Once upon a time, council members won their jobs, busied themselves with things like zoning, street repairs and business promotion, and stayed on at City Hall for years.
Strong gusts leave thousands without power in Puget Sound region
The National Weather Service said gusty winds and rainfall are expected through Saturday with a frontal system that pushed onshore Friday.
A Giant Balloon Was Spotted in Montana. It’s All Anyone Can Talk About.
A Chinese balloon has been raising a lot of questions for people who live under its path. “I did see it, and it should have been shot,” said a barbecue chef in Billings, Mont.
Oregon county unveils plan to house homeless people in Portland
The Portland plan builds off the 2022 Move In Multnomah pilot and lessons from Seattle’s Housing Command Center. The initial focus is to house 300 people.
Judge Uses ChatGPT To Make Court Decision
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A judge in Colombia used ChatGPT to make a court ruling, in what is apparently the first time a legal decision has been made with the help of an AI text generator — or at least, the first time we k…
Jury clears Elon Musk of wrongdoing related to Tesla tweets
Jurors found the Tesla CEO didn’t mislead investors in claiming he had lined up funding to take the car company public.
Elon Musk Found Not Guilty Of Fraud Over 2018 Tesla Tweet
Jurors in San Francisco decided on Friday that Elon Musk did not commit fraud with 2018 tweets falsely claiming that he had funding in place to take Tesla private.
Sudan demands United Nations immediately lift arms embargo
Sudan is demanding that the U.N. Security Council immediately lift an arms embargo and other sanctions imposed during violence in the western Darfur region in 2005
Sudan demands United Nations immediately lift arms embargo
Sudan is demanding that the U.N. Security Council immediately lift an arms embargo and other sanctions imposed during violence in the western Darfur region in 2005.