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☆ Novak Djokovic out of French Open with knee injury
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

World No 1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the French Open with a knee injury sustained in his round of 16 win against Argentine 23rd seed Francisco Cerundolo. Although Djokovic was able to get through on painkillers and adrenaline, the extent of the problem is too great for him to continue. If Djokovic chooses to undergo surgery on the tear, he would likely miss not just Wimbledon, which begins on July 1, but also the Olympic Games and US Open later this summer. Djokovic said Monday night, after another of his miraculous comebacks, that he had been experiencing pain in his right knee for several weeks. As of Tuesday evening in Paris, there was no decision yet on whether Djokovic would undergo surgery to repair the meniscus.

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☆ The incredible oblivion of Judge Marvin Isgur
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +45 min

On a mild Houston day in March 2021, Judge Marvin Isgur prepared to oversee the only case on his docket that morning. In October 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court rebuked Judge David Jones but said that his longtime colleague, Judge Marvin Isgur, had been "unaware" of Jones' inappropriate relationship. "But only Judge Isgur knows what he knew or didn't know about the relationship." Much of this work was in cases before either Judge Isgur or Judge Jones. Isgur can continue to hear the case, he ruled, writing in the December 2023 opinion that lawyers for the creditor "failed to demonstrate much other than that former Judge Jones and Judge Isgur are close friends."

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☆ Robert MacIntyre wins first PGA Tour event at the RBC Canadian Open with father as caddie
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

As his son tapped home to clinch his first PGA Tour title at the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday, Dougie MacIntyre – the head greenskeeper at Glencruitten Golf Club in Oban, Scotland – simultaneously became a PGA Tour-winning caddie. Tears flowed freely for father and son as the duo soaked up the weight of the achievement on the 18th green. “I’m crying with joy, but I’m laughing because I didn’t think it was possible,” MacIntyre, a first-time PGA Tour victor on his 45th start, told CBS Sports. I’m a grasscutter not a caddie,” 59-year-old MacIntyre, wiping away tears, added to CBS Sports. In a video call with his mother shared by the PGA Tour on X, formerly known as Twitter, MacIntyre warned her of the level of revelry expected to follow.

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☆ Washington Post abruptly replaces executive editor Sally Buzbee in shakeup
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —The Washington Post announced on Sunday that it had parted ways with its top editor, Sally Buzbee, in a seismic shakeup executed by new publisher and chief executive William Lewis just months before the high-stakes 2024 presidential election. “Sally is an incredible leader and a supremely talented media executive who will be sorely missed,” Lewis said in a statement. “I wish her all the best going forward.”While Lewis praised Buzbee publicly on Sunday, she oversaw a particularly tumultuous period at the venerable newspaper. The Post said that Matt Murray, former editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, will immediately replace Buzbee as executive editor. After the November election, Robert Winnett, deputy editor of The Telegraph Media Group, will take on a new role as editor of The Post, overseeing its core news offering.

Persons: Sally Buzbee, William Lewis, “ Sally, ” Lewis, “, Lewis, Buzbee, Matt Murray, Murray, Robert Winnett, Donald Trump, Rupert, “ I’m, Sally, ” Murray, Will Organizations: New, New York CNN, Washington Post, Post, Street, The Telegraph Media Group, The, Wall Street Locations: New York

☆ My dog of 9 years recently passed away. The grief of losing a pet surprised me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Ryan Crawley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sadly, two months ago, my dog, Smooshie, passed away after being with me every minute of the day for the last nine years. My dog was a big part of my family from the startAlmost nine years ago, I saw a picture of a young Shih Tzu on a Facebook animal shelter site. I stepped in, and Smoosh came home with me. A few minutes later, we drove by an older man walking a young Shih Tzu down the road. I decided spur of the moment to pull off to the side of the road, and the man approached me with his Shih Tzu.

Persons: —, Shih Tzu, Smoosh, Ryan Crawley, Scrappy Organizations: Service, Business

☆ What My Dog Taught Me About Mortality
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Sam Anderson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Finally, on the third day, we gave up. It seemed silly to keep hoping. We all just had to swallow hard and accept the fact that our sweet little Mango, who had been our daughter’s 16th-birthday present — who used to nibble fresh raspberries right out of our fingers — sweet little Mango had met her maker somewhere deep in the walls. All because I didn’t fix that stupid hole.

