Solutions for todays puzzles plus a gallery of readers’ designs Earlier today I wrote about ambigrams, a type of writing that is designed to be read in more than one way. Typically, an ambigram is a word or phrase that has left-right mirror symmetry, or reads the same upside down....
Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn
More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognised Chemical pollution is “a threat to the thriving of humans and nature of a similar order as climate change” but decades behind global heating in terms of public awareness and action, a report has...
Covid cases rising in US as officials plan to restrict booster vaccines
Risks of a wave are compounded by new vaccine restrictions from the Trump administration Covid is on the rise again in the US, as children begin returning to school and as officials plan to restrict booster shots. While cases are increasing less quickly than at the start of other surges,...
Tennessee readies for execution of man with working implanted defibrillator
Tennessee is gearing up for an execution that experts say would likely mark the first time a man has been put to death with a working defibrillator in his chest
Judge rules that Rhode Island’s gun permit system does not violate Second Amendment
A federal judge has ruled that Rhode Island's gun permit system does not violate the Second Amendment
Former New York prison guard sentenced to 15 years for beating death of inmate
A former corrections officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the death of an inmate at a New York prison
Judge blocks 4 districts from enforcing Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments in classroom
A federal judge has temporarily blocked some of Arkansas' largest school districts from enforcing a new law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms
Mom of 2 missing kids reindicted with murder after 11 years of psychiatric treatment
A Maryland woman with a long history of severe mental illness has been rearrested and charged with killing two of her children
Third child dies nearly a week after a boat collision near Miami, Coast Guard says
The U.S. Coast Guard says a third child has died nearly a week after a barge struck and sank a boat during a sailing camp near Miami
Texas and California joust for political advantage, with Trump power and US House majority in play
Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump