A Trump administration attorney conceded “there aren’t enough Americans to take these jobs” at a federal court hearing in Fresno this week as he defended a policy that would cut pay to immigrant laborers. bit.ly/4lF68fz 📸 Larry Valenzuela

Researchers looked at birth rates across a dozen states with total abortion bans and found that Black women living in those states were more likely to have preterm babies. Inability to overcome an abortion ban - limited resources, a lack of prenatal care etc. can increase the risk of preterm birth.

“By the end of 2025, an estimated 39 percent of the gas power capacity being developed in the United States was designed to serve data centers on-site...” Gift link

Former SoCal university cop, father of 3, admits to possessing more than 600 child porn files

Viewer feedback on the acquisition of 9NEWS by the parent company of Fox31

Wow BBC- “lands next to” and acting like it fired itself is wild when Israel killed over 100 journalists last year, but do your thing

NEW: Father of service member killed in Iran war said he never told Pete Hegseth to 'finish' the job

It’s ok though because we have money to bomb kids. “In a new KFF poll released Thursday, 55 percent of returning ACA marketplace enrollees said they are already or are planning to cut back on food or basic household items so they can afford health care-related costs…”

Heat stroke vs. heat exhaustion: Safety tips as dangerous temperatures hit the West. Extreme heat is considered the deadliest weather-related hazard in the U.S. abcnews.com/US/heat-wave...

Unlike information obtained from cellphone providers, this data can be accessed without a warrant — and used to track anyone.

Lebanon’s electricity authority says Israeli attack put a main substation in south out of service reut.rs/4byB1O3

"Under this standard, there were 5,748 mass shootings between Jan. 1, 2013, and Sept. 15, 2025, according to the GVA. “OF THAT NUMBER OF INCIDENTS, there have been FIVE CONFIRMED Transgender shooters"

The U.S. Treasury Department will take over the Department of Education’s responsibility for collecting on defaulted federal student loan debt, President Donald Trump’s administration announced Thursday, Shauneen Miranda reports.

Evangelical Christians have successfully placed two anti-trans measures on the November ballot to "stop the transgender plague in Colorado." The initiatives sidestep the Democrat-controlled legislature, which a ballot measure organizer says is inhabited by "actual demons."

NEW: Colorado AG Phil Weiser (D) joins seven other state AGs in suing to block the acquisition of TEGNA (9NEWS) by Nexstar (Fox31), citing anti-monopoly law. The lawsuit says deal would raise prices for consumers and lead to newsroom closures in combined markets like Denver.

Scoop: FBI and IRS agents are forming a new initiative to investigate nonprofit organizations over suspected possible links to domestic terrorism, sources briefed on the matter told @SarahNLynch and me. @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-irs...

Jfc. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

"The attacks have increased while international attention has been focused on the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Settlers have killed seven West Bank Palestinians so far this year, six of them since the war began on Feb. 28." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/w...

This is incredible... www.yahoo.com/news/article...

It might have been a mistake to put the dumbest motherfucker alive in charge of the most powerful government on earth.

An under-appreciated fact about California Forever's ongoing evil Pokemon evolution is that it is now explicitly aligning itself with Trump's planned war machine, and seeking to turn parts of Bay Area and Delta into a new shipbuilding/robotics hub for global fascism www.kqed.org/news/1206995...

@statnews.com conducted a national survey of NIH-funded researchers and found that, a year after Trump's return, many scientists are reeling, with some closing labs entirely. ‘This is like the Titanic,' one respondent told me. For full details, see our special report www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/n...

Senate committee advances Markwayne Mullin's nomination to lead DHS. 8-7 vote. Rand Paul votes no. John Fetterman votes yes. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

OpenAI plans to allow sexting with ChatGPT. A human-AI interaction expert warns of a privacy nightmare. www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

Calling TouchPay to put money on a family member’s commissary account and the hold music is Free Bird… Assholes.