☆ Nelly Korda shoots septuple-bogey on par-three in nightmarish US Women’s Open start: ‘I’m human’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —After months of otherworldly form, Nelly Korda proved she is human after all following a horrific start to the 79th US Women’s Open on Thursday. “I just didn’t really want to shoot 80, and I just kept making bogeys,” Korda told reporters. 30 Saso is chasing her second US Women’s Open title after playoff triumph at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California, in 2021. There’s so much golf left,” Saso told reporters. Friday’s second round is set to begin at 6:45 a.m.

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☆ I lost my hair. Then I found myself.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Sara Dubnow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

For more than a year, I had been dealing with my progressive hair loss and clamoring for some sort of control. I launched into the story of my hair loss journey, attempting to convey the stress and uncertainty that had defined the past year. I purchased a long brown human hair wig that initially looked natural in the shop lighting. I learned I had a lot to learn; there was a whole "wearing hair" subculture with special lingo that I knew nothing about. I accepted that I have hair loss and I'm aging, and one day, I'll look in the mirror, and it won't be just my hair that's changed.

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Roku 65-inch Pro Series 4K QLED TV Roku's flagship Pro Series TV is a great all-around 4K QLED. AdvertisementShould you buy the Roku Pro Series TV? The Roku Pro series offers good image quality in a convenient, easy to use package. Ryan Waniata/Business InsiderThe Roku Pro Series is a worthy buy for anyone who wants a great midrange QLED TV. We tested a 65-inch Roku Pro Series model, but our overall impressions also apply to the 55- and 75-inch sizes.

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☆ Tom Cruise pranked Glen Powell by pretending his helicopter was going to crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewGlen Powell said Tom Cruise pranked him by pretending that the helicopter he was flying was going to crash. Cruise famously has a pilot's license, and even flew some of the planes while filming "Top Gun: Maverick." Powell recalled flying back to London in a helicopter with Cruise after working on reshoots at Pinewood Studios. While some of the "Top Gun: Maverick" cast members already had well-established careers, Powell was waiting for his to really take off. Instead, Powell said Cruise pushed him to learn more about the industry and develop himself into a bonafide movie star.

Persons: —, Glen Powell, Tom Cruise pranked, Powell, Jake, Miles Teller, Bradley, Bradshaw, Cruise, Pete, Maverick, Mitchell, Tom Organizations: Service, Business, Cruise, Pinewood Studios, Hollywood Locations: London

☆ French Open day 4 recap: Swiatek wins, Kenin shocks Garcia, crowds and schedule frustrate
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( James Hansen | Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia (21), 6-3, 6-3Caroline Garcia (21), 6-3, 6-3 🇬🇷 Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) def. 🇳🇱 Jesper de Jong (Q), 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2🇳🇱 Jesper de Jong (Q), 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 🇷🇺 Andrey Rublev (6) def. 🇪🇸 Pedro Martinez, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3🇪🇸 Pedro Martinez, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 🇵🇱 Iga Swiatek (1) def. 🇸🇮 Tara Zidansek, 6-3, 6-4🇸🇮 Tara Zidansek, 6-3, 6-4 🇮🇹 Jannik Sinner (2) def. 🇫🇷 Richard Gasquet, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4🇫🇷 Richard Gasquet, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 🇷🇺 Pavel Kotov def.

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☆ After a string of safety issues, Boeing is about to release a plan to fix its quality problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Gregory Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —Boeing is expected to release a plan this week to fix its endless string of safety issues that have been under federal investigation following a midflight fuselage blowout in January. Since then, the FAA and Boeing have met multiple times about the company’s progress and the plan’s scope. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said last week he sees the plan as only the “beginning” of a process for Boeing. Boeing later agreed to financial penalties and a deferred prosecution agreement to settle a criminal charge of defrauding US regulators. Its marching orders for the plan include addressing the audit and expert panel findings and explaining how it will integrate safety and quality assurance policies into practice.

