Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Pacific Northwest Tribal Fishing Bill Clears US House by The Associated Press


By The Associated Press

Pacific Northwest tribes fighting to get the U.S. government to fully compensate them for the loss of dozens of homes and traditional fishing encampments to flooding caused by hydroelectric dams rejoiced Tuesday after federal legislation to addres…

Published: April 30, 2019 at 05:45PM

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Your Questions About Food and Climate Change, Answered by Julia Moskin, Brad Plumer, Rebecca Lieberman, Eden Weingart and Nadja Popovich


By Julia Moskin, Brad Plumer, Rebecca Lieberman, Eden Weingart and Nadja Popovich

How to shop, cook and eat in a warming world.

Published: April 30, 2019 at 04:38PM

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The Climate-Friendly Vegetable You Ought to Eat by Melissa Clark


By Melissa Clark

Kelp is delicious and versatile, and farming it is actively good for the ocean. Melissa Clark wants you to just try a bite.

Published: April 30, 2019 at 11:31AM

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Special Report: China’s Vast Fleet Is Tipping the Balance in the Pacific by Reuters


By Reuters

A generation ago, from mid-1995 into early 1996, China lobbed missiles in the waters around Taiwan as the self-governing island prepared to hold its first fully democratic presidential election. Washington forcefully intervened to support its ally…

Published: April 30, 2019 at 08:07AM

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‘Incredibly Difficult’ to Reach Mozambique Cyclone Survivors by The Associated Press


By The Associated Press

Rains were still pounding parts of northern Mozambique on Tuesday, several days after Cyclone Kenneth, while the United Nations said aid workers faced “an incredibly difficult situation” in reaching thousands of survivors.

Published: April 30, 2019 at 03:55AM

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Going to the Swedish Woods to Live an Instagram Fairy Tale by Ingrid K. Williams


By Ingrid K. Williams

Minimalist cabins, flower-dusted salads, a floating sauna: Even the fat flies and creeping spiders can’t undermine the magic of this hidden retreat.

Published: April 30, 2019 at 05:00AM

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Israel Scales Back Gaza Fishing Zone After Rocket Fire by The Associated Press


By The Associated Press

The Israeli military says it’s scaling back the permitted fishing zone off the Mediterranean coast of Gaza following a rocket attack from the strip the previous day.

Published: April 30, 2019 at 03:51AM

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Danish Fishing Communities Fear Brexit Could Sink Them by Reuters


By Reuters

In the small fishing town of Thyboron on the northwestern coast of Denmark, many fishermen worry the British waters they have become increasingly dependent on will be out of reach when Britain leaves the European Union.

Published: April 30, 2019 at 03:31AM

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Monday, April 29, 2019

Meteor Misses Galaxy

The galaxy was never in danger. For one thing, the Triangulum galaxy (M33), pictured, is much bigger than the tiny grain of rock at the head of the meteor. For another, the galaxy is much farther away — in this instance 3 million light years as opposed to only about 0.0003 light seconds. Even so, the meteor’s path took it angularly below the galaxy. Also the wind high in Earth’s atmosphere blew the meteor’s glowing evaporative molecule train away from the galaxy, in angular projection. Still, the astrophotographer was quite lucky to capture both a meteor and a galaxy in a single exposure — which was subsequently added to two other images of M33 to bring up the spiral galaxy’s colors. At the end, the meteor was gone in a second, but the galaxy will last billions of years. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2vvnm6J


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A Daunting Task Begins: Reducing Lobster Gear to Save Whales by The Associated Press


By The Associated Press

Fishing managers on the East Coast are beginning the daunting process of implementing new restrictions on lobster fishing that are designed to protect a vanishing species of whale.

Published: April 29, 2019 at 04:28PM

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Travel Stocks, Banks Boost London’s Main Index by Reuters


By Reuters

British stocks broke a three-day losing streak on Monday as strong economic data from the United States and China boosted investor confidence, while travel companies benefited from rising demand for holidays beyond the European Union.

Published: April 29, 2019 at 03:52AM

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5 Questions Every Cat or Dog Owner Should Ask Their Vet by KAITLYN WELLS


By KAITLYN WELLS

Bring this list of questions to ask your vet at your next appointment.

Published: April 29, 2019 at 09:45AM

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Swiss Group Files Criminal Complaint Against Credit Suisse Over Mozambique Loans by REUTERS


By REUTERS

A Swiss anti-corruption lobby group has filed a criminal complaint against Credit Suisse over alleged fraud in the arrangement of $2 billion (£1.55 billion) of loans to Mozambique, the group said on Monday.

