Minor Characters Emerge to Play Key Roles in Trump Documents Case
In the early 2000s, Carlos De Oliveira was a valet and handyman at Mar-a-Lago, parking cars and doing odd jobs at Donald J. Trump’s private club and residence in Florida…
Homeless Camps Are Being Cleared in California. What Happens Next?
John Janosko recently moved into a tiny cabin in Oakland, Calif., after the city and the state shut down the sprawling homeless encampment where he had resided for most of…
Madonna feels ‘lucky to be alive’ after health scare
The 64-year-old spent several days in intensive care while receiving treatment for an infection.
Husband plants surprise sunflower field as golden wedding gift
A farmer in the US has planted a massive field of sunflowers as a surprise gift for his wife. Lee Wilson told local media in Kansas that he planted 1.2…
Canada wildfire: Firefighter dies tackling British Columbia blaze
An evacuation order is in place for towns near the US border as fires there swirl out of control.
Links 7/31/2023 | naked capitalism
Banished to a Remote Idaho Valley, Beavers Created a Lush Wetland YaleEnvironment360. For “ecological engineers,” see here, here, here, and here. Trucking Giant Yellow Shuts Down Operations WSJ NTSB: ‘Poor…
An Enemy in Mexico
Mexico has been one of America’s closest allies for years under both Democratic and Republican administrations, even Donald Trump’s. That may be changing. Republican officials and voters have not only…
China Is Trying to Make Its Gloomy Consumers Spend More
Chinese drivers who trade in older cars for newer models will be eligible for subsidies, as will rural households that buy insulation and other home renovation materials to improve energy…
Going on a Big Energy Diet: Will the Status of Women Be a Casualty? | naked capitalism
Warning: this post is speculative, since no one yet seems to have thought much about the headline issue. But having come of age in the US at the time when…
A New Era of Soccer Moms Navigates a Rapidly Changing Game
When Iceland’s Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir took maternity leave from her French team, Olympique Lyonnais, in 2021, the team refused to pay her full salary. So with the help of FIFPro,…