Persons: Mike Whitaker, “ It’s, ” Whitaker, Max, Dave Calhoun, David Ryder, Whitaker, AeroSystems, Brian West, “ We’re, we’ll Organizations: Washington CNN, Boeing, Aviation Administration, FAA, ABC, Air Force, Alaska Airlines, Transportation Safety, Department of Justice, CNN, Employees, “ Locations: Portland , Oregon, Wichita , Kansas, Renton , Washington

☆ Benefits of secondhand clothing, goods according to Alicia Silverstone
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Alicia Silverstone stars in the 1995 film "Clueless." "I've been fighting the good fight to encourage people to buy used and make it sound cool," she said. Online shopping's hefty toll on the environmentWith the explosion of online shopping during the pandemic, a surge in returns seemed like a small price for everyone to pay. The return rate in 2023 was about 15% of total U.S. retail sales, or $743 billion in returned goods, according to the National Retail Federation's most recent data. For online sales, the numbers are even higher, with a return rate closer to 18%, or $247 billion of merchandise purchased online returned.

Persons: Alicia Silverstone, Stringer, Cher Horowitz, Cher, Silverstone, I've, Shraysi Tandon Organizations: CNBC, eBay, National Retail

☆ A new Netflix docuseries unravels what it calls a ‘cult’ for TikTok dancers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Over two years ago, a 40-minute-long public plea made on Instagram Live rippled across social media. Melanie and Miranda had performed together as the Wilking Sisters, but the family said Derrick had disappeared from their lives. Until then, it’s unlikely that Derrick’s millions of followers would have noticed anything amiss, based on her social media accounts. Melanie Wilking and Miranda Derrick (formerly Wilking) built up a following together on social media platforms including YouTube and TikTok as the Wilking Sisters. They have maintained through social media posts that Miranda's issues with her family are a personal dispute.

Persons: Melanie Wilking, Miranda —, Miranda Derrick —, Melanie, Miranda, Derrick, James Derrick, Ellen DeGeneres, Miranda Derrick, James " BDash, Robert Shinn —, Kevin “ Konkrete ” Davis, BDash, Aubrey Fisher, Kylie Douglas, Davis, Fisher, Douglas, Instagram, Shinn, —, Isaiah Shinn, ”, Hannah, “, Derek Doneen, we’d, Priscylla Lee, Priscylla, Leigh, Melanie Lee, Jessica Acevedo, — Priscylla, Lee, ” BDash, it’s, Robert, Hannah Shinn, James, Matt Winkelmeyer, ” Shinn “, ” Doneen, you’re, God ”, Amy Carlson, Max, God, LHW, Jane Schoenbrun, Caleb Organizations: CNN, YouTube, Netflix, 7M Films, 7M, Internet, Shekinah Church, The Recording, Warner Bros ., Blair, The New York Times Locations: Los Angeles, TikTok, Shekinah, Korean

☆ My son was diagnosed with autism at age 5. I spent decades hoping he'd change — but now I accept him as he is.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Maribeth Smillar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He was diagnosed with autism at the age of 5. But I haven't spent my life hoping that Evan will be accepted. I've spent my life hoping that he will change. At times, I know I have failed them, but Evan is the one I have let down the most. In that pure and still place, I started to let go of what I had hoped would be and began to accept what was.

Persons: Evan, I've, Jamie, unfazed, Evan wouldn't, Evan doesn't, Long, Gray sweatpants Organizations: Service, Business, Celtics

☆ Davis Riley: A week after his sister had surgery to remove a brain tumor, US golfer wins first individual PGA Tour event
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Davis Riley paid tributes to his sister, who is recovering from brain surgery to remove a tumor, and his former colleague Grayson Murray after winning the Charles Schwab Challenge on Sunday. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Keegan Bradley to win his first individual PGA Tour event by a five-shot margin. After undergoing scans, it was found that she had a brain tumor and underwent surgery upon recommendation from doctors. Although she couldn’t be in Texas to see Riley win his first individual PGA Tour event, Riley did her proud by putting in assured performance to earn himself a tartan jacket and the trophy. Riley plays a shot from a bunker on the 18th hole during the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge.

