Voters Approved Tougher Penalties for Drug and Theft Crimes. Are They Working?
California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36 last year to increase criminal penalties for certain drug and theft offenses. But less than a year in, is
Kentucky Baby Found Dead in Closet: Cause of Death Update
University of Kentucky Cheerleader Laken Snelling Accused of Hiding Dead Baby in Closet New information surrounding the tragic death of a University of Kentucky cheerleader’s
Financial Times Study, Finding Blacks Twice as Likely as Whites to Have Mortgage Applications Rejected, Reignites Debate Over Discrimination
I can’t recall in my many years of readership seeing the Financial Times perform a data-driven study of its own, in so the pink paper
Santa Clara Police Fatally Shoot Stabbing Suspect
Officers arrived and shot the suspect. The person was taken to a hospital and later pronounced deceased, police said in a press release on Wednesday.
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleads Secrets: Salaries, Injuries, Hair, Makeup
Don’t Quit Your Week-Day Job The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are always ready for some football, but the gig of a lifetime is also not the
At CDC, Worries Mount That Agency Has Taken Anti-Science Turn
Yves here. We hope that readers will treat this post as an exercise in how to parse messaging. It’s becoming more and more evident that
Former Acting Labor Secretary Calls Out Trump’s “War on Workers”
Former acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su is calling President Donald Trump’s actions on federal employees a “war on workers.” Those actions include mass firings of
Ricky Martin’s Ex Jwan Yosef Shares Rare Insight on How They Co-Parent
Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef are livin’ la vida papá. Two years after the couple announced their divorce, Jwan gave a rare look at how
U.S. Utilities Put in a No-Win Position by Phantom Data Centers
Yves here. The possibility of utility excess capacity due to AI promoters placing redundant orders for data center power with multiple utilities poses a real
Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in the Era of Climate Change
For the last 102 years, the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park has supplied millions of Bay Area residents with some of the cleanest