Tuesday, 31 July 2018

A Census Question That Could Change How Power Is Divided in America


By EMILY BADGER from NYT The Upshot https://ift.tt/2An9ocx

Places 26 and 27: Summer in France, in Two Very Different Ways


By JADA YUAN from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/2Ou6V2V

Five Places to Shop in New Orleans


By YONA ZELDIS McDONOUGH from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/2vo03v4

Work Is Weird. Alison Green of Ask a Manager Can Help.


By JOLIE KERR from NYT Style https://ift.tt/2LHbzwT

How I Turned My Tiny Apartment Bedroom Into a Relaxing Retreat


By ALAN HENRY from NYT Smarter Living https://ift.tt/2OtgCi6

Mixing Generations and Styles in the Hamptons


By TIM McKEOUGH from NYT Real Estate https://ift.tt/2NZ5QiG

How One Agency Built a Multimillion-Dollar Business in Migrant Children


By LIZ ROBBINS from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2vnZWj8

The City of My Birth in India Is Becoming a Climate Casualty. It Didn’t Have to Be.


By SOMINI SENGUPTA from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/2LNKyHf

Key Question for Les Moonves of CBS: What Were You Thinking?


By JAMES B. STEWART from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2LDX8tm

New & Noteworthy


By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2NYUFqc

Two Views of Flint’s Water Troubles: One a Close-Up and One With a Wide-Angle Lens


By JEFF GOODELL from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2LPqJiI

What Happened When Fracking Came to Town


By JOANN WYPIJEWSKI from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2KhS7B4

The Worst Drug Crisis in American History


By JESSICA BRUDER from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2vo1aee

Stephen Colbert Wants Accountability for His Accused Boss, Les Moonves


By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2mZXA6w

U.S.' Pompeo warns against IMF bailout for Pakistan that aids China

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Monday that any potential International Monetary Fund bailout for Pakistan's new government should not provide funds to pay off Chinese lenders.


from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ou3Ks1

Transaction Costs and Tethers: Why I’m a Crypto Skeptic


By PAUL KRUGMAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2Oxgm1x

Recovering Lost Photos of Life Before the Chernobyl Disaster


By MATTHEW SEDACCA from NYT Lens https://ift.tt/2v3L8am

What Do 525 Ventriloquists Do at a Convention? Ask Their Dummies


By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2NYYhZk

Social media and reality TV is 'bad for body image', survey suggests

A survey also showed that younger people were more likely to consider cosmetic surgery than older people.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OtXa4E

Blasts, gunshots hit eastern Afghan city

Multiple blasts hit an area of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday followed by gunfire as an unknown number of gunmen attacked an area of shops and government offices, officials said.


from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OufbQs

Zimbabwe's president, opponent both confident of win after close vote

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his main opponent, Nelson Chamisa, both said on Tuesday they were confident of victory in an election the previous day which observers deemed too early to call.


from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2O0mKNZ

Blasts, gunshots heard in eastern Afghan city

A Reuters reporter heard at least two explosions in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, in an area close to shops and government offices, followed by gunshots.


from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2mWaSkj

Manchester suicide bomber was rescued by British navy in 2014 from Libya: Daily Mail

A British man who killed 22 people in an attack in Manchester at the end of a show by U.S. singer Ariana Grande was rescued from the civil war in Libya three years before by the British navy, the Daily Mail reported.


from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LHkSNa

A Migrant Boy Rejoins His Mother, but He’s Not the Same


By MIRIAM JORDAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2LVfOnX

If an N.B.A. Workout Isn’t on Instagram, Does It Even Count?


By SCOTT CACCIOLA from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2AAY4tB

Lassie Got Help, Would Your Dog?


By JAMES GORMAN from NYT Science https://ift.tt/2AmCrwE

After Doctors Cut Their Opioids, Patients Turn to a Risky Treatment for Back Pain


By SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2v3sI9D

Brexit, Russia, Mars: Your Tuesday Briefing


By REMY TUMIN from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2v4wMX7

What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Please Like Me’ and ‘Frontline’


By GABE COHN from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2KbQhBC

Ceramics Aren’t Enough. Bring on the Spaceships, Italian Town Says.


By JASON HOROWITZ from NYT World https://ift.tt/2vonAfu

Philippine Bombing Kills 10, Showing Insurgents Remain a Problem


By FELIPE VILLAMOR from NYT World https://ift.tt/2KhkD5Q

How Trump Allies Shifted Their Defense as Evidence of Contacts With Russians Grew


By MARK MAZZETTI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Kbq7Pz

Former FEMA Official Accused of Sexual Misconduct That Spanned Years


By MATT STEVENS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2LGBip2

Quotation of the Day: Why Global Greening Isn’t as Great as It Sounds


By Unknown Author from NYT Today’s Paper https://ift.tt/2M0WLFu

Review: In a New Orleans ‘House,’ Wealthy Women Are Haunted by Slavery’s Ghosts


By BEN BRANTLEY from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/2mVsj4v

With Trades, Yankees Pitching Staff Remains a Work in Progress


By BILLY WITZ from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2Kc6uqw