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A new Florida law that prohibits taxpayer dollars from going toward diversity initiatives has prompted Delray Beach to cancel its St. Patrick's Day parade after a nearly 60-year run.
Democrats are charting their political future and issuing warnings to exercise their oversight powers against the Trump administration after gaining control of Congress with sweeping midterm election wins. This week, more races were called in Democrats’ favor in Mississippi and Colorado. The Alaska Senate race remains uncalled as of Saturday afternoon, but new ballot counts…
Two years ago, a champagne cork went flying on the Federalist Society convention stage as panelists toasted recent Supreme Court wins. A celebratory mood was still on display at this year’s annual gathering of the conservative legal movement, but those feelings were mixed with shock from Democrats’ midterm victories. “On election night, there was a congressman…
Nvidia’s leader said his relationship with a female customer was just about business. But what he was concealing eventually led to his resignation from the company he created.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s aging air traffic control infrastructure has had several disruptive failures in recent months, as officials have sought to make upgrades.
Air travel issues to persist well into Sunday, officials say, with thousands of flights affected Reuters
GOP Rep. Tim Burchett (Tenn.) called on his party’s congressional leadership — House Speaker Mike Johnson (La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (S.D.) to “step up to the daggum plate” Saturday morning, urging the pair to pass legislation funding air travel infrastructure updates in light of Friday’s nationwide ground stop. “We know that it…
From Judge Allison Burroughs (D. Mass.) Friday in Lattarulo v. Mullin: Andrew Lattarulo is an immigration lawyer and part owner… The post Border Search of Immigration Lawyer's Phone Was Likely Unconstitutional Retaliation for Lawyer's Speech appeared first on Reason Magazine.
The US has not confirmed the Ukrainian president's comments - a US official told the BBC "many ideas continue to be discussed".
Trump claims illegal migration and drug smuggling across the southern border qualify as an "invasion" giving him the power to suspend virtually all legal migration through that border.
The nation’s top podcaster addressed the midterm election results, days after declaring that he thinks politics is “gross.”
The U.S. has lost its status as a country where measles is eliminated, according to researchers with direct knowledge of the deliberations at the Pan American Health Organization.
The F.A.A. called a rare halt on flights nationwide, but the president stayed away from cameras and issued social media posts on the entertainment industry and California’s Democratic governor.
SpaceX has performed the historic catch using mechanical arms nicknamed "chopsticks".
The advance of urbanization in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area in Brazil is causing the collapse of food webs in local streams. A study published in August in the journal Nature Cities reveals that the impact of the metropolis goes far beyond a simple reduction in species. Degradation selectively eliminates organisms based on their size and simplifies ecological interactions. Networks of 190 connections plummet to just three.
The company's spacecraft returned to its Texas launchpad in dramatic fashion — by carefully lowering itself until two metal arms attached to the launch tower could secure it.
Microsoft confirmed its services are fully restored as of Saturday after the tech company faced a massive global outage impacting its platforms earlier in the week. “We have completed our efforts to address the underlying issue of the incident and restored service to the remaining impacted customers and regions,” the company wrote in a post…
Since 2022, astronomers have been puzzling over a new kind of cosmic object called long-period radio transients. These are objects that emit bright flashes of radio waves into space every few minutes to every few hours. Some have been traced back to binary systems consisting of a small, dim, cool star called a red dwarf in orbit with a stellar remnant called a white dwarf.
In social media posts and letters to Nvidia’s board, Mr. Huang’s billionaire peers described him as a singular leader who could not be replaced at Nvidia.
Italy announced Saturday it is handing Meta an $887 million fine for using photos and videos from Android users’ Facebook galleries without specific consent. Investigators found Facebook had enabled a “get suggestions from gallery when browsing” feature by default and requested access to users’ personal photo library through a single permission notice, according to a…
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) called on Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s Commerce secretary, to step down over reports the cabinet member shielded Nvidia from federal oversight — accusations which emerged after the tech giant’s CEO resigned this week. Jensen Huang stepped down from Nvidia’s chief role Thursday after claims came to light of his reported…
President Trump announced plans to pursue legislation to boost the U.S. film industry alongside a group of Republican and Democratic senators, a show of bipartisanship as his party prepares to hand over both chambers of Congress in January. The president said Friday he will cooperate on the legislation with Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff (Calif.), Raphael…
US aviation shutdown blamed on L3 Harris installed router Reuters
The bomb was discovered Friday afternoon at the BioUrja Renewables plant in Peoria. Officials say the bomb has been "rendered safe," but called it a "credible threat." The FBI is investigating.
