Obama center opens after years-long saga as locals warn ‘monstrosity’ could price them out
The Obama Presidential Center opened Friday after controversies including costs ballooning to $850 million, unpaid contractors, and displacement concerns.

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It was designed to survive the apocalypse, as humanity’s last testament to its failure. But for a while it seemed the “Earth’s Black Box” hadn’t even survived its own planning process. Now, five years after it was announced to much fanfare, followed […]
The Obama Presidential Center opened Friday after controversies including costs ballooning to $850 million, unpaid contractors, and displacement concerns.
The Knicks are inspiring an entire generation of players ready to take the game to new heights at their Long Island high school gyms next fall.
Former President Barack Obama speaks at the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, imploring Americans not to give in to cynicism and despair in the current divisive political climate.
The New York Knicks won the NBA Finals on Saturday, generating a citywide energy that culminated in a massive parade on Thursday.
Romain Ioualalen, Global Policy lead at Oil Change International, said: “At the Bonn climate talks close, countries cannot ignore the devastating consequences of continued fossil fuel reliance. Across the world, fossil-fueled wars drive destruction and human suffering, while volatile oil and gas prices push up energy and food costs, making life unaffordable for millions.“That is why countries need energy transition roadmaps. If designed well, these plans can protect economies from fossil-fueled volatility, ensure energy access for all, reduce energy bills, and build jobs, peace, and green industrialization. Countries can either double down on fossil fuels and get caught up in the next fossil fuel crisis, or they can choose economic and energy sovereignty by planning for a just transition. The right choice is obvious.“The next stop is COP31, where countries must bring their concrete plans to the table. Building a safe, renewable future requires planned, government-led transitions backed by regulations, public funding, and international cooperation. Rich countries must phase out fossil fuels first and fastest, equip the new just transition mechanism with funding, capacity, and rights-based principles, and support reforming outdated global debt, tax, and trade rules to make the energy transition possible and fair for the most climate-vulnerable countries.”
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Rex Heuermann to serve three consecutive life sentences in a long-unsolved case that baffled prosecutors for years.