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Column: The Ukraine Crisis Shows How Fragile Our Food Systems Are
June 11, 2022 15:30 - 6 minutes - 11.2 MBThe world’s food systems are being battered on 3 fronts: suffocated by climate change, shaken by the COVID-19 earthquake, and suffering from the cyclone of…
The Jan. 6 Hearing Laid Bare How D.C. Is Still Recovering From That Awful Day
June 11, 2022 15:20 - 11 minutes - 21.6 MBThe Jan. 6 committee’s presentation on Thursday amounted to examining an open wound, writes Philip Elliott.
Joe Neguse Didn’t Come to Congress to Fight Wildfires. Climate Change Had Other Plans
June 11, 2022 15:19 - 8 minutes - 14.9 MBDespite clear directions from my GPS, I felt certain I was in the wrong place as I drove the last mile to meet Colorado Representative Joe…
A Police Officer Was Charged With Murder in Patrick Lyoya’s Death. Here’s How Rare That Is
June 11, 2022 15:12 - 4 minutes - 8.28 MBFew officers are charged with crimes in connection with their on-duty service
Column: Coming Out to My Kid Helped Me Come Out to Myself
June 11, 2022 15:04 - 5 minutes - 9.33 MBThe first time I said it out loud was to my son. He’d been watching TV and a little cartoon girl was hiding from a…
At First Hearing, Jan. 6 Panel Uses Trump’s Allies to Lay Out Case Against Him
June 10, 2022 12:48 - 8 minutes - 15.8 MBFootage from depositions taken by former Trump officials provided some of the most explosive moments.
Investors Are Finally Pushing Back on Massive CEO Pay Hikes
June 10, 2022 12:18 - 7 minutes - 14.2 MBInvestors at roughly two dozen major U.S. companies have rejected generous executive-pay packages
Column: The Ukraine War Is Becoming Putin's Vietnam
June 10, 2022 12:02 - 5 minutes - 10.9 MBAs the war in Ukraine drags into its fourth month with no end in sight, a number of observers are beginning to ask, “Will the West grow tired of supporting Ukraine?”
Here’s How Much the Supreme Court Justices Made Last Year
June 10, 2022 11:36 - 4 minutes - 7.52 MBNew financial-disclosure reports released Thursday reveal how much the U.S. Supreme Court Justices made last year.
Biden to Kimmel: Voters Can Make Midterms About Gun Control
June 10, 2022 11:24 - 6 minutes - 11.5 MBKimmel pressed Biden on why he hasn’t done more to curb access to semi-automatic weapons.
11 People Were Killed in 48 Hours in Mass Shootings Across America. It’s Likely to Get Worse
June 09, 2022 12:12 - 4 minutes - 8.64 MBSo far, there have been 247 mass shootings this year, and 13 in the first weekend of June. There have been nearly 19,000 deaths as a result of firearms in the U.S., which includes more than 8,300 homicides as of June 6.
Lettuce Is Now So Expensive In Australia That KFC Will Be Using Cabbage in Its Burgers
June 09, 2022 11:59 - 2 minutes - 4.79 MBAustralia's lettuce shortage has led to soaring prices and spurred fast food giant KFC to put cabbage in its burgers
Omicron-Specific Booster Increases Antibody Levels, Moderna Says
June 09, 2022 11:17 - 4 minutes - 8.57 MBThe vaccine is the first to combine the original vaccine with a new version that targets Omicron
U.S. Gymnasts Sue FBI for More Than $1 Billion for Failing to Stop Larry Nassar
June 09, 2022 11:03 - 4 minutes - 7.45 MB"It is time for the FBI to be held accountable,” said gymnast Maggie Nichols
Bill Gates Says the World Got Lucky With COVID-19: ‘It Could Have Been Way More Fatal’
June 08, 2022 12:38 - 4 minutes - 8.15 MBThe cost of the COVID-19 pandemic is staggering, in terms of both human life and and economic activity. But Bill Gates believes humanity is fortunate that the virus was not even more devastating. "I have to say, given the toll of this pandemic 20 million dead globally, a million in the U.S., and it could have been way more fatal. We just got lucky that the death rate per case was like 0.2%," Gates told TIME senior correspondent Alice Park during the TIME 100 Summit in New York City o...
