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Simultaneous strikes by WGA and Sag-Aftra are expected to halt the majority of Hollywood’s film and TV production

Russia and Belarus will not receive formal invitations to participate in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee said Thursday.

To lose one general during a war that’s going badly might be seen as unfortunate; to lose two within 24 hours looks careless. But that is what’s happened to the Russian command in southern Ukraine – and the two cases illustrate further deficiencies and dissent among Russia’s military leadership.

Members of St. Marys five-person city commission, all of whom are members of an extreme Catholic religious sect, have threatened to pull the lease of the public library if they don't remove all LGBTQ+ and other "socially divisive" books from the shelves. Their efforts have drawn a warning from the ACLU of Kansas.

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Five Texas families with transgender children are suing the state over its ban on transition care for minors that’s set to go into effect this fall.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in state district court in Travis County, alleges the ban violates the Texas Constitution by allowing for discrimination against a particular group based on their sex and transgender identity.

Testing did not reveal sufficient DNA, fingerprint or video evidence to determine who brought the drug into the White House, the Secret Service said.

The Food and Drug Administration approved a daily oral contraceptive pill for use without a prescription on Thursday, a landmark event that comes as some U.S. states have sought to restrict access to birth control and abortion.

The legal action says the channel told a "fantastical story" to turn Ray Epps into a "scapegoat".

Farmers Insurance will stop offering its policies in Florida, which includes home, auto and umbrella, in a change that will affect 100,000 people.

BRITAIN wants personal finance lessons to replace religious studies on the school curriculum, new national research reveals.

Screen Actors Guild ends negotiations over new contract with studios

The 5-year-old female southern sea otter was first seen hijacking surfboards in Santa Cruz last September. Officials successfully drove the otter away from the area, but she has since returned.

First orcas, now otters.

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being detained across Russia and the Ukrainian territories it occupies, in centers ranging from brand-new wings in Russian prisons to clammy basements.

Rattlesnakes showed signs of reduced stress when they were kept with a companion, according to a new study. It’s evidence that reptiles — much like humans — rely on their social ties to stay calm.

I figured we could all use some news that’s just a little lighter.

Former clandestine officer Shaun Wiggins allegedly assaulted the woman repeatedly in what he insisted was a covert program to train her to use her body “as a weapon.”

The woman claims she was told it would replicate the purported “off limits” work every CIA officer was inevitably called on to do, and that the techniques she picked up would become a valuable part of her “technical skillset.”

But the “fabricated and extended ‘training exercise’” did nothing to help the young cybersecurity specialist realize her dream of joining the agency, and instead groomed her for ongoing sexual abuse—ultimately landing her in a psychiatric facility.

Lawyers for Epps accused Fox News of telling a "fantastical story" that he fueled the violence that erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

One tax preparer said the scandal likely impacts every user of its services.

Pour one out for Anchor Brewing: America’s oldest craft brewer is shutting down after 127 years in business.

Milan Kundera, whose 1984 novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” was turned into an Oscar-nominated film, has died at the age of 94. Kundera died Tuesday in Paris after a long illnes…

Dutch study identifies several examples of corvids’ ‘amazing’ ability to adapt to the urban environment

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Volunteers giving out free meals with the organization Food Not Bombs have wracked up 40 tickets seeking more than $10,000 in fines since March 1, four weeks before visitors began pouring into downtown for the Final Four.

The Houston law they were charged with violating — an ordinance against giving away meals unless you have permission from the property where you’re doing it, even if the property is public — was put in place by City Council in 2012 but largely had gone unenforced for over a decade, municipal records show.

The investigation was opened in response to work published last year by The Markup

A new study finds steep, long-term losses across virtually all groups of birds in the U.S. and Canada

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I like the distinction between grief and anxiety. Never thought about it that way. I don’t have any answers just wanted to talk about this article and peoples thoughts on the feelings many of us have about the effects of CC and economic instability over the next 50-100 years.