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Looking back: O’Donnell School of Public Health commencement: Center Times Plus, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

The Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health (OSPH) celebrated its second commencement ceremony on May 13 in the Tom and Lula Gooch Auditorium, marking an exciting milestone for the school and its newest graduates from the Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), Master of Science in Health Informatics (M.S.H.I.), and Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (M.S.C.I.) programs.

Jun 5 • 4:48 PM EDT • Health • utsouthwestern.edu

Fecteau orders Maine House investigation

The committee last met in 2021 when it voted to reprimand former Paris Rep. John Andrews, who at the time was a Libertarian, for refusing to wear a face covering on the House floor.

Jun 5 • 10:16 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Arson investigation underway after fire outside health facility in Camden County

An arson investigation is underway after a fire outside a health facility in Camden County, New Jersey.

Jun 4 • 4:41 PM EDT • Health • 6abc.com

Radial Entertainment Greenlights 20 New Episodes of 'FBI Files' True Crime Series

Content distributor Radial Entertainment June 4 announced that production is underway on 20 new episodes of the true crime series “The FBI Files.” Bright North Studios, backed by Jeff Zucker-led RedBird IMI, will produce the new episodes. Produced in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, “The FBI Files” follows agents as they investigate the … Continue reading "Radial Entertainment Greenlights 20 New Episodes of ‘FBI Files’ True Crime Series"

Jun 4 • 1:37 PM EDT • Entertainment • mediaplaynews.com

AOC-backed Dem connected to Twin Towers bombing terrorist faces congressional pressure after primary win

Rep. Michael Lawler says he will seek a full investigation of Democratic primary winner Adam Hamawy over his ties to Blind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman.

Jun 4 • 1:00 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

New details revealed of Epstein assistant’s abuse allegations as GOP lawmakers call for DOJ investigation

House Oversight Chair James Comer and other Republican lawmakers are calling on the Justice Department to investigate allegations involving two men accused of sexually abusing Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistant, according to a letter provided first to CNN.

