It seems like everyone in southern California is looking up and asking « what is that? » this evening, and after revelations earlier this week about government investigations into unidentified flying objects, UFO is a popular answer. In truth, the trails were left by a SpaceX launch in the last hour from Vandenberg Air Force Base in…

Jessica Bruder’s Nomadland tells the stories of « workampers » — a growing, albeit still largely invisible, population of American senior citizens who have rid themselves of mortgages and rent, and taken to life on the road. Reading about Bruder’s central character, Linda May, as she is pushed out of job after job, moves into an RV,…

Whether you’re a type-A neat freak or a straight-up hoarder, chances are there’s some area of your life where you need to get organized and boost productivity. Maybe you’re trying to kick a bad habit or stop losing your keys or maybe you’re finally ready to sort out that junk drawer.  Whatever your organizational needs,…

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The young man ended up on the morgue’s examining table in two parts. He had been seized for selling cigarettes, a crime usually punished by flogging by the Islamic State group extremists who had occupied Mosul. But while he was being whipped, he shouted a curse insulting religion. On the spot,…

Der Koreakrieg zwischen 1950 und 1953 endete nie mit einem formalen Friedensvertrag. Bis heute gilt ein Waffenstillstandsabkommen zwischen Nordkorea und den UN von 1953. Die Grenze zwischen dem diktatorischen Norden und dem Süden der Insel, der heute eine Demokratie ist, besteht aus einer vier Kilometer breiten entmilitarisierten Zone. Der Fotograf Park Jongwoo aus Seoul durfte…

Republican lawmakers said they wanted to simplify the tax code so you could file your return on a postcard. It turns out the new tax law will be anything but simple for many affluent Americans, who are now inundating their accountants for advice.  “They made it a lot more complex for a lot of people,” said…