NEWPORT, R.I. — On Newport’s south side, historic and opulent mansions sit on an avenue with mature trees that help cool the neighborhoods, clean the air and foster wildlife. On the city’s poorer North End, where some streets are dotted with subsidized housing, big trees are a lot fewer and far between. “People in this…
In the British TV drama Downton Abbey, many viewers were introduced to eclampsia, a life-threatening pregnancy complication, when Lady Sybil had a violent seizure after giving birth. The show brought the disorder into mainstream conversations, but Preeclampsia (PE) has been around long before Lady Sybil’s fictional ordeal took place in 1920, according to a study…
Zohran Mamdani has only been in the mayor’s office in New York City for a few months, and as we told you earlier this week, it’s already backfiring on many of his voters: East Villagers sue Mamdani to stop relocation of notorious Bellevue men’s homeless shelter into their neighborhood…
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As wildfires raged across Nova Scotia last summer, the Canadian province made a simple plea to residents: stay away from the woods. As the situation deteriorated, authorities turned the request into a prohibition: anyone caught hiking under the shade of the forest canopy faced a C$25,000 fine – a figure more than half the average…
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On Saturday night, attendees at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner will thrill to the antics of Oz Pearlman, a renowned mentalist who dazzles audiences with mind-reading tricks. On Friday night, they partied as if they were going to see Amber Ruffin. Ruffin, a popular comedian whose appearance at the 2025 WHCD was scotched after…
The first of two full moons in May 2026 will happen on May 1. Completely round and full, the full moon will be in the ambitious, mysterious sign of Scorpio. The date alone has a special vibe about it: Beltane, an ancient Celtic fire festival, has always fallen on the first of May. It makes…
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nearly half of children in the United States are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a new report, as experts warned Donald Trump’s expansive rollback of protections will make the situation worse. The 27th annual air…
The Southern Poverty Law Center was recently hit with an 11-count indictment, and the charges include wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. It seems like anybody who donated money to an organization accused of those things would be furious. Instead it looks like some SPLC…
