April’s anemic job creation was so out of line with what other indicators have suggested that it will take some time to unravel the mystery. By Neil Irwin It’s a little secret of the news business that for some anticipated events, like a Supreme Court decision or the death of a prominent figure, we pre-write […]
When Teddy Roosevelt looked upon the Grand Canyon as president in 1903, the barrel-chested adventurer and war hero said the site “fills me with awe.” He implored his fellow man, “Do nothing to mar its grandeur, sublimity and loveliness.” His words were apparently ignored by a herd of bison. As many as 500 bison, which […]
Last month, Vanessa Thompson stepped outside the juice bar where she works on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn and noticed a green and white sticker on a light pole. She leaned in for a closer look. “John van Nostrand was a slave owner,” it said. “According to the US census in 1790, the (Van) Nostrands owned […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – It was a pleasant 30 deg C or so in Plains, Georgia, when United States President Joe Biden and his wife Jill visited former president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn at their home on April 29. Mrs Biden wore a dress covered in lemons and two delicate silver bracelets. Mrs Carter was dressed more […]
A sixth-grader has been arrested after allegedly shooting two students and a janitor at a school in Idaho. The girl, likely to be 11 or 12, is accused of pulling a gun from her backpack and firing multiple rounds inside and outside Rigby Middle School in Rigby at 9.15am local time. A hero maths teacher – identified by local […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US support for waiving intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines could be a tactic to convince drugmakers to back less drastic steps like sharing technology and expanding joint ventures to quickly boost global production, lawyers said on Thursday (May 6). “I think the end result that most players are looking for here […]
A former U.S. Army Airborne infantryman was convicted by a federal jury on Thursday of threatening to organize a violent confrontation with right-wing protesters at the Florida State Capitol in January, days after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the United States Capitol in Washington, prosecutors said. The former infantryman, Daniel Alan Baker, 33, who […]
KYIV (REUTERS) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday (May 6) that Washington could increase security assistance for Ukraine after what he called Russia’s “reckless and aggressive” actions in massing troops near the Ukrainian border. During a visit to Kyiv, Blinken said Russia had left behind significant quantities of soldiers and equipment […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday (May 6) there was no plan at this point to shoot down the remnants of a large Chinese rocket expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend. The Long March 5B rocket blasted off from China’s Hainan island on April 29, carrying the […]
It is one of the oldest religious symbols: the lotus flower, blooming out of muddy waters. The mud represents our suffering, pain and delusions, said Duncan Ryuken Williams, a Soto Zen Buddhist priest, retelling the ancient lesson. And the purpose of Buddhism is to rise above. But there’s an even deeper metaphor: In pure water, […]