Matthew McConaughey, a Uvalde Native, Delivers an Emotional Speech at the White House
June 08, 2022 12:28 - 3 minutes - 7.15 MBMatthew McConaughey punched a fist down in anger on the lectern of the White House Briefing Room on Tuesday, filling the crowded space with a jarring boom, as he described how authorities in Uvalde, Texas, needed to take DNA from a girl’s green sneakers to confirm her identity amid the carnage. The Hollywood star and Uvalde native showed raw emotion as he addressed reporters two weeks after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers.
Gavin Newsom Cruises to an Easy Primary Victory in the California Governor’s Race
June 08, 2022 12:18 - 3 minutes - 6.64 MBSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom cruised to an easy victory in Tuesday’s primary, advancing to the November general election where he will be an overwhelming favorite to win a second term barely a year after surviving a recall attempt. Early returns Tuesday showed Newsom with 59%. The state Republican Party’s endorsed candidate, little-known state Sen. Brian Dahle, was far behind with 18%. If he maintains second place, Dahle will face Newsom in November.
What Our COVID-19 Response Can Teach Us About Containing Monkeypox
June 08, 2022 11:11 - 4 minutes - 8.02 MBMonkeypox and COVID-19 are different in many ways. Though relatively rare, monkeypox has been around for decades; indeed, it has become endemic to parts of central and western Africa.
Column: After Uvalde, a Warning From a Sandy Hook Mother
June 05, 2022 15:57 - 5 minutes - 10.3 MB“I just feel numb. It’s horrible but it’s just the latest shooting.” That was the response of my 17-year-old son, Jake, when I asked how he was doing, last Tuesday night, as we were still learning how many children and teachers had been killed in Uvalde, Texas. I realized this is all my son has ever known.
Melatonin Overdoses Among Kids Are Up 530%, New Research Finds
June 05, 2022 15:36 - 4 minutes - 8.9 MBIn a market glutted with over-the-counter sleep aids, melatonin is one of the most popular. A naturally occurring hormone, it governs the sleep-wake cycle and is sold as a dietary supplement to help battle insomnia, jet lag and other conditions. Melatonin sales are rising fast in the U.S., from $285 million in 2016 to $820 million in 2020, according to the market research group Statista. But melatonin’s ubiquity poses dangers for kids, finds a new study published by the U.S. ...
Owning Guns Puts People in Your Home at Greater Risk of Being Killed, New Study Shows
June 05, 2022 15:19 - 6 minutes - 11.4 MBI live with my partner. Neither of us owns a gun. Concerned about reports of rising crime rates in our neighbourhood, my partner decides to buy a handgun to help keep us safe. Is our home safer now? Am I? Millions of Americans may have asked themselves these questions, or versions of them—especially in the wake of horrific mass shootings like those in Buffalo and Uvalde.
A Moratorium on Crypto Mining in New York Could Lead to Environmental Wins Nationwide
June 05, 2022 14:54 - 5 minutes - 10.5 MBOn June 3, the New York Senate passed the U.S.’s first statewide moratorium on cryptocurrency mining, aimed at energy-intensive operations that use fossil fuels for power. The measure, which still needs to be signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul, comes as the crypto mining industry has opened an increasing number of operations in the U.S. The U.S.
The Tulsa Shooting Is a Reminder Health Care Workers Face Violence Every Day
June 04, 2022 14:39 - 7 minutes - 14.2 MBLona DeNisco has lost track of the violent incidents that have taken place in the 20-odd years she’s worked as an emergency room nurse in Buffalo, New York. “There's not one shift that goes by that a nurse doesn't get punched, kicked, slapped, hair pulled. That happens every day,” she says. “I’ve been punched, taken to the ground.” She is also certain that the growing violence in the Buffalo community is spilling into her hospital, Erie County Medical Center.