Jun 4 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

The cult of objectivity has broken consciousness science

With 22 competing theories and no consensus in sight, the science of consciousness is lost. In this exclusive IAI interview, Berkeley psychedelics researcher and bestselling author of a new book on consciousness Michael Pollan insists that even though consciousness lies beyond traditional forms of scientific investigation, we should resist becoming dualists who see it as something radically different from ordinary stuff in the world. Instead, he makes the case for reimagining science itself: it must stop reaching for objective descriptions of physical reality, and instead embrace subjectivity as the indispensable core of all inquiry. Alasdair Craig: How did your experiences with psychedelics get you interested in consciousness?Michael Pollan: One of the things that happens on psychedelics is that they foreground consciousness. What formerly seemed perfectly transparent and ever present—and yet, non-existent, as water is to fish—suddenly you see it. The metaphor I use in the book is that psychedelics sponge the windscreen. Suddenly you realize: wow, there’s a windscreen, there is this phenomenon that’s mediating my relationship to reality. This is not an unusual realization on psychedelics. I think a lot of people are called to think about consciousness after psychedelic experiences. So that was the proximate inspiration for A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness (2026).And then there was a more specific way in which psychedelics influence the book. That was a particular experience I had on psilocybin. I had the sensation that the plants in my garden were conscious and returning my gaze, with their own point of view and agency, and I got curious as to how to evaluate an insight like that. I mean, what’s the truth quotient of insights you have on psychedelics? And I was reading William James—who, of course, wrote beautifully about mystical experience—and he said, we can’t judge the metaphysics here, but we should pay attention to two criteria: (1) How useful is it to think this is true? He was a pragmatist, of course. And (2) can we subject it to other ways of knowing to validate it? Because maybe we should treat these insights as hypotheses. And that’s kind of how I approach psychedelics, as a great generator of hypotheses, but they need to be tested against other ways of knowing. And so that led me down this long path exploring the science of plant intelligence and plant sentience.AC: I love your phrase, “smudging the windowpane of conscious experience.” So do you now start to think, actually, even when I’m not on psychedelics, I’m just seeing a screen all the time, which is not reality, but rather is my conscious experience, behind which reality is hidden?MP: Well, you know, not when I’m brushing my teeth and making breakfast! But yes, in meditation, certainly. I mean, one of the things you realize is that my experience happens to be this way now, but it could be another way. And many things can affect it. My morning coffee changes the screen in various ways, sharpens certain things.___The only tool we have to understand consciousness is consciousness.___There’s this wonderful metaphor in Aldous Huxley’s book, The Doors of Perception, where he thinks we channel consciousness, and that what the brain does is edit it, and there’s a reducing valve. And psychedelics open the reducing valve wider. I don’t know that I’m ready to buy into the idea that consciousness exists outside brains, but I do love that metaphor because there are times when you are more conscious than others. I know I’ve switched from window pane to valve, but you know, a camera aperture can open wider or narrower. And I do have a sense of that. I have a sense of when I’m being less conscious, and when I’m being more conscious, by which I mean, you know, more present, taking in more sensory information. So when you start thinking about consciousness as a matter of degree, that changes things also.I think when we scroll on social media, obviously, we’re conscious. But minimally so, because we don’t have to generate our own thoughts. We’re basically taking these little hits from other people and thinking their thoughts.The process of writing this book made me kind of relativize everyday consciousness as just one type, which is exactly what William James said. Normal consciousness is one type, separated by the flimsiest of screens from the other types.AC: If we stick with the metaphor of the smudge on the window that you get when you take psychedelics, it seems like we’re saying that consciousness has become like an object that you’re looking at, right? You’re looking at the smudge and that just is consciousness. But sometimes we’ll talk about consciousness as a state that you’re in, rather than an object you can perceive. You’re either conscious or you’re not conscious. So it’s difficult to really know what sort of thing we’re talking about when we talk about consciousness, right?MP: Yeah. When you say that consciousness is an object, what’s the subject? Consciousness also? The only tool we have to understand consciousness is consciousness. So we’re in a closed loop and when we get a perspective on consciousness, we’re not achieving any distance from it. That’s one of the problems with studying consciousness. Science is predicated on an objective, God’s eye view of things, and you never get that. There’s no such thing. SUGGESTED VIEWING The brain filters consciousness With Àlex Gómez-Marín But, yeah, there is this sense, I think, that consciousness is something you can approach. Certainly, when you’re writing and trying to recreate a conscious experience, it’s a fiction, but you’re standing back from it, and looking at it. But there’s no real subject-object distinction.AC: That’s so interesting, because when philosophers start talking about consciousness, they often talk about what they call “qualia”, which is their word for the felt experience of, say, the color red. And I think that way of speaking often makes us think of the qualia as an object, which you can see out there: the redness of red. But, as you say, we also want to collapse the subject-object distinction when we talk about consciousness. So there’s something strange going on here…MP: Oh, yeah, there are many strange things going on! *AC: Let’s talk about the varieties of consciousness. Apart from perceptions, there are, pains, emotions, thoughts, and so on. What is it that holds all this diversity together so that they all count as instances of consciousness? What is it that they all have in common?MP: Yeah, that’s a really good question. I mean, there is sensory information, right? Which we perceive coming from the world outside ourselves. And then there’s internal information, which is what’s called interoception. And this is very important too. This is where feelings come from—what are sometimes called homeostatic feelings—that are intended to get the brain to keep us in these narrow ranges of temperature and glucose and so on. That’s a very important part of consciousness. And according to some researchers, who I think are probably right, this is where consciousness begins, with these very primal feelings, like hunger and thirst and warmth and itch, and things like that. And then there’s this third thing, which is our thinking about thinking.And what holds all this together is, I think, the sense of self. Consciousness generates a self: it is probably an organizing principle. All this stuff is happening to the self. It’s a construct, I think, but it is very useful. It can connect all these different streams of consciousness to a single being or a place, metaphorically speaking.* AC: The first half of your book is about the science of consciousness. Is consciousness just another thing, like black holes or the origin of life, which we don’t yet understand, but which we should have every hope that science will one day get to the bottom of, or is there something special about consciousness that makes this unlikely?MP: It depends how you define science. As we define science now, it’s going be very difficult. Science since Galileo has had a set of rules or assumptions, which is that the proper remit of science is to deal with the objective, quantifiable, third-person world. And the physical sciences have done amazing work under that set of limitations. Galileo—for tactical reasons, not for philosophical reasons—said science should not deal with the soul, which at the time was what consciousness was considered to be. So what is subjective, what is qualitative, what is first person, we’re going to leave to the church, he said. And this was a good agreement, and it probably kept many scientists from getting burned at the stake. But it leaves science in an awkward spot, now that it wants to venture into that territory of qualities, of first-person experience. And I don’t think it has the proper tools. I think it will have to add to its toolkit in some way, and find a way to bring in phenomenology, or lived experience and introspection, which science is usually dismissive of.The challenge—we alluded to it earlier—is that the only tool you have to study consciousness with is consciousness. And what I mean by that is, the whole scientific enterprise is a manifestation of consciousness. As much as scientists like to flatter themselves with this idea that they attain a godlike perspective on what they study, when it comes to consciousness, there’s no such thing. And it’s fine for all the things you can step outside of and study from that perspective. But two areas it won’t work are consciousness and cosmology.___It could be that we live in this anomaly of not believing nature is conscious. And maybe psychedelics are teaching us something we’ve forgotten.