A woman was killed in a Lakeville home late Thursday allegedly by a man who was soon arrested in Rosemount, police said. Lakeville officers responded to the 17000 block of Encina Path around 11:10 p.m. after a relative of the … Continued
To submit a poem, please send an email with the poem attached to poetry@texasobserver.org. We’re looking for previously unpublished works of no more than 30 lines by Texas poets who have not been published by the Observer in the last … Continued
When OpenAI introduced its virtual assistant, Sky, last week, many gasped. It sounded just like Scarlett Johansson, who had famously played an artificial intelligence voice assistant in the movie “Her.” On the surface, the choice made sense: last year, Sam … Continued
Abraham Kiswani headed a thriving security firm in the Chicago suburbs when he had the bright idea to stop issuing himself payroll checks and instead issue checks that were falsely labeled “subcontracted services.” He then proceeded to underreport nearly $10 … Continued
An earlier generation of Supreme Court justices seemed to possess the capacity for shame. In 1969, Justice Abe Fortas resigned his seat for accepting a $20,000 consulting fee (which he returned) from a foundation led by a man who was … Continued
For the second straight game, the Minnesota Lynx played free basketball. This time it only took one extra session. And the result went the wrong way. DeWanna Bonner made two free throws with 7.4 seconds left, Kayla McBride missed a … Continued