Sumatra Daily rainfall over Sumatra linked to larger atmospheric phenomenonphys.org - Marcie Grabowski Around the globe, communities are concerned with rain and storms. An area known as the "Maritime Continent," which includes major islands such as …
Books Arabic Readers in Israel Have to Hope the Border Guards Are SloppyThe New York Times - David M. HalbfingerJERUSALEM — For three years now, Asmaa Azaizeh has run a popular Arabic-language book festival in Haifa, a mixed city that has become a vibrant culinary and cultural capital for Palestinian citizens of
Ian Botham How Botham Jean's mother is preparing to face the former police officer who killed her sonCNN - By Darran Simon, Braden Goyette, Allison V. Smith(CNN) — Seven months after an off-duty Dallas police officer shot Allison Jean's son, Botham, dead in his apartment, her attorney called with a warning: the 911 call capturing Botham's last moments was
Oahu Economists: Airbnb Crackdown Will Likely Cause Big Drop In Oahu Tourismcivilbeat.org - Stewart Yerton Oahu might suffer a 4% drop in tourism because of a new law to toughen restrictions on short-term vacation rentals, University of Hawaii economists …
University of Hawaii Report: Hawaii’s economic prospects look ‘increasingly dicey’hawaiinewsnow.com - HNN Staff HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state’s economic fortunes ― which were already looking weak ― are now looking bleak, a team of University of …
News Pelosi Says Congress Should Pass New Laws So Sitting Presidents Can Be IndictedNPR - Susan Davis , Ari Shapiro , Jessica TaylorIn an exclusive interview with NPR, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has not changed her mind on pursuing impeachment but is ready to change the law to restrain presidential power and make it clear
Donald Trump As a foreign reporter visiting the US I was stunned by Trump's press conferenceThe Guardian - Lenore TaylorIn writing about this not-especially-important or unusual press conference I’ve run into what US reporters must encounter every day As a regular news reader I thought I was across the eccentricities of
Politics 23 states sue Trump to keep California’s stricter auto emission rulespbs.org - Adam Beam, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and 22 other states sued Friday to stop the Trump administration from revoking the authority of the nation’s …
Donald Trump Trump’s Ukraine Scandal Is Hiding in Plain SightNew York Magazine - Jonathan Chait Appearing last night on CNN, Rudy Giuliani created a furor by openly confessing that he had pressured Ukraine’s government to investigate Joe Biden. …
Donald Trump Trump responds to Ukraine whistleblower scandal with contradictions and transparent falsehoodsVox - Aaron RuparPresident Donald Trump’s initial public comments about revelations that his conversations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are the subject of a whistleblower complaint regarding possible abuse
Politics Did Trump Try to Extort the President of Ukraine Into Investigating Joe Biden?The New Yorker - John CassidyJust when you think you’ve seen it all, along comes a Trump development to trump them all—or most of them. On Thursday night, the Washington Post reported that a complaint from an anonymous intelligence
Donald Trump George Conway Says Trump Should Be Impeached If He Sicced Ukraine On Joe BidenHuffPost - Mary PapenfussThe lawyer says the president should be ousted "without delay" if a report is true that Trump told Ukraine's president to investigate the 2020 Democrat. George Conway, who is married to senior White House
Donald Trump Trump's Secret 'Promise' Might Be Connected to Ukraine. Here's What You Need to Know.VICE - Greg WaltersThe investigation into Donald Trump’s “promise” to a foreign leader, which shocked a member of the intelligence community into making a complaint, relates to Ukraine, according to numerous media outlets.
U.S. Politics Senate Democrats release list of climate studies buried by Trump administrationPOLITICO - By HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICHSenate Democrats released on Thursday a report outlining dozens of times the Trump administration has censored or minimized climate science across the federal government at agencies including the EPA the
Quantum Computing Google researchers have reportedly achieved “quantum supremacy”MIT Technology Review - Martin Giles The news: According to a report in the Financial Times, a team of researchers from Google led by John Martinis have demonstrated quantum supremacy …
Whistleblowers The cost-benefit calculus for whistleblowers just took a turn for the worseThe Washington Post - By Eric R. HavianEric R. Havian , a former federal prosecutor, is an attorney with Constantine Cannon and has represented whistleblowers for 25 years. When news broke this week that the Trump administration had refused
News (U.S.) Rudy Giuliani’s Ukrainian adventureThe Economist President Trump’s personal lawyer appears to have crossed a line Editor’s note (September 20th 2019): American newspapers have reported that a …
U.S. Politics Pastafarian pastor leads prayer at Alaska government meetingAssociated PressHOMER, Alaska (AP) — A pastor wearing a colander on his head offered the opening prayer on behalf of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to open a local government meeting in Alaska, the latest
Technology Payouts from insurance policies may fuel ransomware attacksAssociated Press - By KATHLEEN FOODY, Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — The call came on a Saturday in July delivering grim news: Many of the computer systems serving the government of LaPorte County, Indiana, had been taken hostage with ransomware. The hackers
Hong Kong Hong Kong protests: A look from inside and outside China’s Great Firewallabacusnews.com - Karen Chiu Browsing Weibo and Douyin -- the Chinese version of TikTok -- on a day of protests in Hong Kong, you might see patriotic crowds singing the Chinese …
Cybersecurity Once hacked, twice shy: How auto supplier Harman learned to fight...Reuters - Tina BellonLAS VEGAS (Reuters) - When researchers remotely hacked a Jeep Cherokee in 2015, slowing it to a crawl in the middle of a U.S. highway, the portal the hackers used was an infotainment system made by supplier
Prostitution Twitter Is Asking Sex Workers If They’re Bots and Demanding Their Phone NumbersVICE - Samantha ColeSex is allowed on Twitter. It's right there in the terms of use. "Sensitive content" like sex and nudity is allowed, as long as it's not featured in the header image of your profile or your profile picture.
Mobile Technology Few U.S. lawmakers hit 'like' button after Facebook CEO visits...Reuters - David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrapped up three days of discussions with Washington movers and shakers on Friday, with few if any indications he had won new “friends” to help the social
Technology Twitter bans thousands of state-backed accounts spreading misinformationEngadget - Christine FisherAnd Facebook took down 100 accounts with ties to Spain's Partido Popular. Twitter has suspended thousands of accounts linked with state-backed misinformation campaigns. In a transparency report shared
Apps Facebook suspends "tens of thousands" of apps amid developer probeAxios - Sara Fischer Facebook announced Friday that it suspended "tens of thousands" of apps following a lengthy investigation into the third-party developers that share …
Bluetooth Here’s why so many apps are asking to use Bluetooth on iOS 13The Verge - Chris WelchApple’s new iOS 13 update adds a new privacy measure that requires apps to get your consent in order to use your device’s Bluetooth. After installing the latest version of iOS, trust me when I say you’ll
Samsung Galaxy Fold My first day with Samsung's improved Galaxy FoldCNET - by Andrew Hoyle Samsung's original design had fatal flaws. Here's how it's been going with the redesigned foldable phone.
Election Security McConnell backs election security amendment after facing criticismPOLITICO - By MARIANNE LEVINESenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday he is backing a measure to improve election security after Senate Democrats slammed him for blocking bipartisan election security legislation. The to
Long-form Journalism The Mysterious Death Of The Hacker Who Turned In Chelsea ManningNPR - Dina Temple-RastonDebbie Scroggin and her husband live at the end of a series of gravel roads in a lonesome part of Kansas. It is the kind of place where, Debbie says, "you have to drive 15 minutes to get anywhere." Getting
Donald Trump Trump: My Crimes Can’t Be Investigated While I’m PresidentVanity Fair - Bess LevinThe president’s latest attempt to keep his tax returns hidden is a novel one. As you may or may not have heard, Donald Trump refused to release his tax returns while running for president, claiming, falsely,
Bruce HowardDonald Trump Trump is proving publicity can be bad. From Twitter to Fox News, he's walked into a trap.USA TODAY - Todd Gitlin
Bruce HowardTrump Tower Pelosi has Trump frantic and rattled — againThe Washington Post - By Eugene Robinson
Bruce Howard The Angels of Bataan: The World War II Nurses Who Survived Three Years in a Japanese Prison Campamightygirl.com - Katherine
Bruce Howard With Kavanaugh nomination, Trump faces #MeTooAssociated Press - By CATHERINE LUCEY, ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE
Bruce Howard Donald Trump just said something truly terrifyingCNN - Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Bruce Howard Next stop, Nina Simone … Paris metro ‘must honour its heroines’The Guardian - Kim Willsher in Paris
Bruce Howard Chloe Kim Crushes the Competition to Win America's Third Snowboard Gold Medal at the PyeongChang Winter OlympicsTIME
Bruce Howard This Man Has Been Living On Cruise Ships for Twenty YearsCondé Nast Traveler - by Mark Ellwood
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