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Washington State Basketball

No. 17 Washington's football team is entering its third season in the Big Ten under coach Jedd Fisch, and they are an unknown commodity as they try to improve on their 9-4 record from last year. The team has retained 60 players from last…

Global Warming Debate

Scott Alexander, a blogger from Astral Codex Ten, discusses his previous article "Psychology Research Is Mostly Fine" and acknowledges that he may have inadvertently contributed to a negative perception of psychology as a whole. He notes…

Venezuela Offshore Gas Development

BP, a London-listed oil company, has announced plans to develop a large offshore gasfield in Venezuela, marking one of the first major foreign investments in the country since the US ousted its leader Nicolás Maduro in January. BP will…

Grizzly Bear Sighting Alert

A rare grizzly bear sighting has been reported in Lions Bay, prompting a warning from search and rescue officials. The bear, estimated to be around 6-8 years old and described as a young male, was spotted near Deeks Lake, but appeared calm…

Conflict in the West Bank

A Palestinian-American family has been under siege in their home in the West Bank for over a week. Israeli settlers laid a siege to the house, throwing rocks and cutting off electricity and water. The Israeli army then turned the area into…

FBI Headquarters Relocation

US District Judge Theodore Chuang blocked a plan to move the FBI's headquarters from its current location in Washington, D.C.'s J. Edgar Hoover Building to the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., citing that the Trump…

Student Hunger Strike Ends

Devendra Nath Mahto, a student leader from India's eastern state of Jharkhand, has ended his 16-day hunger strike after the government agreed to cancel a controversial recruitment exam. The protest began on July 25th over allegations of…

England's Drought Crisis

More than two-thirds of England's land is currently in a state of drought, with the country experiencing its driest July on record. A drone video has captured the parched landscape, showing cattle struggling to find water and food in the…

P.E.I.'s Temporary Foreign Worker Policy

Prince Edward Island's government has declined Ottawa's offer to let rural employers hire more temporary foreign workers, making it the only Atlantic province to opt out of this federal measure. The decision comes after Ottawa temporarily…

Teen Pet Anxiety Relief

A recent study found a strong correlation between teenagers and their pet dogs, with the relationship helping to alleviate stress and anxiety in teens. The study tracked over 500 teens, observing that those who had close relationships with…

Luigi Mangione Plea Deal

Luigi Mangione, 28, has pleaded guilty to two federal charges of stalking with the intent to kill Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, who was fatally shot on a Manhattan street in December 2024. The plea deal comes after reports…

Queensland Rail Agreement

Queensland Rail has reached an in-principle deal with unions representing 270 train controllers, covering about 135 weekly train services that will be restored to the current reduced timetable. The Fair Work Commission oversaw negotiations…

Trump's Winter White House Wish

Marjorie Merriweather Post, a $100 million+ heiress to the Postum Cereal Company, built Mar-a-Lago in the 1920s as her private home. The name Mar-a-Lago translates to "Sea to Lake" in Spanish, reflecting its unique location between the…

Russia's Economic Woes Over Ukraine War

Andrei Klepach, a top Russian economist who worked for VEB, a state development bank, has been fired after making public comments about Russia's struggling economy. Speaking at a financial forum in May, Klepach warned that Russia is…

Indonesia-China Naval Relations

On August 12, an Indonesian Navy frigate, KRI I Gusti Ngurah Rai, joined a naval exercise with China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in waters off Taiwan's east coast, prompting concern from the Taiwanese government. This move has…

Proposed AI Kill Switch

Congress is proposing an AI "kill switch", which would allow the government to shut down artificial intelligence systems in emergency situations. The proposal comes as the AI industry is urging for a slowdown due to concerns over its rapid…

Indiana Hoosiers Championship Season

The University of Indiana's football team, currently ranked sixth in the nation, is looking to build on their magical 2024 season where they finished with a 16-0 record, becoming the first major college football team since the 1890s to…

Hidden Open Thread

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Canadian Plasma Collection Pause

Grifols, a private plasma donation company with 17 clinics in Canada, has temporarily shut down all its Canadian plasma collection facilities, citing "unfounded attention" after the recent deaths of two donors. The pause will go into…

Trump's Lifeguard Comments

Nathanial Rai, a 10-year-old boy, was swept off his feet while playing along the California coast and rescued by Ryder Williams, a 16-year-old lifeguard. After meeting Nathanial in the Oval Office with his father, President Donald Trump…

Tumbler Ridge Secondary School Closure

The demolition of Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia has begun, with crews starting to remove the building's exterior on Monday. The process is expected to take weeks, after which the site will be restored to grass. This…

Minor League Baseball Immigration Issues

Oswaldo José Pirela, a 26-year-old minor-league catching coordinator for the San Diego Padres, was detained by ICE at El Paso International Airport on Sunday around 5 a.m. while traveling for work. According to his sister Daniela Pirela…

Lapse of Firearms Law

Judge James Wesley Hendrix, a federal judge in Texas, has ruled that key components of the nearly 100-year-old National Firearms Act (NFA) no longer apply in over a dozen states. This means that some Americans can now buy and sell…

Abrego Garcia Court Case

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked a federal appeals court to reinstate criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was wrongfully deported by the Trump administration last year. A federal judge in…