Sam Bankman-Fried headed to jail after bail revoked
A judge is sending the founder of bankrupt crypto firm FTX to jail while awaiting trial on fraud charges.
O’Shae Sibley: Suspect, 17, pleads not guilty to hate crime
Prosecutors allege the murder of professional dancer O’Shae Sibley was an anti-gay hate crime.
Opinion | Why a Floating Speck of Metal Sent Scientists’ Hearts Racing
The past three weeks have witnessed the dramatic rise and fall of a new candidate for the holy grail of materials science: a superconductor that works at room temperature. On…
Opinion | After the Shock and Grief, Hawaii Will Reinvent Itself Again
Native Hawaiians, once at risk of extinction through exposure to Western diseases, endured a steep population decline. And through a collective act of will, they revived a rich heritage of…
Opinion | Can Britain Boom and Bloom at Once?
“I feel somehow / That it isn’t going to last,” Philip Larkin wrote in “Going, Going,” his lament for the English countryside — that development would soon cover everything green…
Opinion | Where’s the Vicuña Outrage?
WASHINGTON — For a quiet summer Friday, there was quite a cacophony. Donald Trump crashing around. Clarence Thomas cashing in. Hunter Biden spinning out. News about these men rocked the…
Links 8/12/2023 | naked capitalism
Mars Rover Finds Signs of Seasonal Floods ars technica Extreme glacial cooling likely led to hominin depopulation of Europe in the Early Pleistocene Science Bird flu researchers turn to Finland’s…
Australia Outlasts France on Penalties, and a Host Nation Exhales
By the time it was over, the overriding feeling at the Brisbane Stadium was not so much euphoria or ecstasy or relief but dizziness. Not from the heights that Australia…
Ukraine Makes Progress Along 2 Lines of Attack
After months of grueling advances through minefields, small villages and open steppes, Ukrainian forces are making some progress along two major lines of attack, according to analysts, Ukrainian officials and…
As a Taiwanese Presidential Contender Visits U.S., He Tries to Walk a Fine Line
Vice President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan rose to prominence as a pugnacious opponent of Beijing’s claims over the island. But now, as a leading candidate in Taiwan’s presidential race, he…