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Yesterday — 9 April 2025Main stream

Gun Owners Are Preparing for When All Hell Breaks Loose

9 April 2025 at 17:00
Once thought of as a fringe mind-set, the prepared citizen movement is gaining traction in a world shaped by war, the pandemic and extreme weather.

© Zack Wittman for The New York Times

Christopher Eric Roscher, an Air Force veteran, teaches a course called Full Contender Minuteman in Leesburg, Fla.
Before yesterdayMain stream

FEMA cuts more than $300 million in disaster aid to New York.

Much of the money was to go toward flood mitigation in vulnerable areas of New York City that were struck hard by Hurricane Sandy and the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

© Desiree Rios for The New York Times

New York State was expecting millions of dollars in federal funds to better prepare localities in flood-prone areas for damaging storms like Hurricane Ida in 2021.

Why Earthquake Relief Is Slow to Reach Myanmar

7 April 2025 at 22:55
Critics say the country’s often-incompetent military government has delayed and restricted the arrival and distribution of crucial aid.

© Associated Press

People searched through the debris of destroyed buildings in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Monday.
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