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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nearly 160 recruits have been sickened by a flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, prompting the Air Force to reinstate a flu-shot requirement for trainees. The move comes less than two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ended the military’s long-standing vaccine mandate. The move leaves the Air Force’s largest training installation […]
Around lunchtime on Tuesday, President Donald Trump did the same thing he does just about every other day: He shared a stream of social media posts with his nearly 13 million followers. All of them linked to the same website. At 12:06 p.m., Trump shared two posts on Truth Social that linked to articles favorable […]
