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November's midterm elections are right around the corner, and Republicans are slated to have their asses handed to them in both branches of Congress as the Democratic Party maintains a significant lead over the GOP. Now, Democrats are making it perfectly clear that Pentagon...

One thing I learned from this video is that I’m way, way too careful when playing with the hands-on area demo units. I handle them like museum pieces; Stern treats them like hot dog buns.

A 2024 Tesla Model Y ran off Interstate 35 in rural Missouri, struck a guardrail, and killed its driver, a 64-year-old woman from Raymore. Troopers reported a single-vehicle wreck and said the car “went off the road.”

What they didn’t say, and likely didn’t know, is that Tesla’s own report to federal regulators says the car’s driver-assist system was engaged. This is part of an ongoing Electrek investigation matching reported crashes to Tesla’s redacted NHTSA data.

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For the first time in history Republicans are holding a midterm convention.

A longtime Dutchess County judge who helped change the local justice system has died at 63. His impact went far beyond the courtroom. Continue reading…

Cantabria, June 2026.

Europe is looking inward, and perhaps to China, as the White House tries to cancel some NASA partnerships.

“Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) reassured Democrats that he wouldn’t abandon them if they take back the majority in the fall elections, but the controversy over his surprise video appearance at the GOP midterm convention continued to fuel uncertainty about his political allegiances,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The Pennsylvania senator’s moves have been closely watched […]

I met my husband through a pen pal program. But that’s not why I encourage other women to write.
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Trump: Someone said Trump is receiving an honor. I'll take it! Maybe it's the Congressional Medal of Honor

The Flagellation, 1490 #earlyrenaissance #botticelli

Head of a Dog, 1876 #manet #realism

If you accept, you would be complicit in a crime in which you are a victim.

“Vice President JD Vance urged Republicans from several battleground states Thursday to ‘nationalize’ their midterm elections this fall,” NBC News reports. Said Vance: “Number one, we have to remind the American people of all the good things that we’re doing and number two, we have to remind the American people of how effing crazy the […]

Two-time Boston Globe Editor-In-Chief Brian McGrory will not return to Boston University, making permanent the leave of absence he took when returning to the paper.

The highest court in Massachusetts has issued a public reprimand against a district court judge who was accused of allowing an immigrant to escape U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in 2018.

On the day Charlie Kirk was shot and killed last year, Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd went to a Phoenix church important to the conservative leader's mission of marrying religion and politics.

As more rural hospitals shut down maternity wards, one hospital in Minnesota has a survival strategy that could spur others to imitate it.

The novel centers around rising Yale sophomore Lily Chen and her summer at an intensive Chinese-language course in Taiwan.

On Wednesday night, the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots in a sluggish 13-10 rematch of February's Super Bowl to begin the NFL season.