ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Effective Partners: For decades, the business lobby helped shape immigration legislation and moderated the immigration debate, working alongside advocates for immigrants. Trump Effect: In the Trump era, businesses now see more … Read more
Getty Images The meteorite was 40-60km in diameter and left a crater 500km across A huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, scientists have discovered. The space rock, which was 200 times the size of the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, … Read more
Billions of years ago, long before anything resembling life as we know it existed, meteorites frequently pummeled the planet. One such space rock crashed down about 3.26 billion years ago, and even today, it’s revealing secrets about Earth’s past. Nadja Drabon, an early-Earth geologist and assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, … Read more
Omar Watson made a promise to his mother before he left New York City for Colombia in late February. Moments before he climbed into a rideshare to the airport, they hugged in the kitchen of their Brooklyn home. She reminded him of her only request whenever he travels. “I told him, ‘Omar, if nothing else, … Read more
BBC Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight tells BBC Snoop Dogg is a “large bloke” Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight says American rapper Snoop Dogg informed him how a lot he pertains to the present. Mr Knight informed BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Disks The rapper spoke about his life and household when the 2 met, … Read more