D-Day’s Historic Beaches Face a New Onslaught: Rising Seas
POINTE DU HOC, France — Even filled with grass and wildflowers, the craters remain so deep and wide that you can still sense the blasts of bombs that carved them…
Make Way for the Bike Bus
On a recent Wednesday morning in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, parents and children met up in McCarren Park with all manner of wheels: electric cargo bikes, scooters, tricycles, classic cruisers. By 7:30…
A Reporter Investigated Sexual Misconduct. Then the Attacks Began.
One drizzly Saturday in May last year, a slender man in a blue raincoat approached a house in the Boston suburb of Melrose. It was just before 6 a.m., and…
Roadblocks and Red Tape: New York’s Cannabis Effort at a Crossroads
When New York State began laying the groundwork for its recreational cannabis industry last year, officials cast atoning for the harm done by the war on drugs as a cornerstone…
Saying That Students Embrace Censorship on College Campuses Is Incorrect | naked capitalism
Yves here. I very much welcome reader perspectives on this topic, since I don’t have any contact with campus life. The problem I have with this sunny tale about forums…
Frantic call helps untangle mystery of Rohingya boat
A boat carrying 180 Rohingya refugees set out from Bangladesh on December 1. One week later, the boat vanished. The Associated Press reconstructed the journey based on interviews, videos, and…
Two people shot near Los Angeles taco truck, latest in series of incidents at city’s food trucks
The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating after two people were shot early Monday morning near a taco truck, the sixth incident in a week and a half involving food…
Here’s what a Las Vegas shooting memorial could look like: Officials release 3D models
Nearly six years after a shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip that left 60 people dead, county officials have revealed what a memorial at the…
Carbon dioxide soars to a new record in Earth’s atmosphere as climate change continues unabated
The beat goes on. Levels of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere reached another record high last month, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Scripps Institution of…
Colby Richards disappeared from his home near Houston. He was found safe days later.
A 31-year-old Texas man who vanished at the end of May and sparked a nationwide search was found safe last week, according to law enforcement. Colby Richards had last been…