Column: The UAE's New Leader Is Turning the Tiny Kingdom Into a Major Power Player
June 04, 2022 14:24 - 9 minutes - 17.6 MBPresident Biden sent more than condolences when the nominal leader of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) died. The entire top tier of his Cabinet—Vice President, CIA Director, Secretaries of State and Defense – journeyed across the globe to shake the hand of the new boss, Mohammad bin Zayed al Nahyan, previously described as the Arab world’s most powerful ruler. He may be.
Justin Trudeau Cited U.S. Mass Shootings in Canada’s New Gun Bill. But Crime Is Surging There, Too
June 04, 2022 14:08 - 9 minutes - 16.9 MBFollowing two horrific mass shootings, the government announced new legislation that would dramatically restrict the sale of handguns, and start a program to buy back semi-automatic assault rifles. But the proposed gun restrictions came from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—and the shootings happened across the border in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas.
A Growing Number of Young People Are Attempting Suicide by Self-Poisoning
June 04, 2022 13:52 - 4 minutes - 8.26 MBSuicides among young people have been on the rise for a long time. Among 10 to 24 year olds, overall rates of deaths by suicide in the U.S. increased 57% from 2000 to 2018, according to federal data.
Column: Let's Use the Work Lessons of the Pandemic to Help New Parents
June 04, 2022 13:52 - 4 minutes - 8.49 MBMore than 20 years ago, I was the first woman to take maternity leave at Google. But I almost didn’t come back to work after my first baby was born. It felt like too much to spend the workday away from my newborn while juggling the demands of my job and parenthood. If I had made a different decision in that moment, it would have changed the course of my career. That’s one of the reasons why I’ve long advocated for better maternity leave policies.
Teachers Who Survived Past School Shootings Are Furious After Uvalde
June 03, 2022 13:09 - 7 minutes - 14.4 MBSarah Lerner is painfully familiar with how teachers in Uvalde, Texas must have felt as a gunman attacked their elementary school and fatally shot 21 people on May 24. In 2018, Lerner kept 15 students safe in her classroom at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., while a teenager armed with an AR-15-style rifle shot and killed 17 people on the campus. “We get into education because we love children, we love our subject matter, and we love teaching.
Here’s What to Know About COVID-19 Booster Shots for Kids
June 03, 2022 12:56 - 7 minutes - 12.8 MBChildren were always going to be the toughest group to vaccinate against COVID-19, so it's no coincidence that they were the last group to receive authorization for the shot; manufacturers and government agencies want to be extra careful to find the right dosing and safety profile for the youngest Americans. The same is true for boosters. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about boosters for kids. Which children are eligible for a booster? On May 19, the U.S. ...
As Queen Elizabeth II Marks Her Platinum Jubilee, Who Is the Longest Reigning Monarch?
June 03, 2022 12:48 - 5 minutes - 9.8 MBThis week, the U.K. is celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years on the throne. She rose to the throne in 1952 at the age of 25 upon the death of her father King George VI. Per TIME’s Feb.
U.S. Landfills Are Getting a Second Life as Solar Farms
June 03, 2022 11:58 - 4 minutes - 7.82 MBWhen landfills get capped and grassed over, they have the appearance of lush, rolling hills. Despite their green appearance, however, these sites are known as “brownfields”—a term for an environmentally hazardous site without a promising future. Indeed, landfills are typically unsuitable for development because the contents below the surface are both contaminated and physically unstable.
U.S.-Russia Tensions Rise Amid Biden Decision to Send Rockets to Ukraine
June 02, 2022 13:13 - 8 minutes - 15.1 MBPresident Joe Biden’s decision Wednesday to provide Ukraine with advanced rocket systems that can strike targets from dozens of miles away gives Kyiv a new, much-needed advantage in their hard-fought war with Russia. After months imploring the U.S.
