What the Hell is Fetal Personhood?

One of our listeners, Contessa, wants to know what the hell fetal personhood is. Short answer: It’s the anti-choice movement’s push to give fertilized eggs,…

The Key Witness Against Richard Glossip Just Returned to Court. It Didn’t Go Well.

Decades after blaming Glossip for his own actions, Justin Sneed is less credible than ever — and prosecutors know it. The post The Key Witness…

For today’s Mary Poppins, it’s un poco de azucar 

Medrano is among the legions of S.F. babysitters caring for the city's kids. For today’s Mary Poppins, it’s un poco de azucar 

Tale of two Sunsets: Irving Street booms while Taraval, Noriega tread water

The Inner Sunset has been thriving thanks to restaurant openings and proximity to the park, according to merchants and sales tax data. Tale of two…

‘LOW’: Joe SLAMS Trump suggesting Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles, San Diego

Labour MPs demand police probe for Green Party’s anti-Zionism motion

Nine of the most ardent Israel lobbyists among Labour’s MPs have written to Sussex Police demanding a hate-crime investigation against the Green Party. The party’s…

Duplicative services and commuter route truncation, again

We’re about a month into the Fall shakeup, where a substantial number of service changes were implemented to improve connections to Link. This is a…

After Trump defunding, thousands losing rental assistance in NYC may finally have relief

President Donald Trump The Trump administration issued new guidance outlining a plan to replace expiring rental assistance vouchers with a new program. [ more ›…

Trump suggests letting Iran ‘TAKE OUT’ Los Angeles, San Diego at Nebraska rally

Greenpeace warns of growing overtourism after recording thousands of National Day visitors at Hong Kong eco-sites

Hong Kong’s Greenpeace office has warned of growing overtourism after it recorded thousands of visitors and dozens of instances of environmental damage at local ecotourism…

Asia’s growth now belongs to Silicon Valley

Southeast Asia’s growth next year will be decided at meetings its finance ministers won’t attend. A few executives in California will soon settle next year’s…

‘Even Nazi Psychologists Acknowledged Jewish Intelligence’: The Posts of the Academic Who Targeted Jason Arday

Nathan Cofnas, whose Substack set off the media firestorm over Jason Arday, made a series of posts about “Jewish IQ”, “Mischlings”, and the “emptying” of…

Blind man dismissed from grand jury duty can sue NY for discrimination, judge rules

Brooklyn Supreme Criminal Court. Albert Elia accused officials of "systemic discrimination" against blind people looking to serve on juries. [ more › ]

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These are the most competitive November races and where they are up and down Texas’ midterm ballot

Texas has an unusually large slate of competitive races for the state Legislature and U.S. House this year. Here’s our list of contests to watch.

Greeley is trying to close an $18M budget hole. Museum workers aren’t sticking around to see how they’ll do it.

Every city department will have to make cuts in 2027, but it is up to each department leader to divvy them up

Meet the woman behind the Colorado ballot measures this year on transgender youth

A mom in Wellington is behind three ballot measures she says are a fight against the “sexualization of children”

What made the iconic Flatirons in Boulder? We asked a geologist.

The creation of the spiny red rocks that look like old-fashioned irons involve hundreds of millions of years, thousands of layers of sediment, and plate…

The political ads at night are big and bright

Plus: St. Paul foundry shuts down; hey Siri, who should I vote for; and more in your Minnesota news roundup. The post The political ads…

In Minneapolis, a fund to boost affordable housing faces a backslide

The Affordable Housing Trust Fund, established in 2003 to provide ‘gap funding’ for development, is on its third straight year of decline. The post In…