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On The New Yorker’s Poetry Podcast, the poet Joy Harjo joins Kevin Young to discuss “Still-Life with Potatoes, Pearls, Raw Meat, Rhinestones, Lard, and Horse Hooves,” by Sandra Cisneros, and her own poem “Running.”

Clayton Dalton writes about the imperfect nature of medical testing and how diagnostic tests, for the coronavirus or otherwise, supply probabilities rather than definite answers.

In an epistle from the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research to the CEO of Mayon's Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd in Maharashtra, India:
API Deviations 1. Failure to clean equipment and utensils to prevent contamination or carry-over of a material that would alter the quality of the API beyond the official or other established specifications. Your firm manufacturers homeopathic in process materials and [redacted] from various raw materials. Our investigator observed unidentified debris in the [redacted] of your [redacted] equipment... Читать дальше...

From authoritarian leaders to White House aides to the Palestinians, tallying the winners and losers

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched into the sky, with thousands of eyes from homes and schools across America watching in great anticipation. It was supposed to be the first time a private citizen — and not just anyone, but a school teacher, Christa McAuliffe — made it into space. 

One of Tuks' hockey stars approaches her sport with the same purposeful attitude as she does towards her studies.

Carmen Smith in action on the hockey field. Photo: Reg Caldecott

Don’t go through life without goals. This is the motto Carmen Smith abides by when playing hockey and the same goes for when she studies.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.– USA Field Hockey is pleased to announce and welcome Will Holt to the Board of Directors. Holt’s role will be Athlete Director and he will serve on the board through 2022.

Hockey Ireland is excited to finally see the Irish Senior Cup take place in Lisnagarvey Hockey Club, Hillsborough Co. Down, this Saturday 19th of September.

By Philip Barker

Rechelle Hawkes has recalled reading the Olympic oath at Sydney 2000 ©Getty Images

The only athlete with a speaking part at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony has revealed how she was more concerned about her team-mates in the crowd than the television audience of billions.

Manpreet Singh in action during a hockey World Cup 2018 match against Netherlands at Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar.   -  Biswaranjan Rout

India hockey skipper Manpreet Singh says going through a stressful isolation period while recovery from coronavirus has made him a mentally strong player who is now equipped to tackle any situation on the field.

Photo credit: Düsseldorfer Hockey Club

The opening matches of the resumed FIH Hockey Pro League will take place between Germany and Belgium men and women in the beautiful city of Düsseldorf.

Kitchen staples, winter sports gear, and outdoor heaters are expected to be among the hot-ticket consumer items as fall arrives in Canada.

While many students are wearing masks, others "I look at and I’m just like, ‘You’re going to ruin this year for me,’" one student said.

High school football isn't likely to get a fall reprieve in Illinois, but athletes, coaches and parents still plan Saturday rallies in support of the idea.

Violence recovery specialist works at a Chicago hospital in a city under siege.

As President Donald Trump continues to tweet and squawk nonsensically about a “rigged election,” Republicans adopt ‘herd mentality’ to his dangerous rhetoric by staying silent.

The most important month in fashion is officially here, and a push for inclusivity and diversity is more crucial than ever. Sure, New York Fashion Week might look much, much different...

Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images

The reasons for outnumber the reasons against.

The 24 EcoUrban Towns by Daniels Corp. will have heat pumps, solar panels, energy-recovery systems

Sebastien Roblin

Security, Middle East

The little vehicles probably aren’t intended to strike the enemy directly, but instead would enable Iran’s asymmetric naval strategy to shut down the Strait of Hormuz in the event of a new conflict in the Persian Gulf.

Here's What You Need To Remember: In service of the missile-attack gambit, the Bavar-2s (the name means “Belief” or “Confidence”) would skim ahead, acquire targeting data on enemy warships, and relay that information to speedy missile boats. Читать дальше...

Dr Reddys Laboratories jumped 4.42% to Rs 4639.55 after the drug major said it will co-operate with Russia's sovereign wealth fund on clinical trials and distribution of the Sputnik V vaccine in India.

Sep 15, 2020; Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA; Miami Heat forward Bam Adebayo (13) blocks a shot by Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) during overtime in game one of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2020 NBA Playoffs at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.  | Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

What a clutch play by Adebayo

Boys lag behind girls in writing skills. We need a revolution in the way we teach them.

Critics rarely recommend movies their readers have little chance of seeing in the near future. Nonetheless, you can only watch Armando Ianucci’s new film, The Personal History of David Copperfield, by physically going to a cinema—something a New York–based professor of medicine recently likened to “Russian roulette” during a pandemic like ours. It is a disappointing situation but also fitting, since contagious respiratory illnesses are such a hallmark of the nineteenth-century English novel. From... Читать дальше...

A visual feature recently assembled by The New York Times reveals in stark detail the dearth of people of color, in the year 2020, in the country’s halls of power. Of the 24 people in the Trump administration, only three aren’t white. Only six of the top 25 companies in the United States are led by people of color; among the presidents of the top 25 universities, all but one is white. Over in publishing, things are worse: The editors in chief of the 10 most-read magazines are all white, as are the heads of the five largest book publishers. Читать дальше...