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“The White House on Wednesday declassified information claiming the FBI opened an investigation into whether President Trump was acting as an asset for Russia when he fired FBI Director James Comey, a theory an administration official said was not backed up by evidence,” CBS News reports. “The official said the investigation, known as Oxford Comma, […]

Tighter than we expected based on the polls, at least! NBC has called the Democratic Senate primary for Abdul El-Sayed....

The eggs are contaminated with salmonella. Frozen berries have been linked to an E. coli outbreak. Iceberg lettuce and who knows what else might give you explosive diarrhea. Some people […]

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A controversial New York law aimed at preventing on-duty law enforcement officers from wearing masks has hit a major roadblock after a federal judge temporarily blocked the measure from taking effect. Continue reading…

After closing all of its Hudson Valley locations, Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs is making a triumphant return to the region with a brand new restaurant. Continue reading…

Plus: Anyone Can Build a World Now, The Court Says Your AI Is Just You

In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.

Nate Silver: “Abdul El-Sayed leads Haley Stevens by only 1.4 points in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate with 95+ percent of the vote counted in Michigan. The margin is narrow, but when there aren’t a lot of votes left, will be hard for Stevens to make up. El-Sayed has been declared the winner by […]

This is disturbing:

…a team of security researchers at UC San Diego, who found that a model of aftermarket car alarm known as the KARR Security System, installed in more than 2 million vehicles across the US by their estimate, can let any hacker within Bluetooth range send radio commands to silently unlock the car at will, turn off its alarm, honk the car’s horn or flash its lights, or even disable its ignition and leave a driver stranded.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1562 #pieterbruegel #northernrenaissance

The Deposition, 1507 #raphael #highrenaissance

The United States is undergoing one of the biggest changes to its social safety net in recent history, with huge numbers of people getting dropped from the government’s food assistance program. Nowhere has this been more dramatic than in Arizona. Jason DeParle, who covers po...

“Iran’s leadership has made a high-stakes calculation in its showdown with President Trump: maintaining control over the Strait of Hormuz is a nonnegotiable red line,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “By asserting authority over a critical waterway for global crude-oil flows, Tehran is betting that its ability to inflict pain on the American economy is […]

Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) dropped his re-election bid early Wednesday after the House Ethics Committee recommended his censure over sexual harassment issues, Axios reports.

“The Democratic establishment couldn’t get some of its candidates over the line. The party’s rising left wing couldn’t win some key races. Republicans in two red states couldn’t convince voters to change election rules to make their party stronger,” Semafor reports. “Tuesday’s primaries refused to settle into one of the storylines written in the weeks […]

“Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s slugfest of a Democratic Senate primary, clinching the nomination in a close race over Rep. Haley Stevens and establishing a Midwest beachhead for a progressive left on the march this midterm cycle,” NBC News reports. “El-Sayed overcame a nearly $65 million onslaught of outside money and an establishment that had […]

“Democrat William Lawrence, a co-founder of the progressive Sunrise Movement, has won his party’s primary in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District — a big victory for the insurgent left that also sets up a dramatic general election contrast with Republicans in a crucial battleground seat,” NBC News reports.

“Speaker Mike Johnson broke days of silence on explosive allegations of domestic abuse by Rep. Max Miller, calling for investigations to play out as Miller’s former father-in-law, a GOP senator, calls him unfit for office and Republican operatives fret about losing his Ohio House seat,” Politico reports. Said Johnson: “I haven’t spoken to Max about […]

“A domestic drama involving a House lawmaker and his former father-in-law, a U.S. senator, has shocked Capitol Hill and prompted escalating accusations with both personal and political consequences,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The messy back-and-forth between two Ohio Republicans—Rep. Max Miller and Sen. Bernie Moreno—briefly took over Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s weekly press […]

They’re often out of whack. A Hard Day’s Night took less than 15 hours from idea to finished record. More Than a Feeling, from Tom Scholz and Boston, took five years. Each pleased their audiences. One is not 1,500 times more valuable than the other. Sometimes, work that requires effort leads to scarcity, and that […]