A Black father and his son among the first victims of the Los Angeles wildfires
Since wildfires broke out in Los Angeles, destroying nearly everything in their path, 11 people have died, and authorities expect the death toll to rise. At least three of the victims are Black and had lived in Altadena, a historic Black neighborhood that was just ravaged by the wildfires. Among the victims are a grandmother […]
In Los Angeles, people snap up air filters and wear masks against smoke pollution
With levels of sooty air pollution far too high across swaths of the Los Angeles area, Dana Benton is sleeping with a mask on, even with her air purifier running. “My car was just covered in ash, and it’s just disgusting to think that we could be inhaling that,” the Chinatown resident said through an […]
3 Keys to Turning Your Side Gig into a Successful Startup
Even though wedding rings are their specialty, you won’t find much—if any—gold at the Honest Hands Ring Co. workshop in Morrison, Colorado. What you might find, instead, are drawers full of shark teeth, mammoth tusks, fossilized plants, offcuts from wedding dresses, splinters from treasured log cabins, antlers, feathers, high school band instruments—you get the picture. […]
Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a federal law that could force TikTok to shut down on Jan. 19
The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company. Hearing arguments in a momentous clash of free speech and national security concerns, the justices seemed persuaded by arguments that the national security threat […]
Is Trump’s criminal sentence justice served or vindication? It depends on who you ask.
After officially being sentenced on Friday by a New York court, Donald Trump will enter the White House on Jan. 20 by making history as the first convicted felon to serve as president of the United States. The president-elect quickly aimed to change the narrative after the sentencing from Judge Juan Merchan, declaring in a […]
By 2030 41% of Employers Worldwide Plan to Reduce Their Workforce Due to AI Integration
A recent report from the World Economic Forum has unveiled a sobering outlook on the future of work and the growing influence of AI in our professional domains: 41% of employers worldwide plan to cut jobs as AI begins mass automating tasks over the next decade. Highlighting a shift many were once skeptical of, the […]
