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Why Can’t a Cemetery Have the Hottest Painting in Town?

The building that burned was a feared checkpoint during apartheid.

Energy Dept. Announces $12 Billion to Help Factories Convert to Electric Cars

‘Three Johns’ Top the List of Potential Successors to Mitch McConnell

New top story on Hacker News: Inertial HSMs thwart advanced physical attacks

Laszlo Birinyi, Leading Stock Picker and Market Forecaster, Dies at 79

New top story on Hacker News: The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland's Railway System

Francis Suarez Drops Out of the G.O.P. Presidential Race

Hurricane Idalia Threatens to Stir Up Lake Okeechobee’s Toxic Algae Blooms

New top story on Hacker News: How to create a Qt 5 ARM/Intel universal binary for Mac

NATO Neighbors Demand Belarus Expel Wagner Fighters

New top story on Hacker News: UX design patterns for loading

In Moscow, mourners cry at a makeshift Wagner memorial.

New top story on Hacker News: How to Setup a Plex Media Server on Raspberry Pi

New top story on Hacker News: Manuscript Textiles: Weaving the Thread of Faith

New top story on Hacker News: SwiftUI Is Convenient, but Slow

U.S. Knew Saudis Were Killing African Migrants

New top story on Hacker News: Atop an Underwater Hot Spring, an ‘Octopus Garden’ Thrives

Bob Barker, Longtime Host of ‘The Price Is Right,’ Dies at 99

‘Bottoms’ and the Tricky Tone of a Horror-Indie-Drama-Action-Teen-Sex Comedy

Rudy Giuliani’s Real Legacy

What Even Is a Social Network Anymore?

New top story on Hacker News: Visual Introduction to Hash-Array Mapped Tries (HAMTs)

Ukraine claims its forces staged a brief raid in occupied Crimea.

A Russian missile strike killed 4 at a school in northern Ukraine, a senior official says.

Transcript: Rogé Karma Interviews Meghan O’Sullivan and Jason Bordoff

New top story on Hacker News: Rather Ridiculous Than Criminal: How Not to Be Disgusting in Renaissance Italy

Texas Sent Migrants Into California’s Storm Emergency, Aid Groups Say

New top story on Hacker News: Taming High Cardinality by sharding a stream

John Oliver and Seth Meyers: Looser but Less Pointed Onstage

One Indigenous community in Mexico is effectively cut off by the storm.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Talk to AI Models in Terminal

Philadelphia Musicians Authorize Strike Ahead of New Season

New top story on Hacker News: Helidon Níma: The first Java microservices framework based on virtual threads

Vivek Ramaswamy Raps Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’

The Weekender

Days on Mars Are Getting Shorter

Migrant Crisis, a ‘Time Bomb’ for Democrats, Poses Test for Hochul

Listen: Hip-Hop Turns 50, Baby!, Sympathy for the Devil, ‘Forever Chemicals’

New top story on Hacker News: Apple’s Employee No. 0 (2008)

What’s in Our Queue? ‘Past Lives’ and More

Santos Aide Who Impersonated McCarthy Staff Member Faces Federal Charges

Who is Nathan Wade, the prosecutor who would take the lead in court?

New top story on Hacker News: The anesthetic effect of air at atmospheric pressure

Here’s where the cases against Trump stand.

At Darmstadt, the Avant-Garde Rivals Wagner’s ‘Ring’

New top story on Hacker News: The elite's war on remote work has nothing to do with productivity

Nechama Tec, Polish Holocaust Survivor and Scholar, Dies at 92

Tom Jones, Half of Record-Setting ‘Fantasticks’ Team, Dies at 95

West Maui Had Been Warned It Was at High Risk for Wildfires

At the Iowa State Fair, DeSantis Can’t Seem to Catch a Break

A survivor made a desperate dash into the sea to escape an inferno.

New top story on Hacker News: Filthy Romans: Dirty secrets of the bath-obsessed ancients (2016)

In the Shadow of More Fiery Rivals, Pence Leans Into Civility Politics

Garland’s decision comes after a judge puts Hunter Biden’s plea deal on hold, questioning its details.

‘Sound of the Police’ Review: The Silence and the Fury

El discurso de las grandes petroleras dice una cosa. La realidad, otra

Police Investigate Alabama Riverfront Brawl

Why Are Groceries So Expensive?

Judge Throws Out Trump’s Countersuit Against E. Jean Carroll

William Friedkin, Director of ‘French Connection’ and ‘Exorcist,’ Dies at 87

Queens Doctor Charged With Drugging and Assaulting Patients on Camera

New top story on Hacker News: An unconventional LEGO Technic beam sandwich keyboard case

At Bessie Awards, Mourning and Celebration

New top story on Hacker News: A single antibody tackles two childhood viruses

Mourners Pay Tribute to O’Shae Sibley at the Scene of His Murder

New top story on Hacker News: Checking in on troubles with dark matter

Teenager Is Charged in Killing of Dancer at Brooklyn Gas Station

New top story on Hacker News: The Power of Achieving Flow State in DevEx

What Does the Future of Summer Look Like for You?