Congress Pays Tribute to John McCain

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, CARL HULSE and EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2MGXVdB

Beto O’Rourke Dreams of One Texas. Ted Cruz Sees Another Clearly.

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER and TAMIR KALIFA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2CaSaQi

White House Gives Canada More Time to Rework Nafta

By ANA SWANSON and ALAN RAPPEPORT from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2NBnetM

Lego Wants to Completely Remake Its Toy Bricks (Without Anyone Noticing)

By STANLEY REED from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2NBu42L

Aretha Franklin’s Funeral: Stars, Dignitaries and Fans Honor the Queen of Soul

By BEN SISARIO and STEVE FRIESS from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2PpQswx

Man Who Wrongfully Spent 17 Years in Prison in ‘Doppelgänger Case’ Seeks $1.1 Million

By CHRISTINE HAUSER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2LI0xCq

Every Generation Gets the Beach Villain It Deserves

By NELLIE BOWLES from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2wpD58y

Lobbyist Pleads Guilty to Steering Foreign Funds to Trump Inaugural

By KENNETH P. VOGEL, EILEEN SULLIVAN and ADAM GOLDMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2wuKTFK

The Catholic Church Is Sick With Sex

By TIMOTHY EGAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2onxOtw

NOAA declares seal die-off as 'unusual mortality event'

The federal government is declaring the deaths of hundreds of seals off the New England coast this summer to be an "unusual mortality e...

Infamous WWI spy Mata Hari's letters to her lover sold at auction

Extremely rare letters from infamous World War I spy Mata Hari to her lover have been sold for $15,000 at a Los Angeles auction. from FOX ...

NASA's $400M Mars Opportunity may not be lost after all

The massive dust storm on Mars that caused NASA to lose contact with its Opportunity rover is dissipating, giving new hope that the $400 mil...

Chemnitz Protests Show New Strength of Germany’s Far Right

By KATRIN BENNHOLD from NYT World https://ift.tt/2MIlgM3

Giant lizard in Florida evades capture, torments family: It's 'terrifying to look at'

A giant lizard that’s terrorizing a Florida family has no intentions of being captured, as it has managed to evade state wildlife officials,...

Samsung boss warns ‘not to fear’ robot takeover

A Samsung chief has revealed the company is spending billions of dollars on artificial intelligence, and hopes to convince you there’s nothi...

What would it take to land on Mercury? It's time to find out, scientists say

Mercury has been devoid of spacecraft companions since NASA's Messenger mission ended in 2015, and while the next mission bound for the ...

Long-lost spacecraft that NASA rediscovered this year is incommunicado

Six months after NASA last picked up a signal from a long-lost spacecraft, engineers have been unable to re-establish communications with th...

Ford Scraps Plan to Import China-Built Small Car Due to Tariff Cost

Ford Motor Co. has ditched plans to import its Focus compact car from China to the U.S. starting next year, citing an expected hit from impo...

Water clouds in Jupiter's Great Red Spot mean alien life 'can't be ruled out'

In a stunning scientific discovery, researchers have found water clouds inside Jupiter's Great Red Spot, raising the prospect that life ...

The Religion of Whiteness Becomes a Suicide Cult

By PANKAJ MISHRA from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2onIgkD

How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born?

By NADJA POPOVICH, BLACKI MIGLIOZZI, RUMSEY TAYLOR, JOSH WILLIAMS and DEREK WATKINS from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/2LIQ21K

At McCain’s Memorial, Tears, Laughs and Allusions to the Man Not Invited

By JONATHAN MARTIN and SIMON ROMERO from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2N71U2i

The Schedule of Tributes to John McCain: When and How He Will Be Remembered

By NOAH WEILAND from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2LyzDNf

Lost in the Storm

By SHERI FINK from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/2MZUgXx

Judge Rules Against Alex Jones and Infowars in Sandy Hook Lawsuit

By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2LHND7r

A Broken Relationship and Accusations of Emotional Abuse: The Case of Keith Ellison

By JULIE TURKEWITZ and FARAH STOCKMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2LI1JFY

