A Missouri man is charged with bringing a gun to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Investigators say he lost the gun on the day of the riot, and they traced it back to him.
Dawan Ferguson was found guilty on multiple charges of sexually abusing two children over several years. He was also convicted last month of killing his disabled son.
The Washington Post is anticipating the upcoming new school year with alarm. Today's headline warns us that "America faces catastrophic teacher shortage." As usual, I'm suspicious of stories that are all anecdote and no data, so let's take a look at some basic data. This was released yesterday and takes us through June: "Net hires" ...continue reading "Are we facing a catastrophic teacher shortage?"
A couple of weeks ago, Techdirt wrote about how an anonymous user had put up for sale the data of an estimated one billion Chinese citizens, probably obtained from the Shanghai police. Back then, what exactly had happened was a little unclear — not least because the Chinese authorities were shutting down any discussion of […]
An emergency response center set up to help victims of last week's flood was closed early as another round of heavy rain and winds rolled through the greater St. Louis region Wednesday afternoon.