Date | Title | Description |
04.11.2024 | The Battle Over Voter Integrity: A Double-Edged Sword | In the United States, the right to vote is sacred. It’s the lifeblood of democracy. Yet, the path to the ballot box is fraught with challenges. Recent legal battles in Iowa and Virginia highlight the ongoing struggle over voter registration... |
31.10.2024 | OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Search, Competing With Google, Microsoft | ChatGPT Plus subscribers, Team subscribers, and SearchGPT waitlist members can use OpenAI’s generative search engine starting today, the AI giant announced on Oct. 31.
That might be a Halloween scare for Google Search, as OpenAI directly ta... |
31.10.2024 | IT. А чего боишься ты? 5 лет спустя | Ровно 5 лет назад мы составили топ страшных историй из IT: дипфейки и умные унитазы, взломы и утечки данных… Казалось бы, ничего не изменилось. Как бы не так! Все стало более пугающим…
Техника сегодня и даже пять лет назад – это уже довольн... |
30.10.2024 | National Politics | Supreme Court’s conservative justices allow Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations | Trump had criticized the earlier ruling, calling it “a totally unacceptable travesty” on social media. “Only U.S. Citizens should be allowed to vote,” Trump wrote.
Youngkin said voters who believe they were improperly removed from the rolls... |
29.10.2024 | Dear Jeff Bezos: The ‘Hard Truth’ Is That Cowardice Like Yours Is Why People Don’t Trust The Media | Hey Jeff,
Since I know you’ll never actually read this, I figured the best way to set this up as an open letter. One that you should read, but never will.
It appears that your stupendously cowardly decision to block the Washington Post from... |
29.10.2024 | Jeff Bezos says Washington Post ended US presidential endorsements on 'principle' | WASHINGTON: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of the Washington Post, said on Monday (Oct 28) that his choice for the United States newspaper not to endorse a candidate in the presidential election was "a principled deci... |
29.10.2024 | National Politics | Swing states still locked up ahead of Election Day – here’s where they stand | That difference was enough to hand the state’s 16 electoral votes to President Joe Biden, one of several swing-state losses that ultimately led to Trump’s ouster.
The Electoral College math is such that Trump may need to win Georgia this ti... |
28.10.2024 | The Health of a Nation: Transparency in Leadership | In the political arena, health is more than a personal matter. It’s a public concern. As the 2024 election looms, the spotlight is on the candidates' fitness for office. The contrast between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is stark. Harris h... |
28.10.2024 | Shadows Over Democracy: The Price of Silence in the Age of Trump | In the current political landscape, the specter of Donald Trump looms large. His influence stretches beyond the ballot box, reaching into the very heart of American journalism. Recent events reveal a troubling trend: media moguls, gripped b... |
28.10.2024 | How The Cowardice Of The LA Times And Washington Post Highlights The Danger Of The Link Taxes They Demand, And Their Hypocrisy | As Mike and others have pointed out, the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post have utterly failed the public. While it is of course their right to endorse, or not endorse, anyone they choose, the refusal to provide any such endorsement in ... |
28.10.2024 | Дайджест научпоп-новостей за неделю, о которых мы ничего не писали | Физик объяснил, почему эффективно бегать от дождя
Все мы попадали в ситуацию, оказавшись на улице без зонта под дождём. Будь то лёгкий моросящий дождь или сильный ливень, инстинкт подсказывает нам, что бег сведёт к минимуму вероятность намо... |
28.10.2024 | The Port Strike Ended — Now What? Here's How Small Businesses Can Prepare for Future Disruptions. The shutdown lasted only three days, and the ILA and the U.S. Maritime Alliance extended their contrac... | In October, ports across the U.S. shut down as the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) went on strike for the first time since 1977. The port strike shut down 14 major ports and threatened to disrupt more than half of the U.S.'s ... |
27.10.2024 | Editorials | Views from the nation’s press | The New York Daily News on how as Harris releases records, Trump’s health an open question:
Earlier this month, at an event billed as a town hall in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump spent about 40 minutes standing on stage, mostly wordlessly sway... |
27.10.2024 | Sponsored Content | Tips to find a worthy company to install solar on your home | Namaste SolarOn top of being a local company, Namaste Solar is employee-owned and a Certified B Corporation, which holds themto rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.
