Monday, July 25, 2022

Daily Headlines for July 25, 2022

Young Adults Tend to Stay Close to the Nest
Census data indicate local wage gains go largely to workers from the area

Amid threats to their safety, public officials increase security at meetings

ICE has resumed deporting unsuspecting immigrants at routine check-ins

Vibrators, Weed, Plants: What Can You Take on a Plane?
Can you bring safety pins in your carry-on? What about a pool cue? Or how about a snow globe? The answers to those questions, in order, are yes, no and it’s complicated.

Surfing: Los Courage Camps in photos

Sharing Stories, and a View, Aboard the California Zephyr
A photographer traveled across America on one of Amtrak’s long-distance train routes. Here’s what she saw.

Would you do a 102-degree freefall? This gravity-driven cliffside roller coaster packs a 'punch'

Column: Why do people believe in conspiracy theories?

Ever younger ‘kidfluencers’ face online dangers
Thrust into stardom as young as five or six, can they understand the world they’re in?

Ties Between Alex Jones and Radio Network Show Economics of Misinformation
The Genesis Communications Network built a lucrative business alongside the radio host, whose show the company has syndicated for more than two decades.

The NFL games you’ve been watching on your phone are going behind a paywall

Long lines are back at U.S. food banks as inflation hits high

Cheaper Beer, Cigarettes Gain Favor as Inflation Pinches Shoppers
Retail stores are reporting stronger sales of beers like Busch Light and Icehouse, while Marlboro is losing ground to Montego and Maverick

More Shoppers Buy Store Brands, Eating Into Big Food Companies’ Sales
Tightening consumer budgets amid rapid inflation intensify competition in grocery aisles; ‘pennies add up’

Consumer groups face sales hit as cash-strapped shoppers trade down
Customers switch from branded goods to own-brand labels in response to cost of living crisis

Inflation is driving older Americans back to work

How to Say No to Busywork and Supercharge Your Career
Figure out what professional projects matter most—and ditch office chores that don’t help you get ahead

How to stop feeling lonely at the top
Founders and entrepreneurs can find support, networks and help — they just need to make time

Why ending favouritism is the key to building a diverse workforce
Most efforts to create inclusive organisations fail, because of poor management and lack of data tracking. Here’s what to do instead

You Can Be Both Dull and Innovative
Take roof trusses.

Companies cannot win America’s culture wars
Business leaders wary of taking positions on contentious issues should look at their wider political strategy

'Because of my faith': Walgreens employees allegedly denying birth control, condom sales

Gen Z Designers Made It Big on This App. Now They’re Graduating.
Depop, a social shopping app, was a springboard for many young designers during the pandemic. Some are now taking their success elsewhere.

Can J.Crew’s CEO Get Men Excited About Khakis?
Libby Wadle wants to yank the brand out of its gingham-and-chinos rut. A lively new collection is part of her plan.

Google Fires Engineer Who Claims Its A.I. Is Conscious
The engineer, Blake Lemoine, contends that the company’s language model has a soul. The company denies that and says he violated its security policies.

2020 Election Deniers Seek Out Powerful Allies: County Sheriffs
Conservative activists are working to recruit the law enforcement officers to their cause. Several sheriffs have already clashed with election officials.

Challenges to Gun Laws Take Off, After High Court Ruling
The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Bruen case has paved the way for challenges to gun restrictions across the country

Will Trump or his allies face charges over Jan. 6? Legal experts explain hurdles DOJ faces
The House investigation of the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, revealed shocking evidence, but the Justice Department decides whether to pursue charges against former President Donald Trump or aides.

We Can’t Afford Not to Prosecute Trump

There’s a Reason We Can’t Have Nice Things

‘Effective Altruism’ Is Neither
Silicon Valley’s latest craze: Raise taxes to support billionaires’ favored causes.

Column: Senate candidate Blake Masters doesn’t just want to ‘build the wall.’ He’s building a dystopia

Cities small and large outshine L.A. at finding emergency housing for homeless people

A takeover hot spot, 6th Street Viaduct is shut down by LAPD for second night in a row

‘We Survived Another Night’: In Ruined Suburb, Solace in a Small Community
In a largely abandoned apartment complex on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city, the people who stayed behind find comfort in their surroundings and each other.

‘Parentese’ Is Truly a Lingua Franca, Global Study Finds
In an ambitious cross-cultural study, researchers found that adults around the world speak and sing to babies in similar ways.

