Column / December 22, 2023 We Need to Modify—Not Trash—Oregon’s Trailblazing Drug Decriminalization Law Measure 110 made Oregon the first in country to decriminalize all drugs. The law was poorly implemented and should be changed, not discarded. Sasha Abramsky Ad Policy A person holds drug paraphernalia near the Washington Center building on SW Washington St….
Culture / December 22, 2023 The Medieval-ness of Mark Zuckerberg There’s something very feudal about his massive doomsday bunker. Kate Wagner Ad Policy This is, in essence, what the billionaire Meta CEO is building. (Shutterstock) In December, Wired released an in-depth investigation detailing the alarming extent to which Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has bought up…
The rise is below inflation but comes after a year of travel disruption for passengers.
1 hour ago About sharing A makeshift shrine to the dead was visited on Friday morning as students tried to make sense of the murders By Sarah Rainsford BBC Eastern Europe correspondent in Prague As the darkness lifted in Prague on Friday, bright lights were still burning inside the Arts Faculty as they had through…
1 hour ago About sharing The clip of the incident has gone viral on Chinese social media in recent days By Fan Wang BBC News Chinese authorities are investigating a hospital over an incident where a surgeon allegedly punched the patient he was operating on at the time. It was captured in a clip that…
Marking the shortest day and the longest night of the year, the sun rose at 08:09 GMT at Stonehenge.
18 minutes ago About sharing Eurostar trains were cancelled at St Pancras International Station on Thursday as a result of industrial action in France By James Gregory BBC News Transport disruption is expected across the UK on Friday as millions of people make journeys ahead of Christmas. Drivers have been told this weekend will be…
23 minutes ago About sharing By Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News The UK is at risk of recession after revised figures showed the economy shrank between July and September. Gross domestic product, which measures the health of the economy, contracted by 0.1% after previous estimates suggested growth has been flat. Meanwhile, there was zero…
5 hours ago About sharing An image of a younger Alex Batty, before he disappeared British teenager Alex Batty has revealed he lied about the details of his escape to protect his mother and grandfather from police. In an interview with The Sun, Alex said doubts about the nomadic lifestyle they kept began when he…
14 minutes ago About sharing The King and his son shared a joke during the rehearsals for the Coronation By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent King Charles III joked about having “sausage fingers” with his son Prince William during rehearsals for the Coronation, a behind-the-scenes BBC documentary has captured. The affectionate television portrait of the King…