‘I died on Monday’: A Seattle woman says 13 firefighters took turns doing CPR for an hour, then she came home to a proposed $7 million cut I'd be furious too We Got This Covered · Oct 3
Miami Beach Can't Dodge First Amendment Lawsuit After Police Questioned Woman Over Anti-Israel Facebook Post Miami Beach detectives questioned Raquel Pacheco at her house over her pro-Palestine Facebook comments. A judge ruled several key claims in her First Amendment lawsuit against the city can proceed. Reason · Sep 30
Netanyahu Name-Dropped Twitch Streamer Hasan Piker at the UN. American Campuses Now Have To Pick a Side Netanyahu invoked Hasan Piker at the UN the same night he spoke at Cornell. Here's what the campus debate really means for free speech. Latin Times · Sep 25
Texas Wants Free Speech on Campus—With Exceptions Charlie Kirk’s death put campus censorship back in the spotlight. In Texas, FIRE found plenty of it—much of it was from the right. Reason · Sep 24
An Iowa Judge Rejects Trump's Unconstitutional Attempt To Recover Damages for 'Fake News' The dismissal of the president's lawsuit against The Des Moines Register is a victory for freedom of the press. Reason · Sep 24
A Tennessee 1st Amendment Auditor Is Suing After Videos of Police Led to a Predawn Arrest Raid Joshua Gibbons says his embarrassing videos of police officers in Kingsport, Tennessee, were a motivating factor in their decision to arrest him on minor charges that were thrown out of court. Reason · Sep 24
WNBA Power Rankings: Playoff-Seeding Race Is Coming Down to the Wire Though the playoff teams have been decided for weeks, every seed is still up for grabs with just days left in the season. Sports Illustrated · Sep 22
Free Speech Groups Say the FCC's Disney/ABC Investigation 'Reeks of Political Pretext' FIRE, Cato, PEN America, and others take on the broadcasting police. Reason · Sep 22
6-year-old Michigan girl vanishes in woods for 4.5 hours, found safe beside family dog A 6-year-old girl in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula disappeared for four and a half hours after following her family dogs into the woods, sparking a large overnight search that involved police, fire crews, K-9 units and drones. The breakthrough came when a relative’s trail camera, set up about half a mile… The Times of India · Sep 19
MLS Power Rankings: Sullivan’s Red-Hot Philadelphia Union and More After Matchday 26 The double-match week brought intense results and massive shifts across the weekly MLS Power Rankings. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
The 'Stop Nick Shirley Act': Yet Another Anti-Doxxing Law That Chills Free Speech A lawsuit argues that a recently passed law to protect immigration service providers in California is "overbroad and vague." Reason · Sep 14
Tesla Wants Firefighters to Move Its Cybercab With a Touchscreen During Emergencies, but What if They're Wearing Gloves? Tesla Cybercab rides have begun in Austin, but firefighters question how to move a stalled vehicle. NHTSA is auditing about 1,000 Cybercabs. International Business Times UK · Sep 11
Rodrigo De Paul Confronts Robert Lewandowski in Heated MLS Clash The two former European stars went toe-to-toe during Inter Miami’s clash with Chicago Fire on Wednesday night. Sports Illustrated · Sep 10
Animal Advocates Say a Florida Sheriff's Office Blocked Them Online. Free Speech Lawyers Are Fighting Back. The free speech organization, FIRE, says the Polk County Sheriff’s Office’s bans on its social media pages violate the First Amendment. Reason · Sep 8
International Business Times UK · Sep 8 What Is Your 'Coast FI' Number? The Formula That Shows When You Can 'Stop' Saving for Retirement The 'Coast FI' strategy lets you stop saving early by relying on compound growth. It appeals to young savers, involves risks, and fits within the broader FIRE movement.
Reason · Sep 7 Professor Investigated for Mocking a University 'Land Acknowledgment' Gets a $600,000 Settlement The agreement follows a 9th Circuit ruling that the University of Washington violated Stuart Reges' First Amendment rights by treating his dissent as intolerable "disruption."
Fortune · Sep 6 Meet the Portland Fire owners, whose family's swimwear company and short-lived NFL venture laid the groundwork for a $380 million WNBA franchise “We know that things are going to take time. But we also knew that we were going to surprise some people, and I think we've done that,” Alex Bhathal told Fortune.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 2 WNBA Power Rankings: Race for Top Seed Continues As Lynx Stumble Into FIBA Break There’s a new No. 1 in our rankings this week.
The Free Financial Advisor · Aug 31 IRS Is Shutting Down the FIRE Filing System Nov. 19 — What Businesses Need to Do Before 2027 The IRS is warning businesses, tax professionals and other information-return filers that its long-running FIRE electronic filing system is approaching its final shutdown, with the last opportunity to submit information returns through the platform coming in November 2026.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 31 MLS Power Rankings: Lionel Messi Brings Back Miami Magic and More From Matchday 23 Major League Soccer bid farewell to August with a wild 15-game slate.
The Independent UK · Aug 29 Judge rules against Trump in freedom of speech case brought by Stanford newspaper over Israel coverage Federal judge warns against ‘downward spiral’ for First Amendment after administration threatens to revoke visas over pro-Palestine views
Cinemablend · Aug 25 See Alexandra Daddario's Brother Matthew Chilling On The Chicago Fire Set After Joining Season 15 A new firefighter is joining Firehouse 51!
Sports Illustrated · Aug 25 WNBA Power Rankings: The Playoff Picture Is Coming Into Focus Only one postseason spot is up for grabs, and it’s Dallas’s to lose. But who will keep up the momentum to secure home court?
Sports Illustrated · Aug 24 MLS Power Rankings: Vancouver Regain Form, Messi Left Frustrated After Matchday 22 The race for the MLS Cup playoffs is already heating up.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 19 WNBA Power Rankings: Will We Get a New Champion This Year? The Liberty and Aces have dominated the Finals conversation for several seasons. But the Lynx, Valkyries and Fever are looking to take the baton.