From Jenna Orkin

In COVID-hit India, a 26-year-old doctor decides who lives and who dies

How modern family farms are embracing regenerative agriculture

The German company CureVac hopes its RNA vaccine will rival those made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. It could be ready next month.

• Israeli President Taps the Opposition Leader Lapid to Form Government

  
  
  

Out-of-control Chinese rocket expected to fall to Earth in the coming days

Laos Introduces Two-Week Lockdown to Contain Rare COVID-19 Outbreak

Thailand king cancels ceremonies as COVID surges

Fact-Checkers Missed Stealth Edits to Abrams Op-Ed

Doctors Lose Jobs After Speaking Out About Unsafe Conditions

Australian general warned of 'high likelihood' of conflict with China: report

Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Lays out Plan to Control the Global Internet: Leaked Documents via Epoch Times - beware

Another member of the Boogaloo Bois pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges to sell weapons to Hamas as part of 'Boojahideen' sub-group

 

From Jenna Orkin

How the World’s Energy Problem Has Been Hidden

Most Of New York City Remains Undervaccinated As COVID Restrictions Lift

NOAA unveils new U.S. climate ‘normals’ that are warmer than ever

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he Supreme Court Case That Could Change Everything For U.S. Pipelines

Condom sales skyrocket as vaccinated singles get ready for a summer of sex, experts say

Man shot by FBI after 'security situation' just outside CIA headquarters

New CDC data suggests CVS and Walgreens wasted thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses, more than most states combined

A Swiss diplomat in Iran has died after mysteriously falling from a high-rise building, state media says

Academic journals don't pay writers, excluding scholars who can't afford to work for free from getting published. Here's why that's a problem.

Author Elline Lipkin says most full-time adjunct faculty make less than $40,000 a year, leaving them to "essentially self-fund their own labor."

Two coronavirus cases have been confirmed among the Indian delegation attending the London G7 meeting

 

From Jenna Orkin

Colorado extends COVID-19 mask mandate

But for 15 years, Elkohen was apparently living a lie. The father of five with the black hat, beard and side curls was fluent in Judaic texts and traditions but living a double life: Born Michael Elk in Salem County, he was actually a Christian missionary sent to the Holy Land to convert Jews, according to two anti-missionary groups whose accusations have captivated Israelis in recent days. 

Elk's tale has grabbed headlines across the Jewish state, where religious leaders see a growing trend of covert missionary work by evangelical Christians. 

Meet Manta, a sea-cleaning sailboat that feeds on plastic waste

Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe

Widely circulating coronavirus variants and persistent hesitancy about vaccines will keep the goal out of reach. The virus is here to stay, but vaccinating the most vulnerable may be enough to restore normalcy.

Antarctic Ice Sheet melting to lift sea level higher than thought, study says

Cheerleader Free Speech Case Puts Liberals in a Bind

Mysterious situation in Coconut Grove as thousands of expensive fish suddenly die outside several homes

Soaring Lumber Prices Add Nearly $36K to Price of New Home

Japan is rethinking how to use its tanks to prepare for a potential clash with China

 

From Jenna Orkin

April was sunniest on record – but also one of the coldest, says Met Office

Harvard scientists create gene-editing tool that could rival CRISPR

(2018) Physicists Think They’ve Spotted the Ghosts of Black Holes from Another Universe 

Canada: hummingbirds succeed in halting controversial pipeline construction

Amazon Is Forcing Its Warehouse Workers Into Brutal ‘Megacycle’ Shifts - (February)

Covid crisis: Australians trying to return home from India face up to $66,000 fine or five years’ jail

Deadly California Wildfire Was Ignited To Cover Up A Murder, Sheriff Says

French Generals Who Warned of Civil War May Be Fired

IBM is hunting for a smaller NYC office now that 80% of its employees won't come in every day. It's a sign of the times.

The Canadian Proud Boys group, which was labelled a terrorist group earlier this year split up

 

From Jenna Orkin

How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously

Feral desert donkeys are digging wells, giving water to parched wildlife

Federal judge finds that Columbus police of ran 'amok' during peaceful protests, restricts uses of force

Will "Goldman Penis Envy" Crash the Economy Again?

