North Carolina clears decades-old rape kit backlog, leading to more than 100 arrests wlos.com/news/local/nor…

'Everyone will die in prison': How Louisiana’s plan to lock people up longer imperils its sickest inmates veritenews.org/2024/03/28/lou… via Verite

Still looking for freelance writers with familiarity and experience with Punta Cana hotels (this means more than 2 or 3). Email me jamie_spain @ condenast .com with clips/past work within the next 24 hours to be considered! #freelancewriters #travelwriter #freelancerequest

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My latest for Viator viator.com/blog/Experienc…

Star Trek, I apologize. I was very unfamiliar with your game.

Another for Viator: viator.com/blog/Visiting-…

Just realized that dolmades are Greek onigiri.

I talked to Skyscanner for Travel + Leisure travelandleisure.com/cheapest-time-…

The Japan Writers Conference has just announced this year's dates and venue. And they are taking proposals for presentations from today until June 8. japanwritersconference.org

Places for views in Kyoto for Viator viator.com/blog/Where-to-…

The Real Fukushima took me through the Red Zone, to the Disaster Recovery Museum, and to a local school, built by Tepco and totally destroyed. Please visit and learn about what happened to Fukushima. real-fukushima.com

Kyoto temples and shrines for Viator viator.com/blog/Kyoto-Tem…

Another piece of stuff to do in Tokyo for Viator viator.com/blog/Culture-L…

"no one has died" because of feeding USAID to the woodchipper, Elon claimed. In this devastating piece the NYT went out and learned some of their names and stories:

WOW! Cory Booker is still speaking on the Senate floor for 20 straight hours, and he's going strong: “We have to say to history where we stood when they were coming after our Constitutional principals, where we stood when they were threatening to impeach judges for making just

In 8 years at my job, I've gone from having a team that threw a baby shower for me when our first baby was due to having a team that no longer shares personal updates about what we did over the weekend.

Fulfilling a childhood dream of mine by getting a byline in National Geographic .The story in question is about the tomato and the lore behind its sordid past. I think my younger self would be proud. But then again I also wanted to be a mob boss and rich 😂😂. nationalgeographic.com/history/articl…

Japanese right-wingers insist foreigners are on a crime spree in Japan. But Tsurugashima city legislator Fukushima Megumi pulled 2024's crime numbers and found that arrests of non-citizens are significantly lower than arrests of Japanese citizens.