Barbara Corley, 81, lived in her New Orleans shotgun for 40 years. When it caught fire, the two closest hydrants were broken. Her house burned to ashes. "I stood and watched my whole life go up in flames." Part two of our series: nola.com/news/politics/…

‘It was a nightmare’ Our CNN investigation shows that a startup promoted by JD Vance as uplifting Appalachia failed as a business and subjected its workers to intolerable conditions. w/⁦Daniel Medina⁩ ⁦Alli Gordon⁩ ⁦Curt Devine⁩ cnn.com/2024/08/13/pol…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied for weeks that he's trying to block a cease-fire deal with Hamas by hardening Israel’s negotiating position. But unpublished documents seen by The New York Times show Israel made five new demands late last month. nyti.ms/4dHlUBy

The head of a panel that ruled that the American gymnast Jordan Chiles had to give up her Olympic bronze medal in favor of a Romanian athlete has represented Romania for almost a decade in arbitration cases, documents show. nyti.ms/4fCUTB3

The 15-year-old Detroit teen handcuffed and threatened with jail by a judge for appearing to doze off during a field trip was tired because her family is experiencing homelessness, her mother told Dave Boucher freep.com/story/news/loc…

Fifty years before Zodiac, an axe-wielding New Orleans serial killer wrote The Times-Picayune and threatened to kill any citizen who didn't play live jazz at their home one night. By @Poet Wolfe: nola.com/entertainment_…

"I scraped some soil off, and bang! There’s two Roman coins there. And I was just like, ‘Oh my god, this is incredible.'" Brad Lidge has been a practicing archaeologist for a few years, but this year, he's embarking on a new challenge: Getting his PhD: inquirer.com/phillies/brad-…

Loyola University Chicago Babe Ruth hit 675 home runs after Sister Jean was born. 😮

Julia Louis-Dreyfus kicking off a panel of eight women governors: “This is so cool. We are very honored to have eight highly intelligent, highly capable women leaders for the 21st century with us, or what JD Vance might call a coven of semi menstruating witches.”

I really appreciate Will Bunch as a columnist who so often informs his clear-eyed views with on-the-scene reporting. That he writes a national column for a regional paper is such a credit to The Philadelphia Inquirer. (He’s in Chicago now.)

Corporate real estate investors own more than 117,000 single-family homes across Florida, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis in the state by Tampa Bay Times. Experts say these investors capitalized on the state's growth and minimal renter protections. tampabay.com/news/business/…

Gannett is an unserious company. Local reporters at these papers deserve better.

In the Dark has obtained photos of the 2005 massacre in Haditha, Iraq — which the U.S. military tried to keep from the public for years newyorker.com/podcast/in-the…

Temple University’s marching band will perform at the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade inquirer.com/education/temp…

We at Detroit Free Press found nearly 58 million vehicles on U.S. roads today are being driven with a known recall that should be repaired. That's not only a potential threat to the drivers and occupants of those cars and trucks, but for all of us. Check it out: shorturl.at/RCG6G

In very nola requests: Who sells a multi-tool that can tell me both base flood elevation and whether I am 25' away from a cop?

One of my favorite stories: Lamb was inspired to create CSPAN because of Stokely Carmichael motherjones.com/media/2022/08/…

Police who patrol schools have incredible access to kids. But while teachers have rules aimed at preventing sexual misconduct – no being alone with kids, no private messaging them, etc – school resource officers, we found, typically have none. washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Recreational anglers in Louisiana can catch and kill an unlimited number of black tip and bull sharks under a new state proposal. nola.com/news/environme… (via Mike Smith)