The Columbian

Camas City Council weighs pulling out of C-Tran over light rail and transportation board representation

CAMAS — The city of Camas may consider pulling out of C-Tran if the majority of the transit agency’s board favors light rail on the proposed Interstate 5 replacement bridge, Mayor Steve Hogan said ...
Yahoo

The National Guard troops deployed in D.C. will soon carry weapons, though reports show that they may have little use for them.

The National Guard troops deployed in Washington, D.C., will now carry firearms, following a new order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth’s order comes after President Donald Trump’s August ...
Dallas Morning News

Letters to the Editor — The GOP Party, Rep. Jeff Leach, redistricting, National Guard

Salman Bhojani, a Democrat who represents parts of Arlington, Euless and Bedford, was elected in 2022 as the first Muslim and first South Asian state representative in Texas. Re: “GOP leader targets ...
The New York Times

The C.E.O. of Duolingo Wants to Have a Conversation About A.I.

The language-learning app with more than 100 million users has embraced artificial intelligence but has also faced consumer backlash for it. By Jordyn Holman Reporting from Duolingo’s Pittsburgh ...
CSOonline

GPT-5 jailbroken hours after launch using ‘Echo Chamber’ and Storytelling exploit

NeuralTrust says GPT-5 was jailbroken within hours of launch using a blend of ‘Echo Chamber’ and storytelling tactics that hid malicious goals in harmless-looking narratives. Just hours after OpenAI ...
The Washington Post

Trump says crime in D.C. is out of control. Here’s what the data shows.

Crime in D.C. and nationwide is declining from pandemic-era spikes. But individual incidents can shake residents and capture the president’s attention. President Donald Trump said at a news conference ...
MSNBC

Texas is using an old playbook to try to erase Democratic representation

We’ve seen this playbook before. After the 2020 election, Donald Trump infamously called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and asked him to “find 11,780 votes.” Now, he’s calling on Texas ...
City Limits

‘We Cracked The Code’: First Hotel-to-Housing Conversion Using State Program To Open in Queens

A pandemic-era program aimed to facilitate hotel and office to affordable housing conversions. After a slow start, and numerous financing and design challenges, its first project is opening in Queens.
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Amherst developer, Hadley farmer pitch duel-use solar array with 1,248 panels on River Drive parcel

Amherst solar developer Jake Marley and Hadley farmer Joe Czajkowski are proposing a new agrivoltaic project on farmland on River Drive similar to this existing array in a field at Czajkowski Farm in ...
Business Wire

Healthfirst Receives Award for Program at High-Volume Substance Use Facilities Supporting Members’ Transition Back to Communities

Critical Program Achieves 14 Percent Reduction in Readmissions Among Members; Seeks to Help Address Ongoing Behavioral Health Crisis in New York Healthfirst Care Managers and Peer Support Specialists ...
The New York Times

Why a Vaccine Expert Left the C.D.C.: ‘Americans Are Going to Die’

Dr. Fiona Havers is influential among researchers who study immunizations. The wholesale dismissal of the agency’s scientific advisers crossed the line, she said. By Apoorva Mandavilli In 13 years at ...