Things That Caught My Eye Tanks for playing According to FiveThirtyEight’s Elo projections, there are eight teams in the MLB on track to lose 90 games, four of whom are on track to lose in the range of about 100 games. That is the most potential 90-game losers at this point in the season since […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. $1 The two Philadelphia men who were arrested for sitting in a Starbucks while being black have reached a deal with the city where each will receive a symbolic $1 and officials will set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs. […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 6 states A majority of residents support the right of same-sex couples to get married in 44 states. The exceptions are Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, West Virginia, Louisiana and North Carolina. Only in Alabama do a majority of residents oppose same-sex marriage. […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 10 percent Amber Rudd resigned as Home Secretary in Theresa May’s Tory government amid a scandal related to the removal of illegal immigrants from the United Kingdom. Rudd recently told members of Parliament that the Home Office didn’t have targets for […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 5 substances Drug dogs are trained to alert handlers if they detect marijuana, methamphetamine, PCP, cocaine and heroin. The issue facing drug dogs now is that marijuana is increasingly legal, and it’s very hard to unlearn the skill of detecting it. […]