The Biden administration starts to unwind Trump’s border legacy

Administration officials are touting an end to an era of crude nationalism and a more sober approach to border security.

ampproject.org

People fleeing Hurricane Irma face gas shortages

Gas shortage in Florida is making it even harder for people trying to get out of Hurricane Irma's path. Some people are waiting an hour or more before they even reach the pumps. David Begnaud...

cbsnews.com

Taste Delivers Michelin-Star Dishes Right To Your Doorstep

It can be inconvenient and time-consuming to schedule and sit down for a meal at a high-end restaurant. Daryl Sew and Jeff Chen created Taste, an online marketplace where you can select meals from...

forbes.com

Gridlock as Floridians evacuate, but some prepare to ride out Irma

Hurricane Irma is expected to reach Florida Sunday. Nearly every major city in the state is a potential target. About 1.4 million people live in Florida's mandatory evacuation areas, and the...

cbsnews.com

GM sees 2021 adj. EPS $4.50-$5.25; FactSet consensus $5.29

This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this...

marketwatch.com

Goldman Sachs Wants Its Bankers Back at the Office

Goldman Sachs is the latest to call an end to remote work.

nytimes.com

General Motors earnings are out

Aside from earnings, Wall Street is also looking for updates on the ongoing global shortage of semiconductor chips and its electric and autonomous vehicles.

cnbc.com

I Flew Almost 2,000 Miles to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine

No vaccines should be wasted and oversupply should be used beyond U.S. borders because after all, the pandemic goes beyond personal choice and frontiers.

newsweek.com

April Underwood’s Local Marketplace Startup Raises $21 Million Series A

The company helps bring local merchants online and takes care of the back-end logistics.

forbes.com

"Grievance proceedings are typically confidential, but we know the allegations against Lin Wood...

twitter.com

16 Unusual Things That Made Us Go, “I Don’t Know Why but I Definitely Need That”

Today, you can buy almost anything: shoes in any design you like, plates with cats on them — anything. But sometimes, we come across such cool things that they change our entire understanding...

brightside.me

Government and central bank intervention have created a new housing bubble

Today's mortgage market is much more regulated and has much stronger fundamentals than during the housing bubble of the mid-aughts, but it's not a story that's as simple as rising demand and low...

axios.com

'The Irregulars' Canceled: Why Netflix Did Not Renew the Show for Season 2

"The Irregulars" has become the latest Netflix show to end after just one season, with the Sherlock Holmes spinoff getting canceled just over a month after it was released.

newsweek.com

Go read this report on how law enforcement can extract sensitive data from your car

A new report from The Intercept has shed light on a worrying new technology that lets law enforcement agencies extract personal data from people’s cars. It reports that US Customs and Border...

theverge.com

Dale Earnhardt Jr. returning to racing in 9/11 tribute car

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will drive in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Richmond Raceway on September 11 in a car that pays tribute to those lost and the first responders of the day and today.

foxnews.com

Five Guys has opened its first ghost kitchen, which only cooks food for delivery, as digital...

Summary List PlacementFive Guys has opened its first ghost kitchen in the United States, which doesn't have a dining room and just cooks food for delivery. Diners can only get food from the...

businessinsider.com

Pecan.ai, which offers a no-code platform to create AI-based predictive algorithms, raises $35M...

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Pecan.ai, which offers a no-code platform to create AI-based predictive algorithms, raises $35M Series B led by GGV Capital, bringing its total raised to $50M+  —  Join...

techmeme.com

U.S. Birth Rate Falls To Lowest Point In More Than A Century

The rate dropped for moms of every major race and ethnicity, and in nearly age group. The pandemic no doubt contributed to last year’s big decline, experts say.

huffpost.com

AMC Entertainment bounces 1.4% premarket, after tumbling 18.3% amid 6-day loss streak

This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this...

marketwatch.com

Pepco and Poundland chains target multibillion valuation in IPO

South African conglomerate is listing its Pepco business in Warsaw in effort to cut debts

ft.com

3 Ways a Roth IRA Is Icing on the Retirement Cake

Adding a Roth IRA to your retirement plan could lead to some sweet financial rewards.

