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A guide to St John’s, Atlantic Canada’s iceberg capital

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). You can tell a lot about a place from the way it greets its guests. In the city of St John’s, the capital of Newfoundland, an island off Canada’s eastern coast, visitors are inducted into the city with a ‘screech-in’ ceremony — a ritual involving downing

Why Veneto is one of the best places to visit in northern Italy

Veneto is a region of dramatic differences spread across seven provinces in northern Italy. Ninety-three miles (150 kilometers) of sandy coastline hug the Adriatic Sea, while rolling green vineyards, medieval villages, and hiking trails decorate its interior. And then there’s its most famous counterparts: the floating capital city of Venice that draws travelers around the world to

The Accelerationists’ App: How Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New Breed of Domestic Terrorists

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This story is part of a collaboration between FRONTLINE and ProPublica that includes an upcoming documentary. In late December, a 26-year-old construction worker in Sarasota County, Florida, used his phone to send a

How LA’s Illegal Short-Term Rentals Hide in Plain Sight on Booking Sites

This article was produced in partnership with Capital & Main, which was a member of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in 2022-23. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. In the midst of an ongoing housing emergency, the city of Los Angeles has struggled to keep rent-controlled

Our Editor Won a 6-Year Legal Battle. It Didn’t Feel Like a Victory.

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Every fall, I spend an evening in my investigative reporting class extolling the virtues of searching court records. Lawsuits can shine a light on