Titan disaster forces global rethinking of deep sea exploration
When five men died on June 18, 2023, in the implosion of the Titan submersible during a dive to the Titanic’s resting place, the knowledge of Paul-Henri Nargeolet was lost, too. It was Nargeolet’s 38th dive to the sunken liner. Known as Mr. Titanic, he helped retrieve thousands of artifacts that have been displayed in museums and at events around the world.
U.S. Debt on Pace to Top $56 Trillion Over Next 10 Years
WASHINGTON — The United States is on pace to add trillions of dollars to its national debt over the next decade, borrowing money more quickly than previously expected, at a time when big legislative fights loom over taxes and spending.
Remembering Willie Mays as both untouchable and human
At the end, the Say Hey Kid looked nothing like the extraordinary force who had been at the center of the American imagination for much of the 20th century.
Netanyahu dissolves war Cabinet after 2 key members quit
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has dissolved his war Cabinet, an Israeli official said Monday, after the departures of two key members prompted demands from far-right politicians for representation in the influential group.
Recycling is broken. Should I even bother?
Recycling can have big environmental benefits. For one thing, it keeps unwanted objects out of landfills or incinerators, where they can produce potent greenhouse gases and potentially hazardous pollutants.
Surgeon General calls for warning labels on social media platforms
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy announced Monday that he would push for a warning label on social media platforms advising parents that using the platforms might damage adolescents’ mental health.
Gilgo suspect’s how-to manual reflects a killer’s mind, prosecutors say
When prosecutors indicted Rex Heuermann this month on two additional murders in the Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island in New York, they also described a manual he kept as a “planning document.”
Why the stock market has risen even with no Fed rate cuts
The Federal Reserve has disappointed investors this year, but no matter. The markets have adjusted.
In a digital age, high-end outdoors magazines are thriving in print
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — In an ordinary industrial building off a busy Orange County street, a Seussian contraption, nearly 100 feet long, clattered to life. The room filled with the hum and squeaks of belts and machinery. There was the smell of hot glue.
China’s lust for durian is creating fortunes in Southeast Asia
RAUB, Malaysia — Before he started a company 15 years ago selling the world’s smelliest fruit, Eric Chan had a well-paying job writing code for satellites and robots. His family and friends were puzzled when he made the career change.
‘Inside Out 2’ returns Pixar to box office heights
Pixar is finally back in fighting form.
June is the month when Olympic dreams die
Before the Olympics even begin, there is always heartbreak. And June may be the hardest month of all.
A new search for ripples in space from the beginning of time
The universe burst into existence 13.8 billion years ago. What happened in that earliest moment is of intense interest to anyone trying to understand why everything is the way it is today.
As war drags on, Palestinians in Gaza more willing to speak out against Hamas
On Oct. 7, as the Hamas-led attack on Israel was unfolding, many Palestinians took to the streets of the Gaza Strip to celebrate what they likened to a prison break and saw as the sudden humiliation of an occupier.
Washington Post publisher and incoming editor are said to have used stolen records in Britain
LONDON — The publisher and the incoming editor of The Washington Post used fraudulently obtained phone and company records in newspaper articles as journalists in London, according to a former colleague, the published account of a private investigator and an analysis of newspaper archives.
Biden team set to raise record $28M at Hollywood fundraiser
President Joe Biden’s campaign expects to collect more than $28 million at a Los Angeles fundraiser packed with celebrities Saturday night in a Hollywood show of force.
Voyager 1, after major malfunction, back from the brink
Several months after a grave computer problem seemed to spell the end for Voyager 1, which for nearly a half century had provided data on the outer planets and the far reaches of the solar system, NASA announced Thursday that it had restored the spacecraft to working order.
The resistance to a new Trump administration has already started
Opponents of Donald Trump are drafting potential lawsuits in case he is elected in November and carries out mass deportations, as he has vowed. One group has hired a new auditor to withstand any attempt by a second Trump administration to unleash the IRS on it. Democratic-run state governments are even stockpiling abortion medication.
Bishops apologize for traumas of Indian boarding schools
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a formal apology Friday for the church’s role in the mistreatment and trauma experienced by Native Americans in the United States, notably in church-operating boarding schools that sought to force the assimilation of Native children into American culture.
House GOP pushes through defense bill nixing abortion access policy
WASHINGTON — House Republicans banded together Friday to narrowly pass an $895 billion defense policy bill that would restrict access to abortion and transgender medical care in the military and eliminate all positions and offices of diversity, equity and inclusion across the Pentagon.
