September 19, 2025

‘No safeguards’: Why India’s new tax law poses a ‘severe risk’ to journalists

A new tax law in India that grants authorities sweeping powers to access emails, cloud accounts, and encrypted devices during searches has generated widespread concern among journalists and digital rights advocates, while adding to a raft of tax legislation around the world that could be weaponized against the media.  India’s parliament on August 12 passed […]

September 18, 2025

California home market loses $100B, what’s that mean for potential buyers?

California’s total housing market value has dropped $106 billion in the last year, according to numbers from Zillow. It comes at the same time the sales pace has dropped to a low not seen since the 2008 housing market crisis. California housing market valuation The new numbers show the California market is now valued at […]

September 18, 2025

Democrat, GOP-escorted influencers given Hill access to push party lines

Members of Congress are granting Capitol Hill guest privileges to online content creators with the purpose of pushing their agenda. The lawmakers are using their staff to host influencers who couldn’t otherwise get press credentials. Under the current rules, membership to the press galleries is limited to “bona fide correspondents of repute in their profession […]

September 18, 2025

Water fight sends PGA Tour’s opening day seeking greener pastures

The PGA Tour’s season has started at the Kapalua Golf Resort on the Hawaiian island of Maui for the last 26 years. The Sentry tournament will have to find a new home in January. A drought and a water dispute have forced tournament officials to relocate the event to an alternative venue.   The PGA Tour […]

AI
September 18, 2025

Eight percent of the world’s population uses ChatGPT weekly: ChatGPT

The developers of ChatGPT released a report that stated people had 1.58 million conversations in the past year with the artificial intelligence technology that centered on help with everyday tasks. The high use came with risky situations such as energy demands to operate a data center, hospitalizations and in some cases, death, in just three […]

September 18, 2025

Charlie Kirk shooting suspect asked for peaceful surrender, feared being shot

We’re learning new details about the man accused of assassinating right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Officials shared the unusual terms he demanded before surrendering to police in Utah. 22-year-old Tyler Robinson agreed to turn himself in, but only if the arrest was peaceful. Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby said he got a call from a retired detective on Thursday, […]

September 18, 2025

Immigration judge orders Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil deported

Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia grad student who became a lightning rod over pro-Palestinian protests on campus, is now one step closer to being deported. A U.S. immigration judge denied Khalil’s motion for a waiver preventing his removal from the U.S. and ordered that he be deported to either Algeria or his native Syria. The ruling […]

September 18, 2025

Sanders says Israel committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza for first time

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The comment marks the first time he has used the term to describe the nearly two-year war. In an op-ed published Wednesday, Sanders wrote: “The intent is clear. The conclusion is inescapable: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.” He said Israel has waged […]