This Amazing True-Crime Story Involves Bees, Thieves, and Almonds
Honeybees return to a hive at an apiary in California’s Central Valley. Bees have become big business in California, as they are an essential ingredient in the state’s yearly almond harvest.Paul Kuroda for Reveal Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Reveal. It appears here as part of…
Charli XCX’s Newest Single Will Take You Back to the Bliss of 1999
Charli XCX (YouTube) Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s Friday, and the perfect time to take a little weekend trip. But our getaway isn’t a physical destination—Paris, LA, the beach—but rather we are going back in time. On this week’s installment of “Friday Find,” our weekly music pick featuring a track, record, or…
There’s One Big Thing Missing From This Campaign Ad About Colin Kaepernick
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The National Republican Congressional Committee on Friday pushed out a new ad targeting Democrat Dan Feehan, who is seeking the open seat in Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District. The ad, like a number of other spots we’ve seen this cycle, takes aim at Feehan for defending…
Is LaCroix Safe? Yes. Natural? That’s Complicated.
Vivien Killilea/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. LaCroix, the zero-calorie bubbly water adored by millennials, has enjoyed incredible success in recent years. Its parent company, National Beverage Corp., remains tight-lipped about the recipes for this ever-so-lightly flavored sparkling water. A new lawsuit has thrown its formula into question. A proposed…
The Attorney Spearheading the “Shitty Media Men” Lawsuit Is a Top Defender of Accused Campus Rapists
Mother Jones illustration; Mbsydor/Wikimedia Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the first days of the #MeToo movement in October 2017, journalist Moira Donegan opened a Google spreadsheet, titled it “Shitty Media Men,” and shared it with female friends and colleagues, asking them to add the names rumored or alleged sexual abusers or harassers—and…
Gun Control Groups Keep Endorsing Republicans. Some Activists Are Fed Up.
A protester carries a sign during the March for Our Lives on March 24, 2018 in Washington, DC.Cal Sport Media via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Everytown for Gun Safety released a list of more than 70 political endorsements this week, most of the names were unsurprising. The…