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It was the costliest hurricane in U.S. history: Have we forgotten Katrina's lessons?
Greg Allen, NPR
Nearly 1,400 people died after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi. Most of the deaths were in New Orleans, which has had an uneven recovery in the past 20 years.
Aug 24, 2025, 10:30 AM
WATCH: Utah teen with Down syndrome reaches new milestone after buying 7-Eleven slurpee
ABC News
When Jack DowDell had a craving for his favorite treat, he walked into 7-Eleven on his own to buy the beverage, prompting his family to celebrate the milestone.
Aug 23, 2025, 4:11 PM
Links 8/17/2025
Haig Hovaness, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our strategic daily links: Avalanche skiing, old black hole, sweaty Hong Kong, Chinese robots, electrifying Africa, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretch…
Aug 17, 2025, 10:55 AM
‘No more food’: In northern Nigeria, US funding cuts bite for aid groups
Sani Adamu, Shola Lawal, Al Jazeera English
Organisations like the World Food Programme are scaling back aid or completely halting operations.
Aug 15, 2025, 5:33 AM
A Radical Answer to the Fentanyl Crisis
Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic
The conclusion of our three-part series, No Easy Fix
Aug 14, 2025, 10:00 AM
FEMA’s Flood Maps Are Basically Lies
Margherita Bassi, Gizmodo.com
A researcher who studies flood-risk mapping says many politicians aren't interested in updating maps because it might trigger higher insurance costs and restrictions on construction.
Aug 13, 2025, 2:10 PM
WATCH: Stolen Labubus recovered in major California bust
ABC News
Approximately $30,000 worth of stolen Labubu dolls were recovered by police at a home in Upland, California.
Aug 12, 2025, 5:24 PM
WATCH: Young children transported for urgent medical treatment amid Israel-Hamas war
ABC News
ABC News' Ian Pannell spoke to a mother and father from Gaza whose young children will be traveling to Jordan for urgent medical treatment.
Aug 8, 2025, 12:38 PM
Grand Canyon ‘Megafire’ Explodes in Size and Is Now Creating Its Own Weather
Ellyn Lapointe, Gizmodo.com
The Dragon Bravo wildfire has been burning for over a month, and U.S. firefighting agencies are too understaffed to stop it.
Aug 6, 2025, 8:15 PM
Skepticism hounds Hamas’s famine narrative after terrorist arm appears in hostage video
JERUSALEM POST STAFF, The Jerusalem Post
Hamas claimed that Evyatar David had been eating what the people of Gaza were eating, referencing the accusation that Israel had forced starvation on the...
Aug 2, 2025, 11:00 PM
In Gaza, more Palestinians are killed while waiting for food aid
Aya Batrawy, NPR
Dozens of Palestinians were killed, many while waiting for food aid, amid a deepening starvation crisis and despite Israeli assurances of a humanitarian pause in some areas of the territory.
Aug 2, 2025, 7:43 PM
Refugee and migrant crossings to UK hit record high by end of July
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
More than 25,000 people have crossed the English Channel to the UK in 2025, the highest total this early in the year.
Jul 31, 2025, 6:51 PM
Can San Francisco Be Saved?
Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic
Introducing No Easy Fix, a new three-part miniseries from Radio Atlantic, about the widespread addiction and homelessness that threaten the city’s future
Jul 31, 2025, 10:00 AM
How Gaza’s hunger crisis reached its “worst-case scenario”
Joshua Keating, Vox
The “worst-case scenario” is unfolding in Gaza. Though there are larger hunger crises in the world in terms of sheer numbers, Gaza is, in many ways, the most intense. By September, leading humanitarian groups predict, 100 percent of the population will face a…
Jul 30, 2025, 7:38 PM
The spin master in charge of feeding Gaza
Avishay Artsy, Sean Rameswaram, Vox
The desperate plight of starving Gazans has captured the world’s attention. Children are dying of malnutrition. Over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed while attempting to receive aid. The United Nations World Food Program has found that one-third of Gaza’s …
Jul 29, 2025, 9:21 PM
WATCH: 'Worst-case scenario of famine' unfolding in Gaza, IPC says
ABC News
More food is now reaching Gaza, according to ABC News’ Chief International Correspondent James Longman, but it is not nearly enough, per the U.N.
Jul 29, 2025, 6:00 PM
Baby dies from malnutrition as Trump warns of ‘real starvation’ in Gaza
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
Infant is among at least 14 people who died from malnutrition in 24 hours across Gaza, hospital source tells Al Jazeera.
Jul 28, 2025, 3:33 PM
Jordan and UAE drop aid in Gaza as Israel begins 'tactical pause'
BBC News
Israel's concession to aid come as it faces growing international pressure to alleviate mass starvation in Gaza.
Jul 27, 2025, 5:00 PM
Israel Seizes Aid Flotilla Bringing Baby Formula, Medicine to Gaza
Andrew Perez, Rolling Stone
The Israeli military seized a flotilla bringing aid to Gaza, where the United Nations said famine has reached ‘astonishing levels of desperation.’
Jul 27, 2025, 12:14 AM
Hunger is killing children in Gaza as aid is cut off
CK Smith, Salon
With over 1,000 killed near aid sites and 81 children dead from hunger, Gaza faces a man-made humanitarian collapse
Jul 26, 2025, 5:00 PM
USAID analysis finds no evidence of widespread aid diversion by Hamas in Gaza
Shannon K. Kingston, Morgan Winsor, ABC News
An analysis compiled by USAID officials says they failed to find evidence that Hamas engaged in widespread diversion of assistance in Gaza, ABC News has learned.
Jul 26, 2025, 4:58 PM
Israel says it’s distributing aid in Gaza, so why are people starving?
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Israel continues to deny what aid agencies and governments are saying is the man-made starvation it is forcing on Gaza
Jul 26, 2025, 3:47 PM
Is anyone going to stop a looming death spiral in Gaza?
Nicole Narea, Vox
Gaza is on the brink of a mass starvation crisis, and once it starts, it will be difficult if not impossible to stop. The Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip has faced various levels of food insecurity throughout the war that Israel has waged on the ter…
Jul 25, 2025, 10:38 PM
‘We are dying’: Palestinians slam world’s inaction as hunger ravages Gaza
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
Gaza hospitals report nine more deaths from starvation as Israel's blockade plunges enclave into worsening crisis.
Jul 25, 2025, 9:13 PM