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A Search Begins for the Wreck Behind an Epic Tale of Survival
5 February 2022
A Search Begins for the Wreck Behind an Epic Tale of Survival
A century after Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance sank in the waters of Antarctica, resulting in one of the greatest survival…
Minneapolis Police Video Shows Officer Killing Armed Man on Couch
5 February 2022
Minneapolis Police Video Shows Officer Killing Armed Man on Couch
The Minneapolis Police Department on Thursday released body camera footage of its SWAT team fatally shooting a man who was…
Hate Crimes Trial to Proceed After Failed Plea Deal With Arbery’s Killers
4 February 2022
Hate Crimes Trial to Proceed After Failed Plea Deal With Arbery’s Killers
ATLANTA — Gregory McMichael, one of Ahmaud Arbery’s three killers, reaffirmed his plea of not guilty in a federal hate…
California’s Snowpack Plummets After a Very Dry January
4 February 2022
California’s Snowpack Plummets After a Very Dry January
Measuring the snowpack near Twin Bridges this week.Credit...Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesFor anyone tracking the state of California’s drought ...
6 Reasons Meta Is in Trouble
4 February 2022
6 Reasons Meta Is in Trouble
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, suffered its biggest one-day wipeout ever on Thursday as its stock plummeted 26…
Worlds Apart, a Friendship Built on Dirt Tracks and 50cc Engines
4 February 2022
Worlds Apart, a Friendship Built on Dirt Tracks and 50cc Engines
Stefy Bau got her first dirt bike when she was 4, an Italjet with a 50-cubic-centimeter engine. She was a…
Biden’s Pick for Bank Cop Faces a Contentious Senate Hearing
4 February 2022
Biden’s Pick for Bank Cop Faces a Contentious Senate Hearing
Sarah Bloom Raskin is a longtime Washington policy player with progressive credentials and a track record of speaking out against…
Britain braces for another increase in interest rates.
4 February 2022
Britain braces for another increase in interest rates.
In Britain, consumer prices are rising at their fastest pace in three decades, prompting investors to prepare for something that…
January Jobs Report May Disappoint. It Is Sure to Perplex.
4 February 2022
January Jobs Report May Disappoint. It Is Sure to Perplex.
The January jobs report is arriving at a critical time for the U.S. economy. Inflation is rising. The pandemic is…
Rejected Mail Ballots Are Showing Racial Disparities
4 February 2022
Rejected Mail Ballots Are Showing Racial Disparities
SEATTLE — Among the thousands of mail-in ballots that were rejected in Washington State during the 2020 election, auditors have…