Close In on Deal to Raise Debt Limit and Cut Spending
Top White House officials and Republican lawmakers were closing in Thursday on a deal that would raise the debt limit for two years while imposing strict caps on discretionary spending…
Capturing Carbon With Machines Is a Failure—So Why Are We Subsidizing It? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Predictably, policy-makers prefer the climate change version of wunderwaffen to traditional approaches with less NGO-busying and producer-enriching. And that before getting to the fact that lower tech works…
The Shortcut to Homemade Milk Candy
In India, milk is simmered for hours until only the dense, nutty solids remain. They’re mixed with sugar and spices, like cardamom and saffron, to make burfi, a category of…
Opinion | No Time Like the Present, Senator Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein is giving old age a bad name. Of course, it’s painful to see Feinstein, who’s served in the Senate for more than 30 years, suffering from what commentators…
In Capitols and Courthouses, No End to National Divide Over Gun Policy
Less than a month after 19 children and two teachers died in the elementary school shooting last year in Uvalde, Texas, the U.S. Senate passed the most significant gun control…