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Illegal immigrant allegedly kills county board member and wife in fatal DUI crash: DHS
Two illegal immigrants were charged after a crash left a local Illinois county board member and his wife dead. Edwin Pacheco-Meza, 34, was allegedly driving a car under the influence when...
UW-Madison dean called Trump racist, claimed education system, math is ‘inherently violent’ to Black students
An associate dean at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has publicly called former President Donald Trump a racist and co-authored an academic paper suggesting the American education system, and even mathematics, is...
Dodgers lineup hitting like $400M mess with season on brink
LOS ANGELES — The best team money could buy can’t buy a hit.  The Dodgers aren’t playing like a $400 million team, and they certainly aren’t hitting like the...
Nets bench two first-round picks in final quarter of failed comeback bid
Jordi Fernández benched his first-round draft pick point guards Egor Dëmin and Ben Saraf for the entire fourth quarter Wednesday in a comeback bid led by veterans Tyrese Martin...
Trey Yesavage’s Game 5 gem puts Blue Jays one win away from World Series crown
LOS ANGELES — As vaunted as this Dodgers starting rotation — headed by Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto — was as this World Series began, it’s the Blue Jays...
Karl-Anthony Towns looks clearly lost in Mike Brown’s Knicks offense — and something has to give
CHICAGO — Sometimes when a player speaks, you should read into it.  Sometimes when a player expresses confusion and exasperation, you shouldn’t dismiss it as words uttered mistakenly or...
‘Love Is Blind’ star ‘Sparkle’ Megan Walerius confirms she welcomed baby during shocking reunion
From the pods to motherhood. “Love Is Blind” star Megan “Sparkle Meg” Walerius confirmed she welcomed a baby with a new man during the Netflix show’s Season 9 reunion...
Observer’s Guide to This Year’s Must-Visit November Art Fairs
Artissima in Turin is Italy’s most prominent contemporary art fair. Courtesy Artissima The big November art fair news actually broke in July, when the Art Dealers Association of America...
Does A.I. Really Fight Back? What Anthropic’s AGI Tests Reveal About Control and Risk
Anthropic’s research hints at an unnerving future: one where A.I. doesn’t fight back maliciously but evolves beyond the boundaries we can enforce. Unsplash+ Does A.I. really fight back? The...
Decentralizing the Dollar: A Financial System Beyond Washington
The rise of decentralized systems suggests a future where the dollar’s dominance—and Washington’s control over it—may no longer be absolute. Unsplash+ Every empire has been built on money and...
Bill Gates’ Youngest Daughter Launches A.I. Startup—and Isn’t Calling Dad for Advice
Phoebe Gates, co-founder of Phia, speaks onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 on Oct. 28. Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch Phoebe Gates, the youngest daughter of Bill Gates and Melinda...
Juana Williams and Julie Egan of DETROIT SALON On Bringing Motor City’s Art to the World
DETROIT SALON artistic director and chief curator Juana Williams (l.) and founder Julie Egan (r.). Courtesy of DETROIT SALON During Art Basel Paris, Palais de Tokyo welcomed all the...