Persons: CNN — Davis Riley, Grayson Murray, Charles Schwab, Riley, Scottie Scheffler, Keegan Bradley, he’d, Caroline, ” Riley, “ I’m, ”, Tim Heitman, Murray, Nick Hardy, Hardy, Riley’s, Alexandra, “ Davis, ” Hardy, “ Organizations: CNN, Colonial Country Club, PGA, PGA Tour, Zurich, New Locations: Texas, New Orleans

☆ US box office on track to have worst Memorial Day weekend since 1995
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The summer movie season typically starts with a bang during the month of May and, particularly, during Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day weekend (Friday through Monday) movie ticket sales are estimated at $128.3 million, according to Comscore data provided to CNN. In fact, the US box office is on track to have its lowest-grossing Memorial Day weekend since the $117.1 million seen in 1995, when “Casper” haunted the screens — and that’s not even adjusting for inflation. The tepid Memorial Day weekend continues what’s been a lukewarm start to the summer box office, a movie-going season that’s still reeling from the effects of last year’s Hollywood strikes. Industry experts agree that the 2024 box office has been sluggish so far , but remain hopeful that the box office can rebound by the end of the year and beyond.

Persons: it’s, ”, “ Casper ”, that’s, ” Paul Degarabedian, Comscore, “, Max, what’s, ” Dergarabedian, “ Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer ”, Shawn Robbins, there’s, Degarabarian, Deadpool, ” “ Oppenheimer, Barbie ”, Dory, bloomer, Daniel Loria, ” Loria, ” Disney, Loria, “ Deadpool, Fandango, Robbins, “ That’s, ’, ” Robbins Organizations: CNN, Guild, SAG, Labor, “, Warner Bros, Warner Bros ., Star, Walt Disney Studios, Disney, Box, showtime, Century Entertainment, Writers Guild of America, Pixar, Marvel, Industry Locations: United States, “

☆ Johnny Wactor: Former ‘General Hospital’ actor fatally shot in Los Angeles
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Cindy Von Quednow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor was fatally shot in downtown Los Angeles while interrupting thieves Saturday, according to his agent and CNN affiliate KABC. Her son initially thought his car was being towed, and he approached the person to ask, Scarlett Wactor told KABC. The shooting occurred around 3:25 a.m. PT Saturday, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Tony Im told CNN. One of the suspects pulled out a gun and shot the victim before the men drove off in a vehicle. Wactor starred in “General Hospital” as Brandon Corbin from 2020 to 2022, according to IMDB.

Persons: Johnny Wactor, Brando Corbin, David Shaul, “, ” Wactor, Shaul, Johnny, ”, Scarlett Wactor, Tony Im, Wactor, Brandon Corbin Organizations: CNN, “, KABC, Los Angeles Police, LAPD Locations: Los Angeles, Siberia

☆ Millennials and Gen Zers want human connection, so they're choosing travel tours with strangers to cure their loneliness
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The average Intrepid Travel group has 10 people. AdvertisementIt also allows people to form new bonds in a tight-knit setting, which young travelers crave, after the COVID-19 pandemic. The average Intrepid Travel group has 10 people. jacoblund/Getty ImagesBerna said Intrepid Travel began receiving requests from people in their 30s looking for adventures off the beaten path. Intrepid Travel said they saw 172% increase globally in bookings to South Korea from 2022 to 2023.

Persons: —, Gen Zers, it's, Stephen Simpson, Matt Berna, Intrepid, Berna, crave, Gen, Brian Chesky, They've Organizations: Service, Business, Intrepid, Intrepid Travel, Travel, Japan Locations: Morocco, Sri Lanka, Americas, millennials, Paris, Vietnam, peddle, America, Peru, South Korea, Korea

☆ The summer box office is playing catch-up after a rough start to the year
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —The summer box office is off to a lukewarm start. Last summer, blockbusters “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” combined added nearly a billion dollars to the domestic box office, according to Comscore data. “Barring some major overperformances, this summer looks like it’ll be down 20% to 25% in box office grosses between May and August from last year,” said analyst Shawn Robbins, founder and owner of Box Office Theory. Industry experts agree that the 2024 box office has been sluggish so far , but remain hopeful that the box office can rebound by the end of the year and beyond. “Box office earnings have been down largely because of staggered gaps between widely appealing releases in the first half of the year,” said Robbins.

