Manhunt for ‘survivalist’ murder suspect after jail break
Michael Burnham, said to be dangerous and have “survivalist skills”, escaped by climbing on exercise equipment.
Opinion | In Ukraine, Amputees Are Ready to Give More
LVIV, Ukraine — The Superhumans Center is full of war amputees learning to walk on artificial limbs or smoking cigarettes clutched in prosthetic fingers. Yet this philanthropically supported hospital for…
Opinion | Life Under the Heat Dome, a Glimpse of the Future
In 2019, I happened to be visiting Phoenix on a 115-degree day. I had a meeting one afternoon about 10 blocks from the hotel where I was staying downtown. I…
Opinion | Has the Supreme Court Gone Overboard in How It Favors Religion?
This term, the Supreme Court decided two cases involving religion: Groff v. DeJoy was a relatively low-profile case about religious accommodations at work; 303 Creative v. Elenis was a blockbuster…
Opinion | It’s Seven Grandkids, Mr. President
WASHINGTON — Even my Republican sister is not immune to Joe Biden’s gregarious Irish charm. She met him at media holiday parties over the years and was so impressed that…
Links 7/8/2023 | naked capitalism
Some hummingbirds are flower robbers. Here’s how to spot them Science The Simple Mistake That Almost Triggered a Recession The Atlantic. The deck: “Leading economists said we’d need higher unemployment…
On Ukraine War’s 500th Day, Zelensky Shows Defiance and Russia Strikes
Russian forces launched a deadly strike on a city in eastern Ukraine on Saturday morning as President Volodymyr Zelensky marked the 500th day of the war with a show of…
The Mango Is King of the Miami Summer
Those who sweat and suffer through June and July in South Florida are rewarded with mangoes blushing from trees in yards, streets and strip malls. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring…
The End of the Magic World’s 50-Year Grudge
In 1973, a young man named Uri Geller appeared on one of the BBC’s most popular television shows, “The Dimbleby Talk-In,” and announced that the laws of Newtonian physics did…
This Ballerina Has a Mission: ‘Being as Human as Possible’
There was a point, during Cassandra Trenary’s debut as Juliet last summer at American Ballet Theater, when it became easy to forget that she was performing the role at all.…