March 1, 2026

My Dad Is About to Be Honored for His Storied Career. No One Knows What He Sacrificed to Get There.

Good Job is Slates advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small? Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir here. (Its anonymous!)
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Our dad was well-known and beloved … [read more]

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In Alabama a dredging project in Mobile Bay brings together unlikely allies

FAIRHOPE, Ala. A customer is waiting as Patrick Gormandy steers his deep-water trawler the Captain Sam B back to the dock after a day of shrimping on Mobile Bay.
Gormandy shovels plump shrimp from t… [read more]

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Coast Guard suspends search for fisherman after boat with 4 crew members capsizes

The United States Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing fisherman after a vessel with four people on it capsized in 7-foot swells and heavy winds off the coast of Oregon, officials said.
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My husband takes our sons on a trip without me every summer. They swim fish and stay up late and I enjoy taking time for myself.

The author (not pictured) spends time by herself at home every year while her family goes on vacation without her.Kathrin Ziegler/Getty Images
Five years ago, my husband took our two sons on… [+3807 chread more

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Watch: Chinese ships collide while pursuing Philippine boat

The Philippines Coast Guard reported that two Chinese vessels collided while pursuing a Philippines patrol ship in the South China Sea.
According to the Philippines Coast Guard, the Chinese vessels … [read more]

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Marcos says the Philippines will be pulled into any war over Taiwan despite China’s protest

MANILA, Philippines (AP) Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday his country would inevitably be drawn kicking and screaming into any war over Taiwan due to its proximity to the self-ru… [read more]

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Record warm seas help to bring extraordinary new species to UK waters

Mark Poynting and Justin RowlattBBC News Climate and Science
Numbers of salps, seen here in 2024, have boomed in recent years
The UK’s seas have had their warmest start to the year since records be… [read more]

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Commercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump order

HONOLULU (AP) Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging a… [read more]

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‘At least I’m safe’: A Kenyan immigrant opts to leave the U.S. on his own terms leaving children and wife behind

LANSING, Mich. On a recent Thursday afternoon, Samuel Kangethe pushes his 5-year-old daughter on the swings at a leafy park near his home. While she swings, the little girl eyes the nearby playground… [read more]

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Why Donald Trump’s environmental data purge is so much worse this time

Resources on climate change and inequity have vanished, and disinformation is taking its place.
Resources on climate change and inequity have vanished, and disi… [+8603 chars]read more

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