In her announcement, Gov. Kathy Hochul gave few details about where the plant would be built, how much the project would cost or how long it would take to complete. Source: New York Times New York Again Embraces Nuclear Power … Continue reading New York Again Embraces Nuclear Power With Plans to Build New Plant

Governments and U.S. states committed to climate action now need to persuade the oil industry to protect the world from climate chaos. Source: New York Times What Environmentalists Like Me Got Wrong About Climate Change Continue reading What Environmentalists Like Me Got Wrong About Climate Change

Before asserting that Iran and Israel had agreed to a cease-fire, President Trump spoke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Iranian officials, with Qatar helping to mediate. Source: New York Times Trump’s Cease-Fire Announcement Catches His Own Top … Continue reading Trump’s Cease-Fire Announcement Catches His Own Top Officials by Surprise

Some hot days feel even worse thanks to high humidity, trapped heat and dew points. Cities are especially vulnerable. Source: New York Times Why Humidity Makes the Temperature Feel Worse During a Heat Wave Continue reading Why Humidity Makes the Temperature Feel Worse During a Heat Wave

For every 20 positions, there’s one qualified candidate, says one manufacturing chief executive. Some of President Trump’s policies are likely to exacerbate the problem. Source: New York Times Why Factories Are Having Trouble Filling Nearly 400,000 Open Jobs Continue reading Why Factories Are Having Trouble Filling Nearly 400,000 Open Jobs

Questioning its final witness, the government laid out flight plans, escort prices, hotel reservations and a web of payments for sexual encounters in 2023. Source: New York Times As Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Took a Victory Lap, He Planned Sex Nights, … Continue reading As Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Took a Victory Lap, He Planned Sex Nights, Prosecutors Say

Trump’s unlawful strikes on Iran have laid bare the absence of any effective legal constraints on a U.S. president to use deadly force in the world. Source: New York Times Trump’s Strikes on Iran Were Unlawful. Here’s Why That Matters. Continue reading Trump’s Strikes on Iran Were Unlawful. Here’s Why That Matters.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a mysterious Planet Nine. Source: New York Times Vera Rubin Telescope Quickly Found 1,200 New Asteroids Continue reading Vera Rubin Telescope Quickly Found 1,200 New Asteroids

Hugo Aguilar Ortiz grew up in a remote Mixtec-speaking village. He is now one of the most powerful lawyers in Mexico. Source: New York Times How Hugo Aguilar Ortiz Became Mexico’s Most Powerful Indigenous Lawyer Continue reading How Hugo Aguilar Ortiz Became Mexico’s Most Powerful Indigenous Lawyer

Damon Landor, whose faith requires him to let his hair grow long, said guards threw a court ruling in the trash before holding him down and shaving his head to the scalp. Source: New York Times Supreme Court to Hear … Continue reading Supreme Court to Hear Rastafarian Prisoner’s Suit Over Shaved Dreadlocks