E.P.A. Employees Are Invited to Adopt Soon-to-Be Homeless Lab Rats
The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes.
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Redrafting MLB’s 2015 class: Alex Bregman goes No. 1 to Diamondbacks, Cedric Mullins skyrockets up the board
Major League Baseball’s annual amateur draft begins June 13. Future All-Stars and award winners will hear their names called. Maybe even a future Hall of Famer or two. MLB’s draft is rarely about instant gratification because even the very best prospects will disappear into the minors for a few years, but you must draft well…
Amal Clooney says she takes guests phones away before they enter her home
When you’re as rich, as famous, and as successful as Amal and George Clooney, it might be expected to have a few strict house rules. Maybe things like no shoes on the carpet or no pets on the couch – when you’ve presumably got furniture worth hundreds of thousands, those rules seem pretty fair. But…
Manila’s Mayor Returns to Office to Face Mountains of Trash
Mayor Francisco Domagoso declared a state of emergency in the Philippine capital with piles of garbage left uncollected by contractors saying they had not been paid.
Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act Will Raise U.S. Climate Emissions
CLIMATEWIRE | The rollbacks in clean energy incentives in Republicans’ budget planswill put the brakes on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions reductions by throttling the growth of renewables and electric vehicles, analyses from four research firms showed. The extent of the Republican cuts is still being determined as the House takes up the Senate version of…
GOP defends Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ with weird talking points about basement dwellers
To justify a broadly unpopular policy, Republicans seem to have gotten the same memo about a video game-playing parasite who lives with his mom. President Trump’s tax and spending bill just passed in the House of Representatives and is now on its way to his desk to become law. According to the Congressional Budget Office,…
Dustin May has his best start of season as Dodgers sweep White Sox
Dave Roberts had some goals in mind for starting pitcher Dustin May on Thursday. And they had little to do with the final result. “The first thing is his ability to go deeper in games,” the Dodger manager said. “The sweeper has got to be a more effective pitch. His sinker has got to be…
Paul Simon’s successful back surgery
4 July 2025 Paul Simon has successfully undergone surgery for “chronic and intense back pain”. Paul Simon’s successful back surgery The 83-year-old singer / songwriter was forced to cancel two concerts last weekend after his pain became “unmanageable” and while his surgery “went well”, he will need an extra day of rest and recuperation before…
Why China Isn’t Lecturing Trump About His Costly Bill
Beijing has a history of warning Washington about the safety of its Treasury holdings. This time it may have reasons to stay silent, at least publicly.
Sandy Gall, Wide-Ranging War Reporter, Is Dead at 97
For nearly 50 years, he was ubiquitous in Britain — first as a correspondent and then as an imperturbable presenter on Independent Television.