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Once-popular burger chain selling dozens of locations across the country - The company did not disclose which specific locations are changing ownership

Luigi Mangione to use psychiatric defence in healthcare CEO murder case - Mangione would face lighter sentencing if jury accepts he was in a state of 'extreme emotional disturbance' during act.

Gilgo Beach sentencing: Killer briefly addresses court as angry families speak out - Gilgo Beach, New York, serial killer Rex Heuermann may address the court when he is sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Arthur is the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season - Forecasters say Arthur could generate life-threatening flash floods along the northern Gulf Coast. But it is not expected to strengthen further.

Brussels approaches Kremlin over potential Ukraine talks - EU Council president António Costa’s office held calls with senior official close to Russia’s Vladimir Putin

The Moms Who Smoke Weed to Parent - They say pot helps them be patient with their kids. But at what cost?

Is Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff Running for President? He Has to Win Re-election First. - The 39-year-old senator has become an internet sensation for Democrats seeking a 2028 contender. He says he’s focused on winning a second term in November.

World Cup and presidential runoff: How Colombia’s yellow jersey got political - Colombia plays its first game in the World Cup and votes for its next president this week. Its national soccer jersey has ended up stuck in the middle.

The Elderly Among Us - The post The Elderly Among Us appeared first on The American Scholar.

The Confidence Trap - When expertise becomes certainty, leaders can miss disruptive change. Research shows why intellectual humility is becoming a critical leadership skill.

Group planned to attack White House UFC event using snipers and drones, FBI says - BBC - 1. Group planned to attack White House UFC event using snipers and drones, FBI says BBC 2. Teen among arrested in plot to attack White House ...

New #WeCount Data Show Slight Abortion Increase in 2025 - The new report provides evidence that policy changes are having a large impact on abortion numbers in the post-*Dobbs* era.

Why Anthropic Is Fighting With Trump (Again) - The AI company is back in the U.S. government’s crosshairs.

Outreach to high-risk population, standardized, intelligence-led response model must to nullify cyber fraud challenges: U.P. police - “Given that AI voice and video spoofing is expected to escalate future risks, it is essential for individuals to conduct independent verification by contac...

Trump’s Light AI Touch Keeps Getting Heavier - The Donald Trump Experience reopened in January 2025, with the new administration vowing, contra the Biden White House, to govern artificial intelligence...

Ihre Sexpuppe im Schloss Bellevue sorgt für Aufregung. Jetzt spricht die Künstlerin Alexandra Bircken - Eine Ausstellung in Schloss Bellevue sorgt international für Aufregung – vor allem wegen des Bronzeabgusses einer Sexpuppe. Wie geht es der Berliner Künstl...

I Watched My Boyfriend Have Sex With a Man. I Enjoyed It—But Now One Part Keeps Haunting Me. - It's changed everything.

The secret to better summer beans - Pantry staples have seasons, too

Weekly Review - The president entered the UFC crowd to the AC/DC song “Thunderstruck”; members of the Iranian men’s soccer team disembarked in North America wearing pins...

Carney tells Zelenskyy the 'tide is turning' in war, announces new sanctions against Russia - Canada has already levied sanctions against 500 Russian shadow fleet vessels

‘Peaceful Russia’: Anti-War Exiles Found Their First Political Party - The Peaceful Russia party wants to work on behalf of Kremlin critics inside and outside the country. But many questions remain unanswered.

Panel balks at plans to expand L.A. City Council to 25 members - A committee says a council expansion plan needs more study. The full council will meet Wednesday to determine which charter reform measures should go on ...

Current WWE NXT roster - The complete WWE NXT roster as of June 2026, featuring champions Tony D'Angelo, Myles Borne, Lola Vice, and Zaria among the top rising talent.

Trump’s Dangerous Litmus Test for NIH Grants - [image: The James H. Shannon Building on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, Maryland, in 2015.] An absurd politicization of scien...

First Prize: The Riven; Egg Tooth - The Riven Where are the trees that thickly furred the mountainside? Rough brush breathing through valleys? Where is the hillside blown open, scarred do...

A Hinsdale street, part of which hasn’t be resurfaced since 1891, gets $1 million boost for reconstruction - A project along a brick street in Hinsdale that hasn't had major work in 80 years gets a $1 million toward solving flooding issues.

A right-wing mutiny is forming against Vivek Ramaswamy’s gubernatorial bid - Vivek Ramaswamy’s GOP campaign for Ohio governor is running into some fierce headwinds courtesy of the MAGA movement.

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The 2025 Job Market For The Auto Industry - The uncertain question of today is whether it's a Buyer's Market leaning towards employers or a Seller's Market giving employees the upper-hand during job ...

‘Employment’s the best way to stop reoffending’: the boss of ready meals firm Cook on the ‘talent’ in prisons - The co-founder of the family-run frozen food maker says ethical practices pay dividends on top of financial returns for her business Rosie Brown, the bos...

Nissan management shake-up plans reported as sharks circle - Nissan is considering a change in leadership following poor results and the failure of a proposed merger with Honda, according to a report citing unnamed s...

United States of Charlottesville - Why the pro-Hamas rallies are only getting more extreme. View Post

Former Tottenham footballer Anton Walkes killed in Miami boat crash -

Diana Wichtel: Standing up against silent tolerance - OPINION Things my daughter and I message each other about: which of us was visited by the most adorable tiny goblin on Halloween; a video of a baby sloth b...

The Right Not To Be Lonely - Relevant Reading:Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms Kimberley Brownlee, Oxford University Press, 2020, $50 What are the ethic...

Trial and error - A cornerstone of any -functioning democracy is the separation of police and the courts on one hand, and government and…

Seniors jump in caskets for haunted house like no other - [image: 91-year-old Teresa Lawrence] A casket waiting outside of a retirement home is not usually a welcome sight, but for seniors in Witless Bay it was j...

How to Survive Having an Internet-Famous Relative - It’s 2019, we’re all helplessly addicted to our phones, and mainstream pop-culture is finally starting to catch up. From influencer satire *Ingrid Goes W...

'The Right Stuff' author Tom Wolfe dead at 88 - Tom Wolfe, an early practitioner of 'new journalism' who captured the mood and culture of America across five decades with books including The Bonfire of t...

US abortion clinics face surge of trespassing and blockades - NEW YORK (AP) -- America's abortion clinics experienced a major upsurge in trespassing, obstruction and blockades by anti-abortion activists in 2017, ...

That's It For Today - This is my last post for the day. Starting in a few minutes we'll be replacing the guts of our website with something newer and better than what we have...

At MoMA P.S.1, Tomáš Rafa Explores the Chilling Rise of Nationalism in Europe - The recent defeat of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in France's presidential runoff offered a break in the tide of political ugliness that has surged in...

Let Bannon and Trump talk. We’ll report. - *When a top White House* aide called *The New York Times* on Wednesday to offer up the sort of cartoonish, press-hating invective that has characterized Pr...

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