What It’s Like to Be a High School Senior and Lose Everything in the Worst Fire in California History
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Early on a recent Thursday morning, in the middle of a still-dark mall in Chico, California, a handful of high school students sat in a converted LensCrafters and worked on assignments for the end of the semester. They came from the nearby town of Paradise,…
Light Pollution Has Made Stargazing Impossible in Most Places—But Not in National Parks
Moment via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a crisp September night, the rocky coastline around Sand Beach in Acadia National Park feels like the edge of the world. A rapt audience is gathered in…
2018 Was a Good Year…for Music. Here’s the Best.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Day after day, after day, 2018 slammed us with terrible stories of family separations, assaults on trans people, not to mention one political outrage after another. The 365 days of 2018 have felt like thousands. Culturally, there have also been moments of extreme weirdness—what with Kanye meeting Trump or that really strange anti-Ariana piece. We don’t…
Trump Lies to Troops’ Faces About Pay Raise He Gave Them
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. We all know Donald Trump lies a lot. But this is pathological: Speaking to members of the military during his surprise trip overseas this week, President Trump spoke about the raises they received. “You haven’t gotten one in more than 10 years — more than…
Poll: Trump Is Losing on All Fronts
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Even Anti-Abortion Gov. Kasich Couldn’t Sign This Extreme Abortion Measure
Protesters march to the Ohio State House in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this month to protest the controversial “fetal heartbeat ban,” which would have prohibited abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.Matthew Hatcher/SOPA Images/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Despite efforts of conservative lawmakers and activists, the Ohio…