___With cosmology, too, you have to study the universe from inside the universe. It’s not that cosmologists haven’t made progress. We know a lot about the age of the universe and expansion and things like that. But we can’t penetrate what happened before the Big Bang. We just don’t have the tools because we can’t stand outside.The fact that there are 22 full-scale theories of consciousness tells you all you need to know: we’re kind of lost. And I was surprised to find that we are more lost than I thought we were when I started this. I thought that there’d be leading theories, or that we had experiments that we could conduct that would nail some of this down. And the fact is, we don’t.So, I don’t know if science can solve it. But, of course, we can change the rules of science. A really influential book for me was a book called The Blind Spot, by two physicists, Marcello Gleiser and Adam Frank, and a philosopher, Evan Thompson. It’s a reminder that science is a social practice. It’s organized in a certain way and it can be organized in a different way. But it has this huge blind spot at the center of it, which is its failure to recognize that it is a form of consciousness itself, and it doesn’t have a good way of taking account of lived experience.AC: On the one hand, I think you want to resist traditional dualism, which would say that consciousness is something magical, something supernatural, right? But on the other hand, you’re accepting that there is this division in reality between the stuff that you can investigate objectively and measure, and so on—the stuff that science has been good at finding out about—and consciousness, which, for some reason, you can’t objectively measure. Some would take this to suggest that the dualism is actually right. Is there a way of reconciling these two strands of your thinking?MP: To call it magical is full of value judgement. I mean, you could just say immaterial. The interesting thing is, I think, that intuitively we’re all dualists. And I don’t know whether that’s because we’re children of Descartes and other cultures are less dualist than we are. Or it may be because that’s how consciousness feels. It feels different than the body. It feels separate from the body. But I don’t think we should trust that intuition.AC: So let’s think about ways that science might be changed to get at consciousness. I suppose the starting point would be the way that you begin the second half of your book. You have this nice line from William James, where he says, “We now begin our study of the mind from within.” Could you give us some sense of the ways of studying the mind from within? What does this involve?MP: I don’t know what that science looks like. But one of the points I’m making is that it depends on the humanities. I found that I learned as much, if not more, about consciousness, from reading novels and poetry. There is a sense of the fullness and complexity of consciousness that you don’t get in any scientific account. I interviewed this stream-of-consciousness writer and I approached her as an expert on consciousness, and she is. So I think that dialogue is really important.I’m reading Ben Lerner’s new novel, Transcription. Just read the first page of this novel: it’s a man falling asleep on a train, going to conduct an interview, and there is the experience of being in the train, facing backwards, there’s the view outside, but there’s a reflection of himself through which he’s seeing outside. There’s the memory of dropping his kids off at school. All this is going on in one moment of consciousness. Scientists aren’t going anywhere near that. But I think it’s useful for them to think about. That’s where we’re trying to go: like, how does such a layered experience happen? You know, it also makes you wonder, could a computer ever do this? And it gives you some doubt.*AC: Before we get to computers, perhaps we could talk briefly about plants. How did you come to feel that they are sentient?MP: Well, it was a psychedelic experience, and it’s not unusual on psychedelics. In fact, there’ve been studies about how people become animists during psychedelic experience. Their belief in animism arises after a single psychedelic experience.You know, most scientists would say this is all a myth. But we have only 400 years of the age of enlightenment and science. Before that, we were animists, and if you go around the world, most indigenous cultures are still animists, and children are animists, by and large, until they go to school. So it could be that we live in this anomaly of not believing nature is conscious. And maybe psychedelics are teaching us something we’ve forgotten.As I said, I wanted to test this idea, and see whether there was conventional scientific evidence for it. And there’s fascinating work going on in a field that calls itself—in a rather cheeky way—plant neurobiology. These are people who fully realize there are no neurons in plants, but they’re trolling conventional botanists! And they’re doing experiments that are demonstrating that plants can learn and remember, which is kind of amazing: how do you store a memory without neurons? They’re finding plants that can solve problems, that can hear and see. In fact, they have 20 senses to our five or six. For example, a bean plant looking for something to twine, and given a pole within eight inches or so of it, knows where that pole is and will aim its spiraling reach at that pole. What is that about? Is it bouncing signals off of it?One of the spookiest things is the fact that the same anesthetics that put us out put plants out. You might think that plants are already out, but they’re not. They’re just slow. If you take a plant with a fast behavior, like a Venus flytrap, and give it an anesthetic, it will stop reacting. So you have to ask yourself, what is lost when the plant is anaesthetized? Some state of alertness, of awareness, of its environment, of reactivity. I’m not prepared to call that consciousness, but maybe it’s sentience—which is a simpler form of consciousness, and involves the ability to sense what’s going on in your environment and assess what’s good and bad for you and act appropriately. That may be a universal quality of life.AC: Let’s turn from plants to AI. You point out that LLMs are trained on the internet rather than direct interactions with reality. You put this really nicely when you say the internet is not the world so much as a shadow cast by the world. So LLMs are living in this kind of shadow world, or in Plato’s cave, as you put it. What’s the significance of this for AI consciousness and moral consideration? And, to recall the beginning of our conversation, if we’re stuck behind a veil or screen of consciousness, are we also stuck in a kind of shadow world?MP: I don’t think they’re the same shadow worlds because our world includes nature and other people. And even if it’s mediated in some ways... There is a reality out there, and we are in relation to it, through consciousness. There’s friction with it. What’s missing from the LLMs is that friction with the real world. There’s more to the world than human representation, which is what they’re dealing with. And that means that so far, AI is a cultural technology for combining thoughts we’ve already had. SUGGESTED VIEWING Cracking the code for thought With Roger Penrose, Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, Max Tegmark, Güneş Taylor Genuine creativity is more than collage. A lot of what AI does now is tantamount to collage, putting this with that and you know, that’s part of art, certainly. But there are also genuinely new ideas that come into the world that don’t come in through manipulating the representations we already have. So it remains to be seen whether AIs can be truly creative in that more radical sense.But my arguments against AI becoming conscious have to do with the fact that the idea of AI consciousness is based on this faulty metaphor that the brain is a computer. There are dimensions in which the brain is like a computer—it certainly does its share of computation. But computers have this sharp distinction between hardware and software, and brains don’t. In a brain, hardware and software are identical. Every memory is a physical change to the brain. Brains are not interchangeable in the way computers are. So this idea that you could take the consciousness out and somehow run it on another substrate, a silicon substrate, seems foolhardy.Anyway, it’s a more extended argument, and I may be wrong. And when we move to computers that aren’t based on silicon—neuromorphic computers and things like that—all bets may be off.AC: Regarding your point about LLMs being stuck in the world of our representations—the internet or whatever—and not being able to interact with reality, are these representations, the world of the internet, themselves part of reality? We’ve created the internet, but it’s still a real thing that exists. And so while the LLMs may be trapped within that part of reality, they’re nevertheless within reality and interacting with it and so on. So it’s not obvious that there’s a barrier there to them becoming conscious and being creative.MP: Yeah, I mean, if our consciousness is built out of human culture, which is what we’re talking about with all those representations. But I tend to think consciousness comes a bit more out of nature and friction with the natural world, but...AC: So there’s a fundamental divide between the natural world and human artefacts?MP: And we lose track of that, and especially people in this computer world. You know, the people who are creating these AI systems, my guess is they’ve been into video games since the age of three, and they didn’t go outside a lot. And their own contact with nature is somewhat limited. I could be wrong, it’d be a very interesting thing to ask, all the wizards of AI, whether they like to go fishing and hiking and do things like that. Or were they on computers from a very early age? I interviewed Blake Lemoine, the Google engineer who came to believe that LaMDA, the Google LLM out at the time, was conscious and deserved personhood. It was very clear that he didn’t see a distinction between this bubble in which he lived and the real world. And I think we’ve all been distanced from the natural world, and this is taking us even further away. But it’s still there, you know, and we still have bodies, and we’re still mortal, and we don’t live in a simulation.AC: I think that’s a great place to finish. Michael Pollan, thank you very much!

