Brazilian police arrest five officers over alleged coup plot and plans to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva following the 2022 elections ~society politics Article 15 votes
Danish lawmakers have agreed to plant one billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into natural habitats over the next two decades ~enviro Article 279 words 27 votes
Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families ~society Article 393 words 84 votes
Donald Trump nominates Fox News host and Army National Guard Major Pete Hegseth for US defense secretary ~society politics Article 152 words 26 votes
Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the 1940s are being returned to Chile's remote territory of Easter Island ~humanities.history Article 518 words 8 votes
Growing pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say ~enviro pollution.air Article 586 words 13 votes
Federal Reserve cuts its key interest rate by a quarter-point amid postelection uncertainty ~finance economics Article 16 votes
At least 158 people die in devastating flash floods in eastern Spain ~enviro Article 199 words 36 votes
Beautification project in California prison inspired by Norwegian approach to incarceration – rehabilitation in humane prisons surrounded by nature leads to successful reintegration into society ~life education Article 1000 words 30 votes
Moldova narrowly votes to secure path toward EU membership after accusing Russia of interference ~society politics Article 46 votes
Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, known for his decades-long fight against Japanese whaling and arrested in Greenland in July, has asked France's president for political asylum ~enviro Article 636 words 12 votes
Starship Launch 5 successfully caught by launch tower ~space spaceflight rocketry Article 396 words 38 votes
Washington state woman calls 911 after being hounded by up to 100 raccoons ~life.pets Article 402 words 52 votes
Takeaways from AP's report on affordable housing disappearing across the US ~life housing.affordable Article 814 words 37 votes
Sweden to issue another update of a Cold War-era civil emergency advice booklet later this month – new version adapted to better reflect today's security policy reality ~society politics Article 321 words 8 votes
A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark's Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly after she refused to translate her speech delivered in Greenlandic into Danish ~humanities.languages Article 681 words 19 votes
Dockworkers' union to suspend strike in US until Jan. 15, source says ~transport Article 210 words 46 votes
Historic US ship could soon become the world's largest artificial reef ~enviro Article 421 words 21 votes
Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas and community ~enviro Article 702 words 9 votes
Native American tribes celebrate the end of the largest dam removal project in US history ~enviro water Article 1147 words 16 votes
Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 198-kilometer border it shares with Russia – move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland ~society politics Article 490 words 17 votes
Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it had a role in the deadly opioid addiction crisis ~health Article 834 words 15 votes
US DOJ sues Visa, alleges the card issuer monopolizes debit card markets ~finance business Article 613 words 39 votes
Five months after a devastating fire destroyed more than half of Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange, workers are set to begin the reconstruction of the 400-year-old building ~design architecture Article 572 words 6 votes
Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least nine people and injured thousands ~news lebanon israel Article 372 words 79 votes
São Paulo mayoral candidate treated in hospital after getting clobbered with chair ~society politics Article 533 words 7 votes
Declassified memo from US codebreaker sheds light on Ethel Rosenberg's Cold War spy case ~humanities.history Article 1221 words 17 votes
Donald Trump is safe after Secret Service opened fire at suspect with firearm near his Florida golf club ~news usa.fl politics crime Article 61 words 48 votes
NYPD officer lands $175K settlement over ‘courtesy cards’ that help drivers get out of traffic stops ~news usa.ny.nyc crime politics Article 619 words 54 votes
United States postal service debuts long-awaited new mail truck ~transport Article 849 words 88 votes
Germany’s expansion of border controls is testing European unity ~society politics Article 1000 words 12 votes
Shooter kills four and injures at least nine at a high school outside Atlanta ~news usa.ga.winder crime Article 178 words 51 votes
Judge in Brazil orders slaughterhouses to pay for Amazon reforestation ~enviro Article 486 words 46 votes
Ticketmaster’s pricing for Oasis tickets is under investigation in the UK ~music Article 727 words 11 votes
China-linked ‘Spamouflage’ network mimics Americans online to sway US political debate ~society politics Article 795 words 25 votes
CrowdStrike estimates the tech meltdown caused by its bungling left a $60 million dent in its sales ~tech security.cyber Article 446 words 37 votes
A dam collapses in eastern Sudan after heavy rainfall and local media report dozens missing ~enviro Article 558 words 19 votes
Norway's government wants to relax restrictions on abortion to make it legal for women to terminate pregnancies up to the eighteenth week of gestation ~society politics Article 347 words 27 votes
US judge rules Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend caused her death, dismisses some charges against ex-officers ~news usa.ky.louisville crime Article 638 words 64 votes
Former US President Donald Trump’s post of fake Taylor Swift endorsement is his latest embrace of AI-generated images ~society politics Article 1058 words 36 votes
Polish leader urges Nord Stream patrons to ‘apologize and keep quiet’ as pipeline mystery returns to spotlight ~society politics Article 534 words 25 votes
Archaeology student unearths seven spectacular Viking-era curled silver arm rings north of Denmark's second-largest city Aarhus ~humanities.history Article 312 words 9 votes
World Health Organization declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads ~health medicine Article 975 words 44 votes
The US government wants to make it easier for you to click the 'unsubscribe' button ~tech Article 563 words 58 votes
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to resign, paving way for new leader ~society politics Article 736 words 20 votes
New Zealand food bank distributes candy made from a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine ~food Article 414 words 20 votes
No-car Games: Los Angeles Olympic venues will only be accessible by public transportation ~transport Article 903 words 34 votes