Cats became our companions much later than you think
In true feline style, cats took their time in deciding when and where to join us on the sofa.
Project 2025 Author: "We Won't Let Anyone Stop US from Using Our Oil and Gas"
She's not a big fan of electric cars and solar energy, but she does like coal: Diana Furchtgott-Roth is one of the leading authors of "Project 2025." DER SPIEGEL wanted to know more about how the Heritage Foundation strategist thinks.
How George Washington used his first Thanksgiving as president to unite a new country
On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke early. Assisted by his enslaved valets — William “Billy” Lee and the young Christopher Sheels — he powdered his hair, put on his favorite black velvet suit, tied his white neckwear and donned his yellow gloves. Finally ready, he set out to travel the short distance from […]
Searching for morsels of gratitude this Thanksgiving as Kansas careens off the rails
The Thursday of Thursdays has arrived, that being our yearly attempt to act grateful and kind while huddling around an enormous dead bird. Ha! I kid, because Thanksgiving of course lives in our hearts and minds as a meaningful holiday, not just an excuse for four days away from work and trampling our fellow humans […]
Libraries to host community events over winter
The sessions in December and January aim to bring people in Wolverhampton together during the colder months.
Libraries to host community events over winter
The sessions in December and January aim to bring people in Wolverhampton together during the colder months.
This Thanksgiving, everyone in Florida should be thankful for alligators
The Pilgrims were idiots. If they had just taken a sharp left at Plymouth Rock and sailed southward for another 500 miles, they could have spent that first winter luxuriating at a hotel in St. Augustine. The Spanish settlers in St. Augustine had beaten them to the New World by more than 50 years. They’d […]
WA Democrats’ latest run at taxing the state’s largest companies
Democratic state lawmakers are once again eyeing a statewide version of a Seattle tax on companies with large payrolls and high-paid employees. Proposed legislation crafted by Rep. Shaun Scott, D-Seattle, aims to raise more than $2 billion a year. His idea is for this money to go to education, health care and human service programs […]
Public meeting on school vaccinations slated for Dec. 12 in Panama City
Nearly two months after calling for the elimination of vaccine mandates from Florida statutes, the DeSantis administration announced it will hold a three-hour public meeting in Northwest Florida for the public to weigh in. The Department of Health has scheduled the meeting in Panama City Beach on Dec. 12 to discuss changes to the existing […]
Attorney general will now ‘aggressively enforce’ social media ban on minors
The preliminary injunction against the state’s social media ban on minors won’t last, an appeals court concluded this week. Two judges on a three-judge panel told the state Tuesday it may begin enforcing a 2024 law that prohibits young Floridians from using social media while litigation plays out. “HB3 is now the law of the […]
Kansas looking at three bidders for $10 million contract relying on AI to find guns in schools
Kansas officials are working with a $10 million appropriation to launch a school-safety program relying on AI technology to identify people carrying firearms.
Amber Czech was murdered at work. Tradeswomen say it could have happened to any of them
This story was originally published by The 19th. Content warning: This story contains graphic depictions of violence. Tuesday, Nov. 11, should have been an ordinary workday for 20-year-old Amber Czech, who worked as a welder at a manufacturing facility in Cokato, Minnesota. She loved her craft and taught welding at her old high school on […]