Jun 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • iai.tv

Fixing in sport: The Relegation King – ‘Only politics and drug trafficking are more lucrative than match-fixing’

The Athletic's eight-month investigation into fixing looks at the way one fixer sought to destroy Brazilian clubs from the inside

Jun 3 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com

Fixing in sport: ‘I don’t want to get us killed’ – How suspected cartel money corrupted Australian soccer

The Athletic's eight-month investigation into fixing details the way a group of Australian players were corrupted

Jun 3 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com

George Santos faces DOJ, CFTC probes over Kalshi trades

George Santos is under investigation by the DOJ and CFTC for alleged insider trading on Kalshi, a prediction market platform.

Jun 2 • 8:09 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

L.A. Rep. Jimmy Gomez reportedly faces House investigation over sexual misconduct allegations

The investigation came after the New York Post reported that the five-term congressman had been spotted kissing a much younger congressional staffer from a different office in 2023.

Jun 2 • 5:33 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com

The methodology of an AP-KFF Health News investigation into medical neglect at ICE detention centers

KFF Health News and The Associated Press have been investigating allegations of medical neglect from people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the second Trump administration.

Jun 2 • 9:07 AM EDT • Health • seattletimes.com

The methodology of an AP-KFF Health News investigation into medical neglect at ICE detention centers

Jun 2 • 9:06 AM EDT • Health • 10tv.com

Trump Targets Brazil with 25% Tariff, Citing Unfair Trade Practices

The proposal marks the latest effort by the administration to rebuild its tariff agenda through Section 301 investigations.

Jun 2 • 3:23 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com

Vanderbilt Health study explores GLP-1 therapies to improve asthma outcomes in patients with obesity

The study is still recruiting participants. It will conclude in 2026 and provide insight for further investigations into the role GLP-1 agonists may offer in treating respiratory illnesses and overall immune responses.

Jun 1 • 9:33 AM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org

CZR Investors Have the Opportunity to Join Investigation of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. with the Schall Law Firm

The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces that it is investigating claims on behalf

May 31 • 5:05 PM EDT • Entertainment • mykxlg.com

CZR Investors Have the Opportunity to Join Investigation of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. with the Schall Law Firm

CZR Investors Have the Opportunity to Join Investigation of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. with the Schall Law Firm

May 31 • 5:05 PM EDT • Entertainment • businesswire.com

Brendan Sorsby gambling investigation: Judge to rule on Texas Tech QB's injunction to regain NCAA eligibility

A judge will decide Monday whether to grant Sorsby an injunction amidst a gambling investigation

May 31 • 11:46 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com

Rep. Derek Tran explains next steps following chemical tank crisis in Orange County

Democratic Congressman Derek Tran says oversight and an investigation is coming after a toxic chemical tank issue put his community in Garden Grove on edge for days.

May 31 • 11:25 AM EDT • Politics • kcra.com

Cabell County Commission calling for investigation after escapes from mental health facility

The Commission is sending a letter to the Governor's Office, hoping more can be done to prevent escapes and to notify people faster when there's potential danger.

May 29 • 5:32 PM EDT • Health • wsaz.com

Richmond woman convicted of defrauding Waynesboro business after guilty plea

Anne Ferguson was convicted of three counts of embezzlement following a 2024 investigation by Waynesboro police and a guilty plea.

May 29 • 2:56 PM EDT • Business • whsv.com

Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation

A public spat between Microsoft and an independent security researcher reopens a long-running debate over who is responsible for securing software.

May 29 • 1:03 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com

Chicago prosecutor denies investigation into E. Jean Carroll, disputing reports

Multiple reports said the Justice Department was investigating whether she had lied during the course of civil litigation against Trump

May 29 • 8:47 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Key things to know ahead of Pam Bondi’s interview with House committee about her handling of the Epstein files

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to give a closed-door interview Friday over her handling of the federal government’s investigation into the late, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.

May 28 • 6:31 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

The real lesson of the E. Jean Carroll investigation is Trump’s weakness

Trump’s war on his enemies keeps running into the same problem.

May 28 • 2:00 PM EDT • Politics • vox.com

GOP lawmakers urge Treasury to press ahead with probe of Hasan Piker over Cuba trip

U.S. lawmakers push for a full investigation of influencer Hasan Piker over his Cuba trip as a Jewish advocacy group alleges FARA violations.

May 28 • 10:34 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

The shocking cost of youth sports in New Jersey

New investigation reveals a predatory industry preying on well-meaning parents, leaving them broke and exhausted

May 28 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • nj.com

DOJ opens investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll

The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to her two civil lawsuits against the president. CNN’s Paula Reid reports.

May 27 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Exclusive: Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll

The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

May 27 • 7:05 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Caesars Entertainment Data Breach Lawsuit Investigation

If you were affected by the Caesars Entertainment data breach, you may be entitled to compensation.

May 27 • 12:31 PM EDT • Entertainment • claimdepot.com

Spain police enter PM Sanchez’s Socialist Party HQ in corruption probe

Spanish police enter governing party's headquarters in Madrid as the corruption cases circle PM Sanchez's government.

May 27 • 8:06 AM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com

Trump lashes out at Biden over suing DOJ to hide interview audio files

Former President Biden sues the Justice Department to block audio recordings from special counsel Robert Hur's classified documents investigation.

May 27 • 7:23 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

How Donald Trump is insulating himself from future investigations

The deal that President Donald Trump reached with his own administration to set-up an “anti-weaponization fund” for his allies is the latest example of how his second stint in the White House has focused on undermining checks on presidential power and insulating himself from future investigations.

May 27 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Savannah PD investigates death at business in the 2600 block of Seaboard Coastline Dr.

he Savannah Police Department is currently conducting a death investigation at a business in the 2600 block of Seaboard Coastline Dr.

