California Capitol Reinstates Mask Mandate, Even For The Fully Vaccinated, Amid Outbreak
Masks are mandatory at the state Capitol again after at least nine legislative staffers, four of them fully vaccinated, tested positive for COVID-19.
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Elon Musk’s Tunnels Never Go Anywhere
Chicago, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Miami—who hasn’t been promised a tunnel?
Space Billionaires, Please Read the Room
Dear billionaires, no one cares whom you beat to space.After Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, announced that he would join the first crewed flight by his rocket company, Blue Origin, later this month, Richard Branson just couldn’t let him earn the title of first billionaire in space. So now Branson, merely the world’s 589th richest person, is joining the crew of his next Virgin Galactic flight on Sunday, nine days before Bezos goes vertical.
My Husband and I Never Had Sex in Five Years of Dating. Now We’re Newlyweds and … Yikes.
This isn’t what was supposed to happen.
My Wife Spends Her Money on Hair and Nails, Leaving Me to Pay for Our Expenses
She’s always broke a few days into the month.
Maine Has a Dangerous, Small, and Very Itchy Problem
The caterpillar is roughly an inch and a half long with a fuzzy coat, brown but for two white stripes that flank its back and two red-orange dots near its rear. It has a soft visual texture that makes it seem harmless, charming even, tempting enough to stroke.But touch an adult browntail-moth caterpillar at your own peril.“Browntail-moth-caterpillar hairs are barbed and hollow.
They Rejected Democracy. They Lied. And They Spent July Fourth Calling Themselves Patriots.
The 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the presidential election and fueled the insurrection are all celebrating their love of America now.
Trump’s Fantasy Legal World
Just like you, Donald Trump has some big summer plans, though his are probably more grandiose: He’s going to be reinstated to the presidency by August, and he’s going to sue Facebook, Twitter, Google’s YouTube, and their respective CEOs for violating his First Amendment rights. The first of these is impossible. The second, which Trump announced during a press conference this morning, is only marginally more likely to succeed.
Trump Is So Desperate For Social Media He’s Suing Facebook, Twitter And YouTube
The former president said he’s seeking “potentially trillions of dollars” in damages.
Dear Care and Feeding: We’ve Never Asked Our Tween to Do Chores. Is It Too Late to Start?
Parenting advice on chores, romantic getaways, and extra middle names.
The Vortex of White Evangelicalism
Esau McCaulley has been caught between multiple identities his whole life. Family legend has it that his grandfather couldn’t read, and when it came time to pick a baby name for McCaulley’s father, that grandfather opened the Bible and pointed to a word, not realizing it was Esau.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Joins Howard U. After Rejecting UNC Tenure
After months of controversy, acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has announced that she will join the faculty at Howard University, one of the country’s most prestigious historically Black universities, instead of joining the faculty at her alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she went to graduate school.
Eric Adams, Ex-Police Captain, Wins NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary After Running on Crime as #1 Issue
The next mayor of New York City will likely be the Brooklyn borough president and former police officer Eric Adams, according to a newly released tally in the Democratic primary race which accounts for most absentee ballots. Adams would be the city’s second Black mayor and ran to the right of his party, promising to tackle crime.
Jovenel Moïse Dead: Haitian President Assassinated, Plunging Country into New Political Crisis
Haiti is reeling from a new crisis after President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his home in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince early Wednesday. In a statement, Haitian Prime Minister Claude Joseph said “a group of unidentified individuals” attacked the private residence of the president, killing him and injuring the first lady.
Help! My Loser Ex Is Living the Life I Want.
To see him with something that he never had any interest in is leaving me so unhappy.
The Hidden Costs of Dollar General
Critics say the company drives out grocery stores and exacerbates the problem of food deserts.
Biden’s Covid vaccine push crashes into reality
After falling short of its July 4th goal, the White House is now turning to a hyper-local strategy. But progress is slow.
My Cat Needs $2,000 Dental Surgery. Should I Spend the Money to Keep Him Alive?
He’s only 3 years old.
The Charges Against the Trump Organization Are a Master Class in Tax Evasion
The company allegedly went to incredible lengths to avoid paying taxes on a top employee’s compensation.
The Jobs Report Just Gave Us One More Reason to Feel Good About the Economy
June was the biggest month for hiring since August 2020.
Skeptics question if Biden’s new science agency is a breakthrough or more bureaucracy
The proposed Advanced Research Projects Agency would deliver breakthrough treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes and other diseases.
Fauci frets ‘avoidable’ Covid-19 deaths among unvaccinated people
“It’s really sad and tragic,” he said.
Virus lab leak theory dogs Democrats eager to keep focus on Trump’s Covid failings
Democrats worry that murky conclusions that don’t identify the origin of the virus could play into the Republicans’ hands.
The Best Wedding Letters Ever Written to Dear Prudence
Wigs that incite anger, spectral ceremonies, and regretful bridezillas.
Gasoline is up and GOP sees an easy target: Biden
Americans are hitting the road as strong economic growth pushes up oil prices, and Republicans are trying to pin pump prices on Biden’s energy policies.
A ‘humble’ Fed ramps up inflation forecast as prices jump
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank still expects rising inflation to subside in the coming months but underscored that he will be watching the data to see if that’s wrong.
Soaring prices draw both shrugs and screaming in Washington
A continued inflation spike could make it a lot harder for the president to push through trillions of dollars in additional federal spending.
“The Second”: Carol Anderson on the Racist History Behind the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
As gun violence soars in the United States, we look at the Second Amendment and its racist roots with Carol Anderson, author of the new book, “The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America.” In the book, Anderson details how the Second Amendment was written to empower local militia groups to put down slave revolts and protect plantation owners.