The controversy over Texas state Rep. James Talarico’s alleged comment about one of his former Democratic opponents has exposed some of the racial divides unfolding in the party's Senate primary, with ...

The tense Texas Democratic Senate primary has been roiled by yet another online firestorm after an influencer accused state Rep. James Talarico of calling a former opponent a “mediocre Black man” — a ...

The children's entertainer says it was an accident. Her critics say it points to a pattern. By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer Children’s entertainer Rachel Accurso, known to millions of families as Ms ...

Raquel Pacheco began recording on her phone Monday as she opened her front door to the pair of police officers standing outside. They told her they had questions about a Facebook comment she had ...

Scammers are flooding LinkedIn posts this week with fake "reply" comments that appear to come from the platform itself, warning users of bogus policy violations and urging them to visit an external ...

Years ago, New York Times columnist Gail Collins visited The Seattle Times newsroom while in town for a speaking engagement. It was at the height of the establishment of the Doctrine against ...

During their first meeting of 2026, commissioners on the Livingston County Board appointed new leadership and discussed possible changes to public comment procedure. The meeting Jan. 5 saw officials ...

Scottsdale is considering a proposal to limit public comment at City Council meetings. The proposed changes would reduce speaking time and cap the number of speakers for non-agenda items. This move ...

Laila Goody and Pia Tjelta star in the Norwegian film with 'Wag the Dog' vibes that made its international debut at Tallinn: "It's very important in a democracy to make fun of the people with the ...

Supporters of the decision argued public comment had become disruptive and weaponized, while opponents called it an essential bond with constituents. The vote followed a complaint accusing ...

For this report, Reddit posts and comments were classified using the following prompts to GPT-4.1 mini. The prompts were designed to mirror the codebooks that our research team used to create the ...

Facebook doesn’t like this feature anymore. Meta is doing away with two of Facebook’s external social plugins at the beginning of next year, By February 10, 2026, the social media platform will ...