California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.

How are authoritarians able to win over so many white people? And convince them that they’re better off with fewer rights and economic instability? And what will it take to beat them at their own game...

A jury of six men and six women on Friday awarded more than $13 million in damages to the seven women who accused Dominic Foppoli of sexual assaults going back to 2001.

At least two Teslas sustained significant damage, and one appeared to be completely gutted by the fire. Investigators with the Marin County Fire Investigation Team are now working to determine exactly...

The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.

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The California legislature passed Assembly Bill 1709 (A.B. 1709) today, which functions as a sweeping ban on social media use for young people under the age of 16. This well-intentioned, but deeply fl...

Noam Chomsky – friend of Epstein, defender of dictatorships – was no model anti-imperialist. Can we do better?

Since Carlton secured a wildcard berth on Sunday, a lot has happened in the footy world. Which means we really haven't been able to appreciate what Josh Fraser and the Blues have truly done, writes Rohan Connolly.

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Xavier Becerra, the Democratic nominee in California's gubernatorial race, admitted he was hopeful the antitrust lawsuit against the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger would settle before the sta...

As wine sales dip, it benefits anyone who cares about wine to reevaluate how we talk to and about each other.

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The tech industry is realizing it needs to build agents based on what regular consumers want, not just what its AI models can do.

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An Instagram post turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.

California lawmakers are advancing A.B. 2047 in the State Assembly within the next few weeks. The impact is surveillance, manufacturer lock-in, and censorship for all creators and in the state.

June 23, 2026 (Sacramento, CA) -- AB 1585 (Connolly & Ransom) was withdrawn from a Senate committee hearing this morning and will not be heard this

The disagreement over the wine label is a part of the larger debate for how to move the struggling industry forward.