fool.com

Switzerland arrests 12 people for speeding around Zurich at nearly 300 km/h

Prosecutors say the group had held "various illegal races" and reached speeds of up to 200 km/h near built-up areas.

euronews.com

3 Reasons Why Splunk Is a Buy

The data company's stock price is hovering around a 52-week low. Find out if it's worth buying.

fool.com

National weather forecast: Destructive storms to finally exit East Coast

After many days of severe storms -- including dozens of reports of tornadoes across the U.S -- the cold front associated with the destructive weather will finally exit the East Coast on Wednesday night.

foxnews.com

The New York Times Tops 7.8 Million Subscribers as Growth Slows

The publisher added 301,000 digital subscribers for the first quarter, the slowest gain in over a year. Profits jumped, beating Wall Street expectations.

nytimes.com

The Morning After: Disney reveals a better kind of lightsaber

Today’s headlines: Apple hires former Google AI scientist who left after ethics turmoil, Google leaks its own 'Pixel Buds A-Series' with new fast pairing tech, Donald Trump is back on social media, almost.

engadget.com

Bulgaria to hold July election after coalition talks fail

Bulgaria is likely to hold another election on July 11 after the largest three parties in parliament gave up on trying to form a government

go.com

Digital pretenders to the dollar’s throne

Are claims e-money could topple the greenback and dominate world trade accurate?

ft.com

'Oddball supernova' reveals star's death throes before exploding

Stars experience very violent lives that usually end in dazzling explosions, and scientists have tried for years to determine what happens to massive stars just before this bombastic finale.

cnn.com

An aircraft crashed into a home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, killing 4 people

Summary List PlacementAn aircraft crashed into a home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on Tuesday night and killed four people, police said. Hattiesburg Police Department said on Wednesday that "a...

businessinsider.com

Trump-era policy Biden administration uses to expel migrants faces uncertain future

President Joe Biden came into office pledging to reverse a slew of Trump-era policies that had restricted immigration to the United States. But for months, Biden officials have relied on an...

cnn.com

Dogecoin is surging another 20% and is now approaching 70 cents per coin

This week's surge comes ahead of Tesla CEO Elon Musk's planned appearance on NBC"s "Saturday Night Live."

cnbc.com

Exclusive: Workers in Factory That Makes Kate Hudson’s Fabletics Activewear Allege Rampant...

The company publicly promotes social justice causes, but a TIME-Fuller Project investigation reveals horrific working conditions in its factory.

time.com

200 years of US coverage: how the Guardian found its feet stateside

After a patchy start, the Guardian has gone on to become a trusted news source for millions of AmericansWhen George W Bush launched an illegal invasion of Iraq in a vain search for weapons of mass...

theguardian.com

Funnel Cake and Fried Ice Cream Recipe

Warm spices and a sweet, crunchy cereal-cookie mixture encase silky vanilla ice cream, perfectly paired with the notorious fried dough carnival cake, plus a homemade hot fudge sauce.

vice.com

What Workism Is Doing to Parents

For thousands of years, people have understood the pervasive hold that work has on our lives. The author of the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes argued that toil and labor are “meaningless.” The...

theatlantic.com

What to Wear to Reenter Society

This article was published online on May 5, 2021.On a Friday afternoon in early March, I felt an urge I hadn’t experienced in more than a year: I wanted to buy new clothes. Outside clothes....

theatlantic.com

It’s Already Time to Stop the Next Pandemic. Can a Prize Help?

Covid-19 is still raging, but so are efforts to nip its successor in the bud—thanks to data sharing, political cooperation, or a multimillion-dollar challenge.

wired.com

Forget To-Do Lists. You Really Need a 'Got Done' List

Most digital productivity tools focus on what you have yet to do, but never celebrate what you've accomplished.

wired.com

Higher Taxes Won't Squash the Biden Boom

A lot has yet to be worked out, but spending, tax and infrastructure plans are likely to boost U.S. economic growth.

wsj.com

Banks Tighten Credit Lines in Archegos Aftermath

Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley are among firms reviewing their businesses that offer financing to hedge funds and family offices for potential vulnerabilities.

