News

New York Times (www.nytimes.com)

The New York Times is among the oldest and most respected news services in the United States. While slightly left of center, it still offers the exceptional coverage and in-depth reporting

• Sri Lanka Bombings Target Churches and Hotels, Killing at Least 48
• Columbine Survivors Reflect, and Reckon With Specter of Future Shootings
• Should a White Man Be the Face of the Democratic Party in 2020?
• ISIS, After Laying Groundwork, Gains Toehold in Congo
• How to Bounce Back From Rejection
• Bloody Ax Recovered at Homicide Scene in Brooklyn, Police Say
• F.B.I. Arrests Leader of Right-Wing Militia That Detained Migrants in New Mexico
• White House Memo: ‘I Do Not Remember’: Trump Gave a Familiar Reply to the Special Counsel’s Queries

NPR News (www.npr.org)

National Public Radio offers not only breaking news but also thorough investigative reports.

• Yellow Vest Protesters Fueled By Anger Over Notre Dame Funds March In Paris
• Northern Ireland Police Arrest 2 Men In Shooting Death Of Journalist
• The Tell-All Book That Could Trump Them All: The Mueller Report
• Congress Considers Making College More Accessible To People In Prison
• Reach Out: Ways To Help A Loved One At Risk Of Suicide
• In Korean DMZ, Wildlife Thrives. Some Conservationists Worry Peace Could Disrupt It
• Opinion: Amid Devastation, Paris Firefighters' Bravery Is An Inspiration
• Prison For Forced Addiction Treatment? A Parent's 'Last Resort' Has Consequences

Wall Street Journal (online.wsj.com)

The Wall Street Journal provides slightly right-of-center news coverage, and it has won 40 Pultizer Prizes.

• North Korea Expands Long-Range Missile Base
• Oil Slides After OPEC Delays Decision on Level of Output Cuts
• German Conservatives Warn on Russian Pipeline Project
• Talks to End War in Yemen Begin Under U.S. Pressure
• Arrest of Senior Huawei Executive Steps Up U.S.-China Confrontation
• Bank of Canada's Poloz Vows Rate Rises to Be 'Data Dependent'
• Putin Threatens Arms Race as U.S. Prepares to Exit Nuclear Treaty
• Pope to Continue Muslim Outreach With U.A.E. Visit

BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

BBC News offers unparalled world news coverage and lacks the bias that affects some US-based outlets

• Bill Clinton: 'Columbine has a special place in my heart'
• From a poo museum to new year celebrations
• 'People think we're hillbillies - we're not'
• 'I'm the father to 110 huskies'
• Ukraine: Candidates clash ahead of presidential poll
• Yellow vest protests: Paris police fire tear gas at demonstrators
• Notre-Dame fire: How gamers are getting 'inside' the cathedral
• Arinze Stanley: 'Patience is the key to my art'

Reuters (www.reuters.com)

Reuters was founded in London in 1851. Until 2008 it was independently owned, now it is owned by the Thomson Corporation. It excels in delivering breaking news.

• Fed up with status quo, Ukrainians tipped to elect comedian as president
• Bombs kill 138 in Easter Day attacks on Sri Lankan churches, hotels
• Indian, Australian warships arrive in China for naval parade
• Vulnerable House Democrats tread carefully in wake of Mueller report
• Doves, heartbreak and hope on 20th anniversary of Columbine High massacre
• Myanmar’s top court to rule on jailed Reuters journalists' appeal
• In nod to debt concerns, China Belt and Road summit to urge sustainable financing
• FBI arrests leader of armed group stopping migrants in New Mexico

LA Times (www.latimes.com)

The Los Angeles Times was founded in 1881 and has since won dozens of Pulitzer Prizes. While it specializes in Los Angeles news, it still covers world news excellently.

• At least 138 killed in six Easter Sunday explosions at Sri Lanka churches and hotels
• SpaceX suffers an accident during ground test of Crew Dragon astronaut capsule
• For the Record
• LAPD officer wounded in South L.A. shooting during traffic stop
• Archbishop to celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
• Terence Crawford wins by TKO when Amir Khan can't continue after low blow
• Clippers general manager Michael Winger will stay with team
• The Valorie Kondos Field era is over for UCLA women's gymnastics

Reddit News (www.reddit.com)

Reddit is one of the best places for breaking news updates, thanks to the fifteen million users who regularly update the page.

• Explosions rock Sri Lanka. Over 140 injured and 20 dead in Sri Lanka.
• Pope admits abuse of nuns, extending to sexual slavery
• Ben and Jerry’s starts petition for Congress to expunge prior marijuana convictions
• Texas cancer center ousts 3 over Chinese data theft concerns
• F.B.I. Arrests Leader of Right-Wing Militia That Detained Migrants in New Mexico
• U.S. intelligence says Huawei funded by Chinese state security: report - Reuters
• Ex-Los Angeles sheriff’s corruption conviction upheld
• UPDATED: Man tried to consume skeletal remains found in Conception Bay South, sources say | The Chronicle Herald

The Altantic (www.theatlantic.com)

The Atlantic offers deeper analysis of current events, specializing in contextualizing news.

