I saw it in their faces the other day, listening to a senior officer briefing several hundred frowning men and women in camouflage. The screen behind him showed the face of a child, covered with smallpox pustules. “I got exactly the same shot you’re about to get,” he told them. “Was I scared I’d infect my wife? Yes. Was I worried about side effects? Yes. Did anything bad happen? No....
I felt uncomfortable, but not for the reasons you might expect. It wasn’t because of the surprise of seeing women in abayas accessorized with wrap-around Chanel sunglasses, going about their business. I had no issue with being woken by the predawn call to prayer, from one of the many mosques that dotted the desert landscape. I felt uneasy because it was all so shiny and new, scrubbed clean of history and open for business....
Did he ever. And now it’s paid off. Last week, Huang, Ciochon, Gu and six other scientists reported in the journal Nature that the little jaw in Huang’s pocket, plus three teeth and two fist-size stone tools from the caves, are the strongest evidence yet that the ancestors of modern humans began their out-of-Africa odyssey cons earlier than the textbooks say. The Longgupo fossils are 1.9 million years old, according to three dating techniques; they come from an era when our ancestors supposedly lived only on the continent where they originated–Africa....
Now a coalition of environmental groups think they have a way to make the long trek easier for wolves and grizzlies. They are pushing an ambitious and controversial project to construct an animal-friendly corridor that would run 1,800 miles from Yellowstone to Canada’s Yukon Territory. Dubbed Y2Y, the project would replant forests, build animals-only highway overpasses and curtail cattle grazing - all in order to create a ““bright green thread’’ where animals could safely pass....
Clearly, John E. du Pont had become a severely troubled man–and last week, in a bizarre episode at Foxcatcher Farm, his 800-acre family estate in Newtown Square, west of Philadelphia, he became a murder suspect as well. The victim was Dave Schultz, 86, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist and a leading candidate in the 168-pound class for the 1996 U.S. freestyle wrestling team. According to police, Schultz died after being shot twice in the chest and once in the arm with a ....
I’m only kidding about the publications’ causing the market swoon. At least I think I’m kidding. But the fact that for two years publications have thought that it’s fine to morph from drama critic to playwright symbolizes the market euphoria that may now be going away. The most recent example of publications-as-investments came last week when Fortune magazine announced that it was licensing the venerable Fortune 500 list and its recently created e-50 “New Economy” index to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which will soon trade them in various forms if all goes as planned....
Selva, a municipality of about 2,500 residents, is on lockdown and appears to be a ghost town during parts of the day, the Argentine newspaper Clarín reported on Tuesday. This began just a few days ago—with all restaurants, bars and shopping centers shuttered—after a 27-year-old man returned to the town after sleeping with a former lover. The unidentified woman had returned to her home in the Argentinian city of Córdoba after a trip to Spain just over a week ago....
Archaeobotanists at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, UK, have identified more than 75 species of bryophytes (non-vascular plants that include mosses and liverworts) frozen alongside Ötzi approximately 5,300 years ago. The results have been published in PLOS ONE. “They were recovered as mostly small scraps from the ice around him, from his clothes and gear, and even from his alimentary tract,” James Dickson of the University of Glasgow, UK, said in a statement....
The coroner’s report was released as police officer Adam Coy, who shot Hill on December 22, faced a disciplinary hearing on Monday to review whether or not his actions were justified. Coy did not personally attend the hearing but was represented by members of the Fraternal Order of Police union. The hearing was led by Columbus Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr. “Based on findings from the autopsy and medical death investigation, manner of death is homicide,” the brief coroner’s report explained....
The 34-year-old wide receiver reportedly is done in Indianapolis after one season with the Colts. But Johnson insists he’s not done with pro football. “I am playing, there’s no question about that,” Johnson told NFL Media last week. “I know I can still play this game … people read into the stories too much. I’m not discouraged about what happened this past season, I’m just waiting for an opportunity.”...
Indeed, the case of Deanna LaJune Laney evokes dark memories of that of Andrea Yates, the Houston mother serving a life sentence in prison, who admitted to drowning her five children in the family bathtub two years ago. Laney, a 38-year-old homemaker from New Chapel Hill in east Texas, admitted to a 911 dispatcher and deputies last week that she’d crushed the heads of her two young sons with rocks and severely injured a third while her husband was asleep....
Cuomo, who formally left office at 11.59pm on Monday, took to Twitter to pour cold water on the claim just hours before his resignation took effect, sharing a family photo featuring him and the dog. The three-term Democrat resigned following a report supervised by state Attorney General Letitia James that concluded Cuomo had sexually harassed at least 11 women. He has denied all wrongdoing. The Albany Times Union reported on Monday that Cuomo had left the dog behind at the governor’s mansion in Albany when he moved out last week....
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the charges during a press conference on Tuesday. “Specifically, the investigation found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed current and former New York State employees by engaging in unwelcome and nonconsensual touching and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive sexual nature, that created a hostile work environment for women,” James said at the press conference. The full report into the investigation can be read here....
According to a legal services contract obtained by the New York Post, the “DOJ has also undertaken an inquiry related to sexual harassment claims made against the then Governor.” The Justice Department had previously investigated Cuomo’s administration for its handling of New York nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement sent to the Post, Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said, “Our understanding is that the [DOJ’s] Civil Division opened an inquiry in August based upon the AG’s politically motivated sham report and we have heard nothing since....
Attorney Rita Glavin sent a letter to the New York State Assembly Friday. In it, she stated that the investigation into Cuomo conducted by New York Attorney General Letitia James could cause assembly members to potentially face those same accusations themselves. “[If the assembly was to] go along with this false narrative, you will be creating a new standard for sexual harassment that every member of the legislature must be prepared to be judged by,” Glavin stated in the letter....
In an interview with ESPN, McCutchen was asked on the spot if he could impersonate Kurkjian. He was up for the challenge. MORE: NL’s best 25-and-under players | McCutchen helps save groundskeeper | McCutchen hits walkoff home run Of course, McCutchen is a known impressionist. He also has Cleveland from “Family Guy” in his repertoire. Is there anything Cutch can’t do?
Andrew “Tekle” Sundberg, 20, was killed in the early hours of Thursday after an hours-long standoff at an apartment building in Minneapolis. It began at around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday after a mother with two young children called 911 to report someone had fired shots through the wall of their third-floor apartment, police said. The case has led to comparisons online with Kyle Rittenhouse as GoFundMe banned campaigns fundraising for his legal defense....
Stephen Curry has been the runaway MVP frontrunner while Draymond Green is making a strong case for DPOY and Jordan Poole’s big jump has him among the candidates for MIP. Although Andrew Wiggins is not a favourite on any end-of-season awards, he’s an invaluable member of the Warriors’ engine and some of the advanced numbers agree. NBA League Pass: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial)...