wsj.com

The NHL's Lack of Discipline Against the Capitals' Tom Wilson Is Baffling

Tom Wilson went too far. The NHL did not go far enough. Wilson, the 27-year-old Washington Capitals forward has always been a lightning rod for controversy as one of the league’s most...

bleacherreport.com

Lawyer: Iran diplomat will not appeal bomb plot conviction

A defense lawyer says an Iranian diplomat convicted of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France has decided against appealing the verdict

go.com

From Scottish independence to London's mayor, why the UK's local elections matter

Sturgeon has made her key election pledge the future of Scotland in the European Union, hoping that an independent Scottish state could rejoin the bloc after the UK left earlier this year. She has...

euronews.com

No. 2 House Republican backs Elise Stefanik to replace Liz Cheney in leadership

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) is openly supporting Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to replace Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as House Republican conference chair, according to a statement...

axios.com

Reckless Rush to Reopen Threatens Chile's Exemplary Vaccination Strategy

People wait for their turn to be vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at the Medalla Milagrosa Church in Valparaíso, Chile, on April 6, 2021.

scientificamerican.com

Will LeBron James' Extended Absence Help or Hurt Lakers in Playoffs?

For the better part of the past 20 years, LeBron James has had to battle his way through 82-game regular seasons only to embark on playoff runs that traditionally lasted an additional two months...

bleacherreport.com

Covid in Varanasi, India: Anger rises as coronavirus rages in Narendra Modi's constituency. The...

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bbc.com

Global hunger highest in years..

yahoo.com

Channing Tatum Said He Needs To "Get Better At Acting" So He Doesn't Have To Be Naked In Every...

"At some point I have to get better at acting so I don't have to be naked."

buzzfeednews.com

Adidas' latest 3D-printed soles flex to push you forward

Adidas has unveiled the 4DFWD, the latest model from its high-tech running division, created in partnership with the 3D printing company Carbon.

engadget.com

Steven Soderbergh: Oscars ending changed in case Chadwick Boseman won

The producer of this year’s ceremony has defended finishing with best actor rather than best film, leading to anticlimax after Anthony Hopkins triumphedSteven Soderbergh, the film-maker who...

theguardian.com

Channing Tatum Opened Up About Working Out For Movies And Joked He Needs To "Get Better At...

"At some point I have to get better at acting so I don't have to be naked."

buzzfeednews.com

US vaccination rates have been falling as the supply has increased

US vaccination rates have been falling as the supply has increased  CNN States Are Lifting Covid Restrictions Earlier As More Americans Get Vaccinated | NBC News NOW  NBC NewsBiden sets goal of at...

cnn.com

Could Elon Musk's SNL Hosting Tank Dogecoin Price With Profit-Booking?

Could Elon Musk's SNL Hosting Tank Dogecoin Price With Profit-Booking?  BenzingaWhy Elon Musk Likes Dogecoin  Yahoo FinanceAmid Ethereum, Dogecoin surge, Robinhood craps out  Fox BusinessDogecoin...

benzinga.com

Could Elon Musk's SNL Hosting Tank Dogecoin Price With Profit-Booking?

Could Elon Musk's SNL Hosting Tank Dogecoin Price With Profit-Booking?  BenzingaWhy Elon Musk Likes Dogecoin  Yahoo FinanceAmid Ethereum, Dogecoin surge, Robinhood craps out  Fox BusinessDogecoin...

benzinga.com

Tesla Car Hacked Remotely from Drone via Zero-Click Exploit

securityweek.com

Show HN: Split-Grid Generator

js.org

"Lied to the American public": Rachel Maddow reveals how Donald Trump and Bill Barr just got caught

"Here's a judge saying, you know, [Barr] in this job lied to me, lied to the court and lied to the American public"

salon.com

Do mRNA vaccines affect my DNA?

