Alex Smith’s Recovery Didn’t Prepare Him for Daughter’s Cancer Fight
Alex Smith returned to play pro football after a horrific leg injury nearly killed him. Nothing about his recovery prepared him for the helplessness of watching his daughter battle a brain tumor.Read More
Officials Knew of Problems at Building That Caught Fire in South Africa
An extensive paper trail reveals that the authorities in Johannesburg were warned repeatedly about the dangers in the derelict building where 76 people died in a fire this week.Read More
Fans Remember Jimmy Buffett After His Death
Mr. Buffett’s fandom was wide-ranging: Notables from politics, sports and the arts now look back fondly on the singer’s life and career.Read More
China to Its People: Spies Are Everywhere, Help Us Catch Them
As Beijing tries to enlist the “whole of society” to guard against foreign enemies, the line between vigilance and paranoia fades.Read More
Democracy in Bangladesh Is Quietly Being Crushed
The most active rivals to the country’s ruling party face dozens, even hundreds, of court cases each, paralyzing the opposition as a crucial election approaches.Read More
‘Jamaica Mistaica’: Jimmy Buffett Song Inspired After Plane Sprayed by Gunfire
In 1996, the police in Jamaica mistook Buffett for a drug smuggler after he landed his seaplane with the singer Bono and others on board and opened fire on it.Read More
A California Beach Town Is Desperate to Save Its Vanishing Sand
Sea-level rise and man-made projects have left Oceanside with precious little beach space. That’s a problem if coastal life is part of your city’s identity.Read More
Jimmy Buffett Was More Than Just “Margaritaville”
There was wistfulness behind party tunes like “Margaritaville.” Buffett helped listeners feel like they’d earned the good times just by holding on.Read More
Bill Richardson, Champion of Americans Held Overseas, Dies at 75
After serving in Congress and as governor of New Mexico, he practiced quasi-public diplomacy, working to secure the release of people he believed were being wrongfully detained.Read More
Debit Cards Remain King in US With 78% of Consumers; but POS Payment Landscape is ‘Moving Quickly’
US-based data analytics and consumer intelligence company, J.D. Power, has released its inaugural ‘J.D. Power US Consumer POS Payment Program’, consisting of a range of studies exploring consumer choice and preferences regarding how they make payments. With a vast number of payment options available to US consumers, the majority have at some point engaged with […]
