How to save an animal shelter: “If you care about something just do it”
The municipal animal shelter in Huntington, West Virginia, was euthanizing 50 to 75 percent of the animals that came in because they didn’t have the funding or space to care for them. Enter Courtney P...
11 Okt 202513min
Shutdown cracks, Jay Jones’s texts, Trump’s Gaza deal
The Senate remains far apart on resolving the ongoing government shutdown. But the battle for public opinion on who’s to blame has shifted. Republicans appear split on whether to negotiate on health-c...
10 Okt 202526min
Bad Bunny, the Super Bowl and a MAGA meltdown
Puerto Rican music superstar Bad Bunny is having a phenomenal year. His seventh album, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” came out in January and spent weeks at the top of the charts. He sold out a musical resid...
9 Okt 202519min
The National Guard arrives in Chicago
Tensions have been escalating in Chicago since the Trump administration began a widespread immigration enforcement operation across the city in early September. Officers have ransacked homes and detai...
8 Okt 202526min
Negotiating over Trump's peace plan for Gaza
It is now Day 2 of peace talks in the region, with delegations from Israel and Hamas meeting in Egypt in an attempt to end the conflict. The peace deal – which was originally proposed by President Tru...
7 Okt 202524min
Talking to ChatGPT drains energy. These other things are worse.
A single Q&A session with a large language model can consume more than a half-liter of fresh water to cool servers. Asking ChatGPT one question reportedly consumes 10 times as much electricity as a co...
6 Okt 202516min
The Diddy Trial: Sean Combs’s 4-year sentence
After a two-month trial this summer, Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution – but acquitted on sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. ...
4 Okt 202520min
The group diving for beer cans and baby doll heads
In a cold muddy pond in Cape Cod, a group of self-proclaimed “old ladies” dives for garbage — and unexpectedly finds joy.This is a story from The Optimist, The Washington Post’s section about the best...
3 Okt 202515min
