BERWICK, La. (AP) — Police in a Louisiana town fatally shot a would-be carjacker armed with what appeared to be a handgun early Tuesday, state police said. The dead man was later found to have been armed with a BB pistol, the news release from Louisiana State Police Troop I said. The shooting happened after […]

June 01, 2021

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S ambassador to the United Nations headed to Turkey late Tuesday seeking to ensure that humanitarian aid can be delivered to Syria across borders, a program Russia has severely limited in recent years while insisting the Syrian government should control all assistance to millions in need. Linda Thomas-Greenfield's visit comes […]

June 01, 2021

A 20-year-old Seattle man has been charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He was arrested at the airport as he attempted to board a flight to Cairo, intent on joining ISIS, says the complaint filed against him.

June 01, 2021

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The Metro Board held its May meeting last Thursday. There was no shortage of interestingness on the agenda (also embedded above) with the meeting stretching to more than six-and-a-half hours, including two-plus hours of public testimony.

Here's the webstream:

Among the items tackled:

•The Board voted to continue further developing a fareless pilot program. Please see this Source post for more.

•The Board approved Metro's $8-billion budget for Fiscal Year 2022, which runs from July 1 through June 30, 2022. The most notable item for riders is the budget returns Metro bus and rail ...

June 01, 2021

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Here's the webstream:

Among the items tackled:

•The Board voted to continue further developing a fareless pilot program. Please see this Source post for more.

•The Board approved Metro's $8-billion budget for Fiscal Year 2022, which runs from July 1 through June 30, 2022. The most notable item for riders is the budget returns Metro bus and rail ...

June 01, 2021

View this document on Scribd

Here's the webstream:

Among the items tackled:

•The Board voted to continue further developing a fareless pilot program. Please see this Source post for more.

•The Board approved Metro's $8-billion budget for Fiscal Year 2022, which runs from July 1 through June 30, 2022. The most notable item for riders is the budget returns Metro bus and rail ...

June 01, 2021

Facebook employees are circulating an internal petition calling for the company to investigate content moderation systems that led many Palestinians and allies to say their voices were being censored, the Financial Times reports. The news comes weeks after Israeli airstrikes killed more than 200 people in Gaza, including at least 63 children. Israel and Hamas have now reached a cease fire.

Palestinian activists and allies have long accused social media companies of censoring pro-Palestinian content — and the issue has only gotten worse during the recent conflict. At Facebook, content moderation ...

June 01, 2021

GWW Radio: SoundCloud | iTunes Change My Mind: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube Twitter: @ChangeMyMindPOD | @WesleySykes_ | @Fry_Guy1 In Episode 120, Wesley Sykes and Nick Friar (along with a few special guests) bring you the best that summer in New England has to offer! Before that, they talk a Sinister Six rumor in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Aaron Taylor-Johnson cast as Kraven the Hunter, Shooter McGavin […]

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June 01, 2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission believes Elon Musk has violated his 2018 settlement agreement twice, according to correspondence obtained by The Wall Street Journal between the SEC and Tesla. The agreement requires a lawyer to approve his tweets about the company.

Tesla lawyers didn't review Musk's May 2020 tweet about how Tesla's stock price was "too high imo" before he published it. The company's lawyers also didn't approve a July 2019 tweet about Musk's goal to make 1,000 of Tesla's solar roofs per week by the end of that year. The SEC sent the letters to Tesla in 2019 ...

June 01, 2021

MIAMI (AP) — Thinking his home was under attack, a Florida homeowner shot and wounded a 10-year-old whose father had driven him to participate in a drive-by shooting with a paintball gun, police said. Michael Williams, 26, told Opa-locka police his son begged him to drive by a home where young people were gathered Sunday […]

June 01, 2021

At least three companies are working on robotic approaches to basic manicures.

June 01, 2021

At least three companies are working on robotic approaches to basic manicures.

