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After a parking garage collapsed in Lower Manhattan last month, killing one person and injuring five others, officials scrambled to check dozens of other garages across the city for structural problems that could cause another disaster. They immediately identified dozens of garages with potential hazards, ordering some shuttered and closing off sections of others until … Read more

The Espinillo Indigenous community is 13 miles from the nearest polling station — and no one in the village has a car. So two weeks ago, on the eve of Paraguay’s election, Miguel Paredes, a retired ambulance driver turned local politician, loaded the Indigenous families onto a bus and brought them to the side of … Read more

For the last three years, the United States has been operating an experiment in single-payer health care — for one disease. That era largely came to an end last week as the public health emergency for Covid-19 expired. For Covid, the government bought vaccines and drugs in bulk and handed them out to everyone who … Read more

Last August, Oleg Patsulya, a Russian citizen living near Miami, emailed a Russian airline that had been cut off from Western technology and materials with a tempting offer. He could help circumvent the global sanctions imposed on Rossiya Airlines after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by shuffling the aircraft parts and electronics that it so desperately … Read more

There was a time when Chris Nuttall-Smith, food writer and lifelong outdoorsman, ate just like everybody else at camp. As a college student hiking through the Rockies, he sustained himself on “PowerBars and Mr. Noodles”—standard backpacking fare. And it was fine. It was what people do! “Especially at that age, you’re not thinking that much … Read more

In a routine decision in March, a unanimous three-judge panel of a federal appeals court ruled against a Texas inmate who was injured when the ceiling of the hog barn he was working in collapsed. The court, predictably, said the inmate could not overcome qualified immunity, the much-criticized legal shield that protects government officials from … Read more

BANGKOK: Thai opposition leader Pita Limjaroenrat said Monday he was ready to be prime minister after a stunning election result that left his upstart progressive party as the biggest in parliament.He told reporters at his Move Forward Party headquarters that he would seek to build a coalition with five other parties including Pheu Thai, which … Read more

Strawberry Simple Syrup is easy to make with just 3 ingredients and it can be used in so many ways! Add a splash of strawberry syrup to a glass of mint lemonade or to a pitcher of mojitos and you just might find your new favorite drink to sip this summer. Pour it over a … Read more