(Business Insider) — Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has joined the many voices weighing in on Facebook’s metaverse and expressing concern about the future of artificial intelligence. Schmidt, who served as Google’s top executive from 2001 to 2011 and as executive chairman until his departure in May 2020, told The New York Times that while he believes […]
Continue reading …(Fox 5) NEW YORK — Drug lord Alpo Martinez, once one of New York City’s most notorious drug kingpins, was gunned down on the streets of Harlem early Sunday morning. He was a larger-than-life figure who had seemed to defy death in the past. Martinez became famous in the 1980s for his murderous ways and mountains of drugs and […]
Continue reading …(ROME) — President Joe Biden met face to face with Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who is referred to by Catholics worldwide as “pope” in his role as the head of the Roman Catholic religion, at the Vatican on Friday. Biden, who identifies as Catholic, supports the murder of unborn children through abortion under the guise of “women’s rights,” […]
Continue reading …(NBC News) — A California school board president cursed at a parent who expressed concerns over mask and vaccine mandates during a meeting Tuesday. Lauren Roupoli, along with other parents at the Los Alamitos Unified School District, addressed the board with her thoughts on mask and vaccine mandates. She told the board she is against […]
Continue reading …(Law & Crime) — A Kentucky high school is in the spotlight after photos of students wearing skimpy clothing and appearing to dance suggestively for the principal and staffers went viral. The pictures were taken during Homecoming festivities at Hazard High School, according to a statement from superintendent Sondra Combs. One picture shows Hazard High […]
Continue reading …Update 10-21-21: The following account by Upper Darby Police Superintendent Tim Bernhardt, as reported by CBS Philly and other news outlets, is now being refuted by Delaware County Prosecutor Jack Stollsteimer, who claims that people using the SEPTA El train were not necessarily aware of what was taking place. Read more >> (CBS Philly) — Police in Delaware […]
Continue reading …(NBC News) — A group of American missionaries kidnapped in Haiti over the weekend are being held by one of the country’s most notorious gangs, according to a Haitian police official. Sixteen U.S. nationals and one Canadian were visiting an orphanage on Saturday as part of their work for Christian Aid Ministries, according to a statement from the nonprofit issued […]
Continue reading …(USA Today) — Even as most Americans are still learning about the hacking-for-cash crime of ransomware, the nation’s top homeland security official is worried about an even more dire digital danger: killware, or cyberattacks that can literally end lives. The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in April galvanized the public’s attention because of its consumer-related complications, […]
Continue reading …(CBS News) — North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson said Saturday that he “will not back down” as politicians call for his resignation over recently resurfaced comments in which he referred to “transgenderism” and homosexuality as “filth.” “Let me tell you plainly right here and right now: I will not back down,” he said in […]
Continue reading …(Metro) — The power supply has been restored in Lebanon after a nationwide outage saw the country plunged into darkness for 24 hours on Saturday. The national grid shut down entirely when the nation’s two largest power stations, the Zahrani and Deir Ammar plants, ground to a halt after running out of fuel. The blackout […]
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