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27.10.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Lena Surzhko Harned: On Ukraine, candidate Trump touts his role as dealmaker while Harris sticks with unwavering support
By Lena Surzhko Harned | By Lena Surzhko Harned
The U.S. presidential election isn’t drawing eyes only at home — Moscow and Kyiv are watching closely, too.
Regardless of who wins in November, there will be significant implications for Ukraine as it continues to res... |
26.10.2024 | TikTok: The Double-Edged Sword of Digital Fame | TikTok is a cultural juggernaut. It’s a vibrant tapestry of creativity, laughter, and trends. But beneath the surface lies a darker narrative. The app, which exploded onto the scene in 2016, has reshaped social media. It has transformed how... |
26.10.2024 | The Battle for Truth: News Outlets Gear Up for Election Night Misinformation | As the sun sets on Election Day, a storm brews in the information landscape. News outlets brace themselves for a deluge of misinformation. The stakes are high. The integrity of democracy hangs in the balance. This year, the battle against f... |
25.10.2024 | The Economic Landscape: A Balancing Act of Progress and Peril | The U.S. economy is a complex tapestry, woven with threads of triumph and challenge. In recent years, it has faced unprecedented trials, yet it remains a beacon of resilience. The narrative of recovery is not just about numbers; it’s about ... |
25.10.2024 | Democracy Dies In Darkness… Helped Along By Billionaire Cowardice | Newspaper presidential endorsements may not actually matter that much, but billionaire media owners blocking editorial teams from publishing their endorsements out of concern over potential retaliation from a future Donald Trump presidency ... |
25.10.2024 | Change Healthcare Cyberattack Exposed Data of Over 100 Million People | Threat actors accessed the private health information of more than 100 million people in the February breach of Change Healthcare — the largest-ever health care data breach reported to federal regulators — the U.S. Office for Civil Rights r... |
25.10.2024 | UnitedHealth's Data Breach Affected 100 Million Americans. Here's What the Cyberattack Exposed. It's the largest healthcare data breach to date. | In February, Change Healthcare, a tech company owned by UnitedHealth Group (UHG), underwent a massive cyberattack that involved paying a $22 million ransom to resolve.
On Thursday, UHG quantified the number of people affected by the attack ... |
25.10.2024 | National Politics | To fight misinfo, news outlets are putting plans in place to combat false election night stories | The AP’s special role on election night includes tabulating the results of hundreds of elections across the country and making calls on winners and losers that takes into account raw data, polling and trends in past races. Throughout the ca... |
25.10.2024 | Sometimes Honesty Isn't Always the Best Policy. Here Are 9 Scenarios Where It Actually May Be Better to Lie. There are instances where a well-timed lie can foster empathy and enhance social interactio... | Most people think of lies as negative acts, usually associated with deception, manipulation and hurting people. However, according to developmental psychologist Gail Heyman, learning to lie is an essential part of human development. Sometim... |
24.10.2024 | NPR: TikTok вызывает у людей зависимость уже через 35 минут | В TikTok знают, что алгоритмы сервиса вредны для детей — зависимость от приложения наступает уже через 35 минут использования. Об этом сообщила некоммерческая организация NPR со ссылкой на внутренние документы сервиса китайской ByteDance.
В... |
23.10.2024 | Election | How does Colorado keep noncitizens and dead people from voting in elections? | First check: at voter registration
The checks to ensure only eligible voters end up on the voter rolls start with the first question asked of anyone registering to vote in Colorado.
“On the form it says, ‘Are you a citizen of the United Sta... |
22.10.2024 | Editorials | Editorial: The US economy is the envy of the world, but too many Americans have forgotten why | That was the economy President Barack Obama inherited from President George W. Bush.