Published: April 29, 2019 at 08:25AM

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Sunday, April 28, 2019

N11: Star Clouds of the LMC

Massive stars, abrasive winds, mountains of dust, and energetic light sculpt one of the largest and most picturesque regions of star formation in the Local Group of Galaxies. Known as N11, the region is visible on the upper right of many images of its home galaxy, the Milky Way neighbor known as the Large Magellanic Clouds (LMC). The featured image was taken for scientific purposes by the Hubble Space Telescope and reprocessed for artistry by an amateur to win a Hubble’s Hidden Treasures competition. Although the section imaged above is known as NGC 1763, the entire N11 emission nebula is second in LMC size only to the Tarantula Nebula. Compact globules of dark dust housing emerging young stars are also visible around the image. A new study of variable stars in the LMC with Hubble has helped to recalibrate the distance scale of the observable universe, but resulted in a slightly different scale than found using the pervasive cosmic microwave background. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2PBumZ8


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Indonesia Detains 12 Fishermen After Sea Clash With Vietnam by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Indonesia’s navy says one of its patrol boats was rammed by two Vietnamese coast guard ships after intercepting an alleged illegal fishing boat.

Published: April 28, 2019 at 11:16PM

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Serious Flooding in Mozambique in Wake of Cyclone Kenneth by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Serious flooding began on Sunday in parts of northern Mozambique that were hit by Cyclone Kenneth three days ago, with waters waist-high in areas, after the government urged many people to immediately seek higher ground. Hundreds of thousands of p…

Published: April 28, 2019 at 02:54AM

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Saturday, April 27, 2019

N.R.A. President to Step Down as New York Attorney General Investigates by DANNY HAKIM


By DANNY HAKIM

Oliver L. North announced that he would not serve a second term as the N.R.A. deals with bitter infighting and a new inquiry into its tax-exempt status.

Published: April 27, 2019 at 11:11AM

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Cries of Panic as Boat With Venezuelan Migrants Sank by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

As a small boat packed with Venezuelans capsized in Caribbean coastal waters this week, Yubreilys Merchán found herself with seconds to react.

Published: April 27, 2019 at 02:13PM

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Friday, April 26, 2019

New Restrictions to Protect Rare Whale Expected From Group by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A group organized by the federal government is expected to release recommendations about how to better protect a vanishing species of whale in the Atlantic Ocean.

Published: April 26, 2019 at 07:19AM

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Sierra Leone’s Fishing Ban to Replenish Stocks Yields Little by REUTERS


By REUTERS

Sierra Leone is nearing the end of a one-month ban on industrial fishing that local fishermen hoped would replenish stocks but whose impact has been limited by its short span and the financial muscle of foreign companies.

Published: April 26, 2019 at 04:46AM

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Thursday, April 25, 2019

Firm Fined $3.3M for Worst California Oil Spill in 25 Years by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A pipeline company was fined nearly $3.35 million on Thursday for causing the worst California coastal spill in 25 years.

Published: April 25, 2019 at 09:07PM

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Vladimir the Jeweler by MARINA SHIFRIN


By MARINA SHIFRIN

My immigrant father worked hard to provide for me and my mother. But at some point I had to decide who I was and what I wanted, and I wasn’t sure it was a seven-diamond engagement ring.

Published: April 25, 2019 at 04:01PM

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8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend by LAUREL GRAEBER


By LAUREL GRAEBER

Our guide to cultural events in New York City for children and teenagers happening this weekend and in the week ahead.

Published: April 25, 2019 at 03:00PM

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Officials: Dozens Missing After Venezuelan Boat Sinks by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dozens of Venezuelans were missing after a boat en route to the island of Trinidad sunk in the Caribbean Sea, authorities said Thursday.

Published: April 25, 2019 at 01:43PM

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Pan STARRS Across the Lagoon

Ridges of glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds inhabit the turbulent, cosmic depths of the Lagoon Nebula. Also known as M8, the bright star forming region is about 5,000 light-years distant. But it still makes for a popular stop on telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius, toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Dominated by the telltale red emission of ionized hydrogen atoms recombining with stripped electrons, this stunning view of the Lagoon is over 100 light-years across. At its center, the bright, compact, hourglass shape is gas ionized and sculpted by energetic radiation and extreme stellar winds from a massive young star. In fact, the many bright stars of open cluster NGC 6530 drift within the nebula, just formed in the Lagoon several million years ago. Broadband image data from Pan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System) was combined with narrowband data from amateur telescopes to create this wide and deep portrait of the Lagoon Nebula. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2IEdX5t


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Authorities Keep Distance, Yet Work With Armed Border Group by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Authorities on the U.S.-Mexico border have distanced themselves from an armed civilian group that detains asylum-seeking families, but the United Constitutional Patriots have never been shy about saying they work with Border Patrol agents.

