The death of one person on Southwest Airlines flight 1380 is the first accident-related fatality on a US passenger airline since February 2009. US National…
ON THE BOARD
Zuckerberg bingo: Get your card for the Facebook CEO’s testimony to Congress
While Mark Zuckerberg isn’t famous for his charm and ease with words, the Facebook CEO is known to have some favorite phrases. Ever heard of…
HO HUM
Spotify had a wimpy market listing, and that’s okay
Spotify’s direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange was a non-traditional route to the public capital markets. Its first day of trading—with relatively few…
THEY LOST
We won our lawsuit against the US government over paywalled immigration data
Above the forwarded email I sent to my editor in March 2015 were the following remarks: “FYI, FOIAing two databases because they charge $13,000 a…
SOLAR BLANKET
What Saudi Arabia’s 200 GW solar power plant would look like—if placed in your neighborhood
Saudi Arabia has a plan to wean its economy off oil. In the biggest sign of what the future of the Gulf state would look…
TENSIONER
Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs will now exempt most of US imports
When the Trump administration announced tariffs on US imports of steel and aluminum in the name of national security, America’s allies were shocked. They could…
DUTIES
Explore all $506 billion in goods that the US imported from China in 2017
US president Donald Trump apparently isn’t done implementing protectionist trade measures. This week, his administration is expected to announce $30 billion in new duties on…
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
What Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos did wrong, according to the SEC
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Theranos and its founder and CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, with financial crimes. The regulator says that the blood-testing…
LEGGING IT OUT
The US is now buying more stretchy pants than blue jeans
You can wear them while exercising, lounging around, out on the town, or even to work. High-elasticity pants—whether designed for yoga or athleisure—are a versatile…
BHASAN CHAR
This is the island camp Bangladesh is building to house the Rohingya
It’s in the of the Bay of Bengal. Nine months ago, it looked like this. May 2017 Landsat 8 17 years ago, it didn’t exist.…
TAKING STOCK
Everything an AR-15 maker says consumers want in their gun
This is the stock of the Ruger AR-556, an AR-15 type gun made by Sturm Ruger. The stock is one of many customizable components that…
