New York City Rescinds Unofficial Mayoral Race Results After Including 135,000 Test Ballots
The city’s Board of Elections said it regretted the mistake and would count the correct ballots.
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The Horror of Surfside
Just as Americans began returning to life in public again, disaster struck the people of Champlain Towers South at home.
Majority Of New Hampshire GOP Governor’s Diversity Council Resigns In Protest
The 10 members took aim at Gov. Chris Sununu for signing a new law that limits how educators and state employees can talk about racism.
An Event So Wild It Could Make Anyone Feel Cosmically Small
Are you in the mood to feel small? Like cosmically small? And not because of the usual dreamy, slightly cheesy stuff that space can offer—the idea that we exist on a tiny speck of rock clinging to our beautiful sun in the darkness. I’m talking about some truly wild action, so intense that it warps space-time, the invisible scaffolding that holds up everything we know, and reverberates for hundreds of millions of light-years.Then astronomers have got something for you.
New England Community Reels After Double Murder Appears To Be A Hate Crime
The alleged shooter wrote about “the superiority of the white race. About whites being ‘apex predators,’” the district attorney said. “He drew swastikas.
The Pandemic Really Did Change How We Tip
Essential workers who tugged the United States through the pandemic have not gotten much compensation for what they’ve had to endure, but hey, they did get some perks. Fifteen percent off mattresses for teachers! Allbirds at $35 off with the discount code HEALTHCAREHERO.
The Left’s War on Gifted Kids
The Democratic primary voters of deep-blue New York City delivered a message clearly, firmly, and loudly: “Defund the police” was stupid and is now over. The first tally of the mayoral primary showed the pro-funding and pro-reform ex–police officer Eric Adams atop a large lead. The next day, President Joe Biden urged Democratic cities and states to spend some of their billions in coronavirus-relief money to hire more cops and put them on more streets.
I Proposed an Honest Solution to My Girlfriend’s Sexual Deficiencies. She Lost It.
I’m not sure how to proceed.
What Caused the Miami Building Collapse, and Who Could Have Averted It?
Every plausible explanation for the tragedy in Surfside.
For the Disability Community, Britney Spears’ Situation Is All Too Familiar
“When people think you’re crazy, nothing you say is believable. Everything can be undermined.
Free the Children: Advocates Demand Biden Close Fort Bliss Detention Center Holding 800 Migrant Kids
Migrant children held by the Biden administration are reporting suicide and escape attempts and conditions of spoiled food, extreme heat and panic attacks in the largest so-called emergency shelter for migrant children in the U.S., at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas.
Amid Nuclear Talks, Biden’s Latest Middle East Airstrikes Give “More Fuel” to Conflict with Iran
Criticism is growing of recent U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, which the Biden administration says targeted Iran-backed militias. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi condemned the attack as a “blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty and Iraqi national security.” The U.S. airstrikes come as the Biden administration is holding indirect talks with Iran about reviving the Iranian nuclear deal.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman: We Need Climate & Racial Justice Addressed in Broader Infrastructure Package
As western states battle record-breaking heat waves, climate activists are calling on the Biden administration and congressional Democrats to pass an infrastructure bill that includes major investments in green energy, including a fully funded Civilian Climate Corps.
Help! My Co-Worker Is Threatening to Tell My Boss About My Sex Work.
I don’t want to lose my day job.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Husband and I Cannot Agree on How to Put Our Twins to Bed
Parenting advice on twins, coming out, and learning a new language.
Seven Reasons to Be Extremely Optimistic About the Economy Right Now
Forget the inflation scolds. Ignore the small-business Scrooges. There’s a very different story in the data.
The Miami Building Collapse Is a Warning
Waiting to trace the exact lines of causation misses the point.
How to Make Peter Thiel Pay Taxes on His Shady $5 Billion Roth IRA
It’s probably legal, but it shouldn’t be.
Arkansas governor trying to reverse his state’s trends on vaccination
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said incentives to get people vaccinated aren’t working.
Rush to close vaccination gap for Hispanics
Hispanic communities are among those most eager to get Covid shots, but officials have struggled to address longstanding barriers to care.
‘A tough slog’: White House struggles to increase vaccination rates as Delta variant surges
Only about 46 percent of the U.S. population is vaccinated, and the number of doses administered has fallen by almost 300,000 per day since June 7, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cuomo ends New York’s state of emergency
The emergency allowed Gov. Andrew Cuomo to impose hundreds of executive orders with the force of law.
College vaccine mandates rile GOP states
The red states’ moves potentially set up court fights over who has the power to police campus health just as schools prepare to reopen for in-person instruction.
Most Men’s Favorite Way of Having Sex Is My Personal Nightmare
It’s actually caused me to pass out from anxiety.
Help! My Wife Commissioned a Portrait of Me. It’s Hideous.
I’m not sure how to live with it in my home.
A ‘humble’ Fed ramps up inflation forecast as prices jump
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank still expects rising inflation to subside in the coming months but underscored that he will be watching the data to see if that’s wrong.
Soaring prices draw both shrugs and screaming in Washington
A continued inflation spike could make it a lot harder for the president to push through trillions of dollars in additional federal spending.
Biden’s back door to wage hikes
Income growth has been relatively strong, particularly in the last couple of months, despite disappointing overall job growth.
Bargain hunters pounce as Trump condo prices hit decade lows
It’s a stunning reversal for a brand that once lured the rich and famous willing to pay a premium to live in a building with Trump’s gilded name on it.