To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe here. Welcome back to Chain Reaction. This month was filled with announcements from major crypto firms that were laying off employees. Of course, this “trend” is notContinue Reading
Sculptor and artist Travis Hunter shows off his artwork of an elephant at his home in Richmond, St Mary. (Photo: Naphtali Junior) Amid the stagnation and depression faced by residents of Richmond in St Mary, 28-year-old Travis Hunter found a lifeline in the art of using plastic bottles and otherContinue Reading
The biggest wolf cull in modern times has begun in Sweden as nature organisations warn it could drastically harm the population. On Monday, the Guardian accompanied 200 hunters as they went to kill wolves in the frost-covered forests between Gävleborg and Dalarna, hunting from midnight until the sun set atContinue Reading
Racist housing policies led many African Americans to settle in the Bayview-Hunters Point area in the years following the war, and the area still has the city’s largest African American population. Twenty-seven percent of the neighborhood’s 35,000-plus residents currently live within a quarter mile of contamination risk, according to aContinue Reading
A biologist who has helped rescue dozens of raptors poisoned by lead bullet fragments in game carcasses seeks to educate, not regulate, hunters. Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile At the Jackson Hole Gun Club’s shooting range, Chris Smith paused after his shooting session to explain why he stopped hunting withContinue Reading
At the Jackson Hole Gun Club’s shooting range, Chris Smith paused after his shooting session to explain why he stopped hunting with traditional lead bullets that spread toxins in the environment and wildlife. “I use copper to kill with,” said Smith, a shooter with 25 years of hunting under hisContinue Reading
CAPITAL REGION — Labor Day 2021 finds the Capital Region labor market still waiting to turn the corner, with many employers having continued difficulty hiring enough people. The list of potential reasons is often recited: Fear of COVID, lack of childcare options, unwillingness to accept low or medium wages, governmentContinue Reading
