Pandemic startups are thriving, and helping to fuel the economy
Hector Xu was on track for a career in academia when the pandemic upended his plans.
Nibi the beaver’s future reached the courts. Then the Massachusetts governor stepped in.
This is a story about wildlife, about bureaucracy, about politics, about the internet.
The bold. The beautiful. The fat bear.
Voters have a lot to weigh: leadership qualities, policy agenda, experience. But over the past decade, one race has been defined by the amount of wild salmon that can be smashed into a mouth.
Some still searching for their loved ones a week after Hurricane Helene
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. — The last time Drew McLean’s parents saw him, he was marveling at the power of Tropical Storm Helene as it washed over their home in the mountains of North Carolina.
Judge halts Biden student debt plan right after it was allowed to proceed
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Missouri temporarily blocked a Biden administration plan to cancel student debt less than a day after another judge had allowed it to proceed, throwing into uncertainty the fate of a program that could affect more than 27 million borrowers.
Who’s too old to be president now? Take a guess
OK, how many of you noticed that Jimmy Carter turned 100 on Tuesday?
Lahaina inferno emerged from smoldering remnants of quelled fire
The inferno that consumed the Hawaii town of Lahaina last year emerged from the remnants of a brush fire that firefighters had believed they had contained and extinguished, federal investigators concluded in a report released Wednesday.
Trump promised to release his medical records. Hestill won’t do it
As a presidential candidate in 2015, Donald Trump declined to release his medical records, instead offering a four-paragraph letter from his personal doctor proclaiming that he would be “the healthiest person ever elected to the presidency.”
When the North Carolina mountains become hurricane alley
When the warnings first arrived, days before the remnants of Hurricane Helene, Kimberly Moody took note of what was said — and what wasn’t. The storm was going to be bad, that much was clear. But no one said she needed to start packing.
JD Vance’s audition to lead the GOP is working
What you saw Tuesday in the vice presidential debate was an audition for the leader of the post-Trump Republican Party.
Judge unseals new evidence in federal election case against Trump
When told by an aide that Vice President Mike Pence was in peril as the rioting on Capitol Hill escalated on Jan. 6, 2021, President Donald Trump replied, “So what?”
How Russians serve the state: In battle, and in childbirth
BERLIN — What the Kremlin wants from Russians now boils down to two things.
A wider war in the Middle East, from Hamas to Hezbollah and now Iran
The long-feared “wider war” in the Middle East is here.
California takes a big step toward fair college admissions
Every time California takes a big step on education, you have to brace yourself: Is this going to lead the country in the right direction, as it did with eliminating racial preferences in college admissions in the ’90s? Or will this send education in the rest of the country over a cliff, as with the whole language fiasco of the ’80s?
Rescuers push through Helene debris to find people and restore power
Rescuers fanned out across the mountains of southern Appalachia on Tuesday, scouring the region for missing people and rushing supplies to communities still in dire need of food, water and power after Hurricane Helene.
Conditions at Georgia prisons violate constitution, Justice Dept. says
WASHINGTON — A Justice Department investigation into Georgia’s state prison system found conditions that violate the Constitution, including rampant violence, sexual assault, drug smuggling and gang activity, according to a report released Tuesday.
Breast cancer continues to rise among younger women, study finds
Rates of breast cancer — the second leading cause of cancer deaths in U.S. women — climbed 1% a year from 2012 to 2021, and even more sharply among women younger than 50 and among Asian American/Pacific Islander women of all ages, according to an American Cancer Society report published Tuesday.
Mexico’s first female president takes office
MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum took office Tuesday, the first woman and Jewish person to lead Mexico in the country’s more than 200-year history as an independent nation.
Port workers strike on East and Gulf Coasts
For the first time in nearly 50 years, dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday, a move that will cut off most trade through some of the busiest U.S. ports and could send a chill through the economy.
School bus blaze in Thailand kills at least 23
BANGKOK — A bus filled with schoolchildren and teachers caught fire just outside Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people.
