Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Latest Effort to Put His Name on the Kennedy Center
A federal judge has again blocked an effort to place President Donald Trump’s name on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling that the institution’s board cannot alter the presidential memorial without authorization from Congress. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled on September 15 that the Kennedy Center could not add an […]
Driscoll’s Helped Create China’s Blueberry Boom—Then Local Rivals Turned Its Success Against It
About 15 years ago, California-based Driscoll’s entered China with an ambitious plan: transform blueberries from a relatively unfamiliar fruit into a mass-market favorite. The company succeeded spectacularly—but that success also helped create a powerful Chinese industry that would eventually become one of its fiercest competitors. Driscoll’s focused its expansion on Yunnan province, where sunny days […]
Anthropic’s Latest Threat Report Reveals How AI Is Being Tested for Bioweapons, Cyberattacks and Espionage
Anthropic says it has disrupted a series of attempts to use its Claude artificial-intelligence models for potentially dangerous activities, including biological research that could contribute to weapons development, sophisticated cyberattacks, surveillance and political influence operations. The findings provide one of the clearest real-world examples yet of a concern AI researchers have warned about for years: […]
Georgia’s Voting System Faces New Scrutiny as AI Makes Secret Ballots Easier to Trace
Georgia is facing renewed concerns about the privacy of its elections after security researchers demonstrated that a known weakness in the state’s voting technology could potentially allow individual voters to be matched with their ballots—with artificial intelligence making the process substantially easier. The vulnerability does not allow anyone to change votes and does not call […]
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Plan to Cut FEMA Workforce in Half
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted unlawfully in developing a plan to cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s workforce by roughly half, delivering a significant victory to federal employee unions challenging efforts to dramatically reshape the government’s disaster-response system. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California concluded […]
Ancient Mastodon Tooth Discovered in California Creek Offers a Remarkable Window Into the Ice Age
A routine habitat restoration project in California has produced an extraordinary glimpse into North America’s prehistoric past after a scientist discovered an exceptionally well-preserved fossilized tooth belonging to a Pacific mastodon. The discovery was made by geomorphologist Brigid Lynch while she was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous section of the San Francisco […]
America’s Empty Offices Are Becoming Homes as Developers Turn a Post-Pandemic Problem Into Opportunity
The post-pandemic collapse in demand for traditional office space is creating an unexpected opportunity in some of America’s largest cities: turning underused commercial buildings into places where people actually live. Remote and hybrid work fundamentally altered the economics of downtown office districts. Millions of employees who once commuted five days a week now spend significantly […]
Amazon’s Record Growth Collides With a Troubling Reality: Thousands of Workers Still Depend on Food Assistance
Amazon has become one of the most financially powerful corporations in American history, but new government data is drawing attention to a striking contradiction: thousands of its employees still rely on public assistance to afford food and healthcare. A recent Government Accountability Office analysis found that across 11 states examined, 12,346 Amazon employees received benefits […]
How hot can the US-Canada trade war get?
The US-Canada trade war has escalated rapidly, rupturing what was once one of the world’s closest economic partnerships. But the conflict is a mismatch, with the $31 trillion US economy roughly 13 times larger than Canada’s, raising questions about the limits of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s defiance. Experts say if Carney sticks with targeted retaliation, […]
More Than 1,000 Forgotten Children Found in Graves Linked to America’s Early Youth Prisons
A sweeping new investigation has uncovered more than 1,000 graves belonging to children who died while in state custody, revealing a largely forgotten chapter in the history of America’s juvenile justice system. Researchers with Georgetown University’s Forgotten Children Initiative have identified at least 40 burial sites connected to former youth prisons and reform institutions across […]
