An industrial chemical is showing up in fentanyl in the U.S., troubling scientists

UCLA project director Ruby Romero, left, and project manager Caitlin Molina demonstrate how they test street drugs. Romero and Molina are part of a team of researchers from UCLA and other groups that released an analysis about an unfamiliar chemical called BTMPS now surfacing in the nation’s illicit drug supply. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) An … Read more

Google, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft balk at Ohio utility’s demand they pay for electric grid upgrades to support AI rollout

Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta have banded together to fight an Ohio utility that wants them to pay for upgrades to the electric grid that will be necessary to support the Big Tech firms’ plans to install energy-intensive data centers to power artificial intelligence technology. American Electric Power Ohio, which serves cities such as Columbus … Read more

Do you know the 3 branches of U.S. government? Many don’t, leading to a push for civics education

(AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin / Associated Press) On the first day of his American National Government class, professor Kevin Dopf asks how many of his students are United States citizens. Every hand shoots up. “So, how did all you people become citizens?” he asks. “Did you pass a test?” “No,” one young woman says tentatively. “We … Read more

Two teens arrested after assault in Saskatoon

A teen boy and a teen girl have been charged after an aggravated assault on a 54-year-old man Friday night in Saskatoon. (File)Photo by Liam Richards /Saskatoon StarPhoenix Around 10:10 p.m., an assault in progress was reported at the corner of Avenue Q South and 19th Street West, police said in a Monday news release. … Read more

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