A struggling lesbian bar in a small Massachusetts town dropped its mask mandate for a single night each week to stay afloat, and its own community responded with accusations of ableism, boycott threats, and a demand that the owner apologize for crying. Last Ditch Bar and Arts Venue in Greenfield, Massachusetts, announced in August that […] The post Massachusetts lesbian bar faces boycott threats after dropping mask rule on Saturdays appeared first on American Almanac .
A struggling lesbian bar in a small Massachusetts town dropped its mask mandate for a single night each week to stay afloat, and its own community responded with accusations of ableism, boycott threats, and a demand that the owner apologize for crying. Last Ditch Bar and Arts Venue in Greenfield, Massachusetts, announced in August that Saturday nights would go mask-optional. The bar had kept a mask requirement in place years after state and local governments lifted theirs, and more than a year after the federal government declared the COVID-19 pandemic over in 2023. Greenfield itself had not reported a single COVID-19 case in more than two months at the time of the announcement, Fox News reported , citing the Boston Globe. The bar's…Open
Millions of Americans face triple-digit heat from Dallas to St. Louis this week even as a cold Canadian air mass threatens the first freeze of the season across New England, a split-screen forecast that caps the hottest summer ever recorded in the Lower 48. Temperatures in Texas and Oklahoma could climb well above 100 degrees […] The post Record heat bakes the heartland while New England braces for its first frost of the season appeared first on American Almanac .
Millions of Americans face triple-digit heat from Dallas to St. Louis this week even as a cold Canadian air mass threatens the first freeze of the season across New England, a split-screen forecast that caps the hottest summer ever recorded in the Lower 48. Temperatures in Texas and Oklahoma could climb well above 100 degrees through the weekend, with heat index values reaching between 105 and 110 degrees across both states. Heat alerts remain in effect through Tuesday. Meanwhile, a strong cold front is set to push off the East Coast by Monday night, dragging frigid Canadian air behind it and sending thermometers in parts of the Northeast plunging into the 30s by early Tuesday morning. The contrast is stark. In McAllen, Texas, residents…Open
Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee is tracking relentless rain and flash flooding across the Northeast, where entire neighborhoods have been submerged and urgent rescues have taken place.
A Depression-era mural depicting colonial Massachusetts has reignited online time-travel conspiracy theories after viewers claimed an Indigenous man in the painting appears to hold a modern smartphone, though a historian identified the object as a European trade mirror years ago. The painting, Mr Pynchon and the Settling of Springfield, was completed in 1937 by Italian-born […] The post A 1937 painting went viral over a "smartphone" in the frame — historians say it's a mirror appeared first on American Almanac .
A Depression-era mural depicting colonial Massachusetts has reignited online time-travel conspiracy theories after viewers claimed an Indigenous man in the painting appears to hold a modern smartphone, though a historian identified the object as a European trade mirror years ago. The painting, Mr Pynchon and the Settling of Springfield, was completed in 1937 by Italian-born artist Umberto Romano, who grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. It is one of six New Deal-era murals depicting the city's history. The scene shows English colonist William Pynchon, Springfield's founder, trading with members of the Pocumtuc tribe in western Massachusetts during the 1630s. In the foreground, a Native man holds a small, flat, rectangular object and…Open
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The Athletic's months-long internal investigation concluded that NFL reporter Dianna Russini's undisclosed relationship with Patriots coach Mike Vrabel was a "clear violation" of the outlet's journalistic standards, a finding neither party has contested on substance. Mike Semel, The Athletic's editorial director for standards and editorial quality, published the results Thursday after reviewing 903 stories, 77 […] The post The Athletic's investigation finds Russini's undisclosed Vrabel relationship breached newsroom standards appeared first on American Almanac .
The Athletic's months-long internal investigation concluded that NFL reporter Dianna Russini's undisclosed relationship with Patriots coach Mike Vrabel was a "clear violation" of the outlet's journalistic standards, a finding neither party has contested on substance. Mike Semel, The Athletic's editorial director for standards and editorial quality, published the results Thursday after reviewing 903 stories, 77 videos, and 204 episodes of the "Scoop City" podcast that Russini produced during her time at the New York Times-owned sports site. The review spanned nearly five months, beginning after Russini resigned in April when Page Six published photos of her and Vrabel holding hands and embracing at a resort in Sedona, Arizona. The bottom…Open
Scientists captured more than 2,000 marine animals from 15 species feeding together at a protected monument off Massachusetts, raising fresh questions about a federal rollback of fishing restrictions just months earlier. A New England Aquarium survey plane flew over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on August 16 and documented a scene researchers […] The post More than 2,000 ocean predators spotted off Cape Cod — weeks after feds reopened the waters to commercial fishing appeared first on American Almanac .
Scientists captured more than 2,000 marine animals from 15 species feeding together at a protected monument off Massachusetts, raising fresh questions about a federal rollback of fishing restrictions just months earlier. A New England Aquarium survey plane flew over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on August 16 and documented a scene researchers called extraordinary: dolphins, whales, whale sharks, and manta rays all congregating near the surface of a nearly 5,000-square-mile ocean preserve roughly 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod. The sheer number of animals, and the presence of several species classified as endangered, landed the survey squarely in the middle of a policy fight that has bounced between…Open
Nearly 200 Air National Guard civil engineers from the New England region participated in Patriot Forge II. The six-day field training exercise tested their expeditionary combat skills, Agile Combat Employment readiness, and their ability to operate under pressure.
