The 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 ZR2 pulled up to the valet stand outside a Midtown restaurant, and the attendants' faces lit up with a mix of curiosity and desire. There's a particular energy that surrounds certain vehicles—the kind that makes strangers want to touch the paint, peer through the windows, ask questions. This truck had […]
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German soccer fan Freddy faces backlash over previous U.S. visit
After Germany's elimination from the 2026 World Cup at the hands of Paraguay, most fans from the four-time champions began heading home. But Freddy, a German superfan whose social media documentation of his travels across America went viral, had already booked accommodations through the end of July. Within days of the team's exit, coordinated social […]
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117 dead dogs found at California animal rescue; many shot, authorities say
Authorities in Humboldt County, California, discovered the remains of 117 dogs at Miranda's Rescue in Fortuna on Thursday, with forensic evidence indicating many were killed by gunshot wounds rather than conventional euthanasia. Deputies executed a search warrant at the property and excavated areas where investigators suspected deceased animals had been buried. Forensic analysis revealed that […]
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Appeals court revives religious discrimination lawsuit against Alaska Airlines
A federal appeals court has revived a religious discrimination lawsuit against Alaska Airlines, allowing claims by two former flight attendants to move forward after a lower court dismissed the case. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that sufficient evidence exists for a jury to decide whether Lacey Smith and Marli Brown were terminated […]
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Holiday travelers targeted by social media accommodation scams
A third of British travelers have spotted suspicious travel scams on social media, according to research commissioned by payment processor emerchantpay and conducted by polling firm Opinium. The scams follow a predictable pattern: fraudsters steal photographs from legitimate vacation rental websites, post them to social media with attractive descriptions, and request bank transfers — a […]
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Erin Brockovich takes on AI datacentres: ‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’
In 1993, Erin Brockovich helped secure a $333 million settlement against Pacific Gas and Electric Company—then the largest payout in a direct-action lawsuit—by exposing how the utility had knowingly contaminated groundwater in Hinkley, California. She had no law degree. She had persistence, documentation and an ability to connect dots that others missed. Thirty years later, […]
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Lupus Canada Funds Pediatric Brain Research Through U.S. Partnership
A Toronto research team has received funding to investigate cognitive dysfunction in childhood lupus, one of the disease's most overlooked complications. Dr. Andrea Knight, an associate professor at The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, received the 2026 Lupus Canada Catalyst Grant to study how systemic lupus erythematosus damages brain function in children […]
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Labor Documentaries at a Crossroads: Capturing Work in the Age of Algorithms
Half a century ago, filmmakers hauled 16mm cameras into steel towns and auto plants to document something most newsrooms ignored: what it felt like to organize, to strike, to lose. The films they made — gritty and urgent, often screened in union halls rather than cinemas — created a visual language for worker solidarity that […]
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TSA Seizure of Putin-Critical Filmmaker’s Oscar Raises Press Freedom Questions
A Transportation Security Administration officer barred filmmaker Pavel Talankin from carrying his Academy Award statuette onto a domestic flight earlier this month, forcing him to ship it separately. The Oscar later went missing but has since been recovered. The incident, first reported by The Guardian, raises broader concerns about federal agencies and press freedom, according […]
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WWII Poster Show Highlights the Stakes of Book Bans in America
A soldier reads a paperback in the shadow of a tank in a poster from the "Reading Under Fire" exhibition at Poster House in New York. The text beneath declares, in the plain declarative confidence of wartime America, that books are weapons in the war of ideas. It was printed around 1942. Standing in front […]