Obama’s response included the American Recovery Act, which was signed into law in 2009 despite not receiving a single Republican vote in the House and only... |
22.10.2024 | Israel says it killed a Hezbollah official expected to be the group’s next leader | The Beirut suburb where Safieddine was killed was pummeled by a series of fresh airstrikes on Tuesday. The Israeli military leveled a building in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut that it said housed Hezbollah facilities.
The collapse sent smoke... |
22.10.2024 | Health | Ozempic may help battle drug and alcohol addiction | “Although the results are promising, they highlight the need for further research, particularly prospective clinical trials, to validate these associations and understand the underlying mechanisms,” researchers concluded.
Qeadan’s team clai... |
22.10.2024 | ExTwitter’s New Terms Focused On Screwing Users, Benefiting Elon, And If You Don’t Like It, Elon’s Favorite Judge Gets To Decide | Often when internet companies change their terms of service, there will be a short freakout from people overreacting and not really understanding the language of what’s in there. We see these stories every so often, frequently around things... |
20.10.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Jennifer Selin: Why FEMA’s disaster relief gets political − especially when hurricane season and election season collide
By Jennifer Selin | By Jennifer Selin
Rumors and lies about government responses to natural disasters are not new. Politics, misinformation and blame-shifting have long surrounded government response efforts.
When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston in 2017, for exam... |
18.10.2024 | The Execution Paradox: Justice in the Shadow of Doubt | In the heart of America, a troubling paradox looms. The practice of capital punishment, often seen as a tool for justice, has become a ritual steeped in doubt. As the nation gears up for another election cycle, the specter of executions han... |
18.10.2024 | National Politics | How one swing-state county has escaped election conspiracies | Pennsylvania may rank among the most contested states in the bitterest national election in recent U.S. history. But Mercer County — through some combination of its history, culture and grassroots efforts to bolster voter trust — has thus f... |
17.10.2024 | NASA's Space Odyssey: A Tale of Triumphs and Tribulations | NASA stands at a crossroads, a cosmic fork in the road. The agency, once the crown jewel of space exploration, now grapples with a tangled web of delays, budget overruns, and ambitious dreams that seem to drift further away with each passin... |
17.10.2024 | Editorials | Editorial: Execution despite doubt over guilt is a perversion of justice | During the arguments, Justice Clarence Thomas repeatedly expressed concern that the attempt to potentially reveal Glossip’s innocence and spare his life was undermining justice — because exposing misconduct or error could impugn the integri... |
17.10.2024 | Frederick Experimental Music Association Presents B'more Bridges, a 3-concert series at Frederick YMCA Arts | FEMA
Doors open at 7:30, with performances at 8:00. Admission for each concert is $20 – no cards.
FREDERICK, Md., Oct. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Frederick Experimental Music Association will present B'more Bridges, a series of three co... |
16.10.2024 | Editorial: We Applaud Trump’s Crypto Efforts Though His Record, Rhetoric Raise Red Flags
Bitcoin Jumps Above $67K to Nearly a Three-Month High | If CoinDesk were in the business of endorsing political candidates and if crypto were the only issue that mattered, it's pretty clear whom we would back to become the next U.S. president.
After all, former President Donald Trump has spoken ... |
15.10.2024 | SLS по-прежнему является национальным позором | Четыре года назад, не сумев найти достаточно полного обзора вялотекущего провала под названием NASA SLS (Space Launch System), я написал его сам. Если вы не знакомы с темой, рекомендую сначала прочитать ту статью.
За эти четыре года SLS зап... |
15.10.2024 | TikTok sabia que era viciante para crianças, revela vazamento | TikTok sabia de riscos de vícios para crianças e problemas de imagem com filtros (Imagem: Vitor Pádua/Tecnoblog)
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Documentos de uma ação judicial contra o TikTok nos EUA most... |
13.10.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Nicholas R. Micinski and Kelsey Norman: A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement
By Nicholas R. Micinski and Kelsey Norm... | By Nicholas R. Micinski and Kelsey Norman
A year of conflict has ushered in a new era of mass displacement in the Middle East.
Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent sustained Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Israel h... |
11.10.2024 | From Nasrallah to Khamenei: The power vacuum shaping the Middle East | Israel’s targeted killing of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has not only caused a succession crisis for Hezbollah, but has also highlighted the problem of succession for the Islamic Republic of Iran. Coupled with the death of ... |
10.10.2024 | McDonald's Chicken Big Mac: A Bold Move in a Competitive Fast-Food Landscape | McDonald's is stepping into the spotlight with the launch of the Chicken Big Mac. This sandwich is more than just a meal; it’s a statement. Starting October 10, 2024, the fast-food giant will introduce this chicken-centric twist on its clas... |
09.10.2024 | A Whole Bunch Of States File Garbage Grandstanding Lawsuits Against TikTok With The Main Complaint Being ‘Kids Like It’ | You may have seen the news yesterday about 14 attorneys general filing lawsuits against TikTok. It was covered in a bunch of places, including Reuters, CNBC, the NY Times, the Washington Post, NPR, CNN and more. And, bizarrely, none of them... |
09.10.2024 | The extraordinary risk of targeting regional energy assets | For nearly a year, the ongoing regional conflict, which started as a war between Israel and Hamas, seemed to contradict the old formula long thought to be one of the few certainties in global petroleum markets: that “war + Middle East = hig... |
08.10.2024 | EU’s Commission’s Anti-Encryption Plans On The Ropes (Again) After Rejection By The Dutch Gov’t | The EU Commission is the definition of insanity. It has tried for years to convince all EU members the best way to fight crime is to undermine the security and privacy of millions of EU residents. And, for years, it has failed to make an ar... |
08.10.2024 | Elon Musk Is Now Seizing Other People’s Twitter Accounts To Promote Donald Trump | How quickly do you think we’d be having Congressional hearings about “election interference” if Mark Zuckerberg so much as posted a “Harris/Walz” lawn sign in front of his house? Yet, Elon Musk is now directly tweaking the site he owns to p... |
08.10.2024 | Студенты использовали GitHub Copilot для расшифровки древних текстов из пепла Везувия | Студенты использовали GitHub Copilot для расшифровки 2000-летних текстов, захороненных под слоем пепла вулкана Везувий. Трое студентов — Юсеф Надер, Люк Фарритор и Джулиан Шиллигер — выиграли конкурс «Везувий» и заработали $700 тысяч в виде... |
05.10.2024 | The Battle for the Ballot: How New Voting Laws Could Shape the 2024 Election | As the 2024 election looms, the battleground states are gearing up for a showdown. The stakes are high, and the rules of the game are changing. New voting laws are being introduced, and old ones are being challenged. The outcome of this ele... |
05.10.2024 | National Politics | The issues and states that will determine who wins the White House | Unsurprisingly, the pair disagreed on much.
But while speaking at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Kentucky, the two senior strategists framed the race similarly to the 2020 contest, when fewer than 50,000 votes in Arizona, ... |
04.10.2024 | Adam Neumann Is Launching a New Coworking Service That Isn't WeWork: 'I Had Time to Reflect' WeWork filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. and Canada in 2023. | Adam Neumann was once the face of WeWork, a coworking company he co-founded in 2010. When WeWork tried to go public in 2019, its status as the most valuable startup in the U.S., with a $47 billion valuation in January 2019, came under scrut... |
04.10.2024 | How AI-Driven Personalization Is Transforming the Retail Industry and Enhancing Customer Experiences AI will be one of the driving forces behind maximizing personalization and changing the face of ret... | Americans love to shop — so much so that NPR devoted an episode of its "Consider This" program to the country's shopping culture during the second year of the pandemic. But while just a couple of decades ago, shopping meant a trip... |
03.10.2024 | Appeals Court: Utah’s Age Verification Is Currently Unchallengeable Because It’s A ‘Bounty’ Law | A year ago, we wrote about how a challenge brought by the Free Speech Coalition against Utah’s (obviously unconstitutional) age verification law couldn’t go forward because the district court noted (regrettably) that the structure of the la... |
29.09.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Alex Hinton: Why do people still back Trump, after everything? 5 things to understand about MAGA supporters’ thinking.