In this week's Pandemic Problems column, a reader asks how to explain mRNA vaccines to a worried family member

salon.com

They keep their door wide open. 🎶 Because it's meth they're toking. 🎶 The diapered kid makes his...

fark.com

Claire Foy to Lead BritBox U.K. Thriller ‘Marlow’

“The Crown” star Claire Foy is set to lead a new thriller from streamer BritBox U.K. Eight-part thriller “Marlow,” from Motive Pictures and Endeavor Content, centers on feuding families the...

variety.com

Romain Grosjean: ‘I can play with my kids, I can cuddle them and I can drive a racing car’

F1 driver Romain Grosjean, who made a remarkable escape from a flaming car last year, speaks to the BBC.

bbc.co.uk

The Covid Olympics

Japan’s attempt to hold an Olympics in a pandemic is a test of how much normalcy is possible — and safe.

nytimes.com

Malian woman gives birth to nine babies

Nonuplets are extremely rare - and doctors had thought Halima Cisse was carrying seven babies.

bbc.co.uk

Signal said Facebook shut down its advertising account after the privacy-focused messaging app...

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businessinsider.com

0xc0000034 error on starting laptop

Looking for advice for a friend about their laptop. On switching it on, it gives error 0xc0000034 Your PC needs to be repaired. They do not have the installation media to reinstall Windows. On...

metafilter.com

VIS, Spain’s Fasten Films to Co-Produce Priest Drama ‘Pastor’

Building its presence in Europe, ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has closed a deal with on-the-rise Spanish production company Fasten Films to co-produce “Pastor,” a social-issue drama....

variety.com

End of an era for Debenhams as final shops close

yahoo.com

Internal NYPD Documents Show Cops Were Sent to Protests With Barely Any First Amendment Training

Most officers at the George Floyd protests received only vague academy training that emphasized arresting protesters over defending their rights. The post Internal NYPD Documents Show Cops Were...

theintercept.com

Cleaner ‘Bridge’ Fuels Are Killing Up To 46,000 Americans Per Year, Study Shows

Replacing coal with fuels like natural gas and wood may offer some climate benefits, but the harm to public health remains.

huffpost.com

“Queen Sugar” Author Natalie Baszile on How Black Farmers Can Help Save the Planet

Natalie Baszile knew she was onto something when she got the call from Oprah’s people. A novelist and food justice activist, Baszile had been working for years on a semi-autobiographical novel...

motherjones.com

A Shrinking Society in Japan

The persistently low birthrate in the country has caused the population to contract. The U.S. is on a similar path.

nytimes.com

Why Not Turn Our Airfields Into Solar Farms?

This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. THE NEXT TIME you’re staring out a plane window during takeoff or landing, give the...

motherjones.com

Ford launching new off-road Timberline models starting with Explorer SUV

Ford launching new off-road Timberline models starting with Explorer SUV  CNBCReveal: The NEW Ford Explorer Timberline Is The Dirt-Ready Explorer You've Been Waiting For!  The Fast Lane Car2021...

cnbc.com

How Raleigh and Durham are trying to make it more affordable for downtown workers

yahoo.com

Michael Porter Jr.’s Breakout Is Real

When star guard Jamal Murray went down with a torn ACL in mid-April, it was easy to assume that the Denver Nuggets would fall back from the pack of contenders atop the Western Conference. When...

fivethirtyeight.com

Republicans’ Pessimistic Views On The Economy Have Little To Do With The Economy

Since Joe Biden became president, several surveys have found a sharp rise in Republican pessimism about the economy. This might seem surprising considering the national economy — which experienced...

fivethirtyeight.com

Will Animals at the Zoo Find Brood-X Cicadas a Tasty Snack?

What will animals think of the impending bug buffet?

smithsonianmag.com

Dear Care and Feeding: My Nonbinary Teen’s Bathroom Choice Makes Me Uncomfortable

Parenting advice on gender fluidity, SAHM anxiety, and addiction.

slate.com

Only A True BTS Stan Will Be Able To Get 11/14 On This Incredibly Hard Quiz

My bias is Jin, what about you, babes?

buzzfeed.com

My Stingy Friend Just Revealed a Jaw-Dropping Financial Secret

Introducing Pay Dirt, Slate’s new money advice column.

slate.com

Report: 51% of orgs have experienced a data breach caused by a third party, with 74% saying it...

