The Spine covers the news straight — and when politics gets loud, we show you where the real divides are.
Each day we read the top stories across left, center, and right outlets and publish one version: the shared facts up top, and exactly where each side's framing diverges laid out beside them.
A team of researchers at UC San Francisco mapped more than 1,800 interactions among proteins derived from high-risk autism genes, publishing their findings in the journal Science. The molecular atlas was built using lab-grown brain organoids, frog models, and an AI system called AlphaFold developed by Google DeepMind. Researchers say the work could help identify shared drug targets across many autism-linked gene mutations.
Read the spine →Thirty new complaints were filed Wednesday in San Francisco federal court against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman by people present at the February 2026 Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia school shooting, including students, teachers, and a principal. The alleged shooter, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, killed five students and a teacher before dying; around two dozen others were injured. OpenAI's automated systems had flagged Van Rootselaar's ChatGPT account for "gun violence activity and planning" eight months before the shooting, in June 2025.
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