Hurricane Lane has weakened, but it’s still expected to be hazardous in Hawaii over the next couple of days. 1/18 A week of chaos continues in Australia’s government. It’s nothing new: The past decade has been marked “by a series of leadership coups.” 2/18 President
Trump's tweet about the murder of South African farmers—which are at a 20-year low—and land expropriation is a popular conspiracy theory among white nationalists who want to push the threat of "white genocide." 1/18 The close of trading in New York yesterday
In a dizzying day of news, Manafort is found guilty, Michael Cohen implicates the President, and the White House says there’s nothing to see here. 1/22 The President, Donald Trump: “If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don’t retain the
Last night, protesters on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tore down the "Silent Sam" Confederate statue. In 2017, UNC spent $390,000 on the monument's security. 1/19 Microsoft announces the capture of six websites created by Russian cyberattackers. The
Torrential flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala kills more than 320 people. More rains are predicted. 1/18 Yet another problem caused by climate change: “border water.” 2/18 The White House intends to make it much easier to let the coal industry set its own rules on
“When that lady sits down at the piano and gets her body and soul all over some righteous song, she’ll scare the shit out of you. And you’ll know—you’ll swear—that she’s still the best fuckin’ singer this fucked-up country has ever produced.” Much
More than 70 people overdosed in New Haven, CT, on K2, a synthetic cannabinoid that may have been laced with fentanyl. 1/21 More than 72,000 Americans died last year from drug overdoses, a 10% increase over 2016. 2/21 America has a physician shortage. One solution: let students
“For many of us, those earlier stories happened someplace else, someplace away. Now we know the truth: It happened everywhere.” The grand jury on the sexual abuse investigation of six Pennsylvania dioceses delivers a horrifying report. 1/23 Thirty-nine people died yesterday when a highway bridge in Genoa, Italy,
Vanguard says the chances of a recession by late 2020 have risen to between 30 and 40 percent. 1/29 White House aides often tell President Trump not to call foreign leaders at odd hours due to time zone differences. 2/29 Donald Trump hires the worst people, according to
Horror at Charlottesville did not temper the president’s enthusiasm for demonizing religious and ethnic minorities that characterized his 2016 campaign, and has not dampened his administration’s efforts to turn those convictions into policy. Charlottesville proved that white nationalists are winning within the Republican Party. 1/20 Twitter suspends
