In Alaska, the Rare Thrill of ‘Wild’ Ice Skating
I’d been waiting for months when I finally got the call from Alaska last March: Wild ice was on. A roughly two-week high-pressure window of cold and clear weather had…
Student arrested after two killed in Colorado dorm
Police say the victims, who were found shot dead at a Colorado Springs university, knew the suspect.
Huge water leak shoots into air on Texas street
Police in Texas have released dramatic footage of a water leak shooting into the air with such force it towers above trees. The road was closed on Sunday in the…
Divers find body of missing 11-year-old Texas girl
Police plan to charge a 42-year-old man with murder for Audrii Cunningham’s death.
Handwritten Hotel California lyrics at heart of trial
New York prosecutors have accused three men of conspiring to sell stolen drafts of the hit song.
Why Black Democrats Are Unlikely to Aid Haley in South Carolina
It appeared to be Nikki Haley’s most diverse audience yet. More than two dozen people in a crowd of about 150, gathered this month at an outdoor space in Gilbert,…
‘Hotel California’ Trial Centers on Handwritten Eagles Lyrics
In the late 1970s, a writer working on a book about the Eagles that would never be published obtained 100-odd pages of notes and lyrics related to the multiplatinum album…
Alabama Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children, Raising Questions About Fertility Care
An Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos in test tubes should be considered children has sent shock waves through the world of reproductive medicine, casting doubt over fertility care…
Why the United States Needs NATO – 3 Things to Know | naked capitalism
Yves here. I thought readers might enjoy a bit of sport to mix up their informational diet a bit. Behold this piece on the virtues of NATO from the US…
Two police and a medic killed in Minnesota shooting
A lengthy standoff at a family home leaves three first responders dead – as well as the attacker.