First ever Florida Man games will feature beer belly wrestling and ‘evading arrest’ obstacle course ~sports Article 333 words, published Oct 25 2023 12 votes
At least sixteen dead in Maine shooting as police hunt for ‘person of interest’ and residents shelter ~news usa.me crime Article 770 words 62 votes
China says it wants to bolster climate cooperation with US as California Gov. Gavin Newsom visits Beijing ~enviro climate change Article 404 words 14 votes
A Japanese court rules it's unconstitutional to require surgery for a change of gender on documents ~lgbt transgender Article 450 words 51 votes
Ohio embraced the ‘science of reading.’ Now a popular reading program is suing. ~books Article 796 words 36 votes
Microsoft closes deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard ~games Article 1208 words 53 votes
Rising long-term interest rates are posing the latest threat to a US economic ‘soft landing’ ~finance economics Article 1031 words 24 votes
Workers at Mack Trucks reject contract and join the thousands of UAW picketers already on strike ~transport Article 522 words 34 votes
Baltic Sea gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia is shut down over a suspected leak ~enviro energy Article 439 words 9 votes
Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs ~health Article 502 words, published Sep 27 2023 30 votes
Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Åberg have the makings of a Ryder Cup partnership for Europe for the next decade or more ~sports golf Article 491 words 5 votes
Baltimore Archdiocese says it will file for bankruptcy before new law on abuse lawsuits takes effect ~humanities religion Article 83 words 26 votes
Hyundai and Kia recall nearly 3.4 million vehicles due to fire risk and urge owners to park outdoors ~transport Article 812 words 46 votes
Joe Biden administration announces $1.4 billion to improve US rail safety and boost capacity in thirty-five states ~transport Article 1039 words 34 votes
Mobs of masked teens ransacked Philadelphia stores. Police have made over a dozen arrests. ~news usa.pa.philadelphia crime Article 231 words 17 votes
Google sued for negligence after man drove off collapsed bridge while following map directions ~tech google.maps Article 422 words 67 votes
US President Joe Biden urges striking auto workers to “stick with it” in picket line visit unparalleled in history ~transport Article 1008 words 90 votes
What is saltwater intrusion and how is it affecting Louisiana’s drinking water? ~enviro water.salt water.drinking Article 717 words 17 votes
First private US passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed ~transport Article 1079 words 38 votes
Hundreds of flying taxis to be made in Ohio, home of the Wright brothers and astronaut legends ~engineering Article 918 words 28 votes
Australia tells dating apps to improve safety standards to protect users from sexual violence ~tech Article 631 words 12 votes
The iPhone 12 emits too much radiation and Apple must take it off the market, French agency says ~tech apple Article 700 words, published Sep 13 2023 39 votes
Small US cities experiment with grant funded Uber-like microtransit ~transport Article 1175 words 16 votes
Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care ~health.mental Article 33 votes
About 13,000 workers go on strike seeking better wages and benefits from Detroit’s three automakers ~transport Article 1039 words 62 votes
US railroad inspectors find alarming number of defects on Union Pacific this summer ~transport Article 1319 words 33 votes
Flooding in Libya leaves 2,000 people feared dead and more missing after storm collapsed dams ~enviro Article 966 words 6 votes
The Internal Revenue Service plans to crack down on 1,600 US millionaires to collect millions of dollars in back taxes ~finance business Article 645 words 48 votes
Record numbers of children are on the move through Latin America and the Caribbean, UNICEF says ~life Article 496 words 7 votes
Meta lost a legal battle Wednesday to halt a Norwegian ban on its advertising practices that came with hefty daily fines ~tech social media facebook privacy Article 480 words 22 votes
Copenhagen's mayor has urged foreigners not to buy weed in the city's Christiania neighborhood where a thirty-year-old man was shot and killed ~life Article 803 words 11 votes
Kansas officials are no longer required to change trans people’s birth certificates, judge says ~lgbt transgender Article 1054 words 12 votes
Norwegian preschoolers get early exposure to outdoor life by hiking routes around kindergartens ~life education Article 375 words 20 votes
Faculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina building ~news usa.nc crime Article 678 words 27 votes
Anti-abortion activists, including one who kept fetuses, convicted of illegally blocking a reproductive clinic in Washington, DC ~health Article 522 words 37 votes
'Like Snoop Dogg's living room': Smell of pot wafts over notorious US Open court ~sports tennis Article 764 words 9 votes
Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on. ~tech social media Article 916 words 81 votes
Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers ~life.women Article 2866 words 50 votes
Simone Biles wins a record 8th US Gymnastics title a full decade after her first ~sports Article 807 words 12 votes
In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived. ~enviro Article 2220 words 21 votes
Norway to spend $6 million a year stock-piling grain, citing pandemic, war and climate change – will start storing 15,000 tons of grain yearly until 2028 or 2029 ~food Article 367 words 54 votes
Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in a protected area ~enviro Article 701 words 13 votes
As world warms, Sweden sees opportunity to grow its young wine industry ~food drinks Article 1278 words 6 votes
US federal grants will replace tunnels beneath roads that let water pass but not fish ~enviro Article 582 words 16 votes
Israeli proposal to move early Christian mosaic to US Museum of the Bible sparks controversy ~humanities.history Article 1260 words 17 votes
US Special Counsel got a search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Donald Trump’s account ~tech social media Article 490 words 40 votes
Russia has launched its first mission to the moon in nearly fifty years ~space rocketry Article 550 words, published Aug 10 2023 21 votes
Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US ~life education Article 1476 words 49 votes
As work begins on the largest US dam removal project, tribes look to a future of growth ~enviro Article 1155 words, published Jul 31 2023 28 votes