In an unusual step reflecting the city's escalating drug crisis, Portland's Safety Commissioner, Rene Gonzalez, directed residents on Monday to abstain from calling 911 unless faced with life-or-death emergencies or ongoing crimes.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed claimed last week that Target closing stores is because “people don’t necessarily shop in the same ways that they did before” and that the growth of AI “requires us to make some significant adjustments in how we use our retail establishments as well.”
The number of suicides in the United States is expected to increase, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not include assisted deaths in the data.