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Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting temporary relief to a coalition of labor unions and organizations that has sued to stop the Trump administration’s massive dismantling of the federal workforce. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the Office […]

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Framework's Laptop 12 Could Inject New Life Into Budget Portable PCs

Science / By Brenda Gray

When Framework’s repairable and upgradeable Laptop 13 came out a few years ago, it was exactly the disruption we needed in the portable computing space. Here was a laptop that let you customize its guts when ordering, and then you could upgrade or repair various components in the future as needed. It was expensive, but

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Congress votes to kill Biden-era methane fee on oil and gas producers

Business / By Brenda Gray

WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Congress has voted to repeal a federal fee on oil and gas producers who release high levels of methane, undoing a major piece of former President Joe Biden’s climate policy aimed at controlling the planet-warming “super pollutant.” The fee, which had not gone into effect, was expected to bring in billions

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Behind DOGE’s Many Conflicts of Interest and Elon Musk’s Weekend Email Chaos

Science / By Brenda Gray

Brian Barrett: Well, and I’ll start, just to clarify too, I think an important part of this is the initial email didn’t say they would be fired if they didn’t respond. The email itself just said, send us a bulleted list of five things of what you did last week. And then Elon separately on

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Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Being Aided by a Trumpworld Power Couple

Science / By Brenda Gray

Meanwhile, Stephen Miller has, along with Project 2025 coauthor and Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought, became one of Musk’s closest allies in the administration, The New York Times reported earlier this month. WIRED has learned that the relationship is far closer, and more complicated, than has been previously known publicly. In many

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The US May Start Vaccinating Chickens Against Bird Flu

Science / By Brenda Gray

In the US, poultry vaccination would likely focus on egg-laying chickens, as opposed to broiler chickens, which are raised for meat. During the current outbreak, more than 77 percent of the domestic poultry affected have been commercial egg-laying hens. In a USDA press release, Rollins said the agency is considering a “targeted and thoughtful strategy”

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How Cold War Spying From Space Connected the Galaxy to Utah

Travel / By Brenda Gray

Harold Mitchell watched from the cockpit of his plane as a spacecraft fell from the sky. Four thousand feet above him, the spacecraft glinted in the sun as it dangled from a parachute. Mitchell called out to the crew in the cargo hold—they had to get ready to catch it. The men, all from the

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The Insider's Guide to Paris

Fashion & Beauty / By Brenda Gray

Who We asked three Parisian creatives for their musings on the city of light: Lolita Jacobs, an art director and co-founder of the creative agency Jacobs+Talbourdet-Napoleone; Pierre-Marie Agin, a designer known for his whimsical furniture and decor who goes by the moniker Pierre Marie; and Robbie Fitzpatrick, a Los Angeles transplant and the owner and

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Economic Blackout: Will a 24-hour boycott make a difference?

Business / By Brenda Gray

NEW YORK — A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance” to protest what the group’s founder sees as the malign influence of billionaires, big corporations and both major political parties on the lives of working Americans. The People’s Union USA calls the 24

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Thomas Briggs’ Plaque in London, England

Travel / By Brenda Gray

On July 9, 1864 as the 9:50 p.m. train from Fenchurch Street pulled into Hackney station at 10:11 pm, two bank clerks entered a first-class carriage and discovered it awash in blood—the scene of the world’s first murder on a railway. Though neither the attacker nor the victim were present at the scene, the victim

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