By Alex Hinton | By Alex Hinton
For many people, especially those leaning left, Donald Trump’s disqualifications to be president seem obvious, prompting some to question: How could anyone still vote for Trump?
Some of the evidence Trump’s critics cite inclu... |
27.09.2024 | The Citizenship Surge: A Political Game Changer Ahead of the 2024 Election | As the 2024 election approaches, a significant wave of new U.S. citizens is emerging. This surge is not just a statistic; it’s a potential game changer in the political landscape. The speed of citizenship approvals has reached a pace not se... |
27.09.2024 | FTC's AI Crackdown: A Wake-Up Call for Tech Startups | The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has thrown down the gauntlet. In a bold move, it has targeted five companies for deceptive practices involving artificial intelligence. This is not just a slap on the wrist; it’s a clarion call for all AI-... |
27.09.2024 | Trump Is Selling $100,000 Gold and Diamond Encrusted Watches That Are 'Not Political' All watch sales are final. | While on the campaign trail, presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has already sold $399 shoes, $60 Bibles, a $100 silver medallion with his face on it, and multiple collections of digital trading cards, the latest of which raked in sales ... |
27.09.2024 | National Politics | With an election looming, the US is approving citizenship applications at the fastest speed in years | Former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have long repeated baseless claims that Democrats are admitting immigrants into the U.S. for political gain and allowing them to vote unlawfully. The issue even made its way into the g... |
27.09.2024 | Witnessing One’s Legacy: Supercentenarian Edith Renfrow Smith to Dedicate Residence Hall @ Grinnell College in Her Name | Artist Isaac Campbell celebrates the return of the first Black female graduate (1937) by reuniting her with photos of her younger self as wheat paste murals.
Each mural has been prepared and installed by a dedicated group of volunteers and ... |
26.09.2024 | Health | Abortion clinics — and patients — are on the move, as state laws keep shifting | Since that ruling, 14 states have enacted bans with few exceptions, while other states have limited access. But states that do not have an abortion ban in place have seen an 11% increase in clinician-provided abortions since 2020, according... |
26.09.2024 | TOOTRiS Selects Visionary Leader Tony Dillon as Vice President to Lead Corporate Benefit Advisory Efforts Nationwide | Tony Dillon joins TOOTRiS as Vice President, Corporate Benefits Advisor
It’s not just theory; it’s real, measurable success. Now, I’m passionate about helping other businesses discover that same ‘aha!’ moment...that investing in Child Care ... |
25.09.2024 | FTC crackdown on DoNotPay and others is warning for all AI-powered companies | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sending a clear message to companies riding the wave of artificial intellig... |
23.09.2024 | Will It Take Nuclear Power to Sustain AI? Microsoft Is Betting on It. Three Mile Island, a nuclear power plant, has been closed for five years. Now, it's set to reopen by 2028 to power Microsoft's dat... | Three Mile Island, the three-mile nuclear station near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has been closed since 2019. Now the island is set to reopen by 2028 to power Microsoft's data centers, which are foundational to the tech giant's AI and cloud ... |
21.09.2024 | Патент на ловлю покемона, фонарик для Apple-часов и техномиллиардеры в десятке самых богатых: дайджест новостей | В Китае готовятся начать производить микросхемы по самой современной технологии; в Колумбии Coca-Cola конфликтует с пивом из коки; Oracle просят отдать JavaScript. Все главные новости из сферы интеллектуальной собственности в нашем дайджест... |
