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If you don’t hear the siren, police are sure you’ll feel the Rumbler
Los Angeles police are rolling out a new siren, and you don’t just hear it. It rattles your bones. When the New York Police Department started using the Rumbler in 2009, one opponent called it an “acoustic assault” on citizens. But L.A. Police Cmdr. Blake Chow says the new low-frequency siren is the solution to…
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As ICE Detention Expands, Deaths Reach a 22-Year High
Left: Chaofeng Ge. Right: Parady La with his daughter, Jazmine La. —Courtesy of Yanfeng Ge; Courtesy of Jazmine La When Parady La, a Cambodian American father and long-time Philadelphia resident, died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody earlier this year just three days after he was arrested, the agency released scant details about what…
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The Death of Reliable Immigration Data
Marc Rosenblum, the top statistician at the Department of Homeland Security for more than a decade, resigned in frustration in late July. Three years ago, he established the Office of Homeland Security Statistics, with support from lawmakers from both parties, to provide Congress and the broader public with reliable, timely statistics on immigration enforcement and…
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Why Each Octopus Arm Has a Mind of Its Own
Octopuses are clever enough to unscrew jars from the inside and throw sand at their annoying neighbors. But only a fraction of their smarts come from their doughnut-shaped brains. Over two-thirds of their roughly 500 million neurons reside in eight sucker-studded arms—a kind of distributed intelligence unique to cephalopods. Each of these powerful appendages can…
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Destination Crenshaw was supposed to celebrate South L.A.’s Black community, but some say it’s become an eyesore
Destination Crenshaw was supposed to transform 1.3 miles of Crenshaw Boulevard along Metro’s K Line into an art-filled gathering space, but according to some neighbors, the project has become an inconvenience and eyesore. South L.A. locals held a meeting July 30 called “Keep the Promise. Destination Crenshaw” at Bethesda Temple Church to discuss the impact…
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The left is winning the argument on aid to Israel. The next step will be harder.
In recent months, two ideas that were once on the fringes of Democratic policy thinking — cutting off financial support and stopping arms transfers to Israel — have gone mainstream. Nearly half of House Democrats voted to end aid to Israel last month, while roughly 40 percent of the caucus has called for blocking the…
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OpenAI risks White House relationship with hiring of ‘nuisance’ AI policy executive: sources
Top OpenAI official Dean Ball is in the middle of a heated feud with the Trump administration – and White House officials warn that Sam Altman’s firm risked its relationship with the government by hiring him for a senior role, The Post has learned. Ball infuriated Trump AI officials last month after claiming in an…
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Europe Will Get Its First Total Solar Eclipse in Over 25 Years. Here’s What You Should Know
The total solar eclipse of 2024, seen from Dallas, Texas —NASA/Keegan Barber Just for the record, a celestial dragon will not eat the sun on Aug. 12, 2026. Nor will a mythic wolf named Sköll chase the sun through the sky, catching it and biting it. And nor will the sun be swallowed by a…
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This own goal risks tearing apart the best chance at defeating MAGA
The Third Way has functionally declared its intention to purge the Democratic Party of progressives. They will not, in my opinion, get us the things progressives are working for and most Americans and the large majority of Democrats want: — A national healthcare program that covers everybody — Free or affordable college — A clean…
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Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk kills 12, authorities say
A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed 12 people and wounded 39 others, authorities in the Tatarstan region said. Ukraine has targeted Russian oil facilities with long-range drones almost daily in recent months. The barrage has caused fuel shortages in Russia, eaten into Russian refining capacity, and unsettled the Russian public. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says…