At the end of last month Mayor Lurie proposed a new budget for the city of San Francisco. It came in just under $16 billion dollars. That included a bunch of cuts to try to eliminate a projected deficit of $782 million. One way to cut those funds is to cut back on city jobs....
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Zohran Mamdani’s win in Tuesday night’s Democratic primary for mayor of New York City has delivered a shock to the political establishment nationwide, forcing media pundits and...
Mark Simpson BBC News NI community correspondent BBC Maghera has been dubbed the “small town with the big yellow box” “Ridiculous”, “silly” and 40m long – but is this the biggest yellow box junction in the UK, Ireland or even the world? That is what gobsmacked people in a County Londonderry town have been asking...
“Bunker buster” bombs are not all the same, even if they all share the same name. Israel can deploy “bunker buster” bombs, but only of the 2000 lb variety. These can be very useful to strike some buried targets, particularly tunnels and certain reinforced bunkers. But the technology dates back to the 1970s, and already...
“It’s very surreal when I read articles and hear people tell me we’re four games away from the World Cup proper,” Guernsey Cricket manager Rob Thomson admits. The Channel Island side are preparing for their first-ever appearance in the final round of qualifying for the 2026 T20 World Cup. They will travel to the Netherlands...
Last week, it appeared that business concerns might get Donald Trump to moderate his position on ‘mass deportations.’ Hospitality employers began openly complaining that they have struggled to keep operations going as workers have disappeared, afraid of getting arrested and deported due to their illegal-immigrant status. Trump offered some vague language on narrowing the focus...
Trump is upping the pressure on Iran, and in response, it sure looks like Iran wants to call the whole thing off. Meanwhile word is, Iran is planning to surrender loll https://t.co/hKoGf8IZX8 — JT (@Culturator) June 16, 2025 According to The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets, the Islamic Republic is now reaching out...
Early this June, smoke from early season Canadian wildfires, which had necessitated mass evacuations in several Canadian provinces, began wafting into the United States. It was a harbinger of what will likely be another dangerous and disruptive summer of fires across the United States and Canada. Yet, while Canadian provinces such as Ontario have been...
A victory for South Africa in the World Test Championship final would be “massive for the country” as they bid to shed their tag as professional sport’s serial bottlers, says batting coach Ashwell Prince. They head into day four of the match at Lord’s with 69 runs needed to beat Australia and with eight wickets...
You can only imagine the pep talk given to the Israeli military about to embark on the most ambitious preemptive attack the tiny nation has ever conducted. You can start by translating the Late Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks into Hebrew. “This is your time, Their time is done. It’s over.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Let me tell you what. This has been so delicious. Sitting here watching all of rodential New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s Green grifting schemes flutter to earth in little flaming, fluttering, fragile wisps of so much worthless detritus like tiny pieces of canvas falling to earth after the Hindenburg went boom. His climate cult fantasies...
Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC The next few days are vital – “one of the last moments to weave it all together – to look politically credible to the people Labour has lost”, one senior figure reckons. There have been huge fights inside government about the looming Spending Review. As I write,...
Russia launched large-scale drone and missile strikes on Ukraine’s capital and other parts of the country early on Friday, officials said. At least three people were killed and 49 injured in the strikes, according to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. The aerial raids targeted Kyiv, as well as the city of Lutsk and the Ternophil region...
Ukraine claims to have hit more than 40 Russian warplanes at several military airfields, in what appears to be one of the most audacious drone attacks so far on Russian aviation. According to a statement from Ukraine’s security service, SBU, “enemy strategic bombers are burning en masse in Russia”. The SBU says Ukraine is conducting...
A Devon chimney sweep who expanded his business to include rehoming bee swarms five years ago said 2025 had been his busiest year so far. Dan Fisher, who runs Ashburton Chimney Sweep, said his team had dealt with a hive every day for the last month. Dr Thomas O’Shea-Wheller, biologist at the University of Exeter,...