18.09.2024 | To Address Climate Anxiety, Consider How Students Get Their News on the Issue | College students around the world have deep-seated fears, if not despair about the existential threat of climate change — fears they may have harbored since childhood. As the frequency of severe weather events increases and the Earth’s temp... |
17.09.2024 | How to Overcome Organizational Trauma — 4 Strategies for Post-Crisis Resilience and Growth Disruptive events are all around us. What are you doing to intentionally rebuild trust and foster connection ... | Disruptive events, from global pandemics to economic downturns, are rising. According to PwC's Global Crisis and Resilience Surveys, 96% of organizations have reported experiencing significant crises recently — not including the pandemic. M... |
17.09.2024 | There's a $200,000 Diamond-Making Machine For Sale on Alibaba — and That Says a Lot About the Industry The lab-grown diamond market is expected to reach about $22 billion by 2031. | In 1948, diamond company De Beers launched a marketing campaign with the slogan "A diamond is forever." Fifty years later, the company created another campaign justifying the price of diamonds with the slogan, "Isn't two mont... |
16.09.2024 | Navigating the Digital Landscape: Education in the Age of Surveillance and Technology | In today’s world, technology is as ubiquitous as air. It surrounds us, shapes us, and, for better or worse, defines our future. Yet, as schools grapple with the dual challenges of integrating technology and ensuring student safety, a storm ... |
16.09.2024 | Why Trump's Second Assassination Attempt, Upcoming Fed Cuts Is Sending Gold Soaring Economic and geopolitical uncertainties are said to be driving "haven" demand for gold. | Gold prices hit a new peak in Asian trading on Monday, based in major part on investors' growing confidence that the Federal Reserve is set to implement a sizable interest rate decrease later this week, reports Investing.com.
The anticipati... |
13.09.2024 | National Politics | Too much? Many Americans feel the need to limit their political news, poll finds | “I feel like I’m being gaslit. That’s the way to put it,” she said.Sometimes it feels like ‘a bombardment’
Caleb Pack, 23, a Republican from Ardmore, Oklahoma, who works in IT, tries to keep informed through the news feeds on his phone, whi... |
13.09.2024 | School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy For Unproven Promises Of Safety | Imagine your search terms, key-strokes, private chats and photographs are being monitored every time they are sent. Millions of students across the country don’t have to imagine this deep surveillance of their most private communications: i... |
12.09.2024 | The Debate Aftermath: A Clash of Titans in the Political Arena | The recent presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris was a spectacle, a high-stakes boxing match where punches were thrown, but the scorecards remained muddled. In the ring of American politics, both contenders emerged with... |
12.09.2024 | Editorials | Editorial: At debate, Trump took the bait and resorted to misinformation on abortion and migrants | Harris responded forcefully: “Nowhere in America is a woman carrying a pregnancy to term and asking for an abortion. That is not happening. It’s insulting to the women of America.”
ABC News moderator Linsey Davis had, at one point, to clari... |
11.09.2024 | Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Is Back at the Company 'Pretty Much Every Day.' Here's What He's Working On. Brin publicly confirmed for the first time that he's back at Google and working on AI. | After resigning as president of Google's parent company Alphabet in 2019, co-founder Sergey Brin is back at Google — and working on AI "pretty much every day," he confirmed for the first time in a conversation with Climate Corpora... |
10.09.2024 | Health | When should I get flu and COVID shots? Experts disagree — but say get them however you can | Ideally, people would get their shots around late October, since the flu typically takes off in the state near the end of the year, Guthmiller said.
Not everyone agrees that waiting is the best plan.
