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The Louvre jewel heist needs a better explanation than greed

When news broke last Sunday morning that Paris’ Louvre museum had been the site of a jewel heist, social media greeted it with a measure of giddy excitement. In a relentlessly bleak media landscape, here was some good old-fashioned crime…

October 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Pelosi: California cops “may arrest” ICE agents if they violate law

Former House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Wednesday said that California state and local authorities “may arrest” agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if they violate state law while conducting immigration raids in the San Francisco Bay Area.…

October 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

In Florida, there are still doctors who believe in vaccines

Dr. Rana Alissa was caring for sick infants at the hospital where she works when she received a call from a colleague with “bad news.” Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, her colleague said, announced that Florida would become the…

October 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Why women are wary of the AI rush

It’s here. It’s there. Everywhere you look, AI. Each Google search returns a lengthy AI summary before providing links to relevant search results. Chatbots pop up as soon as you go online to make flight reservations or pay a credit…

October 23, 2025 · by LuLu Porter · 0

Gavin Newsom deploys California’s National Guard to aid food banks

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he will deploy the state’s National Guard and California Volunteers to help food banks. “I’m expediting state funds for food banks and directing the California National Guard and California Volunteers to help distribute…

October 23, 2025 · by Jamie Cook · 0

“Rocky Horror” at 50: The “fab three” join “Everything Fab Four”

Just in time for the Halloween season, host Kenneth Womack is joined by original “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” cast members Barry Bostwick, Nell Campbell and Patricia Quinn (“the fab three”) to talk about the movie’s milestone anniversary and the…

October 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“Be careful what you wish for”: Republican warns NC GOP their redistricting could backfire

North Carolina Republicans on Wednesday approved a new congressional map that could cement their dominance in the state’s U.S. House delegation by potentially adding another GOP seat ahead of the 2026 midterms. The move comes amid a wave of mid-decade…

October 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Jane Goodall’s work with chimps changed how we see humanity

Jane Goodall, an iconic figure in conservation whose work transformed human-animal relations, is perhaps best known for the trailblazing research she carried out with chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park, in what is now Tanzania. Almost everyone reading this will…

October 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

When fast food runs to red states

Some brands wear their geography like a nametag. KFC — short for Kentucky Fried Chicken — is practically a billboard for a place, conjuring Southern porches, secret spice blends and a folksy Americana that’s baked into its DNA.In-N-Out has no…

October 23, 2025 · by LuLu Porter · 0

Cheesecake, perfected with granola – Salon.com

The older I get, the more I think the ideal birthday isn’t a rager or a bucket-list trip but a day that feels like how you’d like the rest of your year to feel. A soft-focus “new year, new me,”…

October 23, 2025 · by Jamie Cook · 0