June 01, 2021

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska has begun offering COVID-19 vaccines at airports, a move that was anticipated for the start of the summer travel season. The state health department said effective Tuesday, vaccine eligibility was expanded to include anyone in Alaska who is at least 12 years old, including visitors from other states or countries. […]

June 01, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans pressed ahead with their push for tougher election laws Tuesday, vowing to ensure Democrats' weekend victory over one of the most restrictive voting measures in the country would only be temporary. GOP Gov. Greg Abbott prepared to call lawmakers back for a special session to revive the voting measure […]

June 01, 2021

Economists and consumer advocates who track packaging expect "shrinkflation" to become more pronounced as inflation ratchets up, taking hold of such everyday items such as paper towels, potato chips and diapers.

June 01, 2021

Re: "Downtown Seattle: 'Graffiti, trash, drugs and tents,' " May 30, Opinion]: It makes me wonder if I should have renewed the 2021/22 season tickets for the Seattle Symphony. There is a huge entity needing people to come back to spend money to stay afloat. My neighborhood and a crown-jewel park, Green Lake, continues to […]

June 01, 2021

"Today, I am signing SB 554 with the hope that we can take another step forward to help spare more Oregon families from the grief of losing a loved one to gun violence," Gov. Kate Brown said of a new law mandating safe storage of guns.

June 01, 2021

Re: "Be careful about returning to normalcy" [May 27, Opinion]: I feel very apprehensive and scared about the behavior of many of our citizens the last few days. This pandemic is not finished with us, and we all need to be very careful still about our behaviors, both outside and indoors. Our state still has […]

June 01, 2021

Re: "At century mark, Tulsa Race Massacre's wounds still unhealed" [May 28, Nation]: I studied Black history in the 1970s. I was teacher/librarian in a large urban all-Black high school in Los Angeles. I wanted to know and understand my kids' history. The more I knew, the angrier I got. I never knew about Tulsa. […]

June 01, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A first-in-the-nation task force in California to study and recommend reparations for African Americans held its inaugural meeting Tuesday, launching a two-year process to address the harms of slavery and systemic racism despite the federal government's inaction. The nine members of the task force, appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative […]

June 01, 2021

Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab will be working with 1,200 residents to see whether virtual reality can improve their mood, strengthen their relationships with staff and make them more receptive to technology.

June 01, 2021

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an execution date for the second of two men on death row suing the state over a new law forcing inmates to choose between dying by firing squad or the electric chair. Freddie Owens' execution is scheduled for June 25, according to court […]

June 01, 2021

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a 2018 state law that could have made it harder for some public-sector unions to organize and collect dues, overturning a past priority of the Republican-led Legislature. The high court said the law violated equal protections rights guaranteed by the Missouri Constitution […]

June 01, 2021

A polar bear seen with cubs at Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 2014, in North Slope, Alaska. | Photo credit should read Steven Kazlowski / Barcroft Medi via Getty Images

The Biden administration moved forward today with its plans to pause — and potentially halt — oil and gas drilling on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced today that it suspended leases that the previous administration auctioned off to oil and gas developers just weeks before Donald Trump left office.

Today's decision follows through on an executive order President Joe Biden made on ...

June 01, 2021

Today's decision follows through on an executive order President Joe Biden made on ...

June 01, 2021

Today's decision follows through on an executive order President Joe Biden made on ...

June 01, 2021

Today's decision follows through on an executive order President Joe Biden made on ...

June 01, 2021

ATLANTA (AP) — An alarm linked to a motion sensor inside a warehouse in Atlanta where ballots from last year's election are stored went off over the weekend but the ballots remained secure, officials said Tuesday. The alarm at the Fulton County elections warehouse went off Saturday, and county Sheriff Patrick Labat said his office […]

June 01, 2021

When BMW first revealed its flagship iX electric SUV in November, we speculated that it would cost $70,000 or more, based on its luxury styling and upgraded battery. Well, we were right — sort of. The German automaker has just announced that when it goes on sale early next year, the new EV's suggested price tag will exceed $80,000.

That puts the iX squarely in Tesla Model X territory and leaves open the possibility that it may dethrone Elon Musk's falcon-winged EV as the luxury SUV of choice for consumers. It will also compete with the Audi E-tron, ...