In North Carolina, where I live, only about one-third of gas stations are currently reporting that they have any gas, and that’s after some improvement in availability. A ransomware attack shut down a key pipeline supplying these stations, an event that could, but likely won’t, serve as a wake-up call, before we experience a true catastrophe.Prior to the pandemic, I wrote a lot about digital security, or the lack thereof.
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.Just in case you missed the news—say you’ve been living underground for the past 17 years—parts of the eastern United States are in for a cicada summer, wherein billions of the bugs emerge en masse to fly around, mate, and then die.
A “lot of people looked up to” the young reporter, and he inspired an interest in journalism in others, said his sister.
I don’t want to leave him, but he won’t defend me.
Early one winter morning in 2020, Kurt VerCauteren discovered a cluster of dead birds in a barren field in northwest Texas. They were small birds, mostly dark-eyed juncos, but also a smattering of white-crowned sparrows.VerCauteren’s team had poisoned them, inadvertently.
She says I “owe” her, since we’re family.
“I think they actually created their worst enemy … in deplatforming her,” Illinois Republican Adam Kinzinger told “The View.
A farcical tale of city planning.
Things are getting weird in the late-pandemic economy.
I want to leave, but he wouldn’t have any income.
Biden toilet paper is now outselling Trump toilet paper, “which is not good for me,” one presidential butt-wipe mastermind says.
Exasperation among diplomats reflects global pressure on the U.S. to begin sharing some of its Covid-19 vaccines.
The announcement marks the first time the Biden administration has said it is safe for vaccinated people to remove masks in any kind of group gathering.
Gov. Mike DeWine said the lotteries would be paid from existing federal coronavirus relief funds.
I cannot hear about her all day, every day.
Neel Kashkari of the Minneapolis Fed says things should get better as people overcome fears related to the pandemic.
“There were elements of growth in the balance from what I can see and understand,” Carney said in a long response that didn’t directly answer the question.
Chrystia Freeland uses Budget 2021 to reveal Canada’s new emissions target.
It’s Friday around here! Today we have had some more news about what’s going on with the many legal investigations into the very illegal activities of Republicans across the country. Marjorie Taylor Greene lies and says she’s not a liar; more Jan. 6 arrests; and thousands of working immigrants see a new hope for citizenship.
Florida man Rep. Matt Gaetz is in deep doo doo, as the scientists say. He is facing allegations that he paid for sexual liaisons with a variety of women, some of whom were potentially underage. He may have also broken the law having young women cross state lines for money and sex. His buddy Joel Greenberg seems to have cut a plea deal after admitting to all kinds of bad and illegal deeds, and claims to have basically acted as a pimp for Mr. Gaetz.
The Big Lie is now the Republican Party’s only platform. They have zero policy ideas. They have proven over decades that they cannot run a government competently. In fact, one of the things that the COVID-19 pandemic makes clear is how deep the Republican Party’s failures are as a leadership group.
People who follow the news when it comes to transgender rights and equality have likely witnessed the absolute onslaught of anti-trans measures across the nation. At the state level, countless Republicans are pushing legislation that dehumanizes and discriminates against transgender folks, and especially, transgender girls.
“I’ve just frankly had enough with these marauding goons in the Marjorie Taylor Greene crowd,” said the Democrat, who admitted using some “choice” language.
Alejandra Juarez returned home just in time to celebrate Mother’s Day with her family. Cruelly targeted for deportation by the previous administration despite being a military spouse and having no criminal record, the mother of two U.S. citizens returned home on Saturday after being granted humanitarian parole by the Biden administration.
The moves came a day after the CDC said it is safe for fully vaccinated people to go maskless in any type of group gathering.
Parenting advice on dog disagreements, video hangouts, and stepchild resentment.
Checking in on the New York City mayoral race—and the regrettable candidates leading it.
The associate of the Florida Republican faced 33 counts for crimes including sex trafficking of a child and wire fraud.
