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Fire survivors call for audits of Edison’s wildfire prevention spending
Survivors of the devastating Eaton fire called on state lawmakers on Wednesday to pass a bill requiring audits of spending by Southern California Edison and the state’s two other big for-profit electric companies on wildfire prevention. The survivors pointed to an investigation by The Times that found that Edison had not spent hundreds of millions
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The surprising truth about logging
The value of forest ecosystems is hard to overstate. Blanketing roughly a third of the US, they supply clean water and air, absorb planet-warming carbon dioxide, and provide homes for imperiled wildlife and a tranquil place for Americans to hunt and fish. It’s for this reason that environmental advocates widely opposed a plan announced by
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The Trump Administration Is Trying to Erase Its Own History
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Legal opinions tend to be dry, wordy, and intentionally vague. One issued by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal
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Chris Cuomo, Bill O’Reilly get into shouting match over Iran’s nuclear capacity: ‘It’s my show, pal!’
Chris Cuomo and Bill O’Reilly got swept up in a finger-pointing shouting match as the on-air talk between the two veteran journalists derailed into a vicious argument over Iran’s nuclear capacity. During his eponymous show on NewsNation Wednesday night, Cuomo brought on the conservative commentator to discuss the ongoing Iran war, Operation Epic Fury and
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‘The Housemaid’ author Frieda McFadden reveals true identity after living double life for 23 years
“The Housemaid” author Freida McFadden is finally dropping the disguise — and the double life. McFadden revealed Wednesday that her real name is Sara Cohen and that she is a New York-born doctor who treated brain disorders as she has built a publishing empire over the last 23 years. “I’m at a point in my
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1979 Is the Year That Explains Donald Trump
It sure feels like 1979 again. Iran is fighting the West. The price of gas has been rising for weeks. Moscow is aiming to take advantage of a distracted White House. The party in control of Washington is anxiously looking at the polls. Flared pants and jumpsuits are back! So are cigarettes. Steven Spielberg is
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This AI Wearable From Ex-Apple Engineers Looks Like an iPod Shuffle
Everybody seems to want to stick AI into some oddly shaped box or another. Sometimes it’s a note transcriber or a wearable pin that doesn’t quite work, or an always-listening Friend necklace that ultimately ends up being a vessel for shitposting. Now there is a button. Chris Nolet and Ryan Burgoyne are former Apple employees
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Trump masked these obscenities with a mind-blowing threat. It could massively backfire
Well, 8 PM Tuesday came and went, to paraphrase TS Eliot, “Not with a bang but a whimper.” In the latest episode of Trump’s reality show presidency, he decided he’ll give Iran “another two weeks” (we’ll get to that in a minute) to open the Strait of Hormuz because something something Pakistan something. Some are
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Iran wildly accuses US of breaking cease-fire, blasts America for being unable to ‘leash its rabid dog’
Iran wildly accused the US of breaking the two-week cease-fire as Israel launched its largest-ever blitz on Tehran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. Mohsen Rezaee, one of Tehran’s most senior officials, said Washington would be responsible for the truce collapsing before lashing out at Israel, which he branded the “Zionist enemy” in the hate-filled X tirade Wednesday.
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Artemis II Astronauts Witnessed 6 Meteorites Colliding With the Moon
During their flyby of the far side of the moon, the Artemis II astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft saw as many as six flashes emerging from the lunar surface. Surprisingly, they were witnessing small meteorites impacting the ground and producing brief flashes of light. NASA’s control room recorded the team’s surprise during the mission livestream,