VentureBeat: Report: 51% of orgs have experienced a data breach caused by a third party, with 74% saying it was the result of giving third parties too much privileged access  —  Join Transform...

techmeme.com

Sexting scandal. $200,000 payout. brutal fight for last word..

bloomberg.com

Facebook’s Nextdoor-clone Neighborhoods is coming soon to four US cities

Facebook, which never saw a social network it couldn’t copy, says its Nextdoor-clone Neighborhoods is now available across Canada and is coming soon to four US cities. According to CNET, the US...

theverge.com

How Forest Whitaker Is Changing Hollywood

When Chloé Zhao made history as the first woman of color—and only the second woman ever—to win the Best Director Oscar for Nomadland, it brought joy to the heart of Forest Whitaker. Six years...

thedailybeast.com

Need Aid For Your Shuttered Venue? End Of May Is The Earliest You Might Get It

Qualified applicants can expect to see emergency relief money by the end of the month.

npr.org

Entire U.S. West Coast Now Covered By Earthquake Early Warning System

Cell phone users from the U.S. border with Canada south to the border with Mexico should receive a mobile alert from the early warning system when an earthquake is detected.

npr.org

The Ancient Chinese Roots of The Viral Gua Sha Trend

Viral TikTok videos may have you wondering what gua sha is, where it came from, and if it can really give you a chiseled jawline in two weeks. Like many other things in our everyday life, it was...

thedailybeast.com

Bakstage: A fun casual space for people to interact via audio

Discussion | Link

flyx.me

These Scientists Are Rebuilding Singapore's Coral Reefs

"Our reefs may not be as pretty or colorful as those in Australia or the Maldives, but they are very, very resilient."

vice.com

Dashblock 2.0: Turn any website into an API

“ Hi everyone, We are excited to launch a brand new version of Dashblock that allows you to build web automations without coding and run them from an API. You can collect data and...

dashblock.com

10 Topics to Avoid Discussing With Your Parents If You Don’t Want Them to Backfire on You

If you’re happy to have an open, healthy relationship with your folks, you may feel like letting them into everything about your life. There are, however, situations where their involvement...

brightside.me

President's Guest House Getting $1.8 Mil Overhaul After VP Harris Moves Out

It seems Vice President Kamala Harris was waiting to move into one famous D.C. home while living in another that also needed major renovations ... almost $2 million worth!!! According to federal...

tmz.com

4 emotional signs that you may need stronger boundaries

Your feelings are data points, alerting you that something in your life may not be quite right. Boundaries at work are more important but harder to achieve than ever before as a result of the...

fastcompany.com

This Stanford-designed system will help you navigate the workplace after COVID-19

Creating rituals and practices will keep employees engaged and happy no matter where they’re working from. It’s been more than a year since the majority of office workers went remote. People have...

fastcompany.com

Families, advocates mark day of awareness for Native victims

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — From the nation’s capitol to Indigenous communities across the American Southwest, top government officials, family members and advocates are gathering Wednesday as part...

apnews.com

French journalist kidnapped by radical Islamists in Mali appears in video pleading for his life

Dubois was kidnapped in early April but the French government held off announcing it in hopes of securing his release.

ampproject.org

A Bourbon Writer Names His Favorite Bottles From The Biggest Brands

Today, I want to give the big boys their due. I’m highlighting my favorite bottles of bourbon from the best-selling bourbon whiskey brands.

uproxx.com

The Indian Government Is Facing Calls for a National Lockdown

Rahul Gandhi of the opposition Congress party said a lockdown was now "the only option"

time.com

Silento Requests $25k Bond in Georgia Felony Murder Case

Silento insists he has a constitutional right to a reasonable bond in his felony murder case ... insisting he's not a flight risk. The "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" rapper filed legal docs in DeKalb...

tmz.com

Hundreds of People Are Section-Hiking the AT of Italy

When a group of friends decided to tackle Sentiero Italia, one of the world’s longest and forgotten trails, they had no idea that 1,500 others would join them along the way

outsideonline.com

Nature at its craziest: Trillions of cicadas about to emerge

COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — Sifting through a shovel load of dirt in a suburban backyard, Michael Raupp and Paula Shrewsbury find their quarry: a cicada nymph. And then another. And another. And four...

apnews.com

A Para-Athlete Learns It’s OK to Ask for Help

Josie Fouts’s story is the beginning of the bicycle industry’s evolution to include all bodies

outsideonline.com

Can You Guess Which Odd Items Humanity Has Sent to Space?

