Reading archive 2023-08-09

There’s an order to decorating a space. Designers share their 9 steps.: It can be tough to know where to start when putting together a room. Here’s the chronological plan that professionals recommend.

An architect of Fox’s success picks a new target: Fox: Preston Padden, who once worked for Rupert Murdoch, argues that Fox News ‘undermined our democracy’

She invited four people over for lunch. A week later, three were dead.

The delicate art of selling safety in a paranoid America

Metro skipped lessons, certified unprepared train operator, report says: The revelations were included in a report from a regulatory agency that highlighted missteps after Metro has spent the past year overcoming obstacles - "The most recent training issue came to light Feb. 9, when a train operator who became certified one month earlier moved a train against the flow of rail traffic while smoke was being investigated. He took the action without permission from Metro’s Rail Operations Control Center or the use of a protection system that prevents collisions, according to the findings of a commission investigation presented Tuesday."