Mississippi Attorney General Supports Changing State’s Confederate-Themed Flag

Lynn Fitch, a Republican, joined calls to change the flag, which features a Confederate battle emblem.

Kentucky’s Election Wasn’t A Disaster, But It Exposed Problems In Pandemic-Era Voting

A lack of in-person voting locations still left some Kentuckians out in the cold.

Boston Bans Police Forces From Using Facial Recognition

It’s official, as of today, Boston’s become the second-largest US community to ban police use of facial recognition technology, thanks to a unanimous vote by more than a dozen city council people. The move follows similar bans by the neighboring cities Brookline, Somerville, and Cambridge a few months back, along with…

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The Tuesday Primaries That You Didn’t Hear About Were a Big Deal for the Green New Deal

Tuesday’s primaries have reshaped the Green New Deal landscape. Much of the focus has been on the top tier Congressional races featuring big names like AOC cruising to victory and major upsets like newcomer Jamaal Bowman blowing the hawkish House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Eliot Engel out of the water in New…

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The world’s rarest Star Wars toy just went up for auction

A true prototype Rocket Firing Boba Fett Star Wars action figure was revealed for sale on eBay this week. As the Star Wars brand made the most valuable “collectors item” toys in modern history, the Rocket Firing Boba Fett is the most sought-after item in the whole Star Wars action figure universe. This version of the action figure is not … Continue reading

Researchers genetically modified rice to replace blood pressure drugs

Imagine eating food that is not only nutritious and filling, but also carefully engineered to address certain health issues. That’s the reality detailed in a recent study from the American Chemical Society, which details a type of genetically-modified rice that can potentially be used to lower one’s blood pressure. In an effort to bring around this reality, researchers have engineered … Continue reading

NHTSA investigates Tesla Model S touchscreen failures

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating older models of the Tesla Model S over complaints that the electric vehicle’s touchscreen — and as a result, its rearview camera display — failed. The agency opened an investiga…

Google will auto-delete new users' web data after 18 months

Google offers a lot of services, and therefore collects a lot of personal data. Whether it’s browsing history on Chrome, viewing history on YouTube or location history on Maps, the company has a good idea of who a user is and what they’re into. That…

Tesla trails the pack in its first JD Power car quality study

Tesla has appeared in a JD Power Initial Quality Study for the first time, and it doesn’t look good for the electric car maker — although the story is more complex than it sounds. JD Power ranked Tesla last out of 32 brands operating in the US, with…

Terry Crews: ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Scraps Episodes After Police Brutality Protests

“We have to start over. Right now we don’t know which direction it’s going to go in,” the actor says.