California Officials Move to Stop Nestlé From Taking Millions of Gallons of Water From Public Streams

Copper prices to hit record high in next 12 months, China's Maike says

The NYPD has terminated its contract with the maker of a 'creepy' robot dog, following a fierce backlash over its use in policing

Electric car owners switching to gas because charging is a hassle: study 

An FDA official who led the approval of OxyContin got a $400,000 gig at Purdue Pharma a year later, a new book reveals

George W. Bush says the Republican Party has a shot at future elections if it curbs its 'white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism'

From Jenna Orkin

Flu Has Disappeared During Covid

So Long, Indian Point Nuclear Plant. Hello, More Fossil Fuels.

Lightning may be an important source of air-cleaning chemicals

Wild donkeys and horses engineer water holes that help other species

Archive - Here’s the Real Problem With Almonds

Top advisor to Iran’s president resigns over FM Zarif’s leaked audio

China: No-Pig Zones  

1. TSA extends mask guidelines for planes, trains until September 13
2. 100+ million Americans now fully vaccinated against COVID-19

The COVID-19 death toll in India could be up to 10 times higher than the official 200,000 figure, experts say

From Jenna Orkin

Deadly air pollutant ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms Americans of color, study finds

Fake Covid-19 Certificates Hit Airlines, Which Now Have to Police Them

John Kerry could face State Dept. probe over Iran bombshell if GOP lawmakers get their way

Japan faces nuclear reckoning as retired reactors restart

Scientist: Extent of DDT dumping in Pacific is 'staggering'

Original Anti-Vaxxer Campaign

Trump is reportedly plotting to bring back MAGA rallies in May

Up to 144,000 Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes are Being Released in the Florida Keys

Anthony Alvarez and Adam Toledo were killed being chased by Chicago police — 4 years after the DOJ found that the department's foot chases were leading to too many deaths

The EU adopted a law making tech companies delete 'terrorist content' within one hour

 

From Jenna Orkin

Nigerian women take action as rape, assault cases surge during pandemic

Stunning DDT dump site off L.A. coast much bigger than scientists expected

China to report first population drop in five decades -FT

Green-Spying

Legendary Value Manager Charles de Vaulx Found Dead - (Suicide)

Google parent Alphabet jumps to record as strong ad sales push 1st-quarter results past Wall Street's forecasts

Airlines who boarded planes back-to-front in response to COVID-19 actually doubled passengers' risk of exposure, a new study says

Bodycam video shows California police kneeling on a man's back for 4 minutes before he died

1. The DOJ planned to arrest Derek Chauvin in court and charge him with civil-rights violations if he was acquitted of murder, report says

   Amazon to raise hourly pay for 500,000 workers

 

From Jenna Orkin

Two-thirds of Americans believe juries should not be asked to evaluate science during trials

Climate Points of No Return

Iranian Ships Swarmed U.S. Coast Guard Vessels in Persian Gulf, Navy Says

Saudi Arabia says it foiled boat attack off Yanbu

LA just debuted a new $8.6 million prefab tiny home village to help solve the city's homelessness crisis— see inside

Alphabet asks shareholders to block vote for whistleblower protections and new human rights role

Dealmakers from Carlyle to KKR are leaning into the $7.4 billion private-credit market — but higher demand for the opaque space has only made it riskier 

Biden unveils $1.8 trillion spending plan to extend cash payments for parents, set up universal pre-K and free community college

Weeeee!!

From Jenna Orkin

George W. Bush Can’t Paint His Way Out of Hell

 

The chilling spectacle of watching the political class redeem a criminal, again.

Supreme Court Will Take Up Challenge To NY's Concealed Carry Gun Laws

Study finds Lyme-carrying ticks next to beaches and ‘pretty much wherever we looked’

Kamala Harris will reportedly urge UN leaders to prepare for next pandemic

1. The big Pentagon internet mystery now partially solved

   Despite a few rich countries doing well, global COVID-19 cases are the highest they've ever been

   The CEO of Emergent, the company that ruined 15 million J&J vaccine doses, sold more than $10 million in stock before prices fell

   6 ft rule doesn't stop COVID-19 spread indoors: MIT study
2. Florida company took over Pentagon internet space

3. Rep. Val Demings, a former police chief, defended the officer who killed 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant, saying it appears he followed his training