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<em>Traumazine</em> raffirms Megan Thee Stalllion's skills as one of rap's bar-for-bar heavyweights.

Megan Thee Stallion resets her terms with 'Traumazine'

The rapper's second studio album reaches for a confessional mode, making space for ruminations and grief — while reaffirming her skills as one of rap's bar-for-bar heavyweights.

Lithium brine evaporation pools are seen at various stages at Silver Peak lithium mine in Silver Peak, Nev. on Oct. 6, 2022.

High demand and prices for lithium send mines into overdrive

Demand for batteries has sent lithium prices soaring. But building new mines is controversial and time-consuming. So existing mines are hitting overdrive and boosting production as much as they can.

Visual Stimulus Events VII

Visual Stimulus Event is back! Support local talent directly, and come and watch amazing and unique dance performances at the seventh edition of our events. A stimulating experience of the fine and performing arts! The dance and music experience includes: • Junkyard Dance Crew • Marcus Cruz • Cheyanne and Company Music • Andrea Fannin-Bingham • Cantara's Caravan • Sutherland Irish School of Dance Date | Saturday, December 11 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location | The Dancehouse Get tickets here! General admission is $15 VIP Tickets are available for a $10 upgrade for front row seating, free drinks and snacks. Enjoy the free outdoor market! Pick up some amazing handmade fine art, or goodies from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, please visit visualstimulusevents.com or call (619) 322-1015.

Domm Holland, Fast, on Centre Stage during day one of Web Summit 2021 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.

He reinvented himself in Silicon Valley. Ex-associates say he's running from his past

The payments startup Fast has raised tens of millions of dollars from venture capitalists, but critics of its CEO Domm Holland say his past in Australia is being overlooked.

Housing activists in Swampscott, Mass., on Oct. 14, 2020. A congressional report finds that four corporate landlords acted aggressively to push out tenants during the first year of the pandemic, despite a federal eviction moratorium and billions in emergency rental aid.

Corporate landlords used aggressive tactics to push out more tenants than was known

Congress finds four companies appeared to have a strategy to get tenants to leave during the pandemic. Many faced eviction after missing only one payment, and while waiting for emergency rental aid.

Odia Kaba works from home in Ypsilanti, Mich., Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Growing up in Ann Arbor, there was an expectation that Odia would attend the University of Michigan. When her application was deferred, she started at Eastern Michigan with plans to transfer to Ann Arbor her sophomore year. But she was getting daily texts from her sister, who attended U-M, describing the microaggressions she faced as a Black student on campus. Kaba stayed at Eastern Michigan and graduated with a degree in quantitative economics. Even though it's a mostly white campus, Kaba said she found pockets of diversity that helped make her comfortable.

As Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, colleges see few other ways to diversity goals

After bans on affirmative action in states from California to Florida, colleges have tried a range of strategies to achieve a diverse student body.

The artist duo Brian & Ryan, shown in a May 17, 2022 photo, have created a site-specific series of art interventions at Chollas Lake for Park Social, including their "personas" that reflect the multiplicity of the park: an active person dressed for a workout (Brian Black, shown in yellow), and a nature enthusiast dressed in outdoorsy gear (Ryan Bullis, shown gazing at nature).

'Park Social' to bring art to San Diego parklands

San Diego artists will "activate" the city's park system starting this weekend through November, with a series of installations, workshops and site-specific art — part of a pandemic-era civic arts funding initiative.

Jars of marijuana line a shelf at The Flower Shop Dispensary in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Oct. 14, 2022. South Dakota's legal pot industry has started with medical cannabis, but voters are deciding whether to also legalize recreational pot.

Voters in some of the most conservative states to weigh in on recreational pot

Voters in Missouri, Arkansas, North Dakota, South Dakota and Maryland will vote on legalizing recreational marijuana. Nineteen states and D.C. have approved adult cannabis possession and consumption.

The Mountain Valley Pipeline would stretch 303 miles, from West Virginia to North Carolina. This 2018 file photo shows a section of downed trees on a ridge near homes along the pipeline's route in Lindside, W.Va.

The debt ceiling deal bulldozes a controversial pipeline's path through the courts

The Mountain Valley Pipeline got an extraordinary boost in the debt ceiling deal. Court challenges have stalled the controversial natural gas pipeline stretching from West Virginia to North Carolina.

The Promenade at Creekside, an affordable housing complex in San Marcos, is shown in this photo, Jan. 9 2017.

County Supervisors OK Voucher Program To Increase Affordable Housing

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday unanimously approved a new policy to construct affordable homes through a voucher program.

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