New Orleans port officials have sued the owner of a tanker that lost control and crashed into a cruise ship on the Mississippi River.
The US government is trying to find out whether the chaos was caused by "incompetence" or faulty equipment.
Today, Old Dongola is an abandoned settlement on the banks of the Nile in northern Sudan. Hundreds of years ago, however, this place looked very different.
Guest Column | Stephen Miller dresses like a reasonable man. But listen to what he says. The Washington Post
Recent midterm elections resulted in a significant rebuke of the Trump administration, prompting criticism of unfulfilled campaign promises from both former allies like Tucker Carlson and Vice President JD Vance.
Two American tourists drowned off Birimi island after swimming beyond a warning sign area and being swept out by a strong current, Bahamas police said.
Thanks to the gravitational lensing caused by a massive galaxy cluster and high-resolution images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers discovered an exploding star when the universe was 4.9 billion years old. The discovery paper, posted to the arXiv preprint server on Oct. 23, presents a prediction for when the rest of the distorted images of SN Ares will arrive.
Sotheby's says it will work with the heirs of a family who had previously owned the artwork to try and reach a solution.
Texas’s Democratic gov.-elect vows to trade GOP culture wars for moderation The Washington Post
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the system, which Ukraine uses to guide drones, was being throttled over Russian-occupied territory. SpaceX, its developer, has denied the claim. Ukrainian military operations were disrupted again this week along the front lines because of restrictions on … Source
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has had a lot to say about his thinking on the way ahead in the Iran war since Republicans were trounced in last week’s midterm elections. In exchanges with reporters, broadcast interviews and social media posts since Election Day, he’s somehow managed to … Source
Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old, according to estimates. However, rocks dating back to the planet's earliest days are extremely rare. Hence the excitement over the discovery in northern China of some of the oldest known rocks on Earth, dating back 3.95 billion years. And one of the reasons for all the attention is that they're revealing new clues about how Earth's crust formed and evolved.
DALLAS—Trembling with horror as an uncontrollable desire to amuse strangers seized control of his body, Wake Forest University sophomore Bennett Walker reportedly realized Saturday that the Demon Deacon mascot costume he was wearing had begun taking over. “Oh, God, no…please, no, not again! I can feel myself becoming jauntier, naughtier, more full of antics,” said […] The post Student Inside Wake Forest Mascot Feels Costume Taking Over appeared first on The Onion.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said initial investigations pointed to an issue with contractor L3Harris updating old tech at a remote location.
Wales have beaten New Zealand in a men's rugby union match for the first time in 73 years.
Fed's Collins says gradual rate hikes best to manage economic risks Reuters
President Donald Trump rips a paper in half, with the U.S. flag on one side and the Canadian flag on the other.
The foreign ministry in Abuja says 6 Nigerians with underlying health problems have died this year while transiting through Addis Ababa.
Lake Baikal in Siberia holds around 20% of the world's surface freshwater, making it the most voluminous freshwater lake (Lake Superior on the United States–Canada border is the largest by surface area). This makes the lake one of the most important environments for biodiversity—in fact, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996 because of this. Yet it has shown considerable decline over the last century, with aridification spreading across East Asia.
Musk says Nvidia will lose 'critical' deals without Jensen Huang Reuters
Don’t Be So Surprised That Mississippi Turned Blue The Atlantic
Theirs was a story as old as New York. On a street in Brooklyn, immigrants had arrived to work and live, until their lives intersected in tragedy.
Ukraine's Zelenskiy escalates criticism of SpaceX over speed caps Reuters
A former commanding officer of the SAS blamed the state for breaking a "moral contract" between the country and its top soldiers by setting up an inquiry into war crimes which has failed to reach conclusions four years on.
Alaska elects first Democratic governor since 1998, US media project Reuters
The University of North Carolina’s chancellor tried to protect the school from the Trump administration. Work on cancer, suicide, AIDS and coronaviruses was hit anyway.
How unequal were prehistoric societies? And how can archaeologists measure wealth in cultures that left behind no written records, no tax registers and no census data?
The US has asked for the first time whether Ukraine would withdraw from parts of the Donbas region if Kyiv were admitted to NATO, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
This is the second time Alaskans voted down an effort to repeal the state's unique election system, which voters first approved in 2020. A repeal effort in 2024 also failed narrowly.