At the Arab World Institute, an exhibition on Byblos, Lebanon's millennia-old city, loses key artwork due to war

When I disabled all the notifications on my smart phone, I felt such an enormous sense of relief. It took me a while to figure out why. It was because I wasn't being constantly interrupted New psychology research reveals the cognitive cost of smartphone notifications www.psypost.org/new-psycholo...

ICE agents detained a Texas father trying to deliver milk to his infant daughter in the neonatal intensive care unit, disregarding his status as a DACA recipient. trib.al/BOeMew3

New measles case reported in Weld County, Colorado’s 12th of the year

Exclusive: The Pentagon asked the White House to approve a more than $200 billion request to Congress to fund the war in Iran, according to an administration official, a new ask that will likely run into resistance from lawmakers opposed to the conflict.

NEW: Families requested no cameras at today's dignified transfer at Dover, yet Trump’s White House released and promoted photos from the ceremony across social media, including TikTok.

Science has an Epstein problem. Women in paleontology say it's a symptom of a deeper misogyny. When paleontologist Riley Black learned that several scientists in her field had appeared in the Epstein files, she wasn't remotely shocked. www.cbc.ca/radio/epstei...

We have severely undercounted the number of COVID deaths, scientists say

The cost of vegetables jumped 49% last month as inflation hit hard and companies raised prices. www.bls.gov/news.release...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped a third of the world’s commercial helium, threatening the irreplaceable coolant that makes MRI scanners and advanced microchips possible

Update: Dolores Huerta has released a statement. In it, she confirms the Times's reporting, and supports the other women who have come forward. "I have kept this secret long enough. My silence ends here."

"SHRINKING HARVESTS": Arizona produces 25% of the entire US lettuce supply and about 90% of its leafy greens & winter vegetables — but hotter summers & dwindling water threaten crops. Each degree of warming reduces crop harvests 10%. Will policy makers act? www.azcentral.com/story/opinio...

Sales tax break for guns, ammo and accessories in Kansas could weaken firearm safety, critics say | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

In February, a user named EricKeller2 posted on Reddit. “I mapped every connection in the Epstein files,” he wrote. He had built a website and database of more than 1.5 million files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. www.wired.com/story/he-bui...

Well this is horrible. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

Developing: Operations at the Washington Monument are suspended after someone poured gasoline on a car and set it on fire nearby, police say. News4 video shows a gas can.

Person arrested after reported shooting at Pickens County VA Clinic, sheriff says

SCOOP— Trump wants a 24k gold coin w/ his face on it for America 250, but an official at a late February coin advisory committee meeting called it something only done by "nations ruled by kings or dictators." After NYT reported the criticism, US Mint yanked online vid of the meeting w/o explanation.

Her family owned the aviation company at the airport Epstein used, gave Ghislaine Maxwell housing after her father died, introduced Epstein to his plea deal lawyer & to Prince Andrew, & she joined Deutsche Bank’s advisory board just before they accepted Epstein as a client despite his conviction.

From the new issue: High in the Rockies, researchers are discovering that wind-borne pollution and rising heat are fueling unprecedented algal blooms

BREAKING: first reported by @floridaphoenix.com, Florida’s Republican sheriffs want President Donald Trump to end mass deportations of undocumented immigrants who haven’t committed crimes, a striking shift from law enforcement in the nation’s most aggressive anti-undocumented immigration state.

I don't know why I'm still shocked by headlines. Maybe it means I still have a modicum of faith in humanity. Anyway, wtf.

Terminals A-West and F will temporarily close Wednesday, with A-West closing at 5 a.m. and F closing at 4:30 a.m. There is no indication when these terminals will reopen, according to an airport spokesperson.

This report shows that cities can achieve what was once thought impossible: cutting toxic air pollution by 20-45% in a little over a decade. London, Beijing and San Francisco have done it with EV’s, bike lanes and shutting down fossil fuel burning. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Postmaster General says USPS might be forced to stop deliveries in 2027 if current trends continue. Postmaster David Steiner says the postal service "will be out of cash in less than 12 months." Steiner has has also been on the board of directors of FedEx since 2009.