FAA closes SpaceX Starship mishap investigation(apnews.com)

135 points by fnordpiglet 3 years ago | 121 comments

When wealthy adventurers take risks,who foots the bill for rescue attempts?(apnews.com)

30 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 41 comments

Austrian leader proposes enshrining the use of cash in country's constitution(apnews.com)

130 points by justin66 3 years ago | 90 comments

Lawyers blame ChatGPT for tricking them into citing bogus case law(apnews.com)

127 points by glitcher 3 years ago | 156 comments

A civil rights group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University(apnews.com)

27 points by Geekette 3 years ago | 27 comments

Bark beetles are eating through Germany’s Harz forest(apnews.com)

97 points by geox 3 years ago | 62 comments

Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop(theintercept.com)

464 points by tdeck 20 hours ago | 126 comments

Intercept opinion piece on Eugene, Oregon police quoting a local news outlet a $2.5M fee for public records about an officer accused of misconduct.

Oregon passes right-to-repair law Apple lobbied to kill(techdirt.com)

525 points by Lariscus 2 years ago | 132 comments

Techdirt article reporting Oregon became the seventh state to pass a right-to-repair law, including a parts-pairing ban that Apple lobbied against.

LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed(theregister.com)

341 points by rntn 1 year ago | 479 comments

The Register news article on Los Angeles County wildfires forcing about 70,000 evacuations and the closure of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Judge rules $400M algorithmic system illegally denied Medicaid benefits(gizmodo.com)

358 points by rntn 2 years ago | 95 comments

Gizmodo news article on a judge ruling that a $400 million algorithmic eligibility system illegally denied thousands of people Medicaid benefits.

Oregon finally legalizes pumping your own gas(thedrive.com)

389 points by PaulHoule 3 years ago | 420 comments

The Drive news article reporting that Oregon has legalized self-service gas pumping after a 72-year ban.

California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops(kqed.org)

362 points by randycupertino 27 days ago | 877 comments

AP article on KQED reporting that California grape growers struggle to find buyers as wine consumption declines and supply exceeds demand.