The LSAT and Other Standardized Tests Are Good for Diversity
Objective measures of ability give my working-class students a shot at going to a top law school.

A French University Confronts Medical Crimes and Its Nazi Past
A report on the University of Strasbourg’s takeover by Nazis during World War II and on medical crimes they committed there sheds light on a period that had been mostly scrubbed from official memory.

Pope Francis to Atone for Catholic Abuse of Indigenous Children in Canada
Pontiff to visit site of former school where indigenous children were assimilated to white culture

Imposter syndrome is actually the human condition
Being told to fix ourselves and self-improve ignores the wider reality of an imperfect world

Editorial: If homeless women have trouble getting contraception, why not bring it to them?

Covid-19 Lab Companies Retrench as Rapid Tests Take Over
PCR-testing capacity is shrinking as funding declines and people test at home or forgo screening

The $9 Bottle of Trader Joe’s Sunscreen That Ignited a Summer War
Can sunscreen be trendy? The virality of a new Trader Joe's potion, which some say is a dupe for a $36 one from Supergoop, is stoking enthusiasm for sun care among millennials and Gen Z.

Diana Kennedy, who spent decades documenting Mexican regional cuisines, dies at 99

Russians Turn to Their Gardens to Offset Sanctions
Soaring prices rekindle Soviet-era efforts for people to grow their own food

Russia Tells Famine-Fearing Africa It’s Not to Blame for Food Shortage
Badly needed grain has been piling up in Ukrainian ports since Moscow invaded, but Russia’s top diplomat is in Africa saying the West is to blame.

U.S. Taking Emergency Steps to Protect Sequoias From Wildfires

Op-Ed: Yosemite’s sequoias survived the latest wildfire. Not all national parks will be so lucky

Op-Ed: Want to fight climate change and drought at the same time? Bring back beavers

No More Pet Store Puppies? New York May Finally Ban Sales.
A bill prohibiting the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in New York pet stores, passed by the Legislature in June, awaits a decision from Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Ottoline Leyser of UK Research and Innovation: ‘If someone disagrees with you, that is a fabulous thing’
The botany professor on how to supercharge scientific research — and the leadership lessons we can learn from vegetables

‘Extinct and Endangered: Insects in Peril’ Review: Breathtaking Bugs
This American Museum of Natural History exhibition of Levon Biss’s macrophotography prints makes us appreciate these small creatures’ beauty on a large scale.

There’s More Than One Way to Ban a Book

First Came the Urban Transplants. Now Come the Concerts
Amphitheaters and music clubs are popping up across the U.S., making it easier for fans to see acts near home

Pat Benatar refuses to sing 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' after gun violence: 'You have to draw the line'

Haim at the O2 Arena, review — buoyant show with a megastar cameo
A surprise appearance from Taylor Swift lifted a performance that otherwise stayed safely in the middle of the road

Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Superfly’ at 50
The influential soundtrack album for the 1972 blaxploitation film remains a prime example of social realism and messaging through soul music.

Decoding the real meaning of 'American Pie': How Don McLean wrote his iconic song

L.A. film crews descend on far-flung parts of Europe. Get the celery juice smoothies ready

Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary reminisce in Video Archives podcast — review
The pair discuss films from their days behind the counter at the legendary rental store

Disney Shows First R-Rated Movies on Disney+
‘Deadpool,’ ‘Deadpool 2’ and ‘Logan’ superhero films launched on the streaming service Friday

HBO’s dazzling ‘Irma Vep’ is just the TV series to restore your faith in movies

'Dungeons & Dragons' stars Chris Pine, Regé-Jean Page reveal film's first trailer at Comic-Con

‘Boomerang’ at 30: Think of It as the Robin Givens Rom-Com
It’s remembered as Eddie Murphy’s bid at romantic stardom and as a key point in Halle Berry’s career. But the riveting antagonist arguably created a new archetype.

Bob Rafelson, Director of ‘Five Easy Pieces,’ Dies at 89
A central figure in the New Hollywood movement, he was also the co-creator of the TV pop group the Monkees and featured it in a movie, “Head.”


Is the rider in the 19th-century photographic experiments really unknown, as Jordan Peele’s film implies? It’s complicated.

Known as the world’s fastest woman juggler, she assisted her brother before launching a three-decade solo career.

He was trained by the maximalist decorator Dorothy Draper, who favored bold colors, and he inherited her aversion to the bland and the beige.

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