DNA test helps identify sailor from doomed Arctic expedition
A second member of a doomed 1845 expedition through the Canadian Arctic has been identified by researchers using a DNA sample from a living descendant. The bones recovered from a…
Drone captures rescue of girl, 10, who sleepwalked into woods
Two weeks ago, 10-year-old Peyton Saintignan disappeared from her home in the US village of Dubberly, Louisiana, after sleepwalking into the woods. Police and hundreds of volunteers joined a search-and-rescue…
Links 9/25/2024 | naked capitalism
Dear patient readers, Apologies for the lack of original posts. One we expected to come in didn’t and finding a replacement chewed into time to draft one of our own.…
Who Holds All These US Treasuries? Update on the Investors in the Ballooning US National Debt in Q2 | naked capitalism
Yves here. Yours truly hates to sound like a broken record, but the de-dollarization enthusiasts are way ahead of the state of play and near-term prospects. Yes, dollar primacy is…
How Cities Run Dry | naked capitalism
Yves here. Yours truly has been under-reporting in Links the number and severity of bad climate change effect stories, since if I did merely a pretty good job, they would…
What Is a “Fair” Drug Price? | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post provides a tidy kneecapping of big Pharma whinging about being subjected to price restrictions. The even shorter version of what follows is that drug prices and…
Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date September 13, 2024
NEW YORK , Sept. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At the end of the settlement date of September 13, 2024 , short interest in 3,057 Nasdaq Global Market SM securities…
Big Ag’s Road to Brazil | naked capitalism
By Rachel Sherrington, an investigative researcher and reporter based in Brussels, and Hazel Healy, DeSmog’s UK Editor. Originally published at DeSmog. This week, as business and government leaders, investors and…
After Just a Week, the N.Y.P.D. Commissioner Faces a Crisis of His Own
Thomas G. Donlon, brought in to bring stability to the Police Department when his predecessor resigned, had his homes searched by federal agents.
Rare Police Killing of Asian American Woman Has Rattled Her Community
Victoria Lee, a young Korean American woman, was fatally shot by a police officer during a mental health emergency. The event has sent shock waves through Fort Lee, N.J.