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Mystery Ohio news site boosting Ramaswamy's Amy Acton ad tied to California GOP nonprofit

As Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy came under fire for releasing an attack ad featuring his Democratic competitor’s estranged mother, a mysterious news site was running a Facebook ad boosting the controversial video. The Buckeye …

Pink Slime Websites Infect AI Chatbots Ahead of U.S. Midterms

AI is embedded in your election experience. So are its dangers.

And despite pressuring tech companies for details about testing, safeguards and the extent of voter interactions with AI, lawmakers and watchdog groups have said that the companies are not sharing enough information about those efforts. “We’re in uncharted …

Pink Slime journalism sticks to public universities

Over the past year, a publication known as the High Country Times has sent an array of Freedom of Information Act requests to App State, requesting compensation data, syllabi records and information regarding the board of trustees.  It is one of thousands …

Rodent and insect activity at school found during Berks food safety inspections

Berks County is divided into three jurisdictions: Reading, Muhlenberg Township and the rest of the county. Reading and Muhlenberg Township have their own food safety inspectors and the rest of the county is inspected by Pennsylvania Department of …

'Pink slime' sites: 'Pseudo-journalism': Partisan 'news' sites target US midterms

It bills itself as an "independent journalism" outfit, but the innocuous-sounding North Carolinian is among hundreds of partisan sites that researchers say masquerade as local news outlets in battleground states ahead of the US midterm elections …

We Owe Ghostbusters II an Apology

Mike It has never not been strange to me that, to this very day, in some critics’ circles, while wearing fedoras and way too tight for their body type pants, they consider Ghostbusters II a “bad movie”. Was it all the fighting and struggles behind the …

Conversation with Latin American Storyteller Fernanda Trias

She primarily writes novels and short stories. She is also a translator. Her story collection ‘Miembro Fantasma’ has just been published, which means ‘Phantom Limb’ (a limb that remains active or appears alive even after all its parts have been amputated …

Kenyan woman in US shattered after husband loses nursing job: "Yeye ndiye breadwinner"

Miss Riungu, a Kenyan content creator based in the US, shared that her husband lost his nursing job after a two-month suspension ended in termination The couple scrambled to update her hubby's CV and drove 30 minutes to visit an HR contact as Miss …

Anonymous no more: Meet the 36-year-old Boston software engineer behind the viral Mass Daily News website

The Boston Globe Simon Pacheco, a Boston software engineer, runs the website Mass Daily News. Ryan HuddleGlobe staff, Handout, Adobe stock By Aidan Ryan, The Boston Globe October 19, 2026 | 5:00 AM 7 minutes to read Share Close Send this article to your …

Experts warn of ‘pink slime’ tactics from new Georgia news websites

In late July, a new website popped online carrying local news stories from Georgia. There was an article about a disgraced former Atlanta City Council member, another about President Donald Trump’s visit to Cobb County, and one about Georgia coach Kirby …

Portland Press Herald, Which Publishes Paid Stories For Maine’s Democrat Governor, Complaining About ‘Pink Slime?’

The state’s largest daily, which Gov. Janet Mills has paid to produce rose-colored “news,” is upset with websites publishing “politicized” content. Hard to believe if it weren’t in print. In a piece Wednesday, the Press Herald catalogued online …

A Handbook for a Bad Dystopia: Everything That Is Wrong with “The Memory Police”

26 For months, I’d been meaning to read “The Memory Police”, a novel by Yoko Ogawa, and after finally getting my hands on a copy, I can say that the ice cream was not great. In fact, it was the most disappointing ice cream I’ve had in a long time. The …

Inside the rise of Maine’s partisan ‘pink slime’ news pages

Russian propaganda website hit with record ‘pink slime’ payout at High Court

Thursday 06 August 2026 4:45 am  |  Updated:  Wednesday 05 August 2026 5:49 pm An Uzbek businessman won a default judgment at the High Court An Uzbek businessman has been awarded £105,000 in damages and £117,663.38 in legal costs after winning a defamation …

Pink slime in your bathroom isn’t mold: Doctor warns

Ever seen a pink film coating your shower corner? That slime creeping along the grout is not soap scum. It's not rust from the drain or hard water build-up. No, it isn’t mold either. In fact, that pink slime can make some people sick.Dr Mahyar …

Restaurant Watch: Sept. 23-30, 2026

Chanello's Pizza, 10166 West Broad Street – During a routine inspection on Sept. 23, inspectors observed sliced tomatoes with white mold in a small prep unit; sliced tomatoes, sliced ham, chicken wings and fries held from the previous day without date …

That newspaper that just landed on your doorstep? It might not be what you think it is

PARMA, Ohio — The newspapers first appeared stuffed into mailboxes across neighborhoods in northeast Ohio this August.  The words “Ohio Independent” loomed atop the front page of the broadsheet; heavyset text and colorful pictures splashed about below, …

How a network of pink-slime sites and conservative activists went after campus DEI.

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In February of 2025, as college students across the country settled into their spring semesters, administrators at four major public universities in the Midwest received public records requests about their policies on …