Mass Shooting by Lone Gunman at Tulsa Hospital Leaves 4 Dead
June 02, 2022 12:52 - 4 minutes - 8.69 MBTULSA (OKLAHOMA) — A gunman carrying a rifle and a handgun killed four people Wednesday at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus, police said, the latest in a series of deadly mass shootings across the country in recent weeks. Tulsa Police Department Deputy Chief Eric Dalgleish confirmed the number of dead and said the shooter also was dead, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Denmark Just Reversed 30 Years of Euroskeptic Defense Policy—Thanks to Russia
June 02, 2022 12:38 - 5 minutes - 11 MBDenmark on Wednesday voted to overturn its opt-out of the E.U.’s common defense policy, reversing three decades of Euroskepticism regarding security matters. The move is the latest sign of the West coalescing in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Some 66.9% of voters cast referendum ballots in favor of abandoning the opt-out—first negotiated in 1992—meaning Danish officials can now participate in E.U. defense discussions and the country's armed forces can deploy on E. ...
The Finals Are Happening. But NBA Twitter Can’t Get Past the Curry-Durant Drama
June 02, 2022 12:26 - 7 minutes - 13.9 MBThese 2022 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics, which tip off Thursday night in San Francisco, offer no shortage of basketball intrigue. Two dynastic franchises going head to head: the Celtics are tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for the most NBA championships in history (17), and the Warriors have claimed three of the past seven NBA crowns. East Coast vs. West Coast. This is also a matchup of the two best defensive teams during the regular season.
Loneliness Is a Public Health Emergency. Here’s What Helps, According to Experts
June 02, 2022 12:20 - 8 minutes - 15.4 MBWhen the pandemic first began, many experts feared that even people who managed to avoid the virus would suffer from unprecedented levels of loneliness. What would happen when millions of people were told to stay at home and distance themselves from friends and loved ones? Two years of research later, experts have found that the pandemic did make Americans slightly more lonely—but loneliness levels were already dire enough to pose a threat to mental and physical health.
The ‘Good Guys With Guns’ Keep Failing to Stop Mass Shootings
June 01, 2022 12:50 - 6 minutes - 12.4 MBWithin hours of the school shooting in Uvalde that left 19 students and two teachers dead, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said armed police need to be stationed in elementary schools. Former President Donald Trump advocated for armed teachers and metal detectors days later in a speech at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dismissed the idea of stronger gun laws in lieu of arming and training citizens.
The Rising Costs of China's Zero-COVID Policy
June 01, 2022 12:41 - 9 minutes - 17.8 MBIn mid-May, I traveled from London to Slovenia to interview the Ukrainian men’s soccer team on their bid to reach November’s Qatar World Cup. It was a four-day assignment, requiring travel via train stations, airports, and taxi ranks—but at no point was I asked to show a negative COVID-19 test, my vaccination status, nor even to wear a facemask. I can barely recall seeing anyone wear one, least of all the elite sportsmen with whom I mingled daily.
Biden Says the U.S. Is Sending Medium-Range Rocket Systems to Ukraine
June 01, 2022 12:12 - 7 minutes - 12.9 MBWASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it will send Ukraine a small number of high-tech, medium-range rocket systems, a critical weapon that Ukrainian leaders have been begging for as they struggle to stall Russian progress in the Donbas region. The rocket systems are part of a new $700 million tranche of security assistance for Ukraine from the U.S.
After Uvalde, Biden Fears Another Cycle of Inaction on Guns
June 01, 2022 11:24 - 6 minutes - 12.6 MBAs President Joe Biden sat with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in the Oval Office on Tuesday, the juxtaposition was hard to miss: a leader of one country who had robustly tackled gun control after one horrible mass shooting, beside another who remained incapable of such action after hundreds.
These Countries Restricted Assault Weapons After Just One Mass Shooting
May 31, 2022 12:46 - 11 minutes - 21.8 MBThe U.S. was shaken by the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade when, on May 24, an 18-year-old gunman walked into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 children and two teachers with an AR-15-style rifle. The tragedy has reignited fervent gun control debates across the nation, particularly in relation to the availability of semi-automatic assault weapons, which have been involved in the majority of mass shootings in the U.S. in recent years.
