The US supreme court backed the Federal Communications Commission’s system for levying fines, ruling on Thursday against wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon in their challenge to the agency and handing a win to Donald Trump’s administration.
The ruling was 8-1....
This story originally appeared in The Stranger’s 2026 Queer Issue.
Happy Anniversary! It’s been one year since Christian supremacists took over a historically queer park in Seattle’s historically queer neighborhood.
The event, which you may have read about in last...
Disney has still not recouped $4.2bn of its investment in Disneyland Paris after more than 30 years, even though the resort is now its best-performing international outpost, according to an analysis of recent filings.
The sprawling theme park complex swung...
American consumers are angry. Nearly 80% of Americans had a service or product problem in 2025, and about two-thirds of those felt “rage” about it, according to the “National Consumer Rage” survey.
Many consumers feel they are constantly fighting...
For thirty years, calling oneself a private person sounds like a virtue. It sounds like depth, like discretion, like a quiet preference for keeping a small life intact. The honest version is harder: many people who describe themselves this...
The OpenDots 2 are designed to be more comfortable than traditional wireless earbuds that sit inside the ear. | Image: Shokz
Shokz has announced two new versions of its open earbuds. Like the original OpenDots One that launched in May...
Crouch down in the understory at Pando and the story is in the soil. Aspen suckers, finger-thin and pale, push up from the root mass and are immediately bitten off at ankle height. Then the next one. Then the...
College seniors have been donning their cap and gowns to mark the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. They’re facing a daunting future, with a rapidly transforming job market thanks to artificial intelligence, global unrest and...
The World Health Organization said Wednesday that the fight against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is "catching up" with the spread of the virus. But health officials warn the crisis is far from over with more than...
In our news wrap on Wednesday, Ukraine says it struck an oil depot in Russia's St. Petersburg with drones that flew more than 600 miles to reach their target, the UK's prime minister condemned violent protests that erupted over...
