Only you can prevent gross, smelly fatbergs from clogging up city sewers, says inspector ~enviro water.waste Article 695 words 7 votes
California Senate passes bill to ban gay conversion therapy ~lgbt Article 300 words, published Aug 16 2018 23 votes
White House Counsel has cooperated extensively with Mueller’s obstruction inquiry ~news usa politics.usa Article 2448 words 13 votes
Drought assistance to be dramatically ramped up by Turnbull Government ~enviro Article 1057 words 5 votes
Gun law changes dropped by Tasmanian Liberals following community backlash ~news australia.tas law politics Article 905 words 7 votes
Nope, those aren't mailboxes: Paris rolls out sidewalk urinals ~news france.paris Article 389 words 17 votes
How dropping the 'brain death' requirement has boosted organ donations in Alberta ~health healthcare medicine Article 870 words 4 votes
Cybersecurity experts from Homeland Security, the National Intelligence director's office, and private industry discussed how they're working to counter the most urgent threats ~tech security.national security.cyber Article 1976 words 3 votes
Puerto Rican government acknowledges hurricane death toll of 1,427 ~enviro Article 957 words 19 votes
New York City votes to cap Uber and Lyft vehicles in a crackdown ~transport Article 1526 words 13 votes
WV House committee approves fourteen articles of impeachment against justices ~news usa.wv politics.usa Article 1506 words 5 votes
Experts criticize West Virginia’s plan for smartphone voting ~tech security Article 788 words 13 votes
The federal government's My Health Record system is capable of storing genomic information, which could turbocharge medical research but has intensified privacy and security fears ~health healthcare Article 737 words 5 votes
Ontario PC voter worried about family's future without basic income pilot ~life Article 827 words 13 votes
The Federal Government will change the law to reassure Australians their privacy will be protected in the My Health Record system ~health healthcare Article 856 words 4 votes
As Carr fire kills two in California, firefighters reflect on a job now ‘twice as violent’ ~enviro Article 1747 words 1 vote
Polish government might prosecute people who fly LGBT white eagle flag for desecrating a national symbol ~lgbt Article 363 words 10 votes
Koala group to take Queensland government to court over 'politically sanctioned extinction' ~enviro Article 691 words 4 votes
The Victorian parliament has passed new legislation tightening rules for donations to Australian political parties ~news australia.vic politics Article 248 words 6 votes
New Vermont legalization law sparks 'gift' delivery service ~news usa.vt law politics.usa Article 337 words 4 votes
David Davis brands use of child spies ‘morally repugnant’ – Theresa May’s spokeswoman defends practice revealed by House of Lords committee ~news united kingdom politics Article 775 words 8 votes
Australian governments concede Great Barrier Reef headed for 'collapse' ~enviro climate change Article 13 votes
Cynthia Nixon announces she will run openly as a socialist ~news usa.ny politics.usa Article 864 words 29 votes
‘I can’t afford that’: A viral tweet shows why we need Medicare for all ~health healthcare Article 928 words 34 votes
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan names son-in-law as treasury and finance minister ~finance economics Article 92 words 10 votes
Poland purges Supreme Court, and protesters take to streets ~news politics poland Article 1585 words 10 votes
Australian states and retail chains ban single-use plastic bags ~enviro plastics.single use pollution Article 425 words 16 votes
Poland's supreme court constitutional crisis approaches a standoff. The government’s attempt to lower the mandatory retirement age of judges is due to come into effect this week ~news poland politics law Article 932 words 8 votes
When should a tech company refuse to build tools for the government? ~tech Article 1062 words 9 votes
Official near-earth object plan will look into nuking asteroids and other 'planetary defense missions' ~space Article 870 words 5 votes
Massachussetts renewable energy bill clears Senate ~enviro energy.renewable Article 550 words 8 votes
Australia to force tech companies to allow government access to encrypted messages ~tech privacy Article 289 words, published Jun 6 2018 13 votes
Homeowners opposed to the NDP school-tax surcharge once again held a rally before a housing town hall organized by Vancouver-Point Grey MLA David Eby on Monday. ~finance Article 649 words 4 votes
US primary election results thread ~news usa.ca usa.nj usa.mi usa.ia usa.al usa.nm usa.mt usa.sd politics.usa Article 295 words 7 votes
How a Hacker Proved Cops Used a Secret Government Phone Tracker to Find Him ~comp privacy Article 4015 words 4 votes
How a hacker proved cops used a secret government phone tracker to find him ~tech privacy Article 4015 words 14 votes