Santa Barbara County authorities recovered the body of a man who was reportedly swept off a flooded roadway in Goleta Valley on Saturday.
The man was driving near the 1100 block of North San Marcos Road shortly before noon when his vehicle reportedly became stuck on a flooded part of the road that passes over Maria Ygnacio Creek, according to Captain Mike Gray with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.
The man then exited his vehicle, Gray said, and he was subsequently washed…
Thomson Reuters' CEO says AI cannot easily replace the company's legal-research expertise, after its stock fell following the release of Claude legal work tools (Alexander Osipovich/Wall Street Journal)
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Mark Carney urges Venezuelan-led transition following Maduro's capture (Nick Taylor-Vaisey/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/canada-mark-carney-venezuela-reaction-00710081
http://www.memeorandum.com/260103/p98#a260103p98
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How did labour fare in 2025?
In many respects, last year was a mixed bag for workers and unions in Canada. Though union wage gains were relatively healthy, the overall economy continued to cool with unemployment creeping up and many workers still feeling the cost-of-living crunch.
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My county elected Moriarty in 2023, in the wake of her mealy predecessor (Michael Freeman) filing completely inadequate and doomed-to-fail charges against Derek Chauvin, until MN AG Keith Ellison yanked the case from him and refiled with charges that could (and did) actually win.
Noem faced Republican criticism
Republicans largely kept the focus on the large numbers of migrants who came into the country under former President Joe Biden,
portraying Noem as the leader of a cleanup effort of the former administration’s mess.
But she did come under some harsh questioning by members of her own party.
Senator Tillis, who called on Noem to resign following the shootings in Minneapolis, criticized her for erroneously arresting American citizens, for…
Analysis: 10 major tech publications lost 58% of their Google traffic since early 2024, falling to a combined 65M monthly visits in January 2026; some lost 90% (Yuval Halevi/Growtika)
https://growtika.com/blog/tech-media-collapse