Bark beetles are hungry for Colorado’s trees — but do they make wildfires worse?
Bark beetles are attacking trees all over Colorado, but their effects are widely up for debate. State officials and scientists have recently expressed differing opinions on the beetles and the impact they have on wildfires, with some expressing concern that the state has an ulterior motive for its aggressive response to the bugs. Colorado state […]
Ahead of the Super Bowl, a radiation helicopter is circling San Francisco. Here’s why.
If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area this week and see a helicopter skimming the rooftops, don’t panic — it’s just the feds on a routine patrol of the city. They aren’t looking for trouble; they’re mapping background radiation levels to establish a baseline before Super Bowl LX kicks off. It’s part of a […]
Attempted Trump assassin Ryan Routh sentenced to life in prison
A federal judge sentenced Ryan Routh, the man convicted of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump in 2024, to life in prison on Wednesday. In September, a jury previously convicted Routh of attempting to assassinate then-candidate Trump as he played on his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida. During the trial, Routh represented himself. […]
Ex-Prince Andrew moves out of longtime home amid new Epstein files allegations
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Britain’s Prince Andrew, has moved out of the family home much sooner than anticipated. It comes days after the U.S. government’s release of millions more Epstein files, which included never-before-seen photos of the disgraced royal. The brother of King Charles III, Mountbatten-Windsor has lived in the Royal Lodge in Windsor for decades. […]
Is San Francisco’s ‘March for Billionaires’ for real? Details invite skepticism
The San Francisco Bay Area will fill up this weekend with football fans celebrating the final clash of the season’s two best billionaire-owned teams in Super Bowl LX. First, though, “dozens” of people apparently plan to march down the streets of San Francisco in support of California’s purportedly downtrodden billionaires. A group calling itself “March […]
Supreme Court allows California map likely giving Democrats 5 House seats
California Democrats scored a big win Wednesday when the Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to new congressional maps from the state’s Republicans and the Trump administration. The court declined to block California from implementing new congressional districts this year that are expected to add five Democratic seats in Congress. Democrats, who hold a […]
Apple’s Lockdown Mode blocks FBI from accessing reporter’s seized iPhone
Apple’s Lockdown Mode blocked the FBI from accessing the iPhone of a Washington Post reporter, court records show. The finding sheds new light on the security feature’s effectiveness. The iPhone, owned by Hannah Natanson, was seized in January during a raid of the reporter’s home. Natanson was targeted as part of an investigation after allegedly […]
Does your state partner with ICE? Here’s who does, who doesn’t, who’s wavering
As scrutiny of how law enforcement agencies collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement increases, some are signing new contracts, seeing it as a public-safety tool. Still, activists criticized the program, fearing racial profiling by agents. Public reaction to how local law enforcement interacts and works with ICE has become tense in some places as […]
Columbus statue toppled in 2020 protest finds a new home: the White House
Almost six years ago, amid a racial reckoning brought on by the killing of George Floyd, protesters in Baltimore toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus and dumped it into the city’s harbor. Now the statue — or, more precisely, a reconstructed version of it — is back, in a far more prominent location. The Trump […]
