“I never thought for one moment that I’d actually have to be fearful of law enforcement during a public protest," said one photojournalist who was apparently just born yesterday.

In a bid to confront mounting food insecurity, the City of Chicago announced last year that it was exploring the creation of a municipally-owned grocery store, an unprecedented move for a major American city. The proposal was a response to the persistent exodus of private grocers from the city’s South and West Sides, where decades of disinvestment have left entire neighborhoods with few reliable options for fresh, affordable food. But by February, the city shifted course. Citing difficulties in securing a qualified operator, a requirement for state funding, officials under Mayor Brandon Johnson revealed that the city will instead pursue a public market. The new plan envisions a space that provides basic groceries while supporting local farmers and small vendors. For now, it is grassroots, community-driven markets that are filling the void. Often under-resourced but deeply embedded in their neighborhoods, these efforts have proved to be among the most nimble and enduring responses to a crisis that large grocery chains have repeatedly failed to address.

Beach Boys cofounder Brian Wilson, who created some of rock's most enduring songs such as "Good Vibrations" and "God Only Knows" in a career that was marked by a decades-long battle between his musical genius, drug abuse and mental health issues, has died at the age of 82.

Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.

It’s as simple as love.

A Silicon Valley unicorn with a reputation for fleecing workers abroad is behind the AI startup now seemingly doing the same in the U.S.

Under cloak of darkness, the state Senate helped more than 130,000 reckless drivers avoid accountability.

The fact that you are never quite as safe as you should be is one of the facts of contemporary American life, although the nature of that hazard varies from one American to the next. ...

The network is parting ways with its veteran correspondent two days after he posted a missive on X calling the president and his deputy chief of staff “world-class haters.”

We're all laughing at you.

LOS ANGELES, June 10 (Reuters) - Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, who has also activated 4,000 National Guard troops to quell protests in the city despite objections from California Governor Gavin Newsom that the deployments are politically motivated. The city has seen days of public protests since the Trump administration launched a series of immigration raids on Friday. State officials said Trump's response was an extreme overreaction to mostly peaceful demonstrations

Online communities dedicated to the use of a toxic bleach solution to treat everything from cancer to autism believe Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is interested in their cause.

The protesters are being called unspeakably violent by the Trump administration. I mostly saw clergy sit-ins and Tejano bands.

Emperor penguin populations in Antartica may be declining faster than the most pessimistic predictions, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery.

Flashing your Costco card might get you a $1.50 hot dog – but try it at airport security and you might just miss your flight. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a reminder for travellers that Costco membership cards are not acceptable as REAL IDs at U.S. airport security checkpoints. In a Facebook post, laced with humour, the TSA said, “We love hotdogs & rotisserie chickens as much as the next person but please stop telling people their Costco card counts as a REAL ID because it absolutely does not.”

Immigrants seeking legal help online to protect themselves from Trump’s deportation plans are increasingly falling prey to costly scams.

Despite Democratic-Farmer-Labor control of the state Senate, the governor’s office, and half of the House, Republicans forced Democrats to roll back one of their signature accomplishments from the 2023 legislative session: health care for undocumented people. The Legislature passed a bill Monday to repeal undocumented adults’ eligibility for MinnesotaCare, the state-subsidized health insurance program for the working poor. DFL House caucus leader Melissa Hortman joined Republicans in the House to pass the bill. In the Senate, DFL Sens. Grant Hauschild of Hermantown, Ann Rest of New Hope, Robert Kupec of Moorhead and Majority Leader Erin Murphy of St. Paul also voted for the bill. Undocumented children will still be eligible for MinnesotaCare when Gov. Tim Walz signs the bill into law, as promised. Republicans successfully used their leverage — the threat of a government shutdown starting July 1 — to force the Democrats’ hand on an issue that is of supreme importance to GOP lawmakers. “The role of the church – the role of people of faith – is to care for our neighbors. Yes,” said Rep. Isaac Schultz, R-Elmdale Township, during the House floor debate. “But not in this instance, specifically.”

The artist made his mark on the American music landscape with his band Sly and the Family Stone

Canada’s airports were bustling in April, but fewer passengers were flying to the United States, a sign that efforts by American destinations to win back Canadian tourists may be falling flat. ... “The start of the season, April and May, we were 30 per cent behind last year,” Dame said. “Lodging reservations were 22 per cent down … I would say about 25 per cent of our regular guests have decided not to return.” He said he’s personally reached out to dozens of long-time customers, many of whom have visited for more than a decade. “They said, ‘We love you, we love Bluff Point, but we’re not going to be coming back to the United States this year,’” he said. “That was 49 out of about 130 groups.”

Revolutionary change is not ordered like a meal or some product online. It is fought long and hard and won through persistent struggle