Adam Nagourney’s rigorous reporting shines, though he misses chances to illuminate less well-known parts of the storyWhen the first great book about the New York Times was excerpted in Harper’s Magazine in 1969, the magazine’s cover proclaimed its scoop with an imaginary Times headline: The One Major Story America’s Foremost Newspaper Has Never Covered In Detail: The New York Times.The headline was accurate, and when The Kingdom and the Power by Gay Talese was published, it was an immediate...
The number of illegal migrants encountered by border authorities crossing the U.S. southern border is reportedly nearing record levels.
From the 1500m to the marathon, this year has seen seconds and even minutes shaved off race times. But what accounts for the change: supershoes, feminism or something else?If you have a gym pass or access to a treadmill, here is an experiment to try with caution – or, safer still, restrict it to a thought experiment. Put the speed up to a whisker under 12 miles per hour – assuming, of course, that it lets you, as many home treadmills don’t dare go that fast. And then run for your life,...
It has been revealed that Spanish naval vessels have been recorded in Gibraltarian territorial waters on 11 occasions over the past six months. The post Spanish naval vessels recorded 11 times in Gibraltar waters first appeared on UK Defence Journal.
After 371 days in space, 47-year-old NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returned to Earth as he touched down in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
Aussies are about to be chucked into some major heat this weekend, so now is the time to slither into the DMs of anyone who owns an industrial-sized aircon, one of those giant Bunnings ceiling fans or a huge swimming pool. Jokes aside, Australia is expecting to be launched into a record-breaking scorcher during the […]
The secluded home in Roxbury, listed for $6.5 million, was built for a power couple who hobnobbed among the elite of New York City and Washington, D.C.
Analysis reveals 26% increase in the last decade of people over 50 working part-time as perspectives on work and retirement shiftRecord numbers of people in their 50s and older are in part-time work, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics, with one quarter of workers in their 50s working part-time.In what has been hailed as a paradigm shift in how we view work and retirement, the data reveals that 3.6 million older people are working part-time in the UK: a record high and...
Frank Rubio's six-month mission ended up taking over a year due to a spacecraft mishap. Upon landing, he said it was "good to be home" and admitted that he never would have agreed to a full year in space if asked at the outset.
Office vacancies in San Fransisco hit an all-time record in the third quarter, the latest consequence of businesses fleeing the city as it struggles with homelessness and crime.
Pat Gray and Jeff Fisher aren’t impressed with this member of the Senate for several reasons, one of them being his abysmal attendance record. A child in school would be charged with truancy for a record like this, but this person seems to get a free pass when it comes to absenteeism. Who are we referring to? None other than John Fetterman. “John Fetterman is the second-most absent member of the U.S. Senate,” says Pat. “He has been absent 33% of the time, 33.4% to be precise.” Pat admits that...
Both young and old took part in the effort at the National Ploughing Championships.