How the Pope defied doctors in his final 24 hours
Mon, April 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM EDT The doctors had implored him to ease his schedule and avoid the crowds to stave off infection. Pope Francis agreed, up to a point…
Descendants of slave owners and enslaved people in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and Guyana.…
‘I thought I’d died.’ How land mines are continuing to claim lives in post-Assad Syria
IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Suleiman Khalil was harvesting olives in a Syrian orchard with two friends four months ago, unaware the soil beneath them still hid deadly remnants of war. The…
Humble Francis
A memory of transcendent humanity in Rome Timothy Snyder The one time I was to meet Pope Francis, I had to wait. Others, more knowledgeable than me, will write memorials…
In Nigeria’s floating slum, ‘The Herds’ tour spotlights climate change where it’s felt the most
MAKOKO, Nigeria (AP) — Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos. Riding on the…
Have Dire Wolves, Which Went Extinct More Than 10,000 Years Ago, Really Been Brought Back to Life?
Pioneers in the science of “de-extinction,” an American company has announced the births of three pups whose genes resemble those of a species that hasn’t roamed Earth for millennia Margherita…
Man sentenced to 3 years in prison over antisemitic attack on Munich massacre victim’s grandson
A harsher sentence was delivered by a German judge who found that the assailant was motivated by antisemitism. Grace Gilson April 18, 2025 12:19 pm A 24-year-old man who was convicted of attacking…
Purpose (play) 2025
Purpose is a stage play written by American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. The play is a family drama detailing the life of the fictional Jasper family.[1] Synopsis The fictional Jasper family, a prominent African-American family…
Chemical Hints on a Distant Planet Offer ‘Strongest Evidence Yet’ for Life Outside Our Solar System, Astronomers Say
The James Webb Space Telescope spotted possible signatures for life in an exoplanet’s atmosphere. Still, researchers caution it’s far too early to call the findings definitive Sara Hashemi - Daily CorrespondentApril 17,…
Taking a mental health leave from work is an option most people don’t know about
NEW YORK (AP) — Her first panic attack came at a company-wide meeting, right before her scheduled presentation. Carolina Lasso had given many similar talks about her marketing team’s accomplishments. When her…