Extreme Heat Shows the Need for Another Kind of Climate Investment
Good morning. In today’s newsletter: Extreme heat highlights the need for another kind of climate investment; A.I. puts shadow libraries in the spotlight; and Aly...
Sophia Smith Has Been Ready for Her World Cup Moment
In the weeks before the Women’s World Cup, Sophia Smith admitted that she wanted to be the first United States player to score a goal...
England has been strong but shaky going into this tournament.
It is an interesting time for the England women’s team, which arrives at the Women’s World Cup among the tournament favorites but also in perhaps...
Lionel Messi – The New York Times
Tempting Lionel Messi to the United States could not solely be a matter of money. The money had to be right, of course. It had...
As Student Loans Come Due Again, Many Borrowers Lose a Lifeline
With her student loan payments on hold for three years, Ashley Dorn, a public school music teacher, found another use for the money she saved...
Japan Is Trying to Use Ammonia to Make Coal Cleaner
The world’s advanced economies have committed to phasing out coal over the next seven years. But not Japan, which stands alone in insisting it can...
Tim Scott Is Turning Heads With Donors and Early-State Voters
He is rising in the polls and turning heads in Iowa and New Hampshire, behind heavy spending on ads that play to voters’ appetite for...
A Decade Ago, Jeff Bezos Bought a Newspaper. Now He’s Paying Attention to It Again.
During his tenure as executive editor at The Washington Post, Martin Baron ran into a persistent problem. Jeff Bezos had purchased The Post for $250...
Lawyers Say Helping Asylum Seekers in Border Custody Is Nearly Impossible
In the first weeks after President Biden’s new border policies were put in place, his administration recorded a sharp drop in the number of people...
Death of Melissa Perez in San Antonio Raises Questions on Police Response
The San Antonio Police Department, like the police in other cities, has a Mental Health Unit available around the clock to respond to calls that...
San Diego Library Protest Against Pride Books Draws a Backlash
Adrianne Peterson, the manager of the Rancho Peñasquitos branch of the San Diego Public Library, was actually a little embarrassed by the modest size of...
How Gilead Profited by Slow-Walking a Promising H.I.V. Therapy
In 2004, Gilead Sciences decided to stop pursuing a new H.I.V. drug. The public explanation was that it wasn’t sufficiently different from an existing treatment...
Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez’s Business Targeted With Bad Reviews After Student Loan Vote
Dean’s Car Care, an auto repair shop in Portland, Ore., used to regularly rack up five stars and gushing accolades on Yelp and Google Reviews...
UPS Contract Talks Go Down to the Wire as a Possible Strike Looms
Barely a week before the contract for more than 325,000 United Parcel Service workers expires, union and company negotiators have yet to reach an agreement...