Tag: United States
How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While Covid Killed a Million Americans
MELBOURNE, Australia — If the United States had the same Covid death rate as Australia, about 900,000 lives…
The Rich Are Not Who We Think They Are. And Happiness Is Not What We Think It Is, Either.
From this, they built a sample of more than three million data points, orders of magnitude more than…
The Messy Progress on Data Privacy
The latest attempt to create the first broad national data privacy law in the United States is causing…
Moderna Vaccine Provokes Strong Immune Response in Children 6 to 11
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine elicits a strong immune response in children aged 6 to 11, researchers reported on Wednesday…
Fear and Loathing Return to Tech Start-Ups
Start-up workers came into 2022 expecting another year of cash-gushing initial public offerings. Then the stock market tanked,…
Crowdfunding a War: How Online Appeals Are Bringing Weapons to Ukraine
In a workshop in western Ukraine, a technician adjusted a metal bracket that had been attached to a…
States Turn to Tax Cuts as Inflation Stays Hot
A new report from the Tax Policy Center, a left-leaning think tank, said total state revenues rose by…
Nicaragua’s Secretive Ruling Family Reaches Out Quietly to the U.S.
Nicaragua’s ruling family has largely weathered sanctions imposed by the United States in recent years as American officials…
India Finds Russian Oil an Irresistible Deal, No Matter the Diplomatic Pressure
NEW DELHI — One after the next, the entreaties have streamed into India. Buying Russian oil, President Biden…
American Importers Accuse Shipping Giants of Profiteering
David Reich assumed that a contract was a contract.His Chicago company, MSRF, assembles gift baskets for Walmart, Walgreens…
Leaked Supreme Court Draft Would Overturn Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that has…
Chasing a Mighty Relic of Yesteryear: Union Pacific 4014
I stood beside the railroad tracks in the heat of the Texas summer, listening intently for the distinctive…