Ohio State Trustee Resigns, Saying Urban Meyer Punishment Was Too Soft

By MARC TRACY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2C2bTlb

Cuomo-Nixon Debate: Six Takeaways

By JESSE McKINLEY and SHANE GOLDMACHER from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2wxC6SU

Ronan Farrow’s Ex-Producer Says NBC Impeded Weinstein Reporting

By JOHN KOBLIN from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2NFpVuk

Trump Seeks to Block Pay Raises for Federal Workers

By NOAM SCHEIBER from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2PSXoTA

Riz Ahmed Acts His Way Out of Every Cultural Pigeonhole

By CARVELL WALLACE from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/2PbutZO

Trump Accuses China of Undermining Diplomacy With North Korea

By MARK LANDLER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2C0EoQm

Colin Kaepernick’s N.F.L. Collusion Case Can Continue, Arbitrator Rules

By KEN BELSON from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2CegAZB

College Football's Growing Problem: Empty Seats

Announced attendance dropped 3.2% in football’s top division last season, but schools’ ticket scans show even fewer fans in stands. from W...

Texas woman shocked to find 'stubborn' hen sitting on massive snake in wild photo

A hen in Hull, Texas was rather “clucky” when a massive snake decided to rest near the animal rather than make the chicken its next meal. ...

Asian-American Students Suing Harvard Over Affirmative Action Win Justice Dept. Support

By KATIE BENNER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2BWmRJ7

Climate change killed off Neanderthals, study says

Homo sapiens' closest relatives, the Neanderthals, died off approximately 40,000 years ago, but the exact cause is still up for debate. ...

Shark attack victim in Massachusetts says he punched predator in gills to escape

A man who was bitten by a suspected great white shark earlier this month at a Cape Cod beach said in his first interview on Tuesday he was a...

National Enquirer Had Decades of Trump Dirt. He Wanted to Buy It All.

By JIM RUTENBERG and MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2PhbCg4

International Space Station leak may have been caused by micrometeorite strike

NASA and its Russian counterparts identified a tiny pressure leak on the International Space Station Wednesday, which may have been caused b...

Micrometeorite strike may have caused International Space Station leak

NASA and its Russian counterparts identified a tiny pressure leak on the International Space Station Wednesday, which may have been caused b...

VIRGIN BIRTH! Stingray gives birth to 'Darth Vader' after cloning herself in scientific phenomenon

In a shocking scientific development, an eleven-year old stingray has given birth to a healthy offspring, despite having had no male contact...

Trump Attacks CNN After Source Raises Doubts About Report on Russia Meeting

By MATT STEVENS from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2BZF8Fm

DOJ Says Harvard Hurts Asian Americans' Admissions Prospects With 'Personal Rating'

The Department of Justice called the rating “vague and elusory” in a new court filing in a closely-watched affirmative-action lawsuit. fro...

Schools Crack Down as More Students Cut Class

The growing problem of children skipping school has districts across the country experimenting with solutions, from punishments to rewards. ...

This ancient 'monster' galaxy should have destroyed itself

There's a monster out there. It's far away, buried deep in the past. But scientists can see it. And thanks to a new international im...

Planning His Funeral, McCain Got the Last Word Against Trump

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and KATIE ROGERS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2MDnCvx

DeSantis Warns Florida Not to ‘Monkey This Up,’ and Many Hear a Racist Dog Whistle

By JULIA JACOBS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2wndv42

Louis C.K. and Men Who Think Justice Takes as Long as They Want It To

By ROXANE GAY from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2Pjr9vJ

Running While Female

By TALYA MINSBERG from NYT Well https://ift.tt/2LzQ5gg

Black bear hit by arrow mauls hunter before dying, reports say

A black bear struck by an arrow recently mauled a Southern California hunter who approached the wounded animal to get a closer look, a repor...

‘Can You Stop Interrupting?’ ‘Can You Stop Lying?’ Cuomo and Nixon Spar in Debate.

By SHANE GOLDMACHER from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2LCNIJT

Don McGahn to Leave White House Counsel Job This Fall, Trump Says

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2wwaRbk

New U.S. Sexual Misconduct Rules Bolster Rights of Accused and Protect Colleges

By ERICA L. GREEN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2oktivS