Man arrested at California nudist resort for couple’s murder
Police in California have arrested a man who they suspect of killing an elderly couple that went missing from a nudist resort. Stephanie Menard, 73, and Daniel Menard, 79, were…
Publishers and authors sue over Florida book ban law
Major book publishers have sued the US state of Florida over a law that allows schools to ban certain books from their student libraries. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday by…
Matthew Perry drugs death: ‘Remorseful’ doctor bailed
One of the doctors charged in the drug-related death of actor Matthew Perry last year has appeared in a US court. Mark Chavez was bailed at the hearing in Los…
‘A tech firm stole our voices – then cloned and sold them’
BBC The notion that artificial intelligence could one day take our jobs is a message many of us will have heard in recent years. But, for Paul Skye Lehrman, that…
Harris’s Team, With a Wink, Insists She’s an Underdog
Days before the debate that ended up cutting off President Biden’s path to a second term, his campaign chief, Jen O’Malley Dillon, defiantly set expectations: “We are going to win,”…
Ukraine Strikes Russian Energy Facilities With Drones, Russia Says
Ukraine sent waves of drones to attack power plants, oil refineries and other sites across Russia, including in Moscow, before dawn on Sunday, Russian authorities and news media said, in…
Opinion | Trump Tried to Humanize Himself. Better Luck Next Time.
Rolling into the Labor Day weekend, Donald Trump was able to relax a little on Friday night with a ballroom of smitten women in downtown Washington. He began the week…
Opinion | The Loneliness Epidemic Has a Cure
What is the most important single thing that you can do to heal our national divides and to improve the social and economic mobility of your struggling neighbors? I’d submit…
How Responsible Is the Rental Housing Cartel for the Explosion in Homelessness? | naked capitalism
The Department of Justice and eight states on August 23 sued the private equity-owned company that allegedly operated as the middle man in a national property management cartel that has…
A Small Town Gets an Uncomfortable Spotlight After the Boar’s Head Recall
Alexander Stith said the Boar’s Head deli meat plant in Jarratt, Va., is the economic heart of the small rural town. He had trouble counting the number of people he…