May 26 • 4:40 PM EDT • Business • wtoc.com

Bari Weiss: Think For Yourself, Not By Yourself

When we launched The Free Press, the plan was simple: Tell the truth plainly, and let readers come to their own conclusions. I thought there would be a sizable enough group of people who would pay the cost of one coffee a month to read high-quality news and opinion journalism. But what happened next surprised even me. Yes, you came for the stories—for the investigations, essays, debates, interviews, podcasts, and arguments. But over the past few years, you also found one another. I’ve watched strangers become friends in the lobby before our debates. I’ve seen people trade numbers after live recordings of Honestly, launch businesses after Free Press dinners, fall in love after our meetups—even get married (!?), and say some version of the same sentence over and over again: I thought I was the only one. We live in the most connected age in history, and yet, millions of people feel isolated, alienated, politically homeless, and starved for real conversation. We have followers and no neighbors. Algorithms instead of interlocutors. Our social media feeds are like troughs, but what we really need is a table to gather around. The Free Press is a publication, yes, but it is also a gathering place for independent minds. So today, I’m thrilled to share our new investment in you. We are launching a new world of community experiences for our paid subscribers, designed to bring _Free Press_ers together online and in real life. Introducing Our Community Launch The Free Press Forum Our new digital home for paid subscribers, the Forum, is now live. This is where _Free Press_ers can meet, debate, recommend, organize, joke, argue, and converse like civilized people. Imagine that. This is not social media as you know it. No bots. No algorithmic rage bait. No performative nonsense. Just smart people talking to one another. Inside the Forum, you’ll find conversations on the things our readers already care about most: the issues of the day, recommendations (books, music, travel), work and networking, parenting, dating, and where to find your people—online and in real life. Jump in! Introduce yourself and join the first conversations in the Free Press Forum here. You’ll also find announcements from us (paid subscribers are first to hear!) and our writers, hosting regular Ask Me Anythings (AMAs)—live conversations where subscribers can ask questions, push back, and continue the discussion beyond the page. This Thursday, subscribers can chat with our brilliant reporter, culture vulture, and co-founder Suzy Weiss. Friday, I’ll be lending you Nellie Bowles, queen of TGIF, to answer subscriber questions live. Read more about The Forum directly from Nellie here. The Free Press Supper Club The best part of being a _Free Press_er is meeting other _Free Press_ers. So we’re inviting you all to dinner to do just that. It’s part salon, part blind date, part old-fashioned dinner party. Here’s how it works: You answer a short questionnaire. We match you with a small group of _Free Press_ers in your city. We send you to a great restaurant. You show up for supper. The rest is up to you. Your next best friend, co-founder, or future spouse may already be waiting at the table. Learn more and sign up here for our first Supper Club in 12 cities in three countries taking place on June 18. Don’t see your city? Raise your hand if you’d like a Free Press Supper Club near you. Yes, St. Louis—we hear you. The Free Press Retreats and Excursions We’re also building something new for 2027: immersive experiences for Free Press readers who want to continue the conversation trailside, poolside, or around a fire long after dessert. The Free Press Retreat will be an intimate long weekend built around big ideas, outdoor adventure, great meals, and the kinds of discussions that happen when curious people spend meaningful time together. Bring your spouse, your parents, your children—or come on your own. Free Press Excursions will take us farther afield: curated trips with Free Press writers and contributors exploring places that help explain the world we live in, from the battlefields of Gettysburg and Normandy to the Vatican in Rome. We’ll share more details this summer. If you’d like an early look when these experiences open for registration, show your interest here.**A Note to Our Subscribers** These new offerings exist because of our paying subscribers. If you’re already one: Thank you. You built this. And you keep us going. If you’ve been reading us for free and wondering whether to join, this is a very good time. For a short while only, we’re offering a rare 20 percent discount for you to join our community as a paid subscriber. You’ll unlock everything we publish, plus exclusive access to our members-only Forum, Supper Clubs, and more insider perks. Thinking for yourself shouldn’t mean thinking by yourself. See you there. —Bari

May 26 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • thefp.com

Blue Origin cleared to launch New Glenn rocket again after FAA investigation

Blue Origin can now prepare for New Glenn’s fourth flight after the FAA cleared it for launch.

May 26 • 4:32 AM EDT • Technology • engadget.com

Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Cleared For Launch After Suffering Malfunction

The company wrapped up an investigation into the rocket's recent failure to deliver its payload.

May 25 • 5:21 PM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com

Politics Unplugged (Full Episode) May 23, 2026

This week on Politics Unplugged, Colton Shone talks with former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez about his run for Congress and taking on Rep. Eli Crane in the fall. Then, consultants Marcus Dell’Artino and Chuck Coughlin discuss the incumbents ousted in Tempe and nationwide, with a Democratic Socialist elected to the Tempe City Council. Finally, Marcus and Chuck break down the investigation into former sheriff Mark Lamb, accused of inappropriate conduct with women online.

May 23 • 7:15 PM EDT • Politics • azfamily.com

Law enforcement authorities are responding to reports of shots fired near White House

An investigation is ongoing.

May 23 • 7:12 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

Rockville Centre business owner charged with unlawful surveillance of massage therapy room

The investigation also revealed that illegal massages were also being conducted at the location, according to police.

May 23 • 6:14 AM EDT • Business • longisland.news12.com

5 Takeaways From a Times Investigation on Autism Therapy Clinics

A rapidly growing industry often overprescribes treatment to young children with autism, who spend as many as 40 hours a week at the facilities.

May 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com

Missing 'Virgin River' actor Stewart McLean found dead at 45 amid homicide investigation

Stewart McLean, the Canadian actor known for his work on such TV series as 'Virgin River' and 'Arrow,' has been found dead at 45 a week after going missing.

May 22 • 10:34 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

Blue Origin completes investigation into New Glenn launch failure

Blue Origin has completed the investigation into the failure on the third flight of its New Glenn rocket, clearing launches of the vehicle to resume.

May 22 • 10:32 PM EDT • Technology • spacenews.com

NYC health department investigates Legionnaires' cases in East Village

Residents of Haven Plaza apartments have been advised not to take showers, pending an investigation of the water supply.

May 22 • 3:00 PM EDT • Health • gothamist.com

Mariposa Medical Office Building expands specialty care access in major health corridor

WOAI NBC News Channel 4 San Antonio provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, investigations, and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for San Antonio and nearby towns and communities in South Central Texas, including Windcrest, Uvalde, Universal City, Somerset, Seguin, Schertz, San Marcos, Sabinal, Poth, Poteet, Pleasanton, Pearsall, New Braunfels, Live Oak, Kerrville, Hondo, Helotes, Goliad, Fredericksburg, Floresville, Eagle Pass, Devine, Del Rio, Cuero, Crystal City, Converse, Cibolo, Castroville, Carrizo Springs, Boerne, Bandera.

