“AAt what precise moment did Peru mess itself up? Those words on the opening page of Conversation in the Cathedral It announced the arrival of a writer who understood that national history could become the organizing principle of fiction. At the same time that Latin America was discovering the intoxicating possibilities of magical realism –
July 15, 2026 9:20 am, EDT Jeep vehicles are parked outside the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. (Carlos Osorio/AP/File) key takeaways: US wholesale inflation fell 0.3% in June, the biggest monthly decline since April 2025, as gasoline prices fell 12% and food prices also declined. The report matters because annual producer inflation slowed to
July 14, 2026 8:44 am, EDT key takeaways: The Labor Department said on July 14 that US inflation eased in June as prices fell 0.4% from May and annual inflation eased to 3.5%. The decline was led by a decline in gas, clothing and used car prices, while rising oil prices due to US-Iran tensions
Climbing North Apostle Mountain, an off-duty first responder freed his own fractured leg from a huge dislocated rock before a complex iPhone-facilitated Black Hawk Rescue took off. listen to this articleHear Views of the Sawtooth Range in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, located in central Colorado (Photo: Nick1803/Getty Images) Published July 7, 2026 02:32 pm An
According to the British Trust for Ornithology, over the past 50 years, Britain has lost an astonishing 73 million wild birds from its landscape. Habitat loss, pesticides, disease, cats and the climate crisis mean there are fewer birds than ever before. It may be difficult for children and young people to appreciate the scale of
A tanker delivers fuel to a gas station in Miami. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg) June 18, 2026 9:03 am, EDT key takeaways: US gas prices fell below $4 a gallon on June 18 for the first time since March after geopolitical tensions eased following the US-Iran agreement. AAA said prices nationally averaged $3.999 after crude fell