Humanity has sent some odd things into orbit. See if you can tell which items actually made it out of this world.

mentalfloss.com

Tony Robbins Is Right, He’s Not Your Guru

The half-baked hollowness of pop-psychContinue reading on Medium »

medium.com

Pasadena Central Library closes due to seismic safety issues

The recently reopened Pasadena Central Library has closed due to seismic safety issues

latimes.com

Jerk From Home: How Masturbating While Quarantined Can Help Seed Self-Love

With May being "Masturbation Month," there's never been a better time to get your hands wet

rollingstone.com

RS Recommends: The All-New Echo Dot With the Chic LED Display Is Just $39 Right Now

Amazon's most popular Alexa smart speaker is discounted to its lowest price this year

rollingstone.com

The Facebook Ban Hurt Trump in Surprising Ways

MAGA world still loves him, but it doesn’t hear him with the same force it used to. How long before that begins to erode his support?

politico.com

Steyer paid settlements to 5 former campaign staffers

The payments came well after the campaign had ended, when staffers filed a complaint under a law that allows workers to sue over wage and labor violations.

politico.com

San Francisco police arrest suspect in stabbing of two Asian women

Man arrested in connection with the stabbing of two Asian women in San Francisco

latimes.com

Man bites off parts of victims' ears in horrific random attack, Chicago police say

A man allegedly bit off parts of his victims' ears in a horrific random attack described by a judge as sounding like a "horror movie." Police say 28-year-old Elijah Rule Hill Prince attacked a...

theblaze.com

Colorado police arrest 7 after finding mummified corpse of cult leader who claimed to be God

Colorado police arrested seven people after the gruesome discovery of a corpse of a cult leader who said she was God and made her supporters call her "Mother God." The startling incident...

theblaze.com

The Research That Literally Shocked People to “Death”

Experiment with escalating electric shocks has an even more shocking resultContinue reading on History of Yesterday »

historyofyesterday.com

Religion at the Poles and ISS

How do people from religions who rely on the sun for certain events deal with it?

metafilter.com

Belgian Farmer Accidentally Moves French Border

A farmer in Belgium has caused a stir after inadvertently redrawing the country's border with France.

bbc.com

Pay whatever you want for nine courses that can turn you into a real game developer

It may all seem like fun, but game developers don't have it easy. In addition to trying to infuse next-level creativity into the hard-and-fast rigors of coding and unforgiving tech, they're also...

boingboing.net

Why We Can't Treat COVID-19 With Drugs

Viruses are much more varied, rapidly evolving and hard to access than bacteria - so scientists searching for drug-based treatments have their work cut out.

bbc.com

Zack Snyder Was Convinced Warner Bros. Would Retaliate Against Him If He Supported The Extended...

The director thought Warner Bros. would 'do something to silence' him if he agreed with fans about the need for a so-called 'Snyder Cut.'

uproxx.com

Lil Yachty Just Announced His New Nail Paint Line

There’s been no shortage of celebrity beauty lines lately. Pharrell, Jennifer Lopez, and Priyanka Chopra (to name a few) have all tapped the skin and haircare categories for their significant...

refinery29.com

News Wrap: White House aims to vaccinate 70 percent of American adults by July 4

In our news wrap Tuesday, the White House plans to distribute more COVID-19 shots to states where demand is higher as it aims to vaccinate 70 percent of U.S. adults with at least one dose by July...

pbs.org

This 508-page collection of found art is a happy mutant's delight

I'm always on the hunt for books and zines of obscure, free-associative imagery. I got my hands on a copy of Glenn Bray's Scrap Book this week and it'\]s contents exceed everything I could have...

boingboing.net

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on new inoculation strategy and distributing vaccines abroad

