Nervy human teeth arose from ancient armored fish scales : NPR

This illustration depicts the early jawless vertebrate Astraspis being attacked by the sea-scorpion Megalograptus in dark, shallow waters. Both animals likely had tooth-like scales on their bodies that would have allowed them to sense things in the waters around them. Brian Engh/www.livingrelicproductions.com hide caption toggle caption Brian Engh/www.livingrelicproductions.com Yara Haridy, an evolutionary biologist at the…

Víctimas de grupo católico abusivo dicen que papa León XIV los ayudó cuando otros no – Chicago Tribune

Por NICOLE WINFIELD y FRANKLIN BRICEÑO CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (AP) — El papa León XIV se ganó muchos enemigos al ayudar a desmantelar un poderoso movimiento católico cuyos líderes abusaron física, sexual, espiritual y psicológicamente de sus miembros. A medida que el historial de León en el manejo de casos de abuso sexual por parte…

DOJ Abandons Effort to Address Phoenix’s Treatment of Homeless People — ProPublica

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. When a homeless man questioned the Phoenix police’s authority to stop him in February 2020, an officer grabbed him and knelt on his neck…

Project 2025’s Architects Are Close to Achieving a Major Goal

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. To understand how much the American right has changed, consider its journey from fiercely resisting President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s…

Justice Department reaches deal to allow Boeing to avoid prosecution over 737 Max crashes

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the airplane giant to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people, according to court papers filed Friday. Under the “agreement in principle,” which still needs to be…

DOJ confirms deal to drop Boeing prosecution over deadly crashes : NPR

Relatives of victims hold a placard with photos of victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash in March 2019, prior to a hearing in Fort Worth, Texas, in January 2023. Shelby Tauber/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Shelby Tauber/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice told a federal judge…

Home sales down, marking worst April since 2009

U.S. sales of previously owned homes unexpectedly dropped in April to the slowest pace in seven months, restrained by ongoing affordability constraints and highlighting a lackluster start to the key spring selling season. Contract closings decreased 0.5% to an annualized rate of 4 million, according to National Association of Realtors data released recently. That fell short…

The Trump Administration’s Legal Battle to Cast Immigration as an “Invasion” — ProPublica

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When top Trump adviser Stephen Miller threatened on May 9 that the administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus in response to an “invasion” from undocumented immigrants, he was operating on a…