Bloomberg, as mayor of New York City, eliminated some public libraries and reduced the collections of the rest. Now New York City is doing more of the same.

My favorite library branch, the Donnell Library Center, is where I went to look for textbooks on many subjects. It was shut down in 2008 to sell the land to a hotel, and replaced 8 years later with a much smaller library.

A refugee who was tortured in Sudan and then beaten up in Italy reached the UK and was subsequently jailed repeatedly there. The UK Supreme Court ruled that this was illegal. It took the UK 7 years to agree to consider his asylum claim.

[The conman] Reportedly Knew of Whistleblower Complaint When He Unfroze Ukraine Aid.

In other words, he knew his shakedown was going to become public knowledge.

(satire) History of on-line advertising.

Samoa's measles vaccination rate has fallen way down, leading to an outbreak that has infected 3000 people and killed 39.