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The climate crisis is coming for your groceries
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Two years ago, an intense heat wave engulfed much of Brazil. For five days at the end of April 2024, temperatures in the central and southern regions climbed to sweltering heights. Many affected were still reeling from…
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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte Impeached, Again
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte in a press conference in Manila, Philippines, on Feb. 18, 2026. —Jam Sta. Rosa—AFP/Getty Images The Philippines’ House of Representatives impeached Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday—for the second time—over accusations of unexplained wealth, misuse of state funds, and threats to have her former ally President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.…
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I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI
My name on the platform is ri611. Or h924092b12ee797f, depending on who’s paying me. I work as an AI trainer. I assess whether a chatbot’s tone is natural or flat, affected or annoying. I identify patterns in pictures of furniture; search the internet for group photos of strangers whom I’ll eliminate from the portrait, one…
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Bus firms sue NYC anti-idling law that is making ‘bounty hunters’ rich
A coalition of private interstate bus companies is filing a federal lawsuit Monday alleging New York City unfairly hit them with a blizzard of tickets under the Big Apple’s “bounty hunter”idling law to curb pollution. The American Bus Association contends that the idling law violates bus operators’ constitutional protections by imposing fines on their buses…
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Trump Insists Iran Is ‘Defeated’ as U.S. Seeks Deal and Israel Says War ‘Not Over’
A woman walks along a busy street near a mural on the side of a building referring to the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran, on May 9, 2026. —Atta Kenare—AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s latest proposal to formally end the war, extending the stalemate between the two parties and raising the…
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Stephen Miller in Retreat
Just hours before Stephen Miller arrived at the Mar-a-Lago ballroom on New Year’s Eve—where he would welcome 2026 by dancing next to the soon-to-be-defenestrated homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, as the 1990s cultural relic Vanilla Ice performed—he won a great, though ultimately fleeting, victory. The Labor Department’s Foreign Labor Certification office announced that the Trump…
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CUDA Proves Nvidia Is a Software Company
Forgive me for starting with a cliché, a piece of finance jargon that has recently slipped into the tech lexicon, but I’m afraid I must talk about “moats.” Popularized decades ago by Warren Buffett to refer to a company’s competitive advantage, the word found its way into Silicon Valley pitch decks when a memo purportedly…
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Republicans feud, and fume, in the battle for a Southern California congressional district
It’s a showdown that — regardless of the outcome in the June 2 primary election — probably won’t have Republicans in a celebratory mood. The battle for the 40th Congressional District representing a swath of inland Orange County and portions of San Bernardino and Riverside counties is happening in one of Southern California’s only remaining…
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Look out — Marco Rubio is trying to take back the GOP
Marco Rubio has been having a moment — the kind that makes people wonder if he might be a candidate for president sooner than later. On Tuesday, he took over press secretary duties while Karoline Leavitt was on maternity leave and fielded questions for more than 45 minutes, happily trading rap lyrics with reporters along…
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Family of tragic NYC tots who died under ACS care slam agency over scathing report: ‘Someone has to pay’
The grieving families of kids who died under the watch of the Big Apple’s child-welfare agency say a scathing new city report proves what they already know — nothing has changed. The damning probe by the Department of Investigation revealed that the embattled Administration for Children’s Services has continually blocked investigators from examining the abuse…