At a Manhattan Park With a Troubled History, a Promising Research Site
On a sticky July afternoon, as the sun beat down and the temperature climbed into the high 80s, several dozen people gathered on the banks of a murky pond in…
Revealed: Media Blitz Against Heat Pumps Funded by Gas Lobby Group | naked capitalism
By Phoebe Cooke, senior reporter at DeSmog. She joined the organization in 2020 to investigate forest-based carbon offsets, and now focuses on investigating false solutions to the climate crisis, including…
Women and doctors challenge Texas abortion ban, demand clarity for exceptions
Women and doctors are challenging Texas’ abortion ban, saying it doesn’t properly outline exceptions that allow for life-saving terminations.
Wife of Gilgo Beach murder suspect, Rex Heuermann, files for divorce after he’s charged
The wife of a man charged in the deaths of three women, known as the Gilgo Beach murders in New York, filed for divorce Wednesday, her attorney said. Asa Ellerup,…
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s life of diplomacy
Former U.S. Secretary Henry Kissinger He played a key diplomatic role in the normalization of relations between Washington and Beijing in the 1970s.
‘Something out of a horror movie’: In Milwaukee, Katie Koch faces child neglect charges
The boys will receive an apology from their mother, but it’s unclear if it will be enough or what she could possibly have written in the three-page letter that would…
CT police falsified thousands of reports to the racial profiling database, new report finds
A recent audit shows Connecticut State Police Troopers submitted over 25,000 falsified traffic stop records to the state’s racial profiling database, resulting in a vast overrepresentation of traffic stops involving…
What happens next in the Carlee Russell investigation? Police say they’re still on the case.
There are still many unanswered questions about what happened to Carlee Russell, the 25-year-old who went missing in Alabama for two days after she called 911 to report seeing a…
Northeast floods devastate struggling farmers
When devastating floods swept through the Northeast, farmers were dealt a severe blow at the worst possible time. Plants were too early to harvest, but are now too late to…
16-year-old worker dies at Mar-Jac Poultry factory in Mississippi; federal investigation ongoing
Federal agencies are investigating how a 16-year-old boy was able to work at a Mississippi chicken processing plant where he was killed last week when he became entangled in machinery…