As state senator, Brent Taylor passed laws superseding the will of Memphis voters. Now he wants to represent them Published October 28, 2026 6:00AM (EDT) An attendee confronts Tennessee State Sen. Brent Taylor, center left, during a public comment meeting hosted by the Shelby County Health Department at Fairley HighContinue Reading
During the peak of the 2025 Los Angeles fires, approximately 7 million residents were exposed to airborne lead concentrations over 24 hours that exceeded 80 times the normal background level, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal …, Read MoreContinue Reading
Bill Maher has railed on The Traitor only half as much as his late-night peers, leaning into various MAGA grievances about the “woke” left and forging a fair-weather friendship with the second-term president., Read MoreContinue Reading
Political Gridlock in Israel After No Clear Winner Emerges from Tuesday’s National Election, Israeli Troops Violently Disperse Protest in Occupied West Bank, Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Sentenced to Five Years and One Month in Prison, Lina Attalah, Editor of Independent Egyptian Outlet Mada Masr, Released from Police Custody, Ansar AllahContinue Reading
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed Motor Decide, a platform designed to help manufacturers evaluate electric motor technologies when critical material supplies and prices are uncertain. Motor Decide evaluates motor technologies on performance, critical material availability, supply chain stability, technology maturity and long-termContinue Reading
Plug & Charge is a technology based on the ISO 15118 standard that enables EVs and chargers to communicate automatically and securely, eliminating the need for charging apps, RFID cards or other extraneous authentication methods. As the name implies, drivers simply plug in, and charging starts automatically (the same wayContinue Reading
Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it’s a big step for meeting and medical transcription tools while still leaving real-time use to rivals like ElevenLabs…Continue Reading
Soaring food prices and shrinking incomes force families in Sudan’s capital to borrow money and skip meals., Khartoum, Sudan – Rasha Abdelaziz Musa works every day for seven hours selling tea. But by the time she finishes for the day at 10pm, she’s still unsure if she has enough toContinue Reading
The EU has proposed to make Canada its first associate member amid tensions over US tariffs., Canada is set to host a summit with the European Union to bolster bilateral strategic and economic ties as its relations with its southern neighbour, the United States, are in sharp decline. The summitContinue Reading
I want to trust Bianca Del Rio on The Traitors, mostly because I like her as an entertainer. But I’m suspicious, too. I have a feeling I’d underestimate her, even knowing I probably shouldn’t. Peacock has confirmed the RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 6 winner for The Traitors Season 6, dueContinue Reading
The following story is co-published with Joe Cirincione’s Substack. There is a lot going on right now, most of it involving elections around the world. Most of the news is positive — if you favor democracy, accountability and human rights. Israeli elections are part of that good news. The Israeli publicContinue Reading
Angelenos are in for a treat. Some little-known but extraordinarily consequential history is being presented in an absolutely riveting 50-actor immersive play aptly titled “Convention,” which opened at Hollywood’s Industry Loft on Oct. 16. The play asks the audience to imagine how different — how much better, more peaceful andContinue Reading
The easiest way to measure the size of Nov. 3’s coming Democratic wave is to count the number of times someone tells you what it means, which constituency gets the credit and which policy drew them in — before any of it happens. For centrist pundits, this is sometimes aContinue Reading