This is what happens to all the rats when cities flood
In the wake of Hurricane Ida, the pummeling rain that hit cities up and down the East Coast at the start of September overwhelmed storm drains, poured into subway stations and filled basements like bathtubs. The devastating human toll is well known. Less clear is what happened to the denizens of those cities’ subterranean depths: the rats.
Democrats set up showdown with GOP by attaching debt limit to bill to avert government shutdown
When the House of Representatives comes back into session this week, averting a government shutdown and addressing the debt limit will be front and center as Democrats contend with divisions within their own ranks over President Joe Biden’s sweeping economic agenda.
Officer catches a 1-month-old baby dropped from 2nd floor balcony, authorities say
A police officer caught a 1-month-old baby dropped from a second-floor balcony in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Saturday morning, according to authorities.
Pelosi faces internal Democratic strife as key deadline could sink Biden agenda
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing a major dilemma: September 27 — the day she promised a vote on a trillion-dollar infrastructure deal that passed the Senate last month — is fast approaching.
Analysis: Eric Trump just killed irony
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Democrats want to raise taxes on the rich. Here’s who that would affect
• Forget inflation. This billionaire investor worries about democracy
He pushed Uber out of China. Then he got too big for Beijing
Cheng Wei built a world-class ride-hailing app that not even Uber could keep up with in China.
Fears about China’s Evergrande spread to global markets
Global investors have been paying more and more attention to Evergrande, the sprawling Chinese real estate business on the brink. They’re increasingly worried about what they see.
Christmas tree prices could increase by double digits this year. Here’s why
It’s a good thing that consumers are in a mood to spend heading into the holiday season. They may have to dish out more for a new artificial Christmas tree this year, depending on where they buy it from.
Police: Suspect flees in stolen car, crashes, steals patrol car
Truckers raise $10K+ for childhood cancer families
Police search for missing murdered woman
Programs aim to get Latinos excited about STEM
Man charged with murder in casino shooting
Search for suspected migrant drug smugglers
Former mayor to be sentenced in fraud, bribery case
Woman returns home to naked intruder with knife
3 men in police gear wanted in home invasion
Zoo forms team of rhinoceros experts to help save the species
Mayor’s grandson shot, killed in Cleveland
Man who spoke about gun violence shot
At least 75 dogs killed in resort fire
Cards players, moms give back to community
Navy vet becomes unlikely TikTok star
Teacher donates plasma to sick student
Missing student’s mom speaks out
Wildfire threatens some of the world’s largest trees in Sequoia National Park
The KNP Complex Fire in California has reached a “small area” of the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park, home to some of the world’s largest trees, according to fire officials.
Sears is closing its last department store in Illinois, the retailer’s home state
Sears will shut the doors on its last department store in Illinois come fall; the state in which its first retail store opened in 1925.
Breyer defends state of Supreme Court in interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria
As the Supreme Court finds itself in an unwelcome political spotlight at the start of a new term, Justice Stephen Breyer defended the institution Sunday in an interview on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” insisting that the court is driven not by political considerations, but by judicial philosophy.