Video of US baseball coach in cockpit under FAA probe
Colorado Rockies hitting coach Hensley Meulens posted a video of himself on a flight from Denver to Toronto.
BBC reporter at Trump trial as man sets himself on fire
A man has died after setting himself on fire outside the New York court where former US President Donald Trump’s criminal trial is taking place, US media outlets have reported.…
Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups
If I’m not working or around other people, more often than not, I want to be reading. The rise in availability of audiobooks has made this easier to achieve. One…
House Set to Vote on Foreign Aid Bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
The House on Saturday was heading toward passage of a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as Speaker Mike Johnson put his job on the line…
How R.F.K. Jr. Got on the Michigan Ballot, With Only Two Votes
In January, when Doug Dern, the state chairman of the Natural Law Party of Michigan, got an email from a top strategist for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign, he…
G.O.P. Intensifies Scrutiny of Voting: ‘We’re Keeping a Close Eye on You’
On a Monday in mid-March, the Wisconsin Republican Party gathered about 50 conservative activists on a Zoom call to train them in how to become poll workers, helping oversee and…
Americans’ New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.
Early last year, Josh Meisel and his wife wanted to watch a new buzzy Peacock drama, “Poker Face,” starring Natasha Lyonne. But Mr. Meisel, a scientist who lives outside Boston,…
Lasers, Inflatable Dancers and the Fight to Fend Off Avian Flu
Loren Brey, a poultry grower in Minnesota, walked onto the farm where his egg-laying turkeys nest in November to discover a handful of hens, dead from the highly pathogenic avian…
AI Chatbots Refuse to Produce ‘Controversial’ Output − Why That’s a Free Speech Problem | naked capitalism
Yves here. It should come as now surprise that our self-styled betters are using tech wherever they can to block or minimize ideas and discussions they find threatening to there…
Boeing and Baltimore Bridge Scandals: Monopolization and Criminal Negligence? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Please applaud theAnalysis.news and its guest Katya Schwenk of The Lever, for looking for higher-order causes of front-page-headlines-garnering examples of US safety dereliction of duty, and behind that,…