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It took years to solve the mystery elephant deaths. Now, the threat is spreading

Elephants that dropped dead in Zimbabwe were victims of an obscure bacteria combined with extreme heat. Scientists fear more elephants and other species could suffer the same fate The first elephant to die was an eight-year-old male. It was found on 24 August 2020 on the southern border of Panda Masuie forest reserve,

Misleading reports of lawlessness after Katrina worsened crisis, officials say | New Orleans

National guard coordinator and ex-governor say tales of violence and looting which hampered rescue work and led to quasi-militia groups were exaggerated Misinformation during hurricane Katrina over how lawless New Orleans had become made the situation far worse, according to both the man who was in charge of the troops on the ground

Republicans make wild claims about the dangers of immigration. Heres the truth | Robert Reich

Trump and his cronies are leaning into five splashy talking points about illegal immigration. But the facts are a bit different Trumpist Republicans are using the surge of illegal immigration at the southern border of the US, as well as a surge of migrants seeking legal asylum, to threaten a government shutdown and no added

Tinkers by Paul Harding

It will surprise few readers of Tinkers, a Pulitzer prize-winning first novel, that Paul Harding was a student of Marilynne Robinson, who won a Pulitzer for Gilead in 2005. Robinson swept us into the thoughts of a dying old man with deep spiritual resources. Harding does much the same, taking us through the wandering memories

Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism

What happens when a muse is left to her own devices, when an object becomes a subject, when a woman is free to be herself? Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism is a fascinating show that asks all these questions. It has been curated with a clear, intelligent if occasionally oversimplified feminist