AI is being used to send some households impacted by Helene and Milton $1,000 cash relief payments
Read full article: AI is being used to send some households impacted by Helene and Milton $1,000 cash relief paymentsSome hurricane-impacted households in North Carolina and Florida will receive one-time, direct cash payments of $1,000 on Friday.
Families of Americans detained in China share their pain and urge US to get them home
Read full article: Families of Americans detained in China share their pain and urge US to get them homeThe families of four Americans detained in China say their loved ones are suffering both physically and mentally, and they are urging the U.S. government to take action to bring then home.
Anti-abortion activists brace for challenges ahead as they gather for annual March for Life
Read full article: Anti-abortion activists brace for challenges ahead as they gather for annual March for LifeA year ago, anti-abortion activists from across the U.S. gathered for their annual March for Life with reason to celebrate.
Congressional group demands probe into Beijing's role in violence against protesters on US soil
Read full article: Congressional group demands probe into Beijing's role in violence against protesters on US soilA congressional commission is asking the Justice Department to investigate the role of Beijing after protesters claimed they were beaten and harassed by Chinese government agents in November in San Francisco during an official visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The UK's AI summit is taking place at Bletchley Park, the wartime home of codebreaking and computing
Read full article: The UK's AI summit is taking place at Bletchley Park, the wartime home of codebreaking and computingThe AI Safety Summit is bringing politicians, computer scientists and tech executives to Bletchley Park in the United Kingdom, a site that's synonymous with codebreaking and the birth of computing during World War II.
Billions for life-saving AIDS program need to continue, George W. Bush Institute tells Congress
Read full article: Billions for life-saving AIDS program need to continue, George W. Bush Institute tells CongressBillions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program that's saved millions of lives are in limbo and now the George W.
Forced labor concerns prompt US lawmakers to demand ban on seafood from 2 Chinese provinces
Read full article: Forced labor concerns prompt US lawmakers to demand ban on seafood from 2 Chinese provincesSome U.S. lawmakers are demanding that seafood processed in two Chinese provinces be banned from entering the U.S. market because of concerns about rights abuses.
Republican opposition to abortion threatens global HIV/AIDS program that has saved 25 million lives
Read full article: Republican opposition to abortion threatens global HIV/AIDS program that has saved 25 million livesTwo decades ago, the U.S. government created what's described as the largest commitment by any nation in history to combat a single disease, AIDS.
Global AIDS program targeted in abortion battle gets new home in State Department bureau
Read full article: Global AIDS program targeted in abortion battle gets new home in State Department bureauThe State Department has launched a new bureau aimed at making the battle against global outbreaks a lasting priority of U.S. foreign policy.
US measure would ban products containing mineral mined with child labor in Congo
Read full article: US measure would ban products containing mineral mined with child labor in CongoNew U.S. legislation would ban imported products containing critical green transition minerals mined by child labor in Congo.
Navy SEALs training plagued by pervasive problems, according to investigation after death of sailor
Read full article: Navy SEALs training plagued by pervasive problems, according to investigation after death of sailorThe training program for Navy SEALs is plagued by widespread medical failures, poor oversight and the use of performance-enhancing drugs that have increased the risk of injury and death to those seeking to become elite commandos.
Watering while Black: anatomy of a pastor's Alabama arrest
Read full article: Watering while Black: anatomy of a pastor's Alabama arrestA Black pastor plans to sue an Alabama city whose white police officers placed him in handcuffs after he refused to identify himself while watering flowers for his neighbor on private property.
Texans end 3-game skid with 30-16 victory at lowly Jaguars
Read full article: Texans end 3-game skid with 30-16 victory at lowly JaguarsTremon Smith returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown, ending the longest drought in the NFL, and the Houston Texans beat woeful Jacksonville 30-16 on Sunday to end a three-game skid and extend their dominance in the series.
UCLA's Juzang could be first Asian American NBA lottery pick
Read full article: UCLA's Juzang could be first Asian American NBA lottery pickJohnny Juzang’s impact at UCLA has been immediate since he transferred from Kentucky, giving the Bruins the scorer and dynamic player they had been missing in recent years.
'Operation Varsity Blues' reenacts and reorients a scandal
Read full article: 'Operation Varsity Blues' reenacts and reorients a scandalNEW YORK – Chris Smith didn’t initially think the 2019 college bribery scandal made for a good documentary subject. He was editing “Fyre,” the hit Netflix documentary about the music-festival fiasco, when his longtime collaborator, Jon Karmen, suggested another real tale of fraud and spectacle be their next film. By shifting the focus, Smith’s “Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admission Scandal,” which debuts Wednesday on Netflix, attempts to reorient center stage in a headline-grabbing drama that has already spawned one Lifetime movie. The documentary, like the scandal, has a dose of Hollywood. “One of the only people that got back to us was John Vandemoer.”Vandemoer, a Stanford University sailing coach, was the first person sentenced in the scandal.
House approves pro-union bill despite dim Senate odds
Read full article: House approves pro-union bill despite dim Senate oddsBut it faces an all-but-certain Republican blockade in a narrowly divided Senate and is unlikely to become law. Ad“I’ve heard Democrats argue that it’s the unions that built the middle class,” said Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., the senior Republican on the House labor panel. And what this bill does is take away their freedom.”Labor unions have long been a bedrock of Democratic support. “This far-reaching legislation is nothing more than an union boss wish list,” said Foxx, who led Republican debate on the bill. Virginia Republican Rep. Bob Good excoriated the bill, saying it would effectively “funnel money to Democrats” by allowing unions to collect additional dues.
Netflix doc to examine man behind college admissions scandal
Read full article: Netflix doc to examine man behind college admissions scandalThis image released by Netflix shows key art for Operation Varsity Blues, a documentary about the college admissions scandal, premiering March 17. (Netflix via AP)LOS ANGELES – A Netflix documentary will use actor recreations of FBI wiretaps to tell the story of Rick Singer, the man at the center of the college admissions scandal that sent actors Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin and and several other prominent parents to prison. Netflix announced Monday that “Operation Varsity Blues" will be released on March 17. More than 50 people were charged in the scandal that saw parents pay bribes to have someone cheat on their children’s entrance exams or pretend their kids were star athletes for sports they didn’t play. Singer pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and several other charges, and is expected to testify at defendants' trials.
Trump strikes China over virus, Hong Kong and student visas
Read full article: Trump strikes China over virus, Hong Kong and student visasPresident Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 29, 2020, in Washington. He noted that the U.S. contributes about $450 million to the world body while China provides about $40 million. Tensions over Hong Kong have increased over the past year as China has cracked down on protesters a nd sought to exert more control over the former British territory. Trump said the administration would begin eliminating the full range of agreements that had given Hong Kong a relationship with the U.S. that mainland China lacked, including exemptions from controls on certain exports. Still, the country has insisted that its control of Hong Kong is an internal matter, and it has disputed that it mishandled the response to the virus.