California is preparing to defend itself — and the nation — against Donald Trump 2.0 ~enviro pollution Article 31 votes
Florida latest to restrict social media for kids as legal battle looms ~tech social media Article 1047 words 22 votes
San Francisco city leaders look to bring back emergency sirens by end of 2024 ~enviro Article 487 words, published Sep 6 2023 8 votes
Norway unveiled plans to remove a loophole used by the Nordic nation's richest – government attempts to drag more tax revenue out of the fleeing billionaires ~finance Article 77 words 15 votes
Why ban books when you can ban book awards?: Suburban Illinois district cancels youth chosen Caudill Awards ~books Article 1126 words, published Mar 19 2024 30 votes
100,000 years and counting – how do we tell future generations about highly radioactive nuclear waste repositories? ~enviro energy Article 1381 words 20 votes
Connecticut, USA wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil-fuel projects ~enviro Article 862 words 13 votes
California must triple its rate of carbon emissions reductions to reach 2030 target, report says ~enviro Link 16 votes
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox don’t serve in its armed forces. That’s getting harder than ever to justify and threatens Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition. ~humanities religion Article 1917 words, published Mar 15 2024 39 votes
US libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers ~books libraries Article 912 words, published Mar 12 2024 46 votes
Indian government to impose ban on import, sale, and cross-breeding of twenty-three ferocious dog breeds ~life.pets Article 686 words 15 votes
350,000 Californians are now on the FAIR Plan, the last resort for fire insurance. Now what? ~finance Article 1549 words, published Jan 23 2024 36 votes
Denmark has pledged to put up more statues of women, with the country's culture minister saying the capital has “more statues of mythical beasts and horses” ~life.women Article 455 words 12 votes
A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 70s ~health healthcare Article 398 words 29 votes
Would Roman elections pass a UN inspection? ~humanities.history Video 16:38, published Feb 18 2024 8 votes
Denmark's second-largest city is trialling a first-of-its-kind deposit scheme to tackle single-use coffee cups ~enviro Article 518 words, published Jan 25 2024 20 votes
US Federal Trade Commission and eight states sue to block supermarket merger between Kroger and Albertsons ~finance business Article 778 words 37 votes
Philadelphia SEPTA won a $317 million federal grant to help replace aging Market-Frankford Line cars ~transport Article 459 words, published Feb 16 2024 16 votes
One of the world’s biggest cities may be just months away from running out of water ~enviro water.ground climate change Article 22 votes
Leak of documents on spyware developed by vendor for Chinese government ~tech security.cyber Tweet 33 votes
Capital One to buy Discover Financial in $35.3 billion all-stock deal ~finance banking business Article 978 words 32 votes
California's push for mandatory ethnic studies classes runs into the Israel-Palestine conflict in designing a curriculum ~humanities religion Article 2388 words 22 votes
Iceland plans to buy out home owners in volcano-struck town of Grindavík – total cost of the buyout could be as much as $440 million ~enviro Article 77 words 20 votes
Finnish unions have called for industrial action to protest government proposals on labour law reforms which they say would adversely impact low-wage earners ~finance business Article 978 words 10 votes
Florida official letter: "Misrepresenting" gender on drivers licenses is fraud, changes now banned ~lgbt transgender Article 630 words 40 votes
Ohio, Michigan Republicans in released audio: "Endgame" is to ban trans care "for everyone" ~lgbt transgender Article 1493 words 56 votes
A landslide of contaminated soil threatens environmental disaster in Denmark. Who pays to stop it? ~enviro pollution.ground water Article 501 words 19 votes
New York City plans to wipe out $2 billion in medical debt for 500,000 residents ~finance Article 714 words 27 votes
You don't need a license to walk ~design urban planning Article 371 words, published Jan 11 2024 41 votes
British Columbia, Canada: Family pets will no longer be considered property during divorce proceedings ~life.pets Link 15 votes
The US Federal Trade Commission made an unprecedented move against data brokers ~tech Article 380 words 20 votes
Norway is to allow mining waste to be dumped in its fjords after the government won a court case against environmental organisations trying to block the plan ~enviro pollution.water Article 550 words 29 votes
West Virginia bill would mandate "curing" trans people under 21 ~lgbt transgender Article 384 words 47 votes
Sound maps that predict poachers' movements improve government deterrence and response ~enviro Article 2145 words 7 votes
Joe Biden administration announces $1 billion for low-emission US school buses ~transport Article 347 words 39 votes
Norway is likely to become the first country in the world to move forward with the controversial practice of commercial-scale deep-sea mining ~enviro Article 1041 words 14 votes
Legislators in Kentucky and other fossil states charge EV drivers more than double in taxes than internal combustion engine drivers ~transport Article 1405 words, published Jan 1 2024 41 votes
Aripiprazole (Abilify and generic brands): risk of pathological gambling ~health.mental Article 928 words 14 votes
ABBA's holographic dancing queens have had a tangible impact, adding over £320 million of money, money, money to London's economy in its first year ~music pop Article 504 words, published Dec 21 2023 17 votes
Why a 100-year supply? How Arizona got its famous, yet arbitrarily numbered groundwater rule. ~enviro water.ground Article 1213 words 14 votes
Greyhound bus stops are valuable US assets. Here’s who’s cashing in on them. ~transport Article 13 votes
California gas tax revenue will drop by $6 billion, threatening roads ~transport Article 608 words 27 votes