Donald Trump: Legal experts see uphill battle in fraud case
At another point, a prosecutor questioned him about the size of his Trump Tower penthouse, which the company had claimed was over 30,000sq ft but really took up just over…
Pope Francis fires Texan bishop after criticism of reforms
Joseph Strickland is “relieved” from governance following a Vatican investigation.
Skating on a once-in-a-decade ‘ice window’ in Alaska
Footage taken by an ice rescue instructor and his wife showed them skating on a rare “ice window” in Alaska’s Alpine lakes. Luc Mehl, who is also an outdoor educator,…
Watch: Hawaii’s mysterious ‘Barbie’ pink pond
The Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge in Maui, Hawaii, has seen a recent influx of visitors – but they’re not there to see the wetlands, they’ve come for the bubblegum…
Links 11/12/2023 | naked capitalism
Larger Beaks, Smaller Bodies: Could Climate Change Literally Change Birds? The Nature Conservancy JWST May Have Finally Confirmed How Planets Take Shape Science Alert Desert birds lay larger eggs when…
Under the Cover of Energy Crisis, Europe Shifts Industry, Emissions and Pollution to Balkans | naked capitalism
Much has been made about Germany’s energy policy in recent years. Cutting itself off from cheap, reliable Russian natural gas was a major blow to German industry. The German Greens…
Kelly Johnson Embodies the Hard-Line Views She Shares With the Speaker
As Speaker Mike Johnson likes to tell it, it was love at first sight when he first met Kelly Lary, the sunny, blonde former Kappa Delta who caught his eye…
How Ukraine, With No Warships, Is Thwarting Russia’s Navy
In a small, hidden office in the port city of Odesa, the commander of the Ukrainian Navy keeps two trophies representing successes in the Black Sea. One is the lid…
The Occupied West Bank: Divided by Faith, United by Fear
As Moish Feiglin pulls up to his settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, he points to an eight-foot-tall concrete slab blocking the middle of the road. “That’s new,” he says.…
Her Livelihood? Hunting Pythons in the Dead of Night.
An unexpected chill can fall over the Florida Everglades late at night. Stars speckle the sky. Frogs croak and croak, their mating calls echoing in the air. It is all…