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Billionaires Hoped to Profit in Media. It’s Not Working.
There’s an old saying about the news business: If you want to make a small fortune, start with a large one. As the prospects for news publishers waned in the last decade, billionaires swooped in to buy some of the country’s most fabled brands. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, bought The Washington Post in 2013 for about $250 million. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a biotechnology and startup billionaire, purchased the Los Angeles Times in 2018 for $500 million. Marc Benioff, the founder of software giant Salesforce, purchased Time magazine with his wife, Lynne, for $190 million in 2018.
5 Takeaways From the Federal Report on the Uvalde Massacre
HOUSTON — More than a year and a half after the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, the Justice Department on Thursday published a painstaking and independent examination of the law enforcement response, finding broad and “unimaginable” failures that delayed medical care to the victims.
Judge Declines to Hold Prosecutors in Contempt in Trump Election Case
It was one of the odder tit-for-tat battles to have emerged in the federal case accusing former President Donald Trump of plotting to subvert the 2020 election. Even though the proceeding was put on hold by Judge Tanya Chutkan while Trump seeks to have the charges tossed out with broad claims of immunity, prosecutors, trying to nudge it forward, have continued filing motions and turning over evidence. The former president’s lawyers have angrily accused them of violating the judge’s order and were eventually annoyed enough to ask that the prosecutors be held in contempt.
In San Francisco, Tenants Use Labor Tactics to Challenge Their Landlords
SAN FRANCISCO — Autoworkers in Detroit. Actors and screenwriters in Hollywood. Teachers in Portland, Oregon. During a wave of labor unrest over the past year in which more than 500,000 American workers went on strike, a small group of San Franciscans has brought a similar vein of activism to a different arena: their homes.
Are You a Super Driver? Some States Want to Help You Go Electric.
The key to cutting emissions from cars and light trucks that are heating the planet could lie with the nation’s super drivers, the small percentage of American motorists who drive, on average, about 110 miles per day.
Haley’s Missed Opportunity: Iowa Slows Her Roll Into New Hampshire
Nikki Haley had hoped to vault into New Hampshire before next Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation primary with a head of steam from a second-place finish in Iowa and a powerful case to make that the 2024 nomination fight was a two-candidate race between her and Donald Trump.
Rex Heuermann Faces Fourth Murder Charge in Gilgo Beach Serial Killings
Rex Heuermann, whom prosecutors charged in July as the Gilgo Beach serial killer, was indicted Tuesday morning in connection with a fourth killing. Heuermann, 60, was previously charged in the killings of three of the four women who in 2010 were found bound in similar fashion with burlap, belts and tape on the Long Island, New York, oceanfront.
What to Know as Trump Faces Another Defamation Trial by E. Jean Carroll
NEW YORK — A Manhattan jury is expected to begin considering Tuesday how much money former President Donald Trump will have to pay writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her after she accused him of raping her nearly three decades ago.
Scientists Scramble to Keep Dog Aging Project Alive
In late 2019, scientists began searching for 10,000 Americans willing to enroll their pets in an ambitious new study of health and longevity in dogs. The researchers planned to track the dogs over the course of their lives, collecting detailed information about their bodies, lifestyles and home environments. Over time, the scientists hoped to identify the biological and environmental factors that kept some dogs healthy in their golden years — and uncover insights about aging that could help both dogs and humans lead longer, healthier lives.
The Smoothie Stop-By: When a President Tries to Be a Regular Joe
EMMAUS, Pa. — It was a quiet day in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. The only sound on Main Street was the idling engine of the sleek black truck that some call a rolling doomsday communications control center, which was parked outside the bike shop. The men with guns dressed all in black were perched on the roof using binoculars to scan the area for terrorists or other bad guys.
Meet the Little-Known Biggest Players in the Iowa Caucuses
DES MOINES, Iowa — What distinguishes the caucuses in Iowa from the primaries in most other states is persuasion: the notion that, even if someone enters their voting site with a preferred candidate, they might still be open to changing their mind.
The Next Battle in Higher Ed May Strike at Its Soul: Scholarship
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, president of Stanford University, resigned in August after an investigation found serious flaws in studies he had supervised going back decades. Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, resigned as the new year dawned, under mounting accusations of plagiarism going back to her graduate student days.
How College-Educated Republicans Learned to Love Trump Again
DES MOINES, Iowa — Working-class voters delivered the Republican Party to Donald Trump. College-educated conservatives may ensure that he keeps it. Often overlooked in an increasingly blue-collar party, voters with a college degree remain at the heart of the lingering Republican cold war over abortion, foreign policy and cultural issues.
Why the Definition of ‘Extreme Cold’ Is Different in Duluth and Dallas
With a mass of frigid Arctic air descending on much of the United States this upcoming week, meteorologists and public health officials are well aware that a North Dakotan and a South Texan are unlikely to agree on what amounts to “extreme cold.”
After Years of Delays, Amtrak Moves Toward Faster Trains in the Northeast
WASHINGTON — After years of delays and safety and design disputes, Amtrak is one step closer to bringing new high-speed trains to the busy Northeast Corridor. Amtrak officials said late Friday that the new trains, which had failed an extended series of computer modeling tests, had passed on the 14th try and had been cleared by the Federal Railroad Administration to begin testing on the tracks that run from Washington, D.C., to Boston.
U.S. Leads Second Strike Against Houthis in Yemen, as Conflict Escalates
WASHINGTON — The United States carried out another strike against the Houthi militia in Yemen, U.S. Central Command said Friday night, bombing a radar facility as part of an effort to further degrade the Iran-backed group’s ability to attack ships transiting the Red Sea.
Seeking Momentum Before Caucuses, Campaigns Face Crippling Weather in Iowa
The blizzard sweeping across Iowa on Friday and the subzero temperatures expected to follow and then linger through Monday’s caucuses threaten to put the race for the Republican nomination in a deep freeze just when Donald Trump’s leading rivals need movement the most.
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