Reading archive 2021-03-02

‘Reading the story today makes me cringe’: Female stars and the media machine of the early 2000s

Donors gave a House candidate more than $8 million. A single firm took nearly half of it.

Pangolins are elusive, nocturnal and threatened by illegal trading. A nonprofit in Vietnam seeks to save the scaly mammals.

Bicyclist killed after being struck by hospital shuttle bus in Northeast Washington, police say

Lightning Strikes Twice: Another Lost Jacob Lawrence Surfaces: Its owner, a nurse living on the Upper West Side, flagged a worker at the Metropolitan Museum’s information desk. “Listen, nobody calls me back. I have this painting. Who do I need to talk to?”

Major Evangelical Adoption Agency Will Now Serve Gay Parents Nationwide: The decision comes as more cities and states require organizations to accept applications from L.G.B.T.Q. couples or risk losing government contracts.

A mom reported her 6-year-old missing. She’d actually run him over and thrown him in a river, police said.

The making of Madison Cawthorn: How falsehoods helped propel the career of a new pro-Trump star of the far right: Cawthorn has emerged as one of the most visible figures among newly arrived House Republicans, who have promoted baseless assertions and pushed a radicalized ideology that has become a driving force in the GOP [ed. note: dude lies about everything]

‘Nobody came, nobody helped’: Fears of anti-Asian violence rattle the community