A new analysis of data from the long-running Youth Risