Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Reading archive 2024-05-13

We reported for months on changes sweeping Russia. Here’s what we found.: “Russia, Remastered” reveals how Vladimir Putin is harnessing the war in Ukraine to transform his own country and fulfill his vision of a restored superpower.

Under Putin, a militarized new Russia rises to challenge U.S. and the West

Opinion  Wake up, Mr. Seinfeld. Mean-spirited humor isn’t cool anymore.: Some of what was once funny is now in poor taste. Jerry Seinfeld should understand that.

Joel Embiid and the Burden of Dominance Where does yet another early playoff exit leave the Philadelphia 76ers’ star big man?

Stormy Daniels’s voluble specificity: Daniels’s testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial didn’t drift into the weeds. It expanded into a wide-open field where Trump was wholly exposed.

Switzerland wins politically charged 2024 Eurovision Song Contest: Singer Nemo is the first nonbinary person to win Eurovision. This year’s contest was dominated by political tensions over Israel’s participation.

Opinion  Cannon plays ‘catch and kill’ with the Trump classified documents case

Bishop vanished. His species can still be saved. - "To cut down on entanglements, engineers have made remote-controlled fishing gear that doesn’t require any rope. But deploying that 'ropeless' gear is proving to be a bigger challenge than developing it. Lobster harvesters don’t want to pay for expensive equipment with which they are less familiar. 

"A bipartisan group of Maine lawmakers recently inserted a provision in a federal funding bill making it harder for regulators to issue any new rope regulations until 2029."

In top races, Republicans try to stay quiet on Trump’s false 2020 claims: Unlike in 2022, many GOP candidates running in tight races are choosing to steer away from one of the former president’s favorite talking points.

A mystery illness stole their kids’ personalities. These moms fought for answers.: Their children’s decline was precipitous and dramatic, with patients losing function in days or weeks, including the ability to talk, move or take care of themselves.

Biden and oil companies like this climate tech. Many Americans do not.: Carbon dioxide pipelines and underground injection can cut greenhouse gas, but community opposition is fierce.

Malaysia’s appetite for oil and gas puts it on collision course with China: As reserves closer to shore run dry, Malaysia is venturing farther into disputed waters of the South China Sea claimed and patrolled by China.

Pete Buttigieg’s view from the middle seat: The transportation secretary sees an airline industry that isn’t doing enough for passengers.

Opinion  Time is up for neoliberals Democracy requires a new, progressive capitalism.

It’s always sunny at Mar-a-Lago: In Trump’s happy place, he gets to do what he wants, his public approval is through the roof and nobody is out to get him.

Deaf baby hears for the first time after ‘groundbreaking’ gene therapy trial: Opal Sandy, an 18-month-old from England, is the youngest child to come close to “normal hearing levels” in a gene therapy trial to aid her genetic deafness.


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