Reading archive 2024-07-11

Butterflies at wedding moved bride to tears. Soon strangers were weeping too.: “It was just the craziest thing to watch,” said photographer Brit Perkins. “I’ve never seen anything like that.”

Kenyan police begin patrols, but Haiti’s gangs are unperturbed: Haitians are growing frustrated at the lack of action or an apparent plan to take on the heavily armed criminals.

Inflation eased further in June, helping cement path to rate cuts: Fed watchers increasingly think a first cut could come in September -- as long as the data continues to cooperate.

Is a hazy 2-point shift enough to warrant dumping Biden?: Baked-in views and incremental shifts add to uncertainty about November — and give the president cover.

Most Democrats want Biden to drop out, but overall race is static, poll finds: More than half of Democrats say Biden should end his candidacy. Overall, 2 in 3 adults say the president should step aside, including more than 7 in 10 independents.

From burn scar to wetland: After wildfires destroyed Lahaina, the battle to restore an ancient ecosystem will shape the town’s future.

Outrage in China after reports of fuel tankers transporting cooking oil: Multiple investigations are underway after revelations that tanker trucks used for carrying chemicals and waste then carried edible oil — without being cleaned.

Reading archive 2021-07-07

Grain Valley family mourning after 45-year-old mother dies from Delta variant

A Dutch journalist exposed the mob and defied death threats. Now he’s been shot in the head.

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at his home by unidentified gunmen

Trump told chief of staff Hitler ‘did a lot of good things’, book says

From corporate America to conspiracy theory promotion: How a Minnesota man made a career out of anonymously amplifying dark plots

Des Moines faces extreme measures to find clean water - "Iowa is a national leader in producing corn, soybeans, eggs and pork, and all that agricultural bounty results in enormous amounts of chemical fertilizer and animal waste pouring into waterways. The state's 23 million pigs produce waste that would be the equivalent of 83 million people — more than 25 times the state’s human population, according to University of Iowa research engineer Chris Jones."

Reading archive 2016-08-10

Cupping - Olympic Pseudoscience

Trump’s Ambiguous Wink Wink to ‘Second Amendment People’

Junot Diaz and Edwidge Danticat jointly speak out against Dominican Republic refugee crisis

NBC Has Spoiled the Olympics

Trump’s “Second Amendment People” Joke Was Targeting Gun Owners, Too

Secret Service spoke to Trump campaign about 2nd Amendment comment

‘A terribly devastating event’: Black man killed by SWAT team was innocent, officials say

Woman, 73, fatally shot by Florida officer role-playing as ‘bad guy’ during citizen police academy

A white homeowner called 911 to report ‘hoodlums’ outside. Then he fatally shot a black man.

These cops are tired of white people getting freaked out by their black neighbors

TRUMP: A TRUE STORY

Trump's Second Amendment Comment Cannot Be Excused