Russia launches rescue ship to space station after leaks
Russia has launched a rescue ship for two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut whose original ride sprang a dangerous leak at the International Space Station. The new, empty Soyuz capsule…
Michigan power outage map: Over 800,000 homes, businesses without power amid winter ice storm
As winter weather continues to batter much of the country, significant power outages were reported, particularly in the Midwest. In Michigan, over 809,000 customers were left in the dark Thursday. According…
Journalist and 9-year-old girl among 3 killed, 2 injured in Orlando shootings: What we know
A journalist, a 9-year-old girl and a woman were killed Wednesday in a string of shootings that left two others injured in the Orlando area. A suspect has been arrested.…
In Fog of East Palestine’s Crisis, Politicians Write Their Own Stories
To Democrats, the train derailment and chemical leak in the hamlet of East Palestine, Ohio, is a story of logic, action and consequences: Rail safety regulations put in place by…
In Rural America, Right-to-Repair Laws Are the Leading Edge of a Pushback Against Growing Corporate Power | naked capitalism
Yves here. The Conversation catches up with Naked Capitalism more than six years after the fact. From the top of Jerri-Lynn Scofield’s January 2017 Waste Not, Want Not: Right to…
Joe Biden’s Greatest Strength Is Also His Greatest Vulnerability
Joe Biden’s age has loomed over his presidency. He was right before about himself. Where stability and risk meet, he’s potentially asking people to again trust him.
By Launching AI-Boosted Bing, Microsoft Is Putting Money Before Humanity
By launching Bing, Microsoft is abandoning the ethical principles it had carefully crafted around A.I.
America, Right-Wing Censors, and the ‘Battle for the Next Century’
This is the New Right’s strategic plan: a relentless push to strengthen the white supremacist power structure.
A Ruling That Could End the Internet as We Know It
The Supreme Court is reviewing a legal shield that tech companies have long relied on to avoid liability for content on their platforms.