Authorities in Ventura county built emergency barriers after a rogue wave on Thursday sent eight people to the hospital The National Weather Service has warned that another round of extremely dangerous surf conditions would return on Saturday to a California coast already battered by powerful swells from Pacific storms. On Friday authorities had built large … Read more
In 1965, police publicly raided a sanctioned drag ball, inadvertently raising awareness of police brutality against the LGBTQ+ community As 2024 draws near, LGBTQ+ activists are taking stock of a traumatic year for the queer community. Lawmakers across the country introduced hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ laws, with particular emphasis on trans people. Now, as queer folks … Read more
The Los Angeles sheriff’s department (LASD) released body-camera footage on Friday of an officer fatally shooting Niani Finlayson, 27, who had called 911 for help during a domestic violence incident. The footage from the 4 December encounter showed that deputy Ty Shelton shot Finlayson four times within roughly three seconds of entering her home. The … Read more
As with the printing press and the dotcom boom, initial frenzy and speculation obscures the lasting legacy of new technologies “Innovation,” wrote the economist William Janeway in his seminal book Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy, “begins with discovery and culminates in speculation.” That just about sums up 2023. The discovery was AI (as represented … Read more
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says the time for Americans to address systemic racism is long gone, and that racism has dwindled to near irrelevance in the U.S. Ramaswamy made the comments during a campaign stop in Iowa on Friday, telling his audience that contemporary efforts to combat systemic racism are only worsening the issue. … Read more
PragerU, known for making conservative web videos, has gotten a line of cartoon videos and education materials, called PragerU Kids, into public schools in four states.
Brought together by a Bay Area volunteer program, Nathaniel Todd and Bruce Armstrong found support and solace in each other Bruce Armstrong thought it was going to be an awkward call. It was the summer of 2020, and the San Francisco venture capitalist had responded to a newspaper ad placed by Miracle Messages, a Bay … Read more
The Maine official who moved to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot on Thursday visited the White House this year to meet with President Biden and previously referred to the Electoral College as a “relic of white supremacy.” On two separate occasions this year — once in March and … Read more
De Ferran suffered heart attack at racing club in FloridaBrazilian recently worked as McLaren sporting director Tributes have been paid to the former Indianapolis 500 winner, Gil de Ferran, after his death from a heart attack at the age of 56. A hugely well-liked and respected driver, De Ferran also enjoyed a successful career in … Read more
New York City Mayor Eric Adams warned residents to expect another surge in migrants from Texas in the coming months even as he said the city is reaching its “breaking point.” NYC received a record 14 buses of migrants in a single day last week as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continues his effort to force … Read more
