• Vatican stands firm on social issues like sex change and surrogacy

    The Vatican remains opposed to concepts like abortion and euthanasia, describing them as "grave violations".

  • Public Pleas to Save Portland Street Response Dominate City Budget Session

    As Portland prepares to slash bureau budgets ahead of 2024-25 fiscal year, residents make their case for investments in alternative response programs and gun violence reduction. by Courtney Vaughn As the city of Portland prepares to make deep cuts to avoid a projected budget deficit for the 2024-25 fiscal year, Portlanders are pressuring city council to keep Portland Street Response off the chopping block. Residents showed up in...

  • Arkansas fiscal session begins this week; proposed budget expected to pass with few changes

    The $65.8 million proposed spending increase for school vouchers accounts for roughly 60% of the proposed budget’s overall increase.

  • The Dominating and The Dominated

    Commentators have been going for months debating the merits of the New York/“hush money" prosecution of Donald Trump. Is it “serious"? Is it serious enough? How does it match up against the three

  • Talk and talk until we die

    As tensions continue to rise in the South China Sea, I had the chance to watch an enlightening interview sent to me by my good friend Professor Rommel Banlaoi, president of Philippine Society for International Security Studies in a show called Dialogue on CGTN.

  • Airchat Is the New Social Network That Talks to You

    Airchat is a brand-new social media network hoping to connect strangers directly using the power of their voice, coupled with an AI-generated text feed. The question is, though, does it work?

  • Coalition talks again bogged down in social media disputes

    Talks on forming a new right-wing coalition government in the Netherlands continue to be dogged by social media posts, particularly by far-right leader Geert Wilders. On Thursday Wilders refused to withdraw a post he had placed about the VVD’s junior immigration minister Eric van der Burg, describing him instead as someone “who has turned the Netherlands into one big refugee centre” and a “scary little man”. Earlier Van der Burg had said during a parliamentary debate that the decision not

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    Netflix is the dominant streaming service. So why is it changing its model?

    Netflix, the dominant player in streaming, is expected to announce its first-quarter results on Thursday after enjoying months as a Wall Street darling. But much of the company’s past growth and success, analysts say, has come from its old, well-established business model. In recent months, Netflix has made moves to expand and even radically reinvent that business. While streaming competitors like Disney+, Hulu, Max (owned by CNN’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery) and Peacock work to draw...

  • Netflix is the dominant streaming service. So why is it changing its model?

    Netflix, the dominant player in streaming, is expected to announce its first-quarter results on Thursday after enjoying months as a Wall Street darling.

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    Governor Kotek issues notice of potential vetoes

    SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- On Monday, pursuant to Article V, section 15b, of the Oregon Constitution, Governor Tina Kotek provided notice to the Legislature that she is considering line-item vetoes for some budget allocations from the 2024 legislative session.The potential vetoes primarily relate to a series of one-time funding allocations in Section 9 of Senate Bill

  • Governor Lujan Grisham calls for special session in July

    Editor's Note: This story has been updated with additional details about the special session. NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Wednesday she will call state legislators into a special session starting July 18. According to a news release, the session will focus on public safety. Governor Lujan Grisham sat down with KRQE News 13 []

  • Governor Lujan Grisham calls for special session in July

    Editor's Note: This story has been updated with additional details about the special session. NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Wednesday she will call state legislators into a special session starting July 18. According to a news release, the session will focus on public safety. Governor Lujan Grisham sat down with KRQE News 13 []