Column: The U.S. Failed Miserably on COVID-19. Canada Shows It Didn't Have to Be That Way
May 31, 2022 12:19 - 8 minutes - 15 MB646,970 lives. This is the number of Americans who would be alive today if the United States had the same per capita death rate from COVID-19 as our northern neighbor, Canada. Reflect for a moment on the sheer magnitude of the lives lost. 646,970 is more than the entire population of Detroit. And it is more than the total number of American lives lost in World War I, World War II, and Vietnam combined. No country is more similar to the U.S.
After Being Locked Down for Two Months, Shanghai Takes Its Biggest Steps Toward Reopening
May 31, 2022 11:34 - 3 minutes - 6.66 MBShanghai will let people in areas deemed low risk for Covid-19 move around the city freely and resume road and public transportation from Wednesday, in a major step forward in its efforts to dismantle a bruising two-month lockdown. Taxi and ride hailing services, as well as private cars, will be allowed onto roads in low-risk areas, while bus, subway and ferry services will also resume, the municipal government said in a statement on Monday.
Monkeypox Won’t Turn Into a Pandemic, the WHO Says, but There Are Many Unknowns
May 31, 2022 11:06 - 5 minutes - 9.42 MBLONDON — The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and whether the suspension of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may somehow be speeding its transmission. In a public session on Monday, WHO's Dr.
Uvalde Community Worships Together on First Sunday Since School Shooting Claimed 21 Lives
May 30, 2022 12:47 - 5 minutes - 10.6 MBTen-year-old Eliahna "Ellie" Garcia was planning to recite a Bible verse, Deuteronomy 6:18, the Primera Iglecia Bautista's (First Baptist Church's) Sunday service on May 29. But plans changed after a gunman entered Robb Elementary School on May 24, killing her and 18 of her classmates and two teachers. Instead, three of her friends from Sunday school recited the verse in her honor, with a picture of Ellie projected behind them.
Justice Department to Review Response to Texas School Shooting
May 30, 2022 12:35 - 1 minute - 3.65 MBUVALDE, Texas — The Justice Department said Sunday it will review the law enforcement response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead. The review comes amid mounting pressure and questions about the shifting and at times contradictory information about what happened in the shooting last Tuesday at Robb Elementary School and how police responded.
Zelensky Visits Front Lines as Russia Closes in on Ukraine’s Industrial Donbas Region
May 30, 2022 12:29 - 5 minutes - 10 MBPOKROVSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops traded blows in fierce close-quarter combat Sunday in an eastern Ukrainian city as Moscow’s soldiers, supported by intense shelling, attempted to gain a strategic foothold to conquer the region. Ukraine's leader also made a rare frontline visit to Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city, to assess the strength of the national defense.
Rock Star Ronnie Hawkins Dies at 87
May 30, 2022 11:58 - 5 minutes - 9.98 MB(AP) — Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians later known as the Band, has died. His wife Wanda confirmed to The Canadian Press that Hawkins died Sunday morning after an illness. He was 87. “He went peacefully and he looked as handsome as ever,” she said by telephone.
‘There Is an Emptiness.’ Uvalde Shooting Victim Lexi Rubio’s Great-Grandfather Remembers Her 10 Years of Life
May 29, 2022 16:13 - 4 minutes - 8.99 MBJulian Moreno was in his front yard watering his plants when he heard rapid, loud booms on the morning of May 24. At first, he thought it was noise from nearby construction. But people began screaming and running toward Robb Elementary School, a block away from his home. He immediately dropped his hose and made his way toward the gunshots as quickly as his 82-year-old body could take him. “I knew Lexi was in there,” he tells TIME, his voice breaking and his face quivering.
How Parents Should Handle the Baby Formula Shortage, According to Pediatricians
May 29, 2022 15:42 - 7 minutes - 13.8 MBThe U.S. is still in the throes of an unprecedented infant-formula shortage. Supply-chain issues caused by the pandemic started affecting baby formula in the summer of 2021, and inventory constricted even further after Abbott recalled certain formula products in February (then more in March) and shut down its Michigan plant.