Cracker Barrel quietly removes DEI and Pride pages from its website after logo upheaval - CNN

After backing away from a controversial logo rebrand loudly opposed by many right-wing influencers, Cracker Barrel also quietly made changes to its website this week.

The eBay Labor Day Sale Has the Best Deals on LG Evo C5 4K OLED TVs So Far This Year - IGN

Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Bugonia’ Gets Almost 7-Minute Ovation At Venice World Premiere - Deadline

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone's Bugonia received a 6-minute, 50-second ovation after its world premiere screening at the Venice Film Festival.

Florida taxpayers may lose $218M on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as judge orders shutdown - PBS

Florida taxpayers could be on the hook for the $218 million cost of converting a training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center that may soon be empty of detainees.

Mysterious 'alien' comet puzzles NASA scientists - Chron

NASA discovers interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has an unusual chemical makeup that makes it stand out.

First report of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s romance is gone from the web - The Washington Post

The disappearance of a prescient 2023 item on the Messenger’s news site highlights the broader problem of digital decay.

The federal government is taking over D.C.'s Union Station. What does that mean? - NPR

The Department of Transportation says it will be "reclaiming management" of the transportation hub, which it has owned since the 1980s. D.C.'s mayor says that would be an "amazing initiative."

Huawei shows off its striking second-generation tri-fold phone - 9to5Google

Thanks to a social media tease, we're finally getting our first real look at Huawei's successor to the Mate XT.

Sabrina Carpenter Warns New Album ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Is ‘Not for Any Pearl Clutchers’ - Rolling Stone

Sabrina Carpenter warned that the provocative lyrics on her upcoming album 'Man’s Best Friend' might not be for prude-minded people.

Trump administration plans big immigration enforcement operation in Chicago as soon as next week - CNN

Chicago was among the first cities targeted in immigration enforcement operations when Trump took office in January.

Paramore’s Hayley Williams Officially Releases New Album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party: Listen - Pitchfork

The follow-up to Flowers for Vases / Descansos collects the 17 songs that Williams shared earlier this summer

Watch first-ever orange shark be caught by fisherman in Costa Rica - USA Today

Video shows fisherman reel in a 6-foot nurse shark with white eyes and a bright, glowing orange body.

US Air Force to provide military funeral honors for rioter killed on January 6 - CNN

The US Air Force will provide military funeral honors for Ashli Babbit, an Air Force veteran and pro-Donald Trump rioter who was shot and killed on January 6, 2021 after breaching a sensitive area of the US Capitol, where members of Congress were evacuating.

JD Vance is Trump's top messenger. This could be the VP's hardest sell yet. - USA Today

Vice President JD Vance is embracing his role as salesman-in-chief for Donald Trump’s agenda and taking charge of a rebrand of the GOP's tax law.

Bowser says federal police surge has reduced crime in DC, but ‘north star’ is protecting city’s autonomy - CNN

The surge in federal law enforcement in Washington, DC, has “enhanced” the capacity of local police officers and led to fewer crimes, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said this week while adding that it had also contributed to a “break in trust” between police and resi…

Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Ernst, Representative Wilson Statement on Israeli Strikes in Damascus - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (.gov)

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-IA) and...