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WATCH: Plume of Toxic Gas Envelops Ohio Town as Derailed Train Explodes

NTSBGov via ReutersOfficials detonated several train cars filled with toxic gas Monday after a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, causing an explosion that reached several hundred feet into the air and sent a plume of black...

The Most Mysterious Part of the Moon Isn’t Where You Think

The Atlantic

The far side of the moon has a certain mystique about it. It’s eternally out of view, never facing the Earth—which has earned it a misleading nickname, “the dark side,” as if sunlight never reaches its surface (it does). It’s...

As the detective who inspired TV’s Prime Suspect, I know this: the misogyny of David Carrick lives on | Jackie Malton

The Guardian

I hope the rapist’s sentencing will offer closure to victims, but fear the Met will be weeding out abusive officers for some timeJackie Malton is a former senior police officerWe have now heard for the first time from David...

Florida still world’s shark bite capital – but attacks on humans lowest in decade

The Guardian

Across the world there were 57 unprovoked shark bites in 2022, most of which occurred in the US and AustraliaFlorida has retained its title as the shark bite capital of the world, according to new figures, but globally the...

A Machine Crushed Us at Pokémon

The Atlantic

For a brief moment, we could taste victory. On the first turn of our online Pokémon battle against the player Athena2023, our Aegislash dealt some serious damage to Athena2023’s Gengar. One more blow like that, and Gengar, a...

The SNL Sketch That Left the Cast Helpless

The Atlantic

Bowen Yang didn’t break first, but he was the cast member least able to handle the cascade of giggles that caused yesterday’s final Saturday Night Live sketch of the night to lose total control. Partway through “Lisa from...

From This Hill, You Can See the Next Intifada

The Atlantic

It’s a little after 8 p.m. on a frigid hill in the West Bank village of Beita, and Sa’ed Hamayyel is sitting in front of a crackling outdoor fire, his face framed by smoke, telling me how his son was killed. “He was 16 years...

Jeremy Hunt says focus on the ‘economically inactive’. I say he is scapegoating the sick | Frances Ryan

The Guardian

The chancellor’s rhetoric, echoed by the rightwing press, makes his view clear: that being too ill to work is a lifestyle choiceAs the government lurches between screw-ups, sleaze and scandals, it is ironic that one of its key...

Powerful earthquake rocks Turkey and Syria, killing thousands

Chicago Tribune

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing thousands. Click here to see original...

This Democrat is fired up and ready to defeat Kyrsten Sinema

The Washington Post

This Democrat is running for Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate seat in Arizona with a blunt style.

Black skateboarders on the life and death of Tyre Nichols: ‘He was one of us. That could have been me’

The Guardian

Three skaters address their own experiences, activism and the police response to their communitiesIt has been nearly a month since Tyre Nichols died after a beating by Memphis police. Even by the standards of a country with a...

Eagles’ Jalen Hurts happy and humbled in run-up to historic Super Bowl matchup

LA Times

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurt talked about the historic matchup against Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes during Super Bowl LVII opening night in Phoenix. Click here to see original...

Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Moscow moves troops into eastern Ukraine ahead of new offensive, Luhansk governor says

The Guardian

Serhiy Haidai says Russian reserves are being deployed ‘in our direction’ as they prepare for a ‘full-scale offensive’ this monthWhat we know on day 349 Click here to see original...

Pink Floyd Feud Spills Out Into Public As Roger Waters, David Gilmour Go At it

Huffington Post News

The two former bandmates fire off new attacks on social media.

Post Politics Now: Biden to deliver State of the Union speech this week, then hit the road

Washington Post

After a speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, Biden is set to travel to Wisconsin on Wednesday and Florida on Thursday. Click here to see original...

The Institutional Arsonist Turns on His Own Party

The Atlantic

It’s begun to dawn on Republicans that they face a potentially catastrophic political problem: Donald Trump may lose the GOP presidential primary and, out of spite, wreck Republican prospects in 2024.That unsettling realization...

James Comer and former Twitter employees strike deal on subpoenas in exchange for testimony

CNN

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has subpoenaed three former Twitter employees who will testify before the panel in relation to their investigation into Twitter’s

Los Angeles firefighters to join rescue efforts in Turkey and Syria after massive quake

LA Times

Specially trained L.A. County firefighters make up one of two U.S. teams headed to assist in search-and-rescue operations in Turkey and Syria. Click here to see original...