Persons: “ Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer ”, “, Max, ” Paul Dergarabedian, ”, Shawn Robbins, ” “ Oppenheimer, Barbie ”, Dory, bloomer, Daniel Loria, ” Loria, ” Disney, Loria, “ Deadpool, Fandango, Deadpool, Robbins, “ That’s, ’, ” Robbins Organizations: New, New York CNN, Guild, SAG, CNN, Labor, “, Warner Bros, Warner Bros ., Star, Walt Disney Studios, Disney, Box, showtime, Century Entertainment, Writers Guild of America, Pixar, Marvel, Industry Locations: New York, United States, “

☆ Wall Street is about to see its biggest trading change in years
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Buying or selling a stock is about to get a lot snappier starting next Tuesday. But that doesn’t mean it’ll get smoother, at least right away — and some financial firms are preparing to handle any possible bumpiness. Clearinghouses, which sit between buyers and sellers, collect margins from traders as evidence that they can afford to make the transaction. Baird has had a T+1 committee in place since last summer to ensure such hiccups don’t happen, Lee said. “The existing two-day period to settle trades exposes investors and the industry to unnecessary risk and is ripe for change,” Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said in a February 2021 release.

Persons: “, That’s, ” Gary Gensler, ”, Rich Lee, Baird, Lee, Reddit, Vlad Tenev, Max, Gregory Wallace, Brian West, Mike Whitaker, ” “, ” Whitaker, Read, Meta, that’s, Clare Duffy, Patrick Collison, Nat Friedman, Tobi Lütke, Charlie Songhurst, White, OpenAI Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, Securities and Exchange Commission, Employees, GameStop, AMC Entertainment, AMC, Robinhood, Investors, Boeing, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Wolfe Research, ABC, Microsoft, Meta Locations: New York, OpenAI

☆ Thomas Midgley Jr.: The man who almost destroyed the planet (twice)
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Facing a crowd of journalists, inventor Thomas Midgley Jr. poured a lead additive over his hands and then proceeded to inhale its fumes for about a minute. Unfazed, he said, “I could do this every day without getting any health problems whatsoever.”Soon afterward, Midgley needed medical treatment. The task of addressing the issue of engine knocking fell to Midgley while he was working at General Motors in 1916. An estimated 1 million people a year still die from lead poisoning, according to the World Health Organization. The toxicity of lead was already well-known when Midgley added it to gas, but that didn’t stop Ethyl from becoming a commercial success.

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☆ I went to the NYC-Dublin Portal looking for filth and debauchery. All I got was some tourists and kids.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The first thing to know about The Portal is that you will feel a strange, overwhelming urge to take out your phone and gaze at it through your phone's screen. Isn't it more interesting to try to interact with those people instead of staring at them through your phone? It feels almost protective — like The Portal is a light so bright you have to view it only through a phone screen, like looking at a solar eclipse through a hole in a cereal box. The Dublin Portal had a bigger crowd than the one in NYC. The Portal in New York is right on 23rd and Broadway, near some seating and a coffee stand.

Persons: Katie Notopoulos Organizations: Service, Business, New, Dublin, Broadway, Yorkers, Dubliners Locations: New York City, Dublin, Flatiron, Manhattan, New York, —

☆ Boeing on track to meet FAA deadline to present quality control fixes
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Gregory Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Boeing will present its plan to fix quality problems with its assembly line to US regulators next week, the company said Thursday. The FAA said it audited the production line at Boeing and its key 737 Max supplier and found “multiple instances where the companies allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements.” It gave Boeing 90 days to present a plan — and that deadline is next week. Boeing chief financial officer Brian West said Thursday that Boeing and the FAA have had “lots of dialogue” including two check-ins during the preparation of the plan. “Our objective is to make sure the mechanic is fully prepared to do the work as intended,” West said. “We have frustrated and disappointed our customers because of some of the production supply chain issues that we’re up against,” West said.

Persons: Max, Brian West, ”, “, Mike Whitaker, ” “, ” Whitaker, West, ” West, AeroSystems Organizations: CNN, Boeing, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Wolfe Research, ABC News, ”, Airbus

☆ Opinion | A Giant Crater in Siberia Is Belching Up Russia’s Past
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Sophie Pinkham | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Even the roads are buckling, cracking and collapsing, as if in a slow-motion earthquake. And outside a small town called Batagay, deep in the Siberian hinterland, a crater is rapidly opening up — known to locals as the gateway to the underworld. Already more than half a mile deep and about 3,000 feet wide, the Batagaika crater is growing as the ground beneath it melts. The land is belching up the past and swallowing the present — creating a yawning hole even more dizzying than the huge open-pit mines that already scar the Siberian landscape. In Alaska houses in rural villages are sinking into the ground as the shoreline falls into the sea.

Locations: Russia, Batagay, Canada, China, Tibetan, Alaska

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