Archive for October 2025

Education Minister Sonia LeBel during a press scrum at the National Assembly on March 18, 2025

The world’s most powerful companies used my books, and millions more, without permission to train their AI models. I’m suing to stop them.

The first official Park(ing) Day resulted in 47 mini-parks in 13 cities in three different countries. Eighteen years later, there were at least 178 Park(ing) spots in dozens of cities across five continents, with Bela estimating that anywhere from 20,000 to 30,000 people participated in one form or another. These installations now go beyond greenery and park benches; groups have transformed on-street parking spots into mini-playgrounds, yoga studios, chess clubs, farm stands, pollinator gardens, hammocks for napping, café seating, and just about every possible use of public space imaginable.

A study published in JAMA last year has come into the spotlight in recent days following a controversial warning about the use of a common pain reliever. The research studied acetaminophen (paracetamol) use during pregnancy and its possible connection to children’s risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. The heightened interest in the study follows warnings by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the President that have startled the medical community and left pregnant people across the nation confused.

Keir Starmer has backed safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, as a fifth abuse survivor calls on her to quit to restore trust in the grooming gangs inquiry. Carly, not her real name, joins a group of four abuse survivors who have accused Phillips of “betrayal” over a letter where she described reports the scope of the inquiry could be expanded as “untrue”.

Having survived the most restrictive supermax prison in the country on a trumped-up charge, Eric King tells what he saw.

The center also plans to eventually partner with the UAFS Department of Social Work to expand research and workforce development opportunities. That includes research initiatives and paid internships that give students real-world nonprofit experience while supporting community organizations.