Influencers are getting busted for ‘fraud tutorials.’ Here’s what they posted that got federal attention.
Social media influencers have garnered thousands of views on posts on how to defraud the federal government. As it turns out, the federal government was paying attention. U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said the trend is becoming a problem and coined the users as “fraud-fluencers.” Some of those behind the social media posts have already […]
Texas screwworm outbreak has local animal shelters, rescues planning next steps
As the state of Texas continues to deal with New World screwworms, local animal shelters and rescues are taking precautions of their own. Screwworms were first confirmed to be back in the U.S. after a six-decade hiatus when they were found on a calf in Zavala County, Texas, on June 3. Since then, 12 cases […]
Iran says it’s closing Strait of Hormuz because of Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Iran said Saturday it is closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli strikes against Lebanon, state and semiofficial media reported. “In light of the United States’ clear breach of its commitments regarding the first article of the memorandum of understanding on ending the war, and in response to the continuous and relentless violations […]
Trump and Meloni trade barbs as tensions flare over Iran and NATO
President Donald Trump doubled down on his public dispute with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over a photograph at the G7 summit in France. “She is doing poorly in Italy with her level of popularity, possibly because she turned down the United States of America, a Country that truly loves and protects Italy, when it […]
Signers of the Declaration of Independence: New York
Delegates to the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Four of the 56 delegates who signed the formal break from Britain — William Floyd, Francis Lewis, Philip Livingston and Lewis Morris — represented New York.
As LA weighs noncitizen voting, immigrants face a difficult choice
Should noncitizens be allowed to vote in local elections? Over several hundred years of American history, that question has become more clouded as to what the answer should be. Los Angeles may become the latest city to allow noncitizens to vote after the City Council voted to advance a measure that will allow Angelenos to […]
ICE makes a pricey pivot away from its rapid detention center expansion push
Several communities across the country are celebrating after Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced it was withdrawing plans for seven immigration detention centers. The move comes after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin took over after Kristi Noem’s firing. ICE had previously said it was purchasing more than a dozen empty warehouses to expand its […]
Where does the most AI legal slop come from? Not from the states with the most lawyers
Just 1,700 lawyers practice in North Dakota, fewer than in any other state. Neighboring South Dakota counts barely 2,000. Yet the two sparsely populated Midwestern states have created more error-filled AI-generated legal documents than anywhere else in the nation, a new study shows. California — a state with magnitudes more lawyers, as well as litigants […]
Why some chatbots keep talking when they’ve stopped making sense
Last week, in a podcast episode titled The Dark Side of AI Chatbots, Oprah interviewed Megan Garcia, whose son Sewell Setzter III died by suicide in 2024 after interacting with a chatbot on the Character.ai platform. The chatbot told Setzer to “come home” to it, and that his family did not understand him. “If an […]
