STRIPES - Future USS Ted Stevens arrives at its homeport for the first time | Stars and Stripes
The arrival in Norfolk begins the ship’s transition from construction to the operational phase of testing and integration with the Navy fleet.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Entrepreneurs continue exodus as Washington state’s new income tax looms
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NYTIMES (David French) - We Need More ‘Rabid Partisans’ Like Shane Massey
Defeating a sclerotic rump of a party is no achievement. Instead, one-party rule enables corruption. It fosters stagnation.
WASHINGTONPOST (Annie Gowen) - A city’s AI license plate cameras led to an uproar and a state of emergency
In Troy, New York, residents and city officials are at odds over police use of Flock cameras, which some call a safety tool and others see as surveillance.
REDSTATE (Brad Essex) - THE ESSEX FILES: A Teacher Who Grounded Us in Real History
ABCNEWS - 3 dead as vehicle strikes pedestrians in Oakland, officials say
The driver and several others were injured, the Oakland Fire Department said.
NYTIMES (Brian Raftery) - The Creator of ‘Shrek!’ Never Got to See the Memes
The writer and illustrator William Steig lived several lives before his book about a surly ogre became a Hollywood hit.
NYTIMES (Erika Solomon and Falih Hassan) - In Iraqi Desert, Two Israeli Outposts Were Kept Secret for Months
Israel spent over a year preparing a covert site in Iraq for its operations against Iran, regional officials say. Iraqi officials later confirmed the existence of a second base.
NYTIMES (River Akira Davis) - The Iran War Is Crippling One of the World’s Wealthiest Nations
Iranian attacks have paralyzed Qatar’s vital gas exports and are stalling the tourism and business pivots that were intended to anchor its future growth.
NYTIMES (Jesse McKinley) - Want to See the Epstein Files in Print? Here Are the 3,437 Volumes.
Documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, taking up more than 3,400 volumes and weighing over eight tons, have been printed and bound for display in a TriBeCa gallery.