Is high-speed rail generally safe? What can Australia learn from Spain’s accident?

Rail travel, including high-speed rail, generally has an excellent safety record – better than travelling by car.

Photos: Candlelight vigil for Dolores Huerta draws hundreds in Tucson

Tucsonans celebrated the life of farmworkers union leader and human rights activist Dolores Huerta during a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening, hours after her death.

Hasan Piker Hits Scott Jennings With MASSIVE Lawsuit

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell – Oct. 28 | Audio Only

Brewers beat the Rays to win the first World Series title in franchise history

The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time. The championship comes in the…

ALERT: BREAKING UPDATE on election CERTIFICATION | Another Day

Grok can launch a thousand ships – but this AI remake of the Odyssey can’t make us feel

Why can AI create a passable landscape for a few seconds, but fail to capture a fully fledged world, make characters look lifelike or tell…

Elon Musk Makes OUTRAGEOUS Offer To Homeowners

The mayor’s folks screwed up their own bill; Aaron Peskin could come back to the board

Here’s a plausible political scenario that would drive the mayor and his allies nuts—and it’s based entirely on their own colossal screwup: Proposition A passes…

SOUTH CAROLINA STUNNER: Annie Andrews in a dead heat against Lindsey Graham’s sister, NYT poll shows

Panhandle Republican group wants all Texas ballots hand counted in the Nov. 3 election

The Potter County Republican Party lawsuit argues, without providing proof, that voting machines could be vulnerable. Texas law already requires a portion of paper ballots…

‘If There’s Been Negligence…’: Spanish PM Sanchez’s Big Pledge To Nation After Deadly Train Crash

Unlike anything I’ve seen: why this whale season has marine scientists puzzled

Researchers across the southern hemisphere have observed fewer migrating whales and more entanglements.

‘A whole of government response’: Obama mocks Trump’s Cheesecake Factory reaction

HOUSE DEMOCRATS RELEASE NEW TRUMP-EPSTEIN RAPE FILES – 10.29.26 | Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Israel election by the numbers: who might form the next government?

A who’s who of Israeli politicians who could feature in the next government.

🚨 Judge ORDERS Top Trump DOJ Official TO COURT…

Breaking!!‘Traitorous, narcissistic sociopath’: Trump’s CPAC Praise of Putin Stuns Experts + A Conversation With Glenn Kirschner

As a horrified nation watches the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Trump and his cronies continue to praise Vladimir Putin causing condemnation and consternation as a…

Holy Sh*t This Ends MAGA

‘UNACCEPTABLE’: Acton responds to gross ad exploiting her family trauma