America
Google Maps changed Lake Ontario’s name for its American users, and the internet is not happy.On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario, which straddles the Canadian and US border, to Lake America. The US Geographic Names Information System formally changed the name of the…
A Walmart Supercenter is a fluorescent palace of American consumption.To US shoppers, it’s a utilitarian one-stop shop where groceries, televisions, tires, and just about everything else sit beneath one enormous roof.To some international World Cup fans, though, it is a viral tourist sensation. Many fans made a point to visit…
On a hazy Thursday in New York City, Hagen Wenzek was ready to dig into a bowl of lettuce and berries when I swooped in like the salad grim reaper, asking if he was aware of cyclospora, the parasite that’s led to explosive diarrhea and hospitalizations across the US.”I did…
Happy birthday, America!This July Fourth, the USA is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the day when the US formally broke away from England in 1776.A lot has happened in the last two centuries: inventions, wars, pandemics, space travel, to name a few. But…
