Without aid, this famine may become one of history’s worst
Famine has already been officially declared in Sudan, and by some estimates, it could claim millions of lives and end up as one of the worst famines in world history. For now, it’s in the early stages, but there are already far too many starving children. When I traveled to the Chad-Sudan border last month, I met one of them with his mom in a hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders.
In Japan’s countryside, century-old firms learn to embrace foreign workers
TOCHIGI PREFECTURE, Japan — Four years ago, Hizatsuki Confectionery hired its first foreign workers.
Experian wants you to carry its debit card around. Be wary
In what universe would anyone want to whip out a debit card with the name of a credit bureau on it?
Antisemitic incidents reach new high in the US, report finds
The number of antisemitic episodes in the United States surged to the highest recorded in a one-year period in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel last year, the Anti-Defamation League said Sunday.
Trump’s speeches, increasingly angry and rambling, reignite the question of age
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump vividly recounted how the audience at his climactic debate with Vice President Kamala Harris was on his side. Except that there was no audience. The debate was held in an empty hall. No one “went crazy,” as Trump put it, because no one was there.
Another hurdle in recovery from Helene: Misinformation is getting in the way
SWANNANOA, N.C. — In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in western North Carolina, the public meeting in Rutherford County last Wednesday was essential business. Officials from several shellshocked communities convened to talk about the extensive damage and ongoing search-and-rescue efforts.
As America’s marijuana use grows, so do the harms
In midcoast Maine, a pediatrician sees teenagers so dependent on cannabis that they consume it practically all day, every day — “a remarkably scary amount,” she said.
Campaigns seek any edge to sway a tossup election
As Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump begin the final 30-day push for the White House, they are locked in a neck-and-neck race from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt.
Nation and world news — at a glance — for October 6
After Helene’s ‘historic’ damage, Appalachian Trail may need years to recover
Things are getting interesting in a hurry as Week 5 of the NFL season arrives.
Tensions are rising as would-be contenders like the Eagles, Bengals, Dolphins and Browns, to name a few, have encountered early calamities. Underdogs like the Falcons, Commanders and Vikings have found early success. Meanwhile, the Cowboys, Jets and Bears and other teams that entered the season with great hopes continue to fight to gain their footing.
Kurt Vonnegut the board game designer
Even Kurt Vonnegut needed a day job.
An exodus of agents left the Secret Service unprepared for 2024
WASHINGTON — In November, Michael Ebey, a Secret Service special agent, found himself working another 12-hour shift. Like so many before, it was grueling.
Ports Rush to Reopen After First Major Strike in Decades Is Suspended
Hours after a longshoremen’s union on the East and Gulf coasts agreed to suspend its strike, major ports rushed to reopen Friday and get cargo to businesses that have spent the last few days racked with fear over lost sales.
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.
Supreme Court lets Biden plans on mercury and methane move forward
The Supreme Court said on Friday that it would not stop the Biden administration from enforcing rules to reduce emissions of two pollutants: mercury, a hazardous neurotoxin, and methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Melania Trump, whose husband helped end Roe, signals support for abortion rights
Melania Trump, the former first lady, said in a video Thursday that there was “no room for compromise” on a woman’s right to “individual freedom,” a day after a reported excerpt from her coming memoir said she supported abortion rights.
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.
Liz Cheney to campaign with Harris at the birthplace of the GOP
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign alongside Liz Cheney, the most prominent Republican to cross party lines and endorse her, on Thursday in Wisconsin at a symbolic location: the birthplace of the Republican Party.
Former county clerk gets 9 years in prison for tampering with voting machines
Tina Peters, the former clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison after being found guilty in August of tampering with voting machines under her control in a failed attempt to prove that they had been used to rig the 2020 election against former President Donald Trump.
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.
