The privacy paradox: Why civil rights groups are divided over Senate AI bill
Legislation winding its way through Congress would create a national standard of guardrails for how kids and teens interact with artificial intelligence, but privacy advocates are fighting it over concerns that it would also build a massive database of user information. The bill, titled the Youth AI Privacy Bill, received a favorable vote in the […]
Republicans putting controversial figure’s 9/11 comment in Abdul El-Sayed’s mouth
In April, months before Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan, his eventual Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, referred to him as “campaigning with the guy who said ’America deserved 9/11.’” A week later, Rogers wrote on social media that “Abdul campaigns today with the man who claimed ‘America deserved 9/11.” Last month, […]
Orgs hope ‘Bad apple’ procurement group’s closure in Kentucky doesn’t hurt organ donations
Following the Department of Health and Human Services’ announcement that it is decertifying an organ procurement group serving Kentucky, others are urging people not to let it color how they see organ donation as a whole. At a news conference Wednesday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said federal reviewers found “serious deficiencies” in nearly […]
Can housing replace jail? A Manhattan non-profit has tested the answer for almost half a century
NEW YORK — Inside a five-story building tucked into the heart of Chelsea, an art hub in downtown Manhattan, residents greet each other by name. Some gather around a table to play Chinese Checkers. Others hit the nurse’s office for their morning meds. The people living in this restored 1897 townhouse have schizophrenia, bipolar disorder […]
Trump says deal to reopen the Strait could come soon while defending US missile arsenal
President Donald Trump is pushing back on reports the U.S. is running low on key missiles amid the war in Iran, while expressing new optimism about talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump pushes back on shortage reports On Wednesday, Straight Arrow and other news outlets reported that the U.S. has sharply drawn down […]
