Reading archive 2024-04-01

Wait, does America suddenly have a record number of bees? - "But this may not be good news for bees in general. 

"'It is absolutely not a good thing for native pollinators,' said Eliza Grames, an entomologist at Binghamton University, who noted that domesticated honeybees are a threat to North America’s 4,000 native bees, about 40 percent of which are vulnerable to extinction."

Should I take a multivitamin? Here’s what the science says.: There’s some encouraging data on the benefits of multivitamins for healthy adults. But the supplement isn’t a cure-all.

Researchers Develop Self-Pollinating Almond With a Gold Mine of Tasty Traits

Opinion  What we have learned about the Supreme Court’s right-wingers

How Republicans texted and emailed their way into a money problem: Small-dollar donations to Trump and the GOP are way down since 2019 and 2020. But the former president’s team says they see a turnaround.

Democrats spar over registration as worries over young and minority voters grow: The rise in Trump support among nonregistered voters has run up against a long-held Democratic policy priority of growing the voter rolls

Conservatives shell long-standing White House Easter egg contest: Conservative outlets zeroed in on a flyer banning religious themes from an Easter egg decorating contest, though the policy has been in place for decades, according to the White House. - "'The American Egg Board flyer’s standard non-discrimination language requesting artwork has been used for the last 45 years, across all Dem & Republican Admins—for all WH Easter Egg Rolls —incl previous Administration’s,' the first lady's communications director, Elizabeth Alexander, said in a post on X."

Trump’s Truth Social stock plunges as 2023 loss put at $58 million: The new figures highlight the huge gap between Trump Media’s hyped market debut and his social network’s revenue.

Cellphone video shows girls fatally beating man in Northwest D.C.: D.C. prosecutor played cellphone video she said showed group of five girls stomping 64-year-old Reggie Brown’s head into the pavement

How Bowser played the long game to keep Capitals, Wizards in D.C.

School absenteeism rates in D.C. are alarmingly high. What’s the city doing about it?