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WNBA Playoffs: What’s at stake in the final week


WNBA Playoffs: What’s at stake in the final week

The final week of the 2024 WNBA regular season is a race for seeding and, for three teams, a race to qualify. The top eight teams, regardless of conference, advance to the postseason and seven teams have secured a playoff spot. Chicago, Atlanta and Washington are battling for the final spot. No one has secured […]

Fire once again engulfs a US sculpture park displaying works by a Chinese dissident artist


Fire once again engulfs a US sculpture park displaying works by a Chinese dissident artist

A sculpture park in California’s Mojave Desert founded by a Chinese dissident artist has gone up in flames for the second time in three years, raising suspicions that the latest incident is a continuation of the previous fire and a warning to all artists who oppose China’s communist regime. The fire broke out on August […]

Sault Ste. Marie must disclose policies and board rules on police use of force


Sault Ste. Marie must disclose policies and board rules on police use of force

For the second time, an appeals court panel has ruled that an Upper Peninsula city does not have the authority to withhold part of its police department’s use of force policy after an individual requested an unredacted copy during protests against police brutality and racism in the summer of 2020. And for the second time, […]

Founder of messaging app arrested at French airport


Founder of messaging app arrested at French airport

French authorities have continued to detain Telegram’s Russian-born founder and CEO Pavel Durov after arresting him on Saturday on an arrest warrant at Paris-Le Bourget airport. Authorities claimed Telegram’s tenuous restrictions on online free speech facilitated criminal activities, including money laundering and drug trafficking. The arrest sparked outrage against French authorities from free speech advocates […]

Sexy outfits of the china shop boss excite men, lead to wild scenes and force the closure


Sexy outfits of the china shop boss excite men, lead to wild scenes and force the closure

A shop owner in China who rose to online fame by wearing revealing outfits at work has been forced to close her business because she was attracting large crowds of mostly men. Red Star News reported that videos of the woman, who runs a small supermarket in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang province, were widely shared […]