Los Angeles media has been all over the death of a local celebrity for the past two days. But this time, the dearly departed wasn’t a movie star from the golden age of Hollywood. Instead, Southern Californians and the rest of the world are mourning the death of Jackie, the bald eagle. Jackie, who lived
Public funding for science relies on a social contract: in return for support, science demonstrates its value to society. Until now, the scientific community has enjoyed a great deal of autonomy in deciding where to focus its research. But some governments are intruding on that self-regulation and narrowing how science budgets are spent — away
Meta must pay a total of $942 million to address harm caused to children on its platforms, a New Mexico judge ruled Thursday. A jury in March found Meta liable for failing to protect kids and approved a $375 million fine. New Mexico state Judge Bryan Biedscheid issued a ruling Thursday ordering the company to pay
In 1976, Tom Wolfe published an essay in New York Magazine calling it the “Me” decade. Americans, he argued, had turned away from the collective causes of the 1960s and inward, toward personal fulfillment: therapy, self-help seminars, astrology, the search for a truer self. Christopher Lasch made a similar case a few years later in
There’s a new way to make and lose money. Trump Media has officially launched the Truth API, a business-to-business data feed that provides customers with faster access to posts from prominent Truth Social accounts. That includes President Donald Trump, whose constant stream of posts can cause shifts in financial markets. Institutional customers gained access to
Italy is not the only country to see Spain as soft on migration, though. Meloni’s call for an urgent meeting of interior ministers to be held on Tuesday was signed by almost two dozen EU heads of state, calling for the elimination of all policies that could be “pull factors” to Europe. Above all, they