Trump’s new tariffs leave small creators scrambling

If you’ve ever been to an anime or any fan convention, you know that the place that’s often the busiest is artists alley. There, creators sell their wares ranging from commissioned artwork to stickers, enamel pins, stuffed toys, apparel, food, and more. Often these goods are made with the artist’s own hand. Other times, merchants…

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Trump press secretary doesn’t engage with reporters using pronouns in emails, says they deny reality

The Trump White House press office is refusing to respond to emailed questions from reporters who display their pronouns in their email signatures, saying they deny “biological reality” and can’t be trusted to write honest stories. New York Times reporter Michael Grynbaum said the press office has rejected emails on “three recent occasions” from reporters…

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Google Maps is launching tools to help cities analyze infrastructure and traffic

Google is opening up its Google Maps Platform data so that cities, developers, and other business decision makers can more easily access information about things like infrastructure and traffic, the company announced on Wednesday. Google is integrating new datasets for Google Maps Platform directly into BigQuery, the tech giant’s fully-managed data analytics service, for the…

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California soccer coach’s alleged murder of 13-year-old player is ‘result of failed border policies’: attorney

The alleged California murder of a missing 13-year-old soccer player by his illegal immigrant coach was “an avoidable crime and the result of failed border policies,” a U.S. attorney told Fox News.  Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, 43, allegedly killed his player, Oscar “Omar” Hernandez, in Lancaster on March 28, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney…

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