While some people like to time their sho... |
10.09.2024 | SpaceX Launches Its Riskiest Mission Yet with a Billionaire on Board It could be the first civilian spacewalk in history. | SpaceX set its riskiest trip into motion on Tuesday with the launch of its five-day Polaris Dawn mission. Four civilians, including fintech billionaire Jared Isaacman who funded the trip, retired Air Force pilot Scott 'Kidd' Poteet, and Spa... |
07.09.2024 | The Battle for Certainty: Election Certification in a Divided America | As the November presidential election looms, the air is thick with tension. Swing states like Michigan and Wisconsin are bracing for a showdown. The stakes are high, and the ground is shifting beneath our feet. Election certification, once ... |
06.09.2024 | Monalee launches Artemis, a Customer-First Solar Platform to Create Proposals 100x Faster | Artemis by Monalee
Artemis by Monalee is currently the fastest, customer-first solar platform on the market, and is designed for agile solar companies who want to reach new audiences, grow revenue, and increase offerings. By leveraging Arte... |
06.09.2024 | National Politics | Swing states prepare for a showdown over certifying votes in November | Citing their positions on the Board of Canvassers, the letter went on to claim that because of new state election laws, including one that allows for early voting, “All of the ingredients required for voter fraud were present.”
Jorella thou... |
03.09.2024 |
Harris offers key new details on housing plan | Vice President Kamala Harris and Minn. Gov. Tim Walz sat down with CNN last week for the pair’s first major televised interview since becoming the Democratic nominees for president and vice president of the United States, and housing contin... |
01.09.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Brian VanDeMark: 1970 Kent State shootings show the danger of deploying troops to crush legal protests
By Brian VanDeMark | By Brian VanDeMark
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has expressed his intention, if elected to a second term, to use the U.S. armed forces to suppress domestic protests. The New York Times reports that Trump’s allies are marsh... |
30.08.2024 | The Silent Struggle: Farmworkers and Opioid Settlement Decisions | In the heart of America, two crises unfold. One is the silent struggle of farmworkers facing health risks from bird flu. The other is the opioid epidemic, where settlement funds meant for healing are often decided behind closed doors. Both ... |
29.08.2024 | The Fentanyl Crisis: A Misguided Narrative and a Call for Clarity | The opioid epidemic in the United States is a tragic saga, marked by soaring death tolls and political rhetoric that often misses the mark. Recently, former President Trump claimed that fentanyl deaths have reached a staggering 300,000 annu... |
29.08.2024 | Health | Public voices often ignored in states’ opioid settlement money decisions | “It’s another moment where folks not connected to this community are making decisions for this community, and I think that’s inappropriate,” said Bill McKinney, a Kensington resident whose nonprofit is involved in some of the city’s settlem... |
28.08.2024 | The Strain of Trust: Election Clerks in the Crosshairs of Misinformation | In the heart of America, where cornfields stretch endlessly and small-town values reign, election clerks are facing an unprecedented crisis. The trust that once bound communities is fraying. Misinformation has taken root, and even the most ... |
28.08.2024 | Navigating Hope and Identity: The Intersection of Mental Health and Political Aspirations | In a world rife with challenges, two narratives emerge: the quest for mental health support and the evolving political landscape. Vibrant Emotional Health's acquisition of Stars of HOPE signifies a beacon of hope for many. Meanwhile, young ... |
28.08.2024 | The Rise of the Lazy Girl Jobs Movement: Redefining Work in America | In a world where hustle culture reigns supreme, a new movement is emerging. It’s called the Lazy Girl Jobs movement, and it’s shaking up the traditional workplace. Gabrielle Judge, the mastermind behind this revolution, is leading the charg... |
28.08.2024 | TaiwanPlus: A Beacon of Taiwanese Voices in a Global Landscape | TaiwanPlus is not just a media organization; it’s a bridge. A bridge connecting Taiwan to the world. As it celebrates its third anniversary, the platform stands tall, boasting nearly 200 million global views. In a mere three years, it has t... |
27.08.2024 | National Politics | Fact Check: Trump drastically inflates annual fentanyl death numbers | Trump’s figures appear to have no basis in fact. Government statistics show the number of drug overdose deaths per year is hovering around 100,000 to 110,000, with opioid-related deaths at about 81,000. That’s enough that the government has... |
27.08.2024 | National Politics | In small towns, even GOP clerks are targets of election conspiracies | She knows her voters. They’re her neighbors. But the level of distrust of elections has gotten to a point where they won’t listen to her anymore. The fact that she’s a Republican doesn’t matter — only that she’s the clerk.