May 22 • 2:48 PM EDT • Health • news4sanantonio.com

Denver, Boulder prosecutors call congressional immigration probe ‘political theater’

Elected officials in Denver and Boulder are pushing back after the U.S. House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into their immigration policies, as part of a broader probe targeting “sanctuary” jurisdictions nationwide. On May 20, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, issued letters to the district attorneys, sheriffs and police […]

May 21 • 6:29 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com

15 individuals indicted in alleged health-care fraud scheme in Minnesota

The Justice Department on Thursday announced that 15 people were charged in connection to an alleged $90 million healthcare scheme in Minnesota following a joint investigation with the FBI. “The de…

May 21 • 5:27 PM EDT • Health • thehill.com

As losses from scams surge, Congress asks telecoms to do more to prevent them

A powerful congressional committee is urging major telecommunications companies to do more to protect Americans against scams, part of a widening investigation into the role that U.S. companies play in the surge in cyberscams that cost Americans an estimated $200 billion in 2024.

May 21 • 3:43 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

2 arrested in Toledo human trafficking investigation at business tied to prior prostitution stings

May 20 • 4:26 PM EDT • Business • wtol.com

Ex-prosecutor charged over handling of sealed Smith report on Trump classified files probe

A former federal prosecutor in Florida sent to her personal email account a special counsel report from the investigation into President Donald Trump's hoarding of classified documents despite a judge's order that it remain sealed, according to an indictment made public on Wednesday.

May 20 • 3:50 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

Google's AI is being manipulated. The search giant is quietly fighting back

A BBC investigation revealed a simple way to get AI chatbots to spit out misinformation. Google and other AI companies are now trying to fix the problem.

May 20 • 5:33 AM EDT • Technology • bbc.com

2 small businesses were hit by burglars in the same N.J. county hours apart

Two Gloucester County businesses were broken into hours apart, with police arresting a suspect in one case and investigations ongoing.

May 19 • 4:25 PM EDT • Business • nj.com

Mango founder’s son arrested in connection to father’s plunging death

Jonathan Andic, the son of the late founder of Spanish fashion giant Mango, was arrested Tuesday in connection with his father’s death in 2024.

May 19 • 1:31 PM EDT • Business • cnn.com

Crime Reports: Investigation into ‘deceptive business practice’ conducted at Abilene restaurant

Editor’s Note: The Abilene Police Department supplied the following arrest and incident reports. All information below is based on reports made by responding officers, and all suspects are considered ...

May 18 • 5:31 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com

Trump drops lawsuit against IRS amid talks of establishing a $1.8 billion fund for allies

President Donald Trump is dropping his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, according to court documents, a signal that the administration is preparing to go forward with a plan to set up $1.8 billion fund that would compensate those who believe they were subject to unfair investigations under previous administrations.

May 18 • 9:03 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Budget conference: House withholds support for Senate-backed internet predator investigations

State officials say the technology helps investigators integrate data and automate portions of child exploitation casework.

May 17 • 7:00 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

Thurston County business pleads guilty to illegal sale of elephant ivory figurine

JOINT NEWS RELEASE Washington State Attorney General’s Office and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police OLYMPIA – A Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Police investigation, prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), into the illegal sale of a figurine carved out of elephant ivory has resulted in a guilty plea, fine, and wildlife penalty for a Thurston County business.

May 15 • 3:34 PM EDT • Business • atg.wa.gov

Man charged in connection with employee found dead in kitchen of SW Houston business, records show

Authorities said an investigation into the case led to the suspect, who records alleged to have used a hammer in the case.

May 14 • 2:16 PM EDT • Business • abc13.com

UK opens antitrust probe into Microsoft's business software

Britain ​on Thursday ‌launched an antitrust ​investigation ​into Microsoft's dominance ⁠in ​business software ​that could lead to ​targeted ​action if the ‌U.S. ⁠company is found to ​have "strategic ​market ⁠status" in ​the sector.

May 14 • 6:29 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com

Vance is set to speak in Maine about fraud investigations ahead of primary election

Vice President JD Vance is set to visit Maine to highlight the Trump administration’s anti-fraud efforts before the state’s primary elections.

May 14 • 6:22 AM EDT • Politics • wsls.com

Tanker fire at metro Atlanta business under investigation

“Right now, we’re in the process of finding out what exactly was in the tanker.”

May 13 • 4:05 PM EDT • Business • wsbtv.com

Bomb Threat Investigation Underway at Augusta Health

FISHERSVILLE, VIRGINIA—Augusta Health is currently addressing a bomb threat reported at the main hospital. The safety and security of our patients, staff, and visitors are our top priorities. At approximately 1:30 p.m. today, our facility received a bomb threat by phone. Immediately upon receiving the threat, we activated our emergency response procedures and notified local […]

May 13 • 2:38 PM EDT • Health • augustahealth.com

Bomb threat under investigation at Augusta Health

The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a bomb threat at Augusta Health on Wednesday. This comes after ACSO’s response to a bomb threat investigation at Buffalo Gap High School earlier Wednesday afternoon.

May 13 • 2:22 PM EDT • Health • whsv.com

Bill would ban private equity 'vulture investors' from youth sports.

The bill, which would require private equity companies to divest from their youth-sports businesses, comes on the heels of a USA TODAY investigation.

May 13 • 2:18 PM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com

Vice President Vance to highlight anti-fraud efforts

In December, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services referred one Portland area provider to the attorney general’s office for investigation after finding “a credible allegation of fraud.”

May 13 • 1:49 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

‘Mental health is not a death sentence’: Jacksonville community group demands new crisis response plan for JSO

Jacksonville Community Action Committee rallied at City Hall, urging a mental-health-led crisis response team. JSO says it’s aware and investigations continue. Recent bridge rescue and Walmart standoff highlight stakes.

