• WLS-AM

    A new effort underway to curb violence in Chicago

    It’s called the Crime Gun Intelligence Center or CGIC. The Center will weave together federal, state and local law enforcement to investigate and prevent gun violence. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco was in town for the announcement. The CGIC will also use an interconnected ballistics network to help law enforcement connect gun crimes using markings […]

  • University shares new free speech policies with ASSU

    The University Ad Hoc Committee proposed new free speech policies. Senators shared thoughts and proposed new legislation for On Call Café services, and a debate between senators before the ASSU election.

  • New York Poised to Use Taxpayer Dollars to Pay Journalists

    New York state lawmakers plan to hand out tens of millions in taxpayer dollars to local media outlets to help pay for journalists’ salaries. The Read More

    • WNYC

    New York's New Budget

    WNYC / Gothamist Albany reporter Jon Campbell talks about what's in and what's out of the just-approved New York State budget, including housing incentives, zoning changes, limited tenant protections, mayoral control of the schools, and more.

    • WCVB

    University of Michigan policy on protests could quell free speech efforts

    Some students walked out of classes on April 4, protesting the school's ties to Israel and a policy, which, among other things, would prohibit disrupting speakers or performers.

    • KSBW

    Newsom issues new return-to-office policy for state workers

    Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration announced a new directive on Wednesday that will require state employees to work in the office at least two days a week.

  • New US Effort to Lift Offshore Wind Features Turbines in Pacific

    (Bloomberg) — The Biden administration is taking steps to jump-start the fledgling offshore wind sector, outlining a five-year leasing plan that would include turbines in the far reaches of the

  • Newsom calls out Republican abortion policies in new ad running in Alabama

    In Gov. Gavin Newsom's new political advertisement, two anxious young women in an SUV drive toward the Alabama state line. The passenger says she thinks they're going to make it, before a siren blares and the flashing lights of a police car appear in the rearview mirror. "Miss," a police officer who approaches the window says to the panicked driver, "I’m gonna need you to step out of the vehicle and take a pregnancy test." The fictional video is the latest in a series of visceral advertisements...

  • Washington Post Portrays Twitter-Hating Brazilian Judge as Disinformation Hero

    Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes is enraged that X (which will forever still be known as Twitter) allows the free flow of information because he labels some of it "disinformation" which he cannot tolerate. Therefore de Moraes has demanded that Twitter remove a number of accounts. In the old obedient days of Twitter when the management treated "disinformation" (which is mostly information contrary to liberal views) to be one of the great sins of our world, they would have...

  • Washington Post Portrays Twitter-Hating Brazilian Judge as Disinformation Hero

    Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes is enraged that X (which will forever still be known as Twitter) allows the free flow of information because he labels some of it "disinformation" which he cannot tolerate. Therefore de Moraes has demanded that Twitter remove a number of accounts. In the old obedient days of Twitter when the management treated "disinformation" (which is mostly information contrary to liberal views) to be one of the great sins of our world, they would have...

  • Greece Expands Marine Protection Efforts with Two New Protected Areas

    These new parks will expand Greece's marine protected zones by 80%, ultimately covering 30% of the country's territorial waters.

    • Neowin

    Microsoft's security threat division sees evidence of more Russian disinformation efforts

    The Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) has issued another report on possible efforts by Russia state-sponsored hackers who are posting misinformation on US social media channels.