(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
(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, […]
(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 […]
A woman who appeared to be fighting back tears while stating that Donald Trump was “gonna save the world” was one of thousands of people who gathered to hear the former president speak at a rally this weekend at the Iowa State Fairground in Des Moines. Woman at Trump rally today says her whole family […]
(FOX News) — Republican members of Congress and state governors were appalled by news Thursday that President Joe Biden will force employers with more than 100 workers to require coronavirus vaccinations or test employees weekly, vowing to block the new policy and terming it unconstitutional. The mandate, which is expected to affect as many as 100 million Americans in an array of […]