Lake Tahoe draws crowds every summer, but the surge in visitors is testing the lake’s delicate balance. More people than ever want to explore its trails, beaches, and clear waters, yet the way they get there is doing real damage. Packed roads and illegal parking spots are making it harder for wildli
Last month a group of graduate students studying at the University of Illinois Chicago described how their campus work turned confrontational when they tried to share information about people still held hostage by Hamas. Three dozen protesters surrounded them, yelling phrases like “baby killers” and
Last month a top US leader stirred up a fresh debate by hinting that voices in history might be right when they call unexplained flying objects “demons. ” That remark triggered immediate pushback from scientists who argue anything worth studying should be measured with instruments, not described wit
Lamb Weston Holdings saw its shares dip after the company released its latest quarterly earnings. The drop came as investors reacted to a mixed financial picture that highlighted challenges overseas. While the company’s sales in foreign markets grew by 7 percent, that gain was wiped out by a matchi
Last week, Arizona’s governor vetoed a plan to name a major Phoenix highway after Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist killed in 2023. But the real debate wasn’t about the name—it was about who gets to decide what counts as “historic. ” Republicans argued the highway should honor Kirk’s impact on p
Las Vegas is set to host the Super Bowl again in 2029. This marks the second time the city will welcome the biggest event in American football. The decision came after team owners voted to bring the game back. The NFL has had a change of heart about Las Vegas. The league once avoided the city becau
Lane County Commissioner David Loveall has filed a federal lawsuit against the county, saying that an investigation into his conduct violated his constitutional rights. The case centers on three HR complaints filed by employees who said Loveall made offensive remarks, including calling a nonprofi
Laura Day, who has written books about intuition and appeared on popular TV shows, met the writer in a Beverly Hills home before heading to a social event. The author was curious about Day’s methods and whether she could offer personal insight, though the writer admitted to being skeptical of psychi
Large language models are now part of everyday conversations about politics, school topics, and public news. Researchers worry that these AI tools might favor one side of the political spectrum without us noticing. Earlier studies often asked models to act as specific characters or used fixed labels
Last weekend felt more like spring had already arrived, with temperatures jumping well above normal for this time of year across Wisconsin. In Eau Claire, the thermometer hit 75 degrees, the first time it’s crossed 70 since last fall. That break in warmth came unusually late in the year, after a str
