The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump is moving to ease limits on certain “forever chemicals” in drinking water, dialing back some rules that were finalized last year. Wednesday’s announcement marks a shift from the Biden administration, which set federal drinking water limits for PFAS due to their health risks. According to the […]
A court case in Florida is considering the question: Should chatbots that use artificial intelligence have the same free speech rights as people? That’s the argument being made by Character.Ai, a company that lets users chat with lifelike AI characters. The company is facing a lawsuit from the family of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, who […]
Here’s a fun baseball hypothetical: If you were an MLB general manager and building your team from scratch right now, which player would you take first? Los Angeles Dodgers DH Shohei Ohtani or New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge? Why are these two players the only choices? Both are possibly the best players of their […]
It took a quarter of a century to add a sixth member to the list of golfers who have won the career grand slam. In April, Rory McIlroy joined the likes of Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player by winning the Masters. But could it take just four weeks to add a seventh player […]
President Trump fired the Librarian of Congress and installed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as the acting librarian. Members of Congress are challenging the move, believing the position isn’t under the executive branch’s jurisdiction. So is it? According to the Library, it is an agency of the legislative branch. An appellate court ruled in 2024 […]
There have been more than 500 alleged attacks on Catholic churches in the United States since May 2020, according to CatholicVote, a faith advocacy organization. The latest attack happened May 6 in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania. Police said a man was seen on surveillance video lighting an explosive on an altar inside a Catholic church, WFMZ […]
The Harvard Law School Library has identified a centuries-old manuscript, long believed to be a copy, as a rare original version of the Magna Carta, dating back to 1300. The school originally purchased the document for just $27.50. How did historians discover the authenticity of the Magna Carta? The revelation came after Professor David Carpenter […]
A new bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, would give every American newborn a cash investment from the federal government at birth. The Invest America Act would create a private, tax-advantaged account for each newborn, funded with an initial $1,000 contribution. What is the Invest America Act? The House of Representatives included it […]
The mother of a Missouri high school student filed a lawsuit against the Mountain View-Birch Tree R-III School District, claiming the school violated her son’s First Amendment rights after suspending him over a Snapchat post made off campus. Wyatt Grunden, 14, was suspended for three days after posting an image on Snapchat that showed Dr. […]
Actor-director Dave Franco and actress Alison Brie are being sued over their upcoming horror-comedy film “Together.” Indie filmmakers claimed that the movie copies plot elements, themes and even specific scenes from their 2023 project, “Better Half.” According to the lawsuit filed by StudioFest cofounders Jess Jacklin and Charles Irving Beale, the two were attending the […]
