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“President Donald Trump sought U.S. Supreme Court approval to keep building his massive new White House ballroom after two lower courts said he was flouting the law by proceeding without congressional authorization,” Bloomberg reports. “In a filing made public Friday, Trump asked the justices for an emergency order letting construction continue without restrictions while a […]

“A memorial in Washington DC for the second world war was vandalized with bubbly ⁠soap and graffiti on Thursday, prompting vows from the U.S. government to find the perpetrator,” The Guardian reports. “The fountain bubbled over with suds ⁠and someone painted ‘Clean hands Dirty $’ ⁠on one ​surface, splattering the area with red and green […]

“Lawyers for the former Olympian David Hearn filed a motion on Thursday night seeking to bar federal prosecutors from reviving a felony charge that he vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying they needed to head off possible ‘prosecutorial harassment’ prompted by President Trump,” the New York Times reports.

These three plush fellows have won top honors in the Berkeley Public Library’s fiber mascot contest.

On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.

“Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment Michael Boren, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, asked agency staff last month to escalate the amount of aircraft at a seven-acre fire that had started near his mega-ranch in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest,” the Washington Post reports.

“An election that pitted Nigel Farage against a man dressed as a bin, and turned the English resort town of Clacton into a seaside media circus, ended on Friday morning with a fizzle rather than a bang as the victorious Reform UK leader ducked out of public appearances,” Bloomberg reports. “As the candidates lined up […]

Attorneys for a retired New York City police lieutenant charged with fatally shooting a dog in the Hudson Valley are speaking out. Continue reading…

Our new relationships column: The year I spent in a group of 13 lovers taught me more about sex, relationships, and boundaries than anything before or since.

Wynd Kaufman is surrendering herself Friday morning for her role in a protest outside OpenAI headquarters.

Parts of the campaign website for the presumptive winner of the governor’s race are stuck in June.

The donated art materials organization has a new home just down the road from its former depot, opening this weekend.

Dakota Carrasco built The Dissent, a newsroom covering San Francisco with AI, instead of reporters.

SFPD solved just 14% of rape cases last year, which is half the national average, and the lowest of any large California county.

Congratulations. Your child has received a diagnosis. You have now entered one of Southern California’s most biodiverse ecosystems. While these remarkable creatures can be found throughout the region, they thrive in particularly fertile habitats: Erewhon checkout lines, adap...

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) made a fool of himself on CNN trying to defend his continued backing of Rep. Max Miller's campaign after multiple allegations of Miller's abuse against former girlfriends, his ex-wife and daughter. Lawler refused to return a $10,000 donation, while ...

Mr. I Only Hire The Best's current and former Department of Homeland Security heads are currently engaged in a rousing round of the Blame Game as the pair point the finger at each other over a fleet of "barely used" jets that cost the American public a whopping $500 million...

It’s yet another example of Donald Trump and his lackeys focusing on fluffing his vanity and the heck with the law, taxpayer money or improving the lives of everyday Americans. Trump’s tender ego just can’t handle a judge’s order that his name be removed from the John F. Ke...

More of a symbolic protest than anything, as the petition couldn't be enforced. But it does send a message that many Canadians are fed up with Trump's representative in Canada and want him gone. Source: CBC The woman behind a petition calling for U.S. President Donald Tru...

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