Author: Card Shark

Australia coach Justin Langer has defended the decision to leave Josh Hazlewood out of the World Cup squad, saying the paceman lacked match fitness as he recovers from a back injury.. via NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2WbOJSy

By day, Peruvian police and soldiers search for and destroy equipment used by illegal gold miners in a part of the Amazon rainforest where mining has transformed once-dense foliage into a desert pocked with dead trees and toxic pools. As night fal…. via NYT World https://nyti.ms/2VobIW1

In Cumbria, a bucolic landscape masks growing poverty and isolation. As bus lines are cut and services dry up under austerity, older people are feeling new constraints.. via NYT World https://nyti.ms/30gNznK

Cyclone Fani washed-out countless homes and farms, but by Saturday evening fewer than 20 deaths had been reported in India.. via NYT World https://nyti.ms/2GVMR6D

Europe’s hip hotel brand brings a hybrid between a hostel and a boutique hotel to the high-profile Mid-Beach area.. via NYT Travel https://nyti.ms/2voIYSa

In the United States, just 10 percent of blind children learn Braille, which is tied to success in the work force.. via NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2WbjCTE

The state senator, Maureen Walsh, made the remark while denouncing a bill that would afford nurses in Washington uninterrupted meal and rest breaks.. via NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2XFD8Ib

A Washington state lawmaker has angered nurses by commenting in a speech that some nurses may spend a lot of time playing cards in rural hospitals.. via NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2VWCxBH

In a remote Himalayan town in northern India, a women’s ice hockey team comes together.. via NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2Gny9oH

The scholar’s latest book, coinciding with his new PBS series, “Reconstruction,” is a harrowing look at the resurgence of white nationalism in the late 19th century and the New Negro movement to combat it.. via NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2IDqkOo