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Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93
Associated Press· 3 hours agoWillie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and...
Chiquita is ordered to pay millions to families of death squad victims in Colombia
NPR· 7 hours agoA landmark verdict orders Chiquita, one of the worlds largest banana companies, to pay millions of dollars in damages to the relatives of eight Colombian men murdered by a paramilitary death squad.
She died in a New York jail. Her family still has questions, alleges medical neglect
NPR· 14 hours agoBut finding explicit data on the prevalence of deaths in jail caused by drug or alcohol withdrawal is difficult. Many of these deaths end up being categorized as death by ...
Extreme weather events in the last year
The Week via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoBelow is a chronological look at the extreme weather events that have unfolded in the last year. June 2023 June...Hospitals struggled with the loss of...
Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year
NPR· 1 day agoNewport writes, “The way we’re working no longer works.” But if enough knowledge workers embrace slow productivity, we can revolutionize the world of work. — Preeti Aroon, copy editor,
Why banana brand Chiquita was found liable for deaths in the Colombia's Civil War
WLRN Miami· 4 days agoNPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben speaks to reporter Jorge Valencia about banana brand Chiquita being found liable in US courts for deaths during the Colombian Civil War and the terror group it funded.
Warren Buffett: how the frugal billionaire spends his fortune, from McDonald's breakfasts to the...
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 8 hours agoTogether they had three children: Susie, Howard, and Peter. Though he and Susan remained married...
Gateway - Jalopnik
Jalopnik· 7 hours agoThe storm also made flying into and out of California a nightmare. As the extreme weather hit the state, more than 1,000 flights across California were canceled and others faced some tough conditions ...
Critics say many of Apple's new iPhone features were copied from other popular apps
WUNC Chapel Hill· 1 day agoIt’s been described as Apple’s “kiss of death.” When the tech giant reaches out to app developers, many fear that Apple is really looking to copy their product. At its annual ...
David Lynch Talks Dune (1984): ‘I Died a Death and It Was All My Fault’
COMINGSOON.net via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSpeaking to NPR, Lynch was asked about what failure he’s learned the most from, and the director was...