Month: September 2022

US President Joe Biden on Sunday paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth the Second’s “notion of service” and said it had been “an honor” to meet her. (Sept. 18)       

Joan Green was determined to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state, no matter how long she had to wait, or how far she had to travel. (Sept. 18)       

Hurricane Fiona made landfall Sunday in southwestern Puerto Rico, shortly after the entire island lost power as it got battered nearly five years to the day after blockbuster Hurricane Maria ravaged the…

Here’s the latest for Sunday, September 18: World leaders and royals arrive for King’s reception; Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in powerless Puerto Rico; Quake in Taiwan topples buildings; Spanish NGO…

Highlights of this day in history: A pivotal battle in the American Revolution; President James Garfield dies; Bruno Hauptmann is arrested in the Lindbergh baby case; Unabomber’s manifesto published; The…

Chikako Fujii has been living in Tokyo without paying a single penny to public electricity for the past 10 years.       

After a storm-battered western Alaska causing widespread flooding in several communities, officials are assessing the damage Sunday from one of the strongest storms to hit the state in decades. Remnants…

SpaceX on Sunday launched 54 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Bad weather last week scrubbed several launch attempts. (Sept. 18)       

When Allison Baker moved to what she calls “snake heaven,” a home on 2.5 acres just outside of Dallas–Fort Worth, Tex., her greatest fear was a dangerous encounter between her…

A Time Traveler’s Legacy KindredOctavia E. ButlerGift edition. Beacon Press, 2022 ($27.95) Afrofuturism—a global, multimedia genre of art rooted in Black cultures—is often used as a liberating lens through which…