GitHub and digital rights group EFF have filed briefs supporting stream-ripping site Yout.com in its legal battle with the RIAA. GitHub warns that the lower court’s decision threatens to criminalize the work of many other developers. The EFF, meanwhile…
Cristian Javier, Astros agree to $64M, 5-year contract
Pitcher Cristian Javier and the Houston Astros agreed to a $64 million, five-year contract that avoided a salary arbitration hearing.
An 85-year Harvard study found the No. 1 thing that makes us happy in life: It helps us ‘live longer’
In 1938, Harvard researchers embarked on a decades-long study to find out: What is the secret to a happy life? Contrary to what think, it’s not career achievement, money, exercise, or a healthy diet.
Stevens: No surgery expected for Brown after facial fracture
Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens says he doesn’t anticipate All-Star Jaylen Brown missing a significant amount of time after suffering a broken bone in his face.
Indiana jail officer fired after inmate hit during struggle
A white correctional officer in southwestern Indiana who is seen in body camera footage punching a Black inmate during a struggle has been fired.
Melbourne man second Australian dead in earthquake
A Melbourne man has been confirmed as the second Australian to die in the Turkey- Syria earthquake, as the death toll passes 23,000.
Archives wanted Boston Biden docs, not believed classified
As the National Archives became aware of classified documents in President Joe Biden’s old office at a Washington think tank, Archives officials were also interested in papers that had been shipped to a law office in Boston by the president’s personal …