moimn.com

On September 19th, José Guillermo Mendoza was driving through northeastern Caracas, Venezuela, toward the office of a human-rights organization called Provea, to deliver a thousand printed inserts for a new record dedicated to the history of Venezuelan punk rock. Mendoza was forty-three and worked for the printer that had made the booklets, but he didn’t…

Tales of uncanny and mysterious events help us recall the early-childhood thrills of celebrating Halloween. This week, we’re bringing you an assortment of eerie stories to savor during the month of October. In “Haunting Olivia,” Karen Russell offers a tale about two brothers searching for their sister’s ghost. In “From a Farther Room,” a businessman…

Along the western edge of Iceland’s central-highland plateau, in the far east of the Borgarfjörður district, the Kaldidalur, or “cold valley,” stretches twenty-five miles between two barren volcanic ridges: the Prestahnúkur system to the east and the Ok volcano to the west. These volcanoes form part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the longest mountain range in…

WASHINGTON —  A rare, underappreciated drama broke out in last week’s Democratic presidential debate in Ohio: The candidates had a serious argument over foreign policy. Asked about President Trump’s decision to let Turkey seize northern Syria, the Democrats unleashed a predictable flood of condemnation: “outrageous,” “shameful,” “a betrayal of American values.” But they divided on what…

WASHINGTON —  President Trump on Saturday abruptly reversed his plan to hold the next Group of Seven world leaders’ meeting at his Doral, Fla., golf resort next year. Accused of using the presidency to enrich himself by hosting the international summit at a private resort owned by his family, Trump announced a rare backtrack Saturday night.…

WASHINGTON —  President Trump’s reversal on hosting a major international meeting at one of his own resorts was a rare retreat for the famously stubborn man, who was taken aback by a bipartisan barrage of criticism for a proposal that smacked of self-dealing. Trump announced late Saturday he was abandoning plans to host the Group of…

Click:timken bearings After seeing several seasons marred by untimely injuries, USC coach Clay Helton had learned a lesson. To weather the inevitable storm of injuries, developing depth was essential. So this past spring, Helton and the rest of his Trojans staff made more of a point to develop where they could, offering up extra repetitions…

For the first time this season, fans filed out of Honda Center silently. They had been anything but for most of the final minutes Sunday, roaring as the Ducks put the Calgary Flames’ net under siege in search of a game-tying goal. Over the final 20 minutes, the Ducks fired 11 shots on net. They…

NASHVILLE —  Seven games into the season, the Chargers are still searching for an identity on defense. They are neither a great run-stuffing or pass-stopping unit. They don’t create a ton of turnovers. They’re not the best of tacklers. They’re not especially fast or overly physical. It might help if the crew hadn’t become so short-handed…

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as I learn the difference between Tucson and Tempe. OK, OK, I’ll keep repeating it until I get it right, the Race Track Industry Program is at Arizona, not Arizona State. It was my goof that brought responses from seemingly everyone…