26 March 19
Andy Borowitz | William Barr Reads "Moby Dick," Finds No Evidence of Whales
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Attorney General William Barr has just read the classic American novel 'Moby-Dick,' by Herman Melville, and found that the book contains 'no evidence whatsoever of whales,' Barr stated on Tuesday."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Attorney General William Barr has just read the classic American novel 'Moby-Dick,' by Herman Melville, and found that the book contains 'no evidence whatsoever of whales,' Barr stated on Tuesday."
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Newly elected chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Representative Cheri Bustos, arrives for the House Democrats' leadership elections in Washington, D.C., November 29, 2018. (photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)
The DCCC Is Trying to Put Me Out of Business - and I'm a Democrat
Monica Klein, The Intercept
Klein writes: "Six hours after the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced that it was blacklisting firms that work with primary challengers, I met with a potential client who was considering a Democratic primary. The client told me that two consultants dropped out that morning - and now the candidate may not run at all."
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Monica Klein, The Intercept
Klein writes: "Six hours after the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced that it was blacklisting firms that work with primary challengers, I met with a potential client who was considering a Democratic primary. The client told me that two consultants dropped out that morning - and now the candidate may not run at all."
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A bump fire stock that attaches to a semi-automatic rifle to increase the firing rate is seen at Good Guys Gun Shop in Orem, Utah, U.S., October 4, 2017. (photo: George Frey/Reuters)
US Chief Justice Rejects Bid to Block 'Bump Stocks' Gun Ban
Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Hurley writes: "U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday rejected a bid by gun rights activists to put on hold a ban by President Donald Trump's administration on 'bump stock' gun attachments that enable semi-automatic weapons to be fired rapidly."
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Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Hurley writes: "U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday rejected a bid by gun rights activists to put on hold a ban by President Donald Trump's administration on 'bump stock' gun attachments that enable semi-automatic weapons to be fired rapidly."
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The Purdue Pharma offices in Stamford, Connecticut. The company, which has made billions of dollars selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin, has settled a lawsuit with the state of Oklahoma and will pay more than million to create an addiction center and compensate local jurisdictions for the effects of the opioid crisis. (photo: Douglas Healey/AP)
OxyContin Maker Settles Opioid Lawsuit With Oklahoma, Will Pay $270 Million to Study Addiction
Lenny Bernstein and Katie Zezima, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Purdue Pharma and the state of Oklahoma have agreed to settle a lawsuit over the drugmaker's role in the deadly opioid crisis, a milestone in the legal effort to force pharmaceutical companies to pay some of the costs of the epidemic, people familiar with the matter said."
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Lenny Bernstein and Katie Zezima, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Purdue Pharma and the state of Oklahoma have agreed to settle a lawsuit over the drugmaker's role in the deadly opioid crisis, a milestone in the legal effort to force pharmaceutical companies to pay some of the costs of the epidemic, people familiar with the matter said."
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Lissa Yellowbird-Chase first started searching for missing people after a 29-year-old oil field worker disappeared from the Fort Berthold Reservation. (photo: Jessica Lussenhop/BBC)
The Woman in Search of Indian Country's Missing
Jessica Lussenhop, High Country News
Lussenhop writes: "On a blazing hot day in late July, Lissa Yellowbird-Chase drove her black SUV, license plate 'SEARCH,' to a muddy landing on Lake Sakakawea. It was a remote entrance to the water on the northern edge of the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota - not much more than a rickety dock at the end of an uneven gravel road."
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Jessica Lussenhop, High Country News
Lussenhop writes: "On a blazing hot day in late July, Lissa Yellowbird-Chase drove her black SUV, license plate 'SEARCH,' to a muddy landing on Lake Sakakawea. It was a remote entrance to the water on the northern edge of the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota - not much more than a rickety dock at the end of an uneven gravel road."
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Maryam El Shawa standing in the wreckage of the Hassona building after Israeli warplanes bombed the building in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City. (photo: Anadolu Agency)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Holds Amid Tense Calm in Gaza Strip
Maram Humaid and Linah Alsaafin, Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "A fraught quiet has settled over the Gaza Strip after a night of Israeli air raids on the besieged coastal enclave following a rocket strike on a home in central Israel."
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Maram Humaid and Linah Alsaafin, Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "A fraught quiet has settled over the Gaza Strip after a night of Israeli air raids on the besieged coastal enclave following a rocket strike on a home in central Israel."
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Well that's odd. (photo: University of Maine)
It Was 70 Degrees in Alaska This Week
Brian Kahn, Earther
Kahn writes: "Forget Cancun. Spring break in Alaska is where it's at. Bizarre March warmth has engulfed the Frontier State, setting an all-time temperature record in the latest manifestation of a new climate gripping the Arctic."
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Brian Kahn, Earther
Kahn writes: "Forget Cancun. Spring break in Alaska is where it's at. Bizarre March warmth has engulfed the Frontier State, setting an all-time temperature record in the latest manifestation of a new climate gripping the Arctic."
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