* Mounting evidence Christie is a bully. * I've never known a governor without a long list of local opponents, enemies, and plain chuckleheads. * Missing its deadline to elect new Olympic officials, India's athletes will compete as independents at Sochi. * UN to stop updating Syria's death
Passing the summer days in North Carolina’s low country often meant sitting on the porch with Grandpa and his radio. Today, it doesn’t take much to go back there.
* The first consignment of Syrian chemical weapons has departed by ship, to be destroyed in international waters. * Indeed, al Qaeda appears to control more territory in the Arab world than it has done at any time in its history. * Following the Snowden leaks, how Google, Facebook, and Microsoft nearly became
* [Snowden] went too far to be considered just a whistleblower. * The coldest temperature recorded in the Midwest on Monday was -36°—enough for antifreeze to freeze. * More than 22 million tons of salt are scattered on U.S. roads annually—about 137 pounds of salt for every American. * Why women
The rooster is back, and the rooster is famished. Introducing the finalists and judges for The Morning News 10th Annual Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.
* Most areas of the U.S. are the coldest in nearly 20 years—some cities are 30 to 50 degrees below average. * Not that you'll need it today, but: A guide to where you should put your sunglasses when you head inside. * Mountains in areas without glaciers get
Street photography has never been more popular, now that everyone has a camera in their pocket. But truly good work requires constant failure—and constant walking.
* Indonesian miners' use of mercury to expedite gold production takes a devastating environmental, human toll. * Cocaine trafficking has claimed more lives than the Spanish Inquisition—ongoing deaths are equal to Nazi Germany. * Developing countries' obesity rates far exceed industrial nations'; China and Mexico's figures have
* In China, one in five children—about 61 million kids—live in rural villages without their parents. * Wal-Mart China's latest scandal. * Photos document the new identities of buildings that used to be Pizza Huts. * Twenty years after the Zapatista rebellion, indigenous Mexican tribes still denied entry or
We gathered writers and thinkers to consider everything that happened over the past 12 months and asked them: What were the most important events of 2013—and what were the least?