Sitting in the Hu... |
27.08.2024 | Letters to the Editor | Letters to the editor: Let’s put an end to unnatural disasters; increase the minimum wage; don’t build housing at the airport | Let’s put an end to unnatural disasters
Are you tired of being hot? From Boulder through Denver down to Pueblo, the heatwave from July 30 through August 7, and on many other days this summer, was made at least five times more likely by the ... |
26.08.2024 | Did RFK Jr. Really 'Drop Out'? Polymarket Bettors Argue Over Contract Resolution | This week in prediction markets…
Did RFK Jr. really drop out?
How long will Telegram's Pavel Durov be in detention?
Mpox won't be a pandemic this year, bettors say
As last week came to a close, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was putting his ... |
24.08.2024 | Health | ‘Scared to death’: Nurses and residents confront rampant violence in dementia care facilities | Dan Shively died five days later at age 73.
Police did not charge Dowd, then 66. He stayed at Canyon Creek for nearly three more years, during which time he repeatedly clashed with residents, sometimes hitting male residents and groping fem... |
23.08.2024 | Как рождалась и умирала легенда. Двадцатилетняя история Skype | Многие фантасты XIX — XX веков предсказывали появление устройства, позволяющего не только слышать собеседника, но и видеть его. Сегодня это стало реальностью: мы можем позвонить человеку через интернет в любую точку мира и увидеть его лицо ... |
23.08.2024 | National Politics | Young Black and Indian women share an identity with Kamala Harris — some are beaming, while others sit at a crossroads with her stance on Gaza | As polls suggest, Haseeb is like many women her age, trying to figure out what this political moment means for her and her generation. According to National Public Radio polls, among voters under 35, 1 in 10 remain undecided about whether t... |
22.08.2024 | The Mirage of Crime and the Shadows of Influence | America is often painted as a lawless land. The evening news thrives on fear. Headlines scream of violence, chaos, and danger. But beneath the surface, a different story unfolds. Recent reports reveal a nation that is, in fact, safer than i... |
22.08.2024 | National Politics | Fact-checking Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention | Abortion ban
After predicting that Trump and Vance would “gut Social Security and Medicare,” Walz repeated the outdated claim that “they will ban abortion across this country with or without Congress.” Trump used to support that position, b... |
22.08.2024 | National Politics | Trump posted a fake Taylor Swift image. AI and deepfakes are only going to get worse this election cycle | “I’m worried as we move closer to the election, this is going to explode,” said Emilio Ferrara, a computer science professor at USC Viterbi School of Engineering. “It’s going to get much worse than it is now.”
Platforms such as Facebook and... |
22.08.2024 | Free Webinar | September 12: What To Do When Your Job Won't Pay You More Join us for our webinar with Gabrielle Judge, the creator of the Lazy Girl Jobs movement. She'll share her best strategies for ... | Feeling underpaid and undervalued at work? Gabrielle Judge, the creator of the Lazy Girl Jobs movement, is here to fix that. She'll share her best strategies for accelerating your earnings and getting the raise or promotion you deserve.
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21.08.2024 | Another Report Undercuts The Constant Narrative That US Crime Rates Are Out Of Control | For as long as the evening news has existed, America has been portrayed as a dangerous place to live. Reminding people we’re a very safe country — especially over the past 30 years — doesn’t draw in viewers.
And it doesn’t draw in voters, e... |
20.08.2024 | National Politics | State lawmakers eye promise, pitfalls of AI ahead of November elections | This presidential election cycle is the first since generative AI — a form of artificial intelligence that can create new images, audio and video — became widely available. That’s raised alarms over deepfakes, remarkably convincing but fake... |
20.08.2024 | Jimmy Kimmel’s Use Of George Santos’ Cameo Videos Found To Be Fair Use | Would you believe that Disney’s famously copyright-maximalist lawyers have just brought us a nice victory for fair use?
Earlier this year, we wrote about disgraced former Congressman George Santos suing Disney and Jimmy Kimmel after Kimmel ... |