BASRA, Iraq — Inside the dilapidated headquarters of Basra’s drug unit, the colonel’s stack of case files rarely shrinks. Yet every night below the flickering fluorescent lights, chatter thrums before a new round of raids.
The US high school graduating class of 2022 had the lowest average ACT score in more than three decades, marking the fifth year in a row that scores have been going downhttps://t.co/eciY4uU66G
Huge backlog of trucks waiting to cross the Kerch seen in satellite imagery taken yesterday by @Maxar. Backlog is waiting at this abandoned airport: 45.3657456, 36.4088473. pic.twitter.com/dhFb7qTyYt
Scientists have successfully transplanted clusters of human neurons into the brains of newborn rats, a striking feat of biological engineering that may provide more realistic models for neurological conditions such as autism and serve as a way to restore injured brains.
Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say. None of the stranded whales could be refloated and all either died naturally or were euthanized in a “heartbreaking” loss. https://t.co/djH5SDkXa1
After videos surfaced of protesters in eastern Germany berating Ukrainian refugees, the mayor of Leipzig decried the images from the scene as "unbearable."https://t.co/dMUTEG5nVT
Seems like if elections after Trump's are any indication (VA-GOV, TX-34, probably a bunch of places in the coming midterms) there are Republicans capable of meeting or exceeding Trump's gains with Latinos and Asians and not losing quite so many suburban voters. https://t.co/qEOffqn2rA
If you have a surplus of a below-market-rate product, you know something has gone very wrong. Some 20 percent of D.C. public housing units are vacant, either b/c they're uninhabitable or b/c DCHA literally can't match new applicants to empty units https://t.co/4Ir67RjDzQ
More than a dozen public-facing airport websites, including those for some of the nation’s largest airports, appeared inaccessible Monday morning, and Russian-speaking hackers claimed responsibility.https://t.co/V4IdkWXRwb
In 1991, Barack Obama and his closest friend at Harvard wrote a 250-page playbook for transforming American politics. By my count, five people have read the whole thing—including me. Here’s what I found. https://t.co/qhJvIGP3Ac
Writers for a D.C.-based media operation run by prominent Democratic operatives are behind a sprawling network of ostensible local media outlets churning out Democrat-aligned news content in midterm battleground states, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Behind the patina of independent local news, these sites are pumping out content designed to put a sheen of original reporting on partisan messaging.
BREAKING: President Biden said the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at its highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russian officials speak of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons after suffering massive setbacks in Ukraine. https://t.co/r6A6wmnSgl
