A Virginia high school teacher who went on a 12-minute classroom rant claiming the United States is funding “genocide” in Gaza will not be returning to her post at Deep Run High School. After an exclusive report from the Washington Examiner detailed history teacher Catherine Massalha’s rant, which included attempts to convince students to become […]
Three left-leaning news websites alleged in a new lawsuit that OpenAI stole their content and used it to train its artificial intelligence model, adding to a string of legal efforts by news media to win compensation from the tech company. The websites Raw Story and Alternet filed a joint suit in federal court in Manhattan […]
A speech that the mayor of Athens, Georgia, was delivering addressing Laken Riley’s murder was interrupted by protesters, who called for his resignation. Mayor Kelly Girtz spoke about Riley’s death that occurred in Athens, during which he clarified what the term sanctuary city means. In 2019, the Athens government had passed a resolution welcoming all […]
A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected former Trump administration chief of staff Mark Meadows‘s request for it to weigh his effort to move his state criminal charges in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case to federal court. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit declined to hear Meadows’s bid, which marks […]
New research shows artificial intelligence chatbots are producing highly inaccurate and misleading election information, sparking concerns from experts about how the AI-generated information could deter voters from hitting the polls ahead of the 2024 elections. AI Democracy Projects and Proof News, a nonprofit media outlet, released a study Tuesday in which experts tested OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4, […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has overseen several significant developments as the longest-serving Senate leader in history. On Wednesday, McConnell announced he would step down as minority leader in November. “One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter, so I stand before you today, […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced on Wednesday he will step down as a Republican leader in November, reminiscing about his service but reminding colleagues that he’s “not going anywhere.” McConnell, who became Senate party leader in 2006, has been the longest-serving Senate leader in United States history. He said he would continue to […]
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump declared that the former commander in chief intended to post a $100 million bond while appealing his civil fraud verdict, drastically lower than the $355 million he was ordered to pay. The lawyers told an appellate court in New York on Wednesday that part of the civil fraud verdict […]
Alexander Smirnov, a former FBI informant, is set to appear for trial in April on charges of lying to federal investigators about President Joe Biden. Judge Otis Wright of the Central District of California scheduled a jury trial in the case to begin on April 23 after deciding on Monday that Smirnov will remain in […]
The Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday over the legality of a federal ban imposed under former President Donald Trump on bump stocks, which make semiautomatic rifles fire rapidly, with several justices questioning whether Congress is needed to enact such restrictions. The high court’s oral arguments centered on an appeal by President Joe Biden‘s administration of […]
