Mike Pence tears into Donald Trump at 2024 campaign launch
Donald Trump’s two-time running mate offers his most forceful repudiation of his ex-boss to date.
Scott Johnson: Gay US student’s killer jailed for 1988 manslaughter
Scott Johnson’s body was found at the base of cliffs amid a spate of attacks on gay men.
La Guardia and Newark flight delays over Canada wildfire smoke
US officials warn travellers to and from New York City to expect delays as visibility plunges.
Affirmative action: Why this teen says he was rejected by top US colleges
“I would say, so what? When I got into these organisations, I performed, I competed at a very high level in undergrad. I graduated top 10% of my class,” he…
US doctors forced to ration as cancer drug shortages hit nationwide
The low cost of generic front-line cancer drugs has actually played a role in recurrent chemotherapy drug shortages, experts say. While the medications are cheap to manufacture, pharmaceutical companies are…
Links 6/8/2023 | naked capitalism
The big idea: Are cats really domesticated? Guardian Scientists find crocodile ‘virgin birth’ at Costa Rica zoo Reuters “Someone always knows”: Well, this is unusual. On June 5th, someone opened…
Wildfire Smoke Envelops the U.S.
Residents of the western U.S. and Canada have become grimly accustomed to smoke-clogged air from wildfires during the summer months. This week, the problem has spread to the Midwest and…
Several People, Including Children, Are Stabbed in an Attack in France
A knife-wielding man stabbed several people, including children, at a park in southeastern France on Thursday, the authorities said, in an attack that President Emmanuel Macron called “absolutely cowardly.” “Children…
Hey, Alexa, What Should Students Learn About A.I.?
Rohit Prasad, a senior Amazon executive, had an urgent message for ninth and 10th graders at Dearborn STEM Academy, a public school in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. He had come to…
Record Pollution and Heat Herald a Season of Climate Extremes
It’s not officially summer yet in the Northern Hemisphere. But the extremes are already here. Fires are burning across the breadth of Canada, blanketing parts of the eastern United States…