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, a key member of the president's team combating COVID-19, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss President Joe Biden's aims to vaccinate 70 percent of all U.S. adults...

pbs.org

The biggest impact of the Gates divorce may have nothing to do with the Gates Foundation

How important are billionaires? Look at the reaction to Bill and Melinda Gates’s divorce. A divorce is typically a private matter that affects a family, with little consequence for the public at...

vox.com

Trump’s new communication tool is more like a blog

The website was announced the day before a major decision about whether or not Trump can return to Facebook. Former President Donald Trump has a new way to communicate with his supporters — but it...

vox.com

Chanel’s Punk-Inspired Show Featured Garter Bags, Harnesses & Fishnets

Never underestimate the power of accessories. On Tuesday, Chanel presented its cruise ‘22 collection which, in addition to midriff-baring tweed sets and coat dresses, included its fair share of...

refinery29.com

No, Joe Biden Isn't 8 Feet Tall (and Other Camera Tricks)

On Monday, a photo came out with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden kneeling next to Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. The older couple is dwarfed by the Bidens; Joe and Jill look like...

lifehacker.com

Trolled

Lawyer Richard Luthmann was a Roger Stone-worshipping member of the Staten Island political scene. Then the fake Facebook posts began.

longform.org

The Best Swim Trunks Look Great Inside, Outside, and Poolside

gq.com

Time to Update Your Google Pixel With Another Security Patch (May 2021 Edition)

The May 2021 Pixel security update is ready, and you shouldn’t waste time installing it on your device.Read more...

lifehacker.com

How Top White House Adviser Anita Dunn Is Dodging Ethics Disclosure

The senior Biden strategist has worked with a host of corporate clients at the influential firm SKDK, but a loophole is keeping possible conflicts of interest out of the public eye. The post How...

theintercept.com

This Affordable Casio Watch Will Reel You In

Your next watch has gone fishin'.

gq.com

The Daunting Challenge of Saving Lebanon's Storied Rail Network

The course of Elias Maalouf’s life changed in 2005, when he saw Syrian soldiers burning the archives of Lebanon’s railway system in an abandoned train wagon. He dashed to the wagon and thrust his...

atlasobscura.com

Exploding Whale Memorial Park in Florence, Oregon

In an infamous 1970 news report, journalist Paul Linnman described a stinky situation: a sperm whale had washed ashore near Florence, Oregon. Measuring 45-feet long and weighing approximately...

atlasobscura.com

Major Biden In Trouble Again After Burying Antony Blinken In Rose Garden

theonion.com

Biden Will Combat Declining COVID-19 Vaccination Rates With A Drive To Get 70% Of Adults Shots By July 4

"I think we’ve now gotten to the hard part," said one public health expert. "And even the easy part was hard."

buzzfeednews.com

A Mother, A Son, and A Wartime Secret

In the wartime Balkans, an encounter with a solider produced an unwanted baby, a test of international justice, and a decades-long yearning for peace.

longform.org

Bill And Melinda Gates Announce Divorce

Bill and Melinda Gates have announced they are splitting up after 27 years of marriage, a decision that is likely to have wide ranging effects on the worlds of philanthropy, healthcare, and...

theonion.com

Ninja's 6-in-1 Foodi Smart Indoor Grill Is on Sale on Amazon

The Ninja Foodi Smart XL 6-in-1 Indoor Grill has a 4.8-star rating on Amazon with over 5000 reviews. Great for all your indoor grilling needs.

mentalfloss.com

COVID Has Pushed Medical Research into Remote Trials, Benefiting Patients and Scientists

Using home monitoring and other efficiencies instead of dragging people into hospitals could improve clinical trials after the pandemic-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

scientificamerican.com

What Fossil Plants Reveal About Climate Change

Paleobiologists use fossil plants to reconstruct Earth’s past climate and inform climate change research today.

smithsonianmag.com

Apple may win a court battle but lose a regulatory war

The tech giant faces off against Epic Games, maker of Fortnite

economist.com

Berkshire Hathaway’s questionable performance and governance

The world’s most famous conglomerate will struggle to outlast its feted founder in its current form

economist.com