When can an NHL player say no to a fight? The strategy, etiquette behind the spectacle

When an NHLer asks an opponent to fight, he has to execute multiple calculations — and have a willing partner. Here's what goes into it.

Austin mayor warns Abbott militarizing streets won't be tolerated

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson is pushing back on Gov. Greg Abbott's deployment of the Texas National Guard and state troops to the ...

At Dreamforce, Benioff delivers new SFPD idea after National Guard backlash

This article originally published at At Dreamforce, Benioff delivers new SFPD idea after National Guard backlash. Israeli ...

Dwarf Fortress is getting a siege update in November with goblin battering rams and defense-destroying troll engineers that'll dismantle over a decade of dwarven siege …

Once the siege update lands in a couple weeks, however, invading forces will be leveling the playing field. In a brief ...
San Francisco Examiner

DA Brooke Jenkins rejects call for National Guard in SF

The blowback from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s support for a hypothetical National Guard deployment to police San ...