• The Conversation
• What Atlantic Readers Thought About Marijuana in the ’90s
• Jeopardy Wasn’t Designed for a Contestant Like James Holzhauer
• A Gilded Cage
• Netflix’s Someone Great Is a Forgettably Fun Breakup Comedy
• From the Archives: William Carlos Williams’s Poem for His Grandson
• What If Everything Mueller Told Us Had Been New?
• Two Universes, One Report

The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

It won a Webby for its online news coverage. Although it's run out of the United Kingdom, its coverage of the U.S. news is excellent.

• Sri Lanka church and hotel explosions: at least 100 killed in Easter Sunday attacks – live
• Robert Caro: ‘The more facts you collect, the closer you come to the truth’
• Greta review – effective B-movie madness
• Terence Crawford defeats Amir Khan to retain WBO welterweight title – as it happened
• Turkish Cypriot poised to win seat in European parliament elections
• Even Amazon and the tech giants could fail to click in a changing market
• Dixie school district: why it took 22 years to change a name in liberal California
• Boy's drag routine prompts Republican to seek new rules on child exploitation

Chicago Tribune (www.chicagotribune.com)

The Chicago Tribune was founded in 1847 and continues to serve not only the eponymous metropolis but also the nation at large. It leans right of center, so it offers a nice counterpoint to the NYT

• Car with 2-year-old girl inside stolen in Lawndale: police
• Down the street from murder scene, a Holy Saturday service
• Parents of missing Crystal Lake boy 'AJ' Freund have stopped cooperating, cops say; father back home after police escort him to station
• Weekend violence: Couple dead in murder-suicide among 3 killed, 4 wounded
• Body of 9-year-old boy recovered from Bangs Lake in Wauconda
• BMO Harris Bank branch robbed in South Loop
• Woman injured by shattered glass in exchange of gunfire on West Side
• Man fatally wounded Friday afternoon on Far South Side identified

Reveal News (www.revealnews.org)

Their motto for its "Reveal" project is: "There is always more to the story." As such, this organ focuses offers more substantive pieces on important subjects than most outlets.

• Farm Wars
• Flood thy neighbor
• How Tesla and its doctor made sure injured employees didn’t get workers’ comp
• Killing migratory birds, even unintentionally, has been a crime for decades. Not anymore
• Trans national migration
• Same data, new lawsuit: Reveal sues Labor Department for failure to release updated Silicon Valley diversity numbers
• How ex-congressman Jeff Miller is single-handedly shaping the push to privatize VA health care
• Captain Boycott

The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)

A London-based newspaper. It won a Webby in 2016 for its news coverage, and it is becoming increasingly popular among United States readers.

• When is Easter 2019 and why does the date change every year?
• 7 weird Easter eggs, from Game of Thrones-inspired to Marmite-flavoured
• Easter: What you should know about letting your dogs eat chocolate eggs
• Brexit: Farage will beat Labour if it offers 'mealy-mouthed' support for second referendum, Tom Watson warns Corbyn
• Sri Lanka blast news - LIVE: Bomb attacks leave at least 130 dead with multiple hotels and churches targeted on Easter Sunday
• Amir Khan claims he didn't quit against Terence Crawford and wanted to fight on before bout was stopped
• Sri Lanka blast: Foreign office issues travel warning to British visitors
• Sri Lanka bombings: Explosions at 3 hotels and 3 churches leave at least 130 dead

ProPublica (www.propublica.org)

An independent news outlet that focuses on in-depth, investigative reporting.

• More Than Me Founder and CEO Katie Meyler Resigns
• Mueller Went Looking for a Conspiracy, What He Found Was Conflict and a Cover-Up — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast
• ProPublica Wins John Bartlow Martin Award for MS-13 Coverage
• Zero Tolerance: Inside the Secretive Network of Immigrant Youth Shelters in Illinois
• Nuclear Lobbying Power: N.J. Utility Customers Will Pay $300M in Subsidies
• How the IRS Gave Up Fighting Political Dark Money Groups
• In a Time of Cheap Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Power Companies Are Seeking — and Getting — Big Subsidies
• TSA Agents Say They’re Not Discriminating Against Black Women, But Their Body Scanners Might Be

The Intercept (theintercept.com)

The Intercept was founded after the Snowden leaks. The site is dedicated to exposing injustice and corruption. It won a Webby award in 2016.

• The Best Hot Take on the Mueller Report Is From 1796
• Why Philly’s Reformist Prosecutor Finally Supports Letting Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Appeal Go Forward
• William Barr Misled Everyone About the Mueller Report. Now Democrats Are Calling for His Resignation.
• Northern Ireland Mourns Lyra McKee, Journalist and LGBT Activist Shot at Nationalist Riot
• What the Mueller Report Didn’t Say About Felix Sater and the Trump Tower in Moscow
• House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Is Facing a Primary Challenge
• Starbucks Promised a Recyclable Drink Lid. Don’t Believe the Hype.
• Robert Mueller Did Not Merely Reject the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theories. He Obliterated Them.

The Quartz (qz.com)

The content is grouped into "Obsessions," cultivated topics of interest. It won a 2016 Webby and is designed especially for phones and tablets.

• A dozen delicious ways to eat boiled eggs
• How western universities are changing to meet the needs of their many Chinese students
• Not all Easter eggs need dyeing—some are hatched blue
• The “freest person in the world” faces a possible death penalty in Thailand
• What the FeesMustFall generation can learn from Steve Biko’s student resistance trial
• A cyber-attack in Japan could now bring the US into war
• Immigrants are being denied US citizenship for smoking legal pot
• Republicans have spent at least $4.7 million at Trump properties since he took office