Paula Abdul sues Nigel Lythgoe over alleged sexual assault
The court filing states that Ms Abdul has remained silent for years due to “fear of speaking out against one of the most well-known producers of television competition shows who…
Predictions from the Past
2024 is shaping up to be a big year. Countries home to more than half the world’s population — the highest share ever — are set to hold national elections…
Links 12/31/2023 | naked capitalism
Happy New Year to you, dear readers! –lambert Study: Albatrosses May Use Ultra-Low-Frequency Hearing to Navigate Maritime Executive How Geopolitics Might Crash a 2024 Soft Landing Bloomberg The How and…
Book Review: Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Earthly Sounds | naked capitalism
By Dan Falk, a science journalist based in Toronto and a senior contributor to Undark. Originally published at Undark. Did you know that sperm whales make sounds using “lips” located…
U.S. Helicopters Sink 3 Houthi Boats in Red Sea, Pentagon Says
American military helicopters came under fire from Iranian-backed Houthi fighters in the Red Sea on Sunday morning and shot back, sinking three Houthi boats and killing those aboard, U.S. Central…
Can He Condemn the Killings Without Causing More Pain?
He had spent his entire career attending to the horrors of terrorism and war, and now Chris George, 70, believed it was his responsibility to act again. He sat at…
Cats Filled the Prison. Then the Inmates Fell in Love.
Some say they were first brought in to take out the rats. Others contend they wandered in on their own. What everyone can agree on — including those who have…
Biden Lies Low in St. Croix During Holiday Week
As wars rage in Gaza and Ukraine, migrants stream illegally into the United States in record numbers and an intense 2024 campaign season looms, President Biden is lying low. Here…
He Killed His Molester as a Teenager. Should He Be Spared Deportation?
Marco Flores was months away from finishing his prison sentence when an immigration agent showed up last spring at the maximum-security Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, west of Boston, and handed him…
At These Schools, Arab and Jewish Students Share Their Feelings, With Each Other
In a classroom decorated with Hebrew and Arabic letters, a group of third graders — their eyes closed, their hands placed facing up on their laps — took a deep…