May 12 • 8:52 PM EDT • Health • news4jax.com

GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards, amid House Ethics inquiry, denies having inappropriate relationship with staff

Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards denied having any inappropriate relationship with staff and told CNN in an interview Tuesday that an investigation by the House Ethics Committee will eventually clear him of any wrongdoing.

May 12 • 8:07 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

DOJ reaches $30 million deal with PayPal over minority-owned business program

PayPal agreed to waive processing fees in order to resolve the investigation.

May 12 • 1:43 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com

6 takeaways from STAT’s investigation into the U.S. alcohol epidemic

Alcohol is the culprit behind the United States' most enduring and overlooked drug crisis. Here are 6 takeaways from STAT's new investigative series, The Deadliest Drug.

May 12 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com

Soil science reimagined: from farmland to the final frontier

Soil science is undergoing a profound transformation, evolving from its traditional focus on agriculture to a multidimensional discipline addressing some of the most urgent challenges of our time. A new perspective calls for expanding the boundaries of soil science to include nontraditional domains—such as climate regulation, urban resilience, forensic investigations, cultural heritage protection, and extraterrestrial exploration. The study proposes a systems-based framework that recognizes so

May 11 • 7:30 PM EDT • Science • newswise.com

‘Fake, Fake, Fake’: Regulators sue company behind fake home repair businesses exposed by KARE 11 investigation

May 11 • 6:05 PM EDT • Business • kare11.com

Trump’s Complaints About Iran War Leaks Prompt Aggressive DOJ Investigations

The Wall Street Journal has received subpoenas for records of reporters.

May 11 • 5:39 PM EDT • Politics • wsj.com

House ethics panel pledges ‘full and thorough’ investigation of Rep. Cory Mills

The Republican, whom President Donald Trump has endorsed for another term, has denied domestic violence and other allegations and sought to portray them as politically motivated.

May 11 • 5:19 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Early morning fire in Norfolk business under control, investigation underway

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Just before 6 a.m. Sunday, Norfolk Fire-Rescue responded to a commercial fire in the 1200 block of Military Highway after receiving multiple calls. Courtesy: Norfolk Fir…

May 10 • 8:04 PM EDT • Business • wavy.com

Is Q1 2026 Legal Accrual-Driven Loss Altering The Investment Case For Live Nation (LYV)?

In the first quarter of 2026, Live Nation Entertainment reported sales of US$3,793.03 million, but a net loss of US$389.1 million as a US$450 million legal accrual tied to investigations and litigation pushed the company into an operating loss. At the same time, the long-running Popp v. Live Nation and Ticketmaster nationwide class action over allegedly supracompetitive ticketing fees advanced, while management emphasized double-digit adjusted operating income growth expectations and record...

May 10 • 7:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • simplywall.st

Man arrested in Vero Beach after threatening call to business

A 27-year-old man was arrested in Vero Beach after police say he made a threatening phone call to a local business, prompting an investigation.

May 9 • 11:00 AM EDT • Business • wpbf.com

Seattle business owners press police on slow investigations after string of burglaries

May 9 • 1:16 AM EDT • Business • king5.com

Bronx congressman calls for investigation into ICE’s actions

Rep. Torres wants U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials' actions investigated.

May 8 • 7:14 PM EDT • Politics • ny1.com

Bellaire business employee found dead in kitchen with blunt force injuries, HPD says

An investigation is underway after a man was found dead with blunt force injuries in the kitchen of the Bellaire business he worked at, according to HPD.

May 8 • 5:46 PM EDT • Business • abc13.com

4 takeaways from USA Today's investigation of Black Bear Sports Group

USA TODAY spent nine months investigating a private investment firm consolidating youth hockey. Here are four takeaways.

May 8 • 12:36 PM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com

Inside the Justice Department’s shakeup of the John Brennan investigation

Jason Reding Quiñones, the top federal prosecutor in Florida’s southern district, arrived in Washington, DC, last month for a meeting with top Justice Department officials as White House pressure continued to build over bringing criminal charges against one of President Donald Trump’s top political foes.

May 8 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Inside a hockey empire that turned youth sports into big business

A hockey dad’s success story takes a darker turn as a USA TODAY investigation raises concerns about monopoly power and private gain in youth hockey.

May 7 • 11:01 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com

Hantavirus: WHO chief says public health risk is low

The origin of the outbreak is still unknown, with the World Health Organisation saying investigations are "still under way".

May 7 • 10:46 AM EDT • Health • bbc.com

IOC urges sports to let Belarus athletes compete again without vetting as neutrals

Athletes from Belarus should once again compete with their full national identity and not be vetted for neutral status, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. One barrier to Russia’s return is an ongoing World Anti-Doping Agency investigation into recent reports implicating Russian anti-doping agency official Veronika Loginova. The IOC said its executive board noted “with concern the recent information” being looked at by WADA, without naming Loginova.

May 7 • 10:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Is the FDA Really Suppressing Science? Plus. . .

