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In brief A local news report from South Korea points to a “private revenge” group which pays in crypto for…

from the hypocrites-r-us dept The State Department wants US diplomats to fight data localization around the world. The policy position…

A month ago, the police chief of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, held an extraordinary press conference where he accused federal immigration…

In brief OpenAI launched GPT-5.3 Instant, updating ChatGPT’s default model for smoother conversations. The model reduces unnecessary refusals and improves…

from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Unlock the power of AI with lifetime access to 50 groundbreaking courses designed to help you…

Mirabelli v. Bonta represents an important installment in the Supreme Court’s developing emergency docket jurisprudence. Indeed, I think it is extremely…

In brief Bitcoin rose Monday after U.S. markets opened, but was roughly even over the past 24 hours. Stocks faced…

from the american-horror-story-season-6 dept The Trump administration is purposefully cruel. That much cannot be argued, not when it has deliberately…

The Gulag History Museum in Moscow has been permanently closed. I wrote about my 2016 visit to the museum dedicated to…

In brief A former LAPD officer has been found guilty of kidnapping and robbery after a home invasion in which…

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s newsletter includes stories on: Two New Jersey property…

New York, March 3, 2026—Belarusian authorities should immediately release journalists Uladzimir Yanukevich and Andrei Pakalenka, and stop jailing journalists for…