Many Evangelicals Swear Climate Change Isn’t Real. Meet the Christian Scientist Proving Them Wrong.
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe (L) speaks with actor Leonardo DiCaprio (R) during a festival at the White House in October 2016.Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Undark. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For the atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe, climate change advocacy is…
A South Carolina Ghost Called the Gray Man Has Been Predicting Hurricanes for Generations
Steve Jessmore/The Sun News/AP 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. Hurricane Florence is dangerously raging over the Carolinas, with winds over 80 miles per hour, massive flooding, and millions expected to lose power. Official warnings and evacuation orders came…
Texas Cops Just Arrested an Alleged Serial Killer. He’s a Border Patrol Supervisor.
A file photo of a US Border Patrol agent on patrol.Jae C. Hong/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A US Border Patrol agent has been arrested, accused of murdering four woman and abducting another in Laredo, Texas. “We have the serial killer in custody.”The suspect, identified by the Webb County…
Watch John Kerry Blast Donald Trump: “He’s Got the Maturity of an 8-Year-Old Boy”
Julien Mattia/NurPhoto/Sipa USA/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. John Kerry wasted no time excoriating President Trump in an appearance on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday night. “He’s the first president that I know of who spends more time reading his Twitter ‘likes’ than his briefing books or…
This Major Republican Donor Just Renounced the GOP
Leslie H. Wexner at an event in 2011. Fred Squillante/The Columbus Dispatch/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ohio’s wealthiest Republican donor, Leslie H. Wexner, has left the party, saying he is fed up with its antics, the Columbus Dispatch reported. “I’m an independent,” Wexner said at an event for Ohio…
Brett Kavanaugh’s High School Friend Isn’t Helping the Nominee’s Case
President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh reacts as testifies after questioning by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.Alex Brandon/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Earlier this week, reports emerged that Capitol Hill Democrats had a letter from a woman…