Published: April 24, 2019 at 07:40PM

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‘Water Is Life’: Unexpected Rainfall Revives Iraq’s Historic Marshlands by REUTERS


By REUTERS

This time last year, most of Iraq’s historic marshlands were dry, desiccated by upstream damming and a chronic lack of rainfall.

Published: April 24, 2019 at 11:20AM

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Sri Lankan Woman Loses Most of Her Family in Easter Bombings by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Before the undertakers could move in, Anusha Kumari wrested herself away from her sisters and flung herself on the three coffins, wailing. In an instant on Sunday, the 43-year-old woman was left childless and a widow when suicide bombers launched …

Published: April 24, 2019 at 10:25AM

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Yachts From Overseas Given Easier Access to the Waters of Hainan by Unknown Author


By Unknown Author

Simplified entry and exit approval procedures will bring tourists and boost economy of the island.

Published: April 24, 2019 at 05:21AM

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Three Men Survive Freezing Waters After Helicopter Crashes Off New Zealand by REUTERS


By REUTERS

Three men miraculously survived after their helicopter crashed into the freezing sub-Antarctic waters off New Zealand’s southern tip by swimming to shore at night and camping on an island for hours until they were rescued.

Published: April 24, 2019 at 02:58AM

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Joe Biden Plans to Enter the 2020 Race on Thursday. He’s Starting With $0. by SHANE GOLDMACHER


By SHANE GOLDMACHER

Mr. Biden, ahead in the polls but behind financially, is seeking out top money bundlers, but that risks a backlash among grass-roots Democrats.

Published: April 23, 2019 at 08:00AM

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Iowa Cubs Pitcher Finds Peace in Low-Cost Tiny Home He Built by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Most players for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs live in hotels or apartments during the season, but one of the team’s minor league pitchers has chosen to live in a self-built tiny house this summer.

Published: April 23, 2019 at 11:22AM

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A Bad Day at the Lake: Fish Turn Up Dead for Fishing Rodeo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A children’s fishing rodeo went mostly belly-up in northeast Mississippi after a contractor stocked the lake with diseased and dying catfish.

Published: April 23, 2019 at 01:39PM

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The Big Money Challenge Awaiting Joe Biden in 2020 by SHANE GOLDMACHER


By SHANE GOLDMACHER

Mr. Biden, ahead in the polls but behind financially, is seeking out top money bundlers, but that risks a backlash among grass-roots Democrats.

Published: April 23, 2019 at 08:00AM

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U.S. Congress Deadline Looms for Release of Trump Tax Returns by REUTERS


By REUTERS

The U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Service faced a final deadline on Tuesday for handing over President Donald Trump’s tax returns to Democrats in Congress, in a showdown that could mire the administration and lawmakers in a lengthy legal fig…

Published: April 23, 2019 at 06:07AM

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Monday, April 22, 2019

Sri Lanka Bombing Victims Were From at Least 12 Countries by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

More than 300 people were killed in bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Sri Lankan authorities say at least 31 foreigners died in the attacks.

Published: April 23, 2019 at 01:21AM

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China’s Xi Urges Closer Naval Ties Amid Regional Tensions by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged closer ties between the world’s navies on Tuesday, amid tensions over China’s rapid expansion of its naval forces and forceful assertions of territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Published: April 23, 2019 at 01:12AM

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3 Helicopter Crew Found Safe on New Zealand Island Day Later by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Three crew members aboard a helicopter that crashed off the New Zealand coast while on route to attempt a medical evacuation from a fishing boat have been found alive on a remote island.

Published: April 22, 2019 at 10:09PM

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Trump, Business Organization Sue Democratic House Chairman by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Donald Trump and his business organization sued the Democratic chairman of the House oversight committee on Monday to block a subpoena that seeks years of the president’s financial records.

Published: April 22, 2019 at 09:48AM

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Why Has Australia Fallen Out of Love With Immigration? by DAMIEN CAVE and ISABELLA KWAI


By DAMIEN CAVE and ISABELLA KWAI

With its largest cities struggling to manage growth and after years of anti-immigrant rhetoric from politicians, most Australians now say their country no longer needs more people.

Published: April 22, 2019 at 10:31AM

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A Catholic Town at the Center of Sri Lanka’s Deadly Attacks by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The seaside Sri Lankan fishing town of Negombo has long been called “Little Rome,” a reference to its many churches and its place at the center of the country’s small Catholic community.

Published: April 22, 2019 at 06:48AM

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A Look at Sites Hit by Easter Sunday Bombings in Sri Lanka by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Easter Sunday bombings were Sri Lanka’s deadliest violence since the country’s civil war ended a decade ago. Six near-simultaneous blasts targeted churches and luxury hotels in and near Colombo, the capital. A look at the sites targeted:

Published: April 22, 2019 at 03:12AM

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Sunday, April 21, 2019

Mars Methane Mystery Deepens

The methane mystery on Mars just got stranger. New results from ESA and Roscosmos’ ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, has unexpectedly not detected methane in the atmosphere of Mars. This result follows the 2013 detection of methane by NASA’s Curiosity rover, a result seemingly confirmed by ESA’s orbiting Mars Express the next day. The issue is so interesting because life is a major producer of methane on Earth, leading to intriguing speculation that some sort of life — possibly microbial life — is creating methane beneath the surface of Mars. Non-biological sources of methane are also possible. Pictured is a visualization of the first claimed methane plume over Mars as detected from Earth in 2003. The new non-detection of methane by the ExoMars Orbiter could mean that Mars has some unexpected way of destroying methane, or that only some parts of Mars release methane — and possibly only at certain times. As the mystery has now deepened, humanity’s scrutiny of our neighboring planet’s atmosphere will deepen as well. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2GsivZi


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The Tragic Familiarity of the Sri Lanka Bombings by RANDY BOYAGODA


By RANDY BOYAGODA

A country once split by ethnic hatreds is now a target for Islamic terrorism.

Published: April 21, 2019 at 11:44PM

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A Look at the Churches and Hotels Targeted in Sri Lanka by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Several near-simultaneous blasts tore through three churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the bloodiest outbreak of violence in the South Asian country since civil war ended a decade ago.

Published: April 21, 2019 at 08:54AM

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Saturday, April 20, 2019

Spiral Aurora over Icelandic Divide

Admire the beauty but fear the beast. The beauty is the aurora overhead, here taking the form of great green spiral, seen between picturesque clouds with the bright Moon to the side and stars in the background. The beast is the wave of charged particles that creates the aurora but might, one day, impair civilization. In 1859, following notable auroras seen all across the globe, a pulse of charged particles from a coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with a solar flare impacted Earth’s magnetosphere so forcefully that they created the Carrington Event. A relatively direct path between the Sun and the Earth might have been cleared by a preceding CME. What is sure is that the Carrington Event compressed the Earth’s magnetic field so violently that currents were created in telegraph wires so great that many wires sparked and gave telegraph operators shocks. Were a Carrington-class event to impact the Earth today, speculation holds that damage might occur to global power grids and electronics on a scale never yet experienced. The featured aurora was imaged in 2016 over Thingvallavatn Lake in Iceland, a lake that partly fills a fault that divides Earth’s large Eurasian and North American tectonic plates. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2ILdmOQ


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This Week’s Wedding Announcements by Unknown Author


By Unknown Author

All of the weddings right here on one handy page for you.

Published: April 21, 2019 at 12:30AM

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Dana Mattioli, Whitman Walker by Unknown Author


By Unknown Author

The couple were introduced in February 2017 through the League, a dating app.

Published: April 21, 2019 at 12:10AM

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Friday, April 19, 2019

Falcon Heavy Launch Close up

Twenty seven Merlin rocket engines are firing in this close-up of the launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket. Derived from three Falcon 9 first stage rockets with nine Merlin rocket engines each, the Falcon Heavy left NASA’s Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A on April 11. This second launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket carried the Arabsat 6A communications satellite to space. In February of 2018, the first Falcon Heavy launch carried Starman and a Tesla Roadster. Designed to be reusable, both booster stages and the central core returned safely to planet Earth, the boosters to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station landing zones. The core stage landed off shore on autonomous spaceport drone ship Of Course I Still Love You. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2PkZJae


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Slain Missouri Ku Klux Klan Leader’s Wife Admits Killing Him by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The wife of a Missouri Ku Klux Klan leader admitted Friday to fatally shooting her husband.

Published: April 19, 2019 at 11:54AM

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