Dictionary.com picks "67," a "nonsensical and playfully absurd" slang term, as the 2025 word of the year

Dictionary.com picks “67,” a “nonsensical and playfully absurd” slang term, as the 2025 word of the year

Sorry, parents and teachers of middle schoolers: your days of hearing “67” shouted randomly are far from over. Dictionary.com on Wednesday announced it has chosen “67” — pronounced “six seven,” not sixty-seven — its 2025 Word of the Year. 67 is an ambiguous slang term made popular by Gen Alpha on social media and in…

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Federal judge rules top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles is serving illegally

Federal judge rules top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles is serving illegally

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Justice Department’s top prosecutor in Los Angeles has served unlawfully in his role for months, the latest court to push back on the Trump administration’s efforts to name acting prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Michael Seabright ruled that acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, who oversees the Justice Department’s outpost…

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Some Louisiana residents bristle at rising energy costs and unwelcome construction for massive Meta AI data center

Some Louisiana residents bristle at rising energy costs and unwelcome construction for massive Meta AI data center

Lisa Hopkins bought her house in Louisiana’s Richland Parish two years ago, but lately, her family only finds peace and quiet on their front porch at night, after construction stops for the day. That’s because Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, is now building its largest artificial intelligence data center in the country…

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