Cool Water and a Slow Pace on Florida’s ‘Spring Runs’
“That sounds like a baby gator. Did you hear it?” We stopped paddling and listened. Leaves rustled, there was the splash of a turtle sliding into water, and then “pew,…
Opinion | Where Is the Evidence, Speaker McCarthy?
There is a certain pattern to modern impeachment inquiries. They typically begin after the discovery of blatantly incriminating evidence. In 1998 the House of Representatives began its impeachment inquiry only…
An Israeli TV Channel for Netanyahu Fans Rapidly Gains Influence
Israel’s military command? Part of a liberal-left “deep state.” The country’s judiciary? Mafioso. And the thousands of Israelis protesting a polarizing judicial overhaul plan introduced by the far-right government? Privileged,…
Dozens Feared Dead in Vietnam Apartment Block Fire
Dozens of people were feared dead after a fire broke out late Tuesday at a nine-story apartment tower in Hanoi, Vietnam, potentially making it one of the country’s deadliest blazes…
Germany’s Oldest Hops Thrived for Centuries. Then Came Climate Change.
Generations of farmers in the sun-lashed green hills of Spalt have proudly tended to their hops plants, used for brewing beer, since the Middle Ages. Asked what makes the native…
Pennsylvania Fugitive Has Been Trained for Survival, His Mother Says
Danelo Cavalcante, the Pennsylvania prison escapee, has now been roaming wooded areas and small suburban towns for nearly two weeks, presumably with no shelter and little to eat or drink,…
Morocco’s Quake Zone Now Fears for Its Livelihood, Too
Before the tourists came to marvel at the valley cradled in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, with its arid red slopes splashed with lush green and its deep-blue lake, the only living…
From ‘Data Dumping’ to ‘Webbing’: How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sells Misleading Ideas
“The C.D.C.’s official position is that one in a million people get injured by vaccines. “And yet, when H.H.S. actually looked at that issue in 2010, they went out and…
Modi Wants to Make India a Chip-Making Superpower. Can He?
In his office in New Delhi, Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Indian minister of electronics and information technology, keeps a 12-inch disc of silicon semiconductor on the wall, gleaming like a platinum…
A Decongestant in Many Cold Medicines Is Ineffective
But you still may want to look for alternatives. “Me, personally, I wouldn’t want myself or my kid to take anything that’s unnecessary and that’s demonstrated ineffective,” said Jennifer Le,…