WASHINGTON (AP) " Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a highly rare move that will strip the ship of the moniker of a slain gay rights activist who served as a sailor during the Korean War. U.S. officials say Navy Secretary John Phelan put together a small team to rename the replenishment oiler and that a new name is expected this month. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said the next name had not yet been chosen. The change was laid out in an internal memo that officials said defended the action as a move to align with President Donald Trump and Hegseth's objectives to "re-establish the warrior culture." read more
In a chilling sign of how far law enforcement surveillance has encroached on personal liberties, 404 Media recently revealed that a sheriff's office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. The officer searched 6,809 different camera networks maintained by surveillance tech company Flock Safety, including states where abortion access is protected by law, such as Washington and Illinois. The search record listed the reason plainly: "had an abortion, search for female." read more
On May 31, 1921, a two-day massacre erupted in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as white mobs began looting and burning the affluent Black district of Greenwood over reports a Black man had assaulted a white woman in an elevator; though the exact number remains unknown, as many as 300 Black Tulsans were killed during the riot. read more
OCHESTER, N.Y. " Someone or some people are throwing the Veo e-bikes and e-scooters into the Genesee River in downtown Rochester. Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean found at least three bikes over the railing on Broad Street, with one nearly fully submerged. It's unknown how many are completely underwater. "I walked along the riverway downtown looking for e-bikes and e-scooters," said Brean. The bikes themselves weigh 83 pounds and retail up to $3,500 a bike. It's the responsibility of Veo, the company contracted by the City of Rochester, to pull these bikes out. They're working with the city to figure out the right time and the safe way to go down into the river to fish them out. I spotted the bikes near the library, the convention center and on the west bank near the Blue Cross Arena. read more
Driverless trucks are officially running their first regular long-haul routes, making roundtrips between Dallas and Houston. read more
Knew it was BOAZO...but I had to look. Like driving past a train wreck.
Sooooooooooo dumb.
BOAZO is a slightly more articulate SNIPER :)