The Nobel Peace Prize goes to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). 1/20 “I think Secretary Tillerson, Secretary Mattis and Chief of Staff Kelly are those people that help separate our country from chaos.†Getting in his dings on his way out the door, Tennessee
Kazuo Ishiguro, master of memory, is your Nobel Laureate for Literature for 2017. 1/12 Fascinating stuff: How Kazuo Ishiguro wrote The Remains of the Day, with a little help from Tom Waits, in four weeks of extreme seclusion. 2/12 Without offering any specifics, Trump says his administration will
The girlfriend of the gunman in the Las Vegas shooting was met last night by authorities at Los Angeles International Airport. 1/20 After the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Democrats occupied the House floor for a full day. After Vegas, with midterm elections coming up, they're setting
Equifax's former CEO heads to congressional hearings as news emerges that an additional 2.5 million Americans were included in its data breach. 1/21 The other side of gun control: Amid slumping gun sales under Trump, the White House may loosen gun export laws, and gun-maker
Police shut down more than half of the 2,315 schools in Catalonia designated as polling stations. Tens of thousands are expected to vote in a referendum that’s already been blocked by Spain’s constitutional court. 1/20 Polar bears converge in the hundreds on a bowhead whale carcass
The situation in Puerto Rico is spiraling into a full-blown health crisis. Nearly half of the population has no drinking water, many have no food, and communication remains spotty. 1/20 With much of Puerto Rico's power grid still offline, the island’s health disaster compounds as
Florida governor Rick Scott heads to Puerto Rico to coordinate recovery efforts. A "vast" migration of Puerto Ricans to Florida is expected in the months ahead. 1/22 Warned that Puerto Rico may become his Katrina, Trump temporarily waives the Jones Act. 2/22 Hugh Hefner dies at
Before-and-after aerial photos of Puerto Rico offer a glimpse at the extent of devastation. On the ground, the health situation is dire—only 20 hospitals are operational and 911 is offline. 1/23 The Republican runoff to fill Jeff Sessions' Senate seat in Alabama became a proxy
The cost of damage in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria may reach as much as $20 billion. 1/16 Just 40 percent of islanders in Puerto Rico currently have potable water. 2/16 Federal aid starts to flow, but Trump doesn’t much care for humanitarian crises offshore. 3/16
Maria downed communication lines to half the island, as Puerto Rico tries to evacuate 70,000 residents downstream of a failing dam. 1/12 “Consider the amount of standard daily doses of opioids consumed in Japan. And then double it. And then double it again. And then double it
