Americas – Page 34 – Prologue Journal

Wreckage of Shackleton’s Last Ship Is Found Off Coast of Canada

New York Times Ernest Shackleton was sailing for Antarctica on the ship, called the Quest, when he died in 1922. Researchers exulted over the discovery of its wreckage, 62 years after it sank in the Labrador Sea. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/world/canada/ernest-shackleton-quest-ship-found.html

Angry Catholics Wanted to Burn the Church. He Came to Save It.

New York Times In a cold, remote corner of northern Quebec, a sexual abuse scandal pushed a church to the edge. The Rev. Gérard Tsatselam, from Cameroon, must comfort the afflicted to bring it back. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/world/canada/catholic-church-canada-indigenous-people.html

Montana Has More Cows Than People. Why Are Locals Eating Beef From Brazil?

New York Times Cole Mannix, of Old Salt Co-op, is trying to change local appetites and upend an industry controlled by multibillion-dollar meatpackers. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/business/montana-meat-old-salt-co-op.html

Ancient Maya Genomes Sequenced for First Time

New York Times Thousand-year-old DNA from Chichén Itzá is offering insights into Maya religious rituals, including a tradition of child sacrifice. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/science/archaeology-maya-genetics.html

Diplo’s Port Antonio, Jamaica

New York Times The Grammy-nominated D.J. and music producer recommends spots in a city he loves on Jamaica’s northeast coast. A dance party makes the cut. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/travel/diplo-port-antonio-jamaica.html

Toronto Police Officer’s Posts About Work Harassment Led to Her Firing

New York Times A Toronto police officer mounted a defiant social media campaign against her employer. The police ruled that she had tried to destroy the agency’s reputation. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/world/canada/toronto-police-officer-fired-harassment.html

Rare White Grizzly Dies After Being Struck on Canadian Highway

New York Times Grizzly Bear 178, or Nakoda, as she was known to her fans on social media, was hit in Yoho National Park, hours after her cubs were struck and killed in a separate accident, officials said. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/world/canada/grizzly-bear-killed.html

No, a Remote Amazon Tribe Did Not Get Addicted to Porn

New York Times A Times story about the arrival of high-speed internet in a remote Amazon tribe spiraled into its own cautionary tale on the dark side of the web. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/world/americas/no-a-remote-amazon-tribe-did-not-get-addicted-to-porn.html

Chiquita Banana Held Liable for Paramilitary Group’s Killings During Colombian Civil War

New York Times A South Florida jury found the company liable for killings committed by a paramilitary group that was on the banana producer’s payroll. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/world/americas/chiquita-banana-lawsuit-colombia.html

Was This Sea Creature Our Ancestor? Scientists Turn a Famous Fossil on its Head.

New York Times Researchers have long assumed that a tube in the famous Pikaia fossil ran along the animal’s back. But a new study turned the fossil upside-side down. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/science/pikaia-vertebrate-evolution.html