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The mystery surrounding the disappearance of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie’s mother has now gone on for 177 days. But the pain remains as fresh as ever. Guthrie put out another […]

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Governments are switching, but I’m not sure it makes a difference:

…some municipalities, including Denver, Colorado, are ditching their Flock arrays. But keep in mind that if they’re only switching from Flock to another brand of license-plate readers, like Axon, it’s like a gambling addict trying to kick the habit by switching from FanDuel to DraftKings.

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Despite what you may read on the Flock website, Axon cameras are pretty effective when it comes to hoovering up personal details that can go far beyond your license plate numbers. That means a municipality that opts for Axon cameras instead of Flock units won’t necessarily reduce the amount privacy its citizens lose through their use...

“President Donald Trump declared that communism was ‘the greatest threat to our country in history,’ even going so far as to compare it to World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, and September 11,” Mediaite reports. Said Trump: “The whole thing is crazy. There is something wrong. These people are crazy. And we can’t […]

“President Trump’s controversial ‘self-deportation’ program, which pays unauthorized immigrants to leave the U.S. is on pace to account for more than 200,000 departures,” Axios reports. “Launched last year alongside a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, the initiative is virtually the only carrot in an aggressive immigration crackdown that has been long on sticks.”

There was a time when you needed at least a few internships on your resume before you could get hired at a competitive newsroom. You changed markets when you wanted […]

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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (July 28, 2026)  — The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, will honor veteran political journalist Chuck Todd with the 2026 Poynter Make a Mark Leadership […]

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Troy Jackson has long pushed for the rights of the working class, but will now face heightened scrutiny from the national press and the Republican Party on his record and conduct in the Maine Legislature.

"The numbness or avoidance among many of us who care about the impact of Earth’s warming climate, is similar to the ambivalence and static grief that can take hold after a serious medical diagnosis," writes Alexis Drutchas.

McElwee’s 1985 masterpiece “Sherman’s March” is a would-be historical documentary hijacked by the floundering love life of its director. Revisiting some of the folks from that film, "Remake" attempts to preserve fragile, disappearing memories, especially those of his son Adrian, who died of a fentanyl overdose in 2016, critic Sean Burns reviews.

The Duxbury father of three children killed in 2023 offered anguished testimony during the first full day of his ex-wife's trial, describing growing concerns in days and weeks before she killed her kids and jumped out a second-floor window.

Judge Brenda O'Malley's departure comes as more than a dozen Massachusetts immigration judges have been fired under the Trump administration, and more than 100 nationally, even as the courts face massive backlogs amid the deportation crackdown.

A Google user left a one-star review of the New Bedford Whaling Museum coining the phrase. Last fall, the museum began selling shirts and hoodies with the review on the back and a whale skeleton on the front. Now, the design is capturing national attention.

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut says the “current version of capitalism isn’t working” for Americans. What’s his plan for his party — and our country?