“They’re Putting Kids’ Lives at Risk”: How Abuse in a Tennessee Businessman’s Juvenile Prisons Remained Under Wraps

Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical emergencies without calling 911.

Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing

General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a real-life dumpster fire.

Scientists define a new category of heat wave: ‘Snow eaters’

Unseasonably warm weather that rapidly melts snowpack is becoming more widespread in the U. S. West and happening earlier in the year.

Graduate Student Proves a Quantum Uncertainty Principle for Fractals

The math, which combines chaos, quantum theory, and infinitely complex fractal structures, has been called a “foundational result. ”

The Intercept Sues Trump for Selling Premium Access to TruthSocial Announcements

The lawsuit argues the president is restricting public access to government information in a scheme to enrich himself.

The expense of low cost airlines

Coach travel shown to be consistently cheaper than flying when these realistic travel needs are taken into account.

Ceuta Is Europe’s Berlin Wall Moment — Run in Reverse

Like Berlin in 1989, Ceuta was an accident of history — but Europe’s response may entrench its walls.

Some Nebraska communities are cashing in on renewables. Others are being left behind.

More than 88 percent of the taxes on wind and solar went to just 10 of the state’s 93 counties.