It’s Thursday, May 7. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Aaron MacLean says Trump is poised to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in the Iran war. Joe Klein on the life of CNN founder Ted Turner. Jillian Lederman on why cruise ships are here to stay. And much more. But first: Is the FDA suppressing science? On Tuesday, The New York Times published a story with an alarming takeaway. “FDA Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe,” read the headline. It is the latest in a string of stories that all have the same message: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other agencies, are engaged in a cover-up—and silencing scientists trying to get the word out about the Covid vaccine. What all these stories suggest—some more subtly than others—is that the outsiders now running the public health establishment, officials such as Marty Makary at the FDA and Jay Bhattacharya at the National Institutes of Health, are on a revenge tour. That they are doing harm to the country to get back at the scientists and bureaucrats who ostracized them for deviating from the public-health consensus during the pandemic. It’s a seductive narrative. But is it true? That’s the question we address in our latest editorial. —The Editors Read [ Marty Makary's FDA Has All the Right Enemies ](https://www.thefp.com/p/marty-makary-vaccine-study-fda) [ Trump Blinks First ](https://www.thefp.com/p/iran-peace-deal-pakistan-trump-strait-of-hormuz) Aaron MacLean In return for no detectable concessions, President Trump this week gave up on forcing open the Strait of Hormuz. Now, the Trump administration looks desperate for a deal to end the war with Iran. It’s easy to understand the desire to end the war, but are they blowing the chance at victory? Aaron MacLean makes sense of the administration’s latest moves—and Iran’s response—in his column today. Read full story Aaron MacLean and Niall Ferguson: Live in New York City Join Aaron MacLean and Niall Ferguson on May 19 for a live recording of School of War at the iconic New York Historical. In a conversation as timely as it is wide-ranging, Aaron and Niall will explore the strategic stakes of the moment, including the Middle East, China, and the future of American leadership on the global stage. Get Tickets Now [ Ted Turner, the Optimist Who Built CNN ](https://www.thefp.com/p/ted-turner-cnn-tribute) Joe Klein The man who gave us CNN and the 24-hour news cycle, Ted Turner, died Wednesday at the age of 87. Today, political writer Joe Klein—who almost ghostwrote Turner’s autobiography—remembers his friend, the American media mogul who stood out for his idealism and lack of a filter—something that got Turner in trouble more than once. “His was not a traditional intelligence, but one of horizon: Ted saw things before other people did,” Joe writes. Read full story [ Nothing Can Sink the Cruise Ship ](https://www.thefp.com/p/cruise-ship-hantavirus) Jillian Lederman A viral outbreak on a cruise ship that left three passengers dead has left some people wondering: Are cruise ships on the way out? Not so fast, says Jillian Lederman, who has been on many a cruise herself. Read her piece on why 38 million people a year take a cruise—and aren’t about to stop. Read full story [ The Great Writers Who Were Terrible People ](https://www.thefp.com/p/the-great-writers-who-were-terrible) Shilo Brooks Throughout history, some of the greatest literary geniuses have also been immoral bigots. In the latest episode of Old School, Shilo Brooks is joined by Eli Lake for a conversation about those geniuses, from Voltaire to Norman Mailer and Roald Dahl—and why we should read their work despite their odious prejudices. Listen on MORE FROM THE FREE PRESS [ Inside the Digital Intifada ](https://www.thefp.com/p/digital-intifada-social-media-hamas-terror) Warren Kinsella Read full story [ This Week in American History: Trump’s Over-Arching Problem ](https://www.thefp.com/p/this-week-in-american-history-trumps-over-arching-problem) Jonathan Horn Read full story [ Humanity Is Still Evolving—and Fast ](https://www.thefp.com/p/humanity-is-still-evolvingand-fast) Razib Khan Read full story THE NEWS Thirteen D.C. Metropolitan Police officers have been placed on administrative leave and could face termination after an internal investigation found evidence that crime statistics were manipulated to make the city look safer. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee previously alleged that former D.C. police chief Pamela Smith pressured officers to skew data. Tennessee Republicans unveiled a redrawn U.S. House map yesterday that would split up Memphis’s black-majority Democratic district, the latest move in a nationwide push to redraw congressional boundaries ahead of the midterms. The effort follows a Supreme Court ruling last week on Louisiana’s districts, which Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton said gave states the green light to redraw maps along partisan lines. Israel struck Beirut for the first time since a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect last month, saying it targeted a commander of the militant group’s elite Radwan force in the city’s southern suburbs. The strikes risk destabilizing that truce at a delicate moment, as Iran and the U.S. report progress toward a deal to resolve their own standoff. The U.S. Air Force is aiming for a Fourth of July delivery of a Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar, hoping to add it to the Air Force One fleet in time for the U.S.’s 250th anniversary, Reuters reported. (For more on the controversy surrounding the aircraft, read Jed Rubenfeld’s piece “It’s a Terrible Idea, but Trump Probably Can Accept a Free Jet from Qatar.”) Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testified privately before Congress that he has no memory of why he and his family dined on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in 2012, according to Reuters. The admission contradicts Lutnick’s earlier claim that he had cut ties with the convicted sex offender well before that visit. Weeks before a former JPMorgan investment banker filed a lawsuit packed with explosive allegations, the bank reportedly offered him $1 million to settle his sexual assault and harassment claims, according to The Wall Street Journal. The suit, filed by Chirayu Rana, alleges he was sexually assaulted by a female colleague, subjected to racial discrimination, and forced into a degrading dynamic at work. JPMorgan says the claims lack merit, and the female colleague’s lawyers call the accusations fabricated. A new report from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research shows that, for the first time in roughly 20 years, church attendance is trending upward, with more people volunteering and clergy expressing renewed optimism. The study’s authors described the findings, based on a survey of more than 7,400 congregations, as showing signs of widespread recovery from low attendance numbers.

May 7 • 6:20 AM EDT • Science • thefp.com

How Ethics Committee handling Chuck Edwards' investigation works

Edwards is one of numerous Congress members who have faced allegations of sexual misconduct.

May 6 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Three arrested after medical malpractice investigation into Indio business

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) - Three people were arrested and charged as part of an ongoing medical malpractice investigation into an Indio business, police announced Wednesday. Leticia Felix Gomez, 46, Sandra Leticia Felix Gomez, 46, and Renee Daniela Romo Ramirez, 33, were arrested on Thursday. The three were connected to Fajas Salud y Vanidades, a retail

May 6 • 6:44 PM EDT • Business • kesq.com

2 Akron businesses served warrants in illegal gambling investigation

The Ohio Casino Control Commission and Akron Police Department worked together to serve search warrants to two businesses for illegal gambling.

May 6 • 1:17 PM EDT • Business • beaconjournal.com

Office of Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas Raided by F.B.I. Agents

Two people familiar with the case said the search of a Democratic lawmaker’s office was related to a Biden-era investigation of possible corruption and bribery related to marijuana businesses.

May 6 • 12:27 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com