Month: August 2021
Brazil court to investigate Bolsonaro for baseless warnings of voter fraud
Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) decided on Monday to open an investigation into far-right President Jair Bolsonaro for his statements claiming there will be fraud in next year’s elections. Bolsonaro, who is expected to seek a second term in 2022,
Read MoreThe 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture
Three architects, three journalists and two designers gathered over Zoom to make a list of the most influential and lasting buildings that have been erected — or cleverly updated — since World War II. Here are the results.
Read MoreAmericans Suffer Pandemic Whiplash as Leaders Struggle With Changing Virus
An evolving virus and 18 months of ever-changing pandemic messaging have left Americans angry, exhausted and skeptical of public health advice.
Read MoreI No Longer Want to Shop
A year without retail therapy changed my attitude toward shopping.
Read MoreNew York Is Pushing Homeless People Off the Streets. Where Will They Go?
Cleanup crews are clearing encampments, but advocates say the sweeps just move people from one place to another and fail to address the housing crisis.
Read MoreNobody Wants to Live in a Nursing Home. Something’s Got to Give.
America needs more infrastructure for the elderly.
Read MoreIran supreme leader Khamenei formally tasks ultraconservative Raisi as president
Hardliner, who takes over as country is in negotiations over nuclear deal and crippling sanctions, vows nation’s economy won’t be tied to ‘will of foreigners’
Read MoreBoeing attempts uncrewed test flight to ISS a second time
Boeing will be aiming to get its spaceflight program back on track Tuesday with an uncrewed flight of its Starliner capsule to the International Space Station (ISS), after its last such test in 2019 ended in failure. The spaceship is
Read MoreSimone Biles Returns to the Tokyo Olympics—With a Big Statement
It was a dramatic way to begin and end the gymnastics competition at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. In the very first event, the team competition, Simone Biles abruptly withdrew after completing only one vault, citing the toll on her
Read MoreRevery gets $2M to improve mental health with mobile gaming techniques
In “Macbeth,” Shakespeare described sleep as the “chief nourisher in life’s feast.” But like his titular character, many adults aren’t sleeping well. Revery wants to help with an app that combines cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for insomnia with mobile gaming
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