news2shortsAmerican Lung Association’s study says almost 156 million people live in areas with unhealthy levels of soot or smog Almost half of Americans are breathing in dangerous levels of air pollutants, a new report shows, a rise compared with a year ago and likely to further increase in coming years thanks to the climate crisis … Read more
Delegation visit detention centers and report poor conditions. Plus, Musk says he’ll step back slightly from Doge after Tesla profits slide 71% Good morning. Congressional lawmakers denounced the treatment of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, students being detained by US immigration authorities for their pro-Palestinian activism, as a “national disgrace” during a visit to the … Read more
Stretch of major highway shut as 3,000 people moved to safety and homes left without power A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey has forced thousands of people to evacuate, closed a stretch of a main highway and reached a shuttered nuclear power plant. Flames from the Jones Road wildfire in Ocean County had reached … Read more
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America may be well on its way to forgetting Joe Biden; Donald Trump is not.
The Colorado star is brilliant on offense and defense but the burdens of professional football make it very difficult for two-way players to succeed Every once in a while, a player comes along who breaks our understanding of a sport. Basketball has Victor Wembanyama. Baseball has Shohei Ohtani. For professional football, enter Travis Hunter. There … Read more
He was no liberal, but Francis embodied a spirit of international solidarity that is in alarmingly short supply Pope Francis died hours after meeting the US vice-president, JD Vance. If that wasn’t a bad enough omen, the Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump’s acolyte and self-styled “Christian nationalist”, appeared to welcome the pope’s death … Read more
Profits at the billionaire’s carmaker fell 71% amid a backlash over his role at the White House Though Elon Musk has acknowledged there have been “rocky moments” of late, he remained optimistic about Tesla’s future. “The future for Tesla is better than ever,” he said. “The value of the company is delivering sustainable abundance with … Read more
In today’s newsletter: As world leaders gather in the UK this week, any hope of breaking the deadlock when Russia and Ukraine refuse to compromise could mean the US walks away Good morning. Representatives from the US, Britain and France are gathering in London today to resume discussions with Ukrainian officials on a possible ceasefire … Read more
No music, no script, no narration, no editing – slow TV like this is exactly the balm we need these days Do you reach for your phone first thing in the morning as soon as you wake up? Me too. Only, for the past week, it’s not my WhatsApp, email or social media I’ve been … Read more