In propulsion system design, engineers have long faced a trade-off between solid and liquid rocket fuels. Each has advantages and disadvantages, and in an effort to try to min/max the efficacy of different types of fuel, researchers have long placed an emphasis on a hybrid between solids and liquids—in other words, they've been working with gels. Unfortunately, gels have their own sets of problems to deal with.
With the White House press secretary job still left unfilled, maybe an AI assistant might be the answer?
Trump sends a message by promoting Stephen Miller and standing behind Pete Hegseth.
Radiation and collisions reshape the planetary building materials.
Plus, Democrats ordered Elon Musk to preserve records related to Ukraine’s Starlink access, and our columnist hunts for a crisper apple.
Healthy soils, native plants, and fewer chemicals are helping vineyards adapt.
A senior United Arab Emirates official warns that European protests have crossed into national security threats, urging coexistence education first.
11/14/1922: Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: November 14, 1922 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Profile photo of a man with a beard wearing glasses—he's photoshopped in front of various packages for hemp products.
In his Alaskan community, fisherman Bob Candopoulos has long welcomed tourists to his business that's showcased by a sign featuring a king salmon.
Play readings might be one of the best ways to socialize in an atomized world.
An illustration of an English mastiff surrounded by Argentine iconography
MEPs want public bodies to buy more European cloud services. The continent’s alternatives are growing, but they remain a fraction of the size of … Source
Key Points SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) recently closed a $40 billion debt offering to fund its purchases of new GPUs from Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). It also plans to spend $35 billion to $40 billion in the fourth quarter alone. That's roughly double its capex of $19.6 billion in the third quarter. SpaceX's … Source
Surface ocean temperatures along California, including the northern and central coasts, are rising to “record-shattering” numbers partly due to this … Source
Key Points Anthropic's S-1 filing revealed that power is still one of the biggest bottlenecks for artificial intelligence (AI) companies. For investors, that makes natural gas stocks particularly attractive, as Anthropic mentioned natural gas five times in just one paragraph in its filing. There are … Source
Russia’s oil industry is facing mounting pressure after Ukraine’s military intelligence agency revealed the extent of the damage inflicted on the … Source
Family Dollar will pay $63 million to settle state and federal allegations that it routinely charged customers more at the register than the prices displayed on its shelves, website and mobile app. The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states filed federal charges against the company Thursday and … Source
Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, is to hold further talks with Poundland's owner and its management team amid a race to save the discount retailer from collapse.
The lawmaker set to lead the House Budget Committee outlined Democrats’ options for forcing a negotiation with President Trump on an economic package to bring down living costs.
Tanker strike sinks cruise ship in New Orleans, plunging passengers into river The Washington Post
U.S. reports at least 10 measles deaths in 2026 The Washington Post
A new exhibit in Washington shows major American artists in conversation with each other, by the water’s edge.
The nation’s capital can seem like a militarized wasteland. But parts of it are actually alive.
Behind Jensen Huang’s spy scandal, a shadow war for Trump’s ear on China The Washington Post
How to Land 4,000 Planes During a Ground Stop The Atlantic
From jail cells, drug lords have turned what was once Latin America’s most peaceful country into a critical artery in the global cocaine trade.
The most fiscally responsible country in Europe is the one you’d least expect.
The Next Major Grounding Will Be Worse The Atlantic
One way or another, the company will get some more data on Saturday.
The story behind the viral ad that helped Scott Colom win in Mississippi The Washington Post
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy blamed obsolete equipment for the outage.
Kansas sending a Democrat to the Senate is a reminder that party loyalty is a habit, not an identity.
Throughout American history, nations of the world have engaged in espionage in an attempt to gain strategic leverage over the United States. The Onion takes a look back at key instances of foreign spies operating within U.S. borders. 1775 British guy hides in a tree. 1812 The cover of 40 redcoat spies is blown when […] The post Timeline Of Foreign Spies In The U.S. appeared first on The Onion.
Cost and access barriers are pushing people to modified use and unapproved versions.
[A.] From Ellis v. Wallace, decided today by Chief Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak (D. Colo.): On January 29, 2025, a… The post Defamation Counterclaim Arising out Reagan National Helicopter Crash Case Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Airlines praised the AI tool, but the air traffic controllers’ union wasn’t involved.
In Sri Lanka, ecological change is shrinking a park's elephant population.
Trump son advised Kalshi and got equity while Trump admin helped Kalshi in lawsuits.
Opinion | My father once embraced Marxism, too. He learned the truth in the Gulag. The Washington Post
How disgraced Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang became a close Trump ally The Washington Post