Alexandra Petri

2 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Alexandra Petri |Amy Graff

Smoke from wildfires raging across Canada continued to choke parts of the Upper Midwest on Tuesday, polluting the air for millions of residents and casting a hazy glow in the skies across several northern states. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, parts of Nebraska, and Michigan were under air quality alerts Tuesday, with advisories for more vulnerable groups to stay indoors or limit long stretches of outdoor activity and monitor their health, according to the National Weather Service.

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Mark Walker |Alexandra Petri

NowBOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Several people were injured and some may have been set on fire at an outdoor mall in Boulder, Colorado, police said. Police said a man was taken into custody in the attack that the FBI immediately described as an act of terror. Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn told reporters …

1 week ago | tspantx.com | Alexandra Petri

Jorge Zamora-Quezada falsely diagnosed patients with a chronic disease and subjected them to unnecessary treatments to help fund his lavish lifestyle, officials said. For nearly 20 years, a Texas doctor falsely diagnosed patients as having a chronic disease, administered unnecessary, toxic treatments and filed more than $118 million in fraudulent health insurance claims to fund his lavish lifestyle, which included a private jet, luxury cars and high-end properties, prosecutors said.

1 week ago | news.harvard.edu | Alexandra Petri

5 min read A collection of features and profiles covering Harvard University’s 374th Commencement. Alexandra Petri ’10, formerly a Washington Post columnist, is currently a staff writer for The Atlantic. She won the 2025 Thurber Prize for American Humor for her book “Alexandra Petri’s U.S. History: Important American Documents I Made Up.” OK, Harvard graduates. Listen.

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Alexandra Petri |Yan Zhuang

A train struck and killed two women and injured a toddler who were on a railway bridge in Fremont, Ohio, on Sunday, authorities said. A 5-year-old who was part of the family was also found dead Monday after authorities searched the river under the bridge, according to Alexis Prenzlin, a spokesperson for the Sandusky County Coroner. All four were part of a family that had traveled to Fremont from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to fish in the Sandusky River, Daniel R.