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Amid the Chinese Communist Party's subtle approach to civil repression, Hong Kong's enduring spirit of creative resistance remains.

Maine is the most heavily forested state in the country.

President Trump is threatening severe financial penalties on any country that helps Iran evade sanctions. Iran has denounced these threats.

Twenty hours a day, seven days a week. That’s how often crews are working to build President Trump’s East Wing ballroom.

The ruling affirms a lower court decision from October 2025, which ordered the city to pause installation of two 10-foot sculptures of Catholic saints which are intended to adorn the outside of a new public safety complex.

Most of the demonstrators were women who said they sympathized with Clancy's effort to get postpartum mental health treatment. The Duxbury woman is on trial for killing her three children in 2023.

The Berkeley Community Garden brings together hundreds of people who tend to 155 plots of vegetables, flowers and other plants. But the plot of land is much more than a place to nurture a hobby.

A final decision is expected to be made later this year by party leaders. Republicans have already chosen Houston for the site of their 2028 convention. Boston last hosted the convention in 2004.

White sharks have swum through Maine waters forever, but until recent years, near-shore sightings were rare. A rash of recent sightings has led to temporary beach closures and surveillance measures along the southern Maine coast.

The MBTA is suspending the Orange Line between Oak Grove and Back Bay from Aug. 20 to Aug. 30. Among other things, MBTA officials say the work will "soon" allow Orange Line trains to go 55 mph as far south as Community College.

Eastern equine encephalitis, which is typically transmitted to people through bites from infected mosquitoes, is rare but can result in "serious and potentially fatal disease," officials said. No human or animal cases of EEE have been detected yet this year, the Department of Public Health said.

Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey will face off against Rep. Seth Moulton in the last debate before the Sept. 1 Democratic primary Thursday night.

Chinatown has a long history of grassroots activism, fighting against displacement and inequality. A new art project highlights the advocacy of the neighborhood’s female elders.

Police allege the man stole mail and packages from several Berkeley apartment buildings last year.

"It’s long overdue for Post-Incarceration Syndrome to be classified as a distinct psychiatric disorder, deserving of compassion and treatment." Story via Inquest.
https://inquest.org/diagnosing-the-trauma-of-incarceration/?utm_source=Prison+Journalism+Project+Inside+Story+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7b8fe4b92b-June28_InsideStory_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d209fd71d2-516999366

"I write, listening to one of my fantasy shows in the background, and smile. It’s in this moment, this little thing, as my pen creates a new realm, that my world grows."
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/08/20/how-i-spend-each-day-in-solitary-confinement/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=PJP-Bluesky

FCC ban on foreign-made robots accelerated RoboStore’s US manufacturing plans.

Arianespace hasn’t publicly disclosed the cost for an Ariane 6 launch.

Survivors reconnect with those who saved them in National Geographic's 9/11: Reunited.

Mugshot I was brooding about Keynes the other day (because of something I’m writing) and suddenly looked at the mug on my desk, and there he was, courtesy of a David Low cartoon in the New Statesman of 1932! Quote … Continue reading →