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Local Officials Brace for Loss of Disaster Preparedness Funding

St. Louis has been battered by two tornadoes in the past two months. A fire shut down a new nursing home last month in Enterprise, Ala., forcing residents to evacuate. Cleveland grappled with a power outage while inundated with visitors for the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball Final Four. In each case, local health officials played a […]

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Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah named FWA Footballer of the Year

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been voted the Football Writers’ Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year. Salah has enjoyed a stellar individual season, registering 33 goals and 23 assists in all competitions and playing a major role in Liverpool’s Premier League title win. The Egypt international has started every league game for Arne Slot’s side […]

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What must Arsenal fix to win the Premier League next season?

Sunday should have been Arsenal’s chance to stare down Liverpool eye-to-eye and wrestle the Premier League title from the Reds’ grasp. Instead, the Gunners will stand in two lines and applaud their opponents onto the Anfield pitch, forming a guard of honor which should further trigger introspection over where it all went wrong. Having started […]

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Republican Agenda Hits Familiar Obstacle: State and Local Taxes

Gerhard Randers-Pehrson, an 81-year-old resident of Ossining, N.Y., believes the $10,000 cap should go up — but not too much. While Mr. Randers-Pehrson, a retired research scientist, said he paid $16,000 in state and local taxes last year, he does not expect to personally benefit from a higher cap. He would take the standard deduction […]

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Sewage Sludge Fertilizer From Maryland? Virginians Say No Thanks.

In 2023, sewage plants in Maryland started to make a troubling discovery. Harmful “forever chemicals” were contaminating the state’s sewage, much of which is turned into fertilizer and spread on farmland. To protect its food and drinking water, Maryland has started restricting the use of fertilizer made from sewage sludge. At the same time, a […]

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Arsenal’s Alessia Russo wins Women’s FWA Player of the Year

Alessia Russo has been named the FWA Women’s Player of the Year. Photo by Alex Burstow/Arsenal FC via Getty Images Arsenal and England forward Alessia Russo has been voted the Football Writers’ Association (FWA) Women’s Footballer of the Year. Russo is The Gunners’ top scorer and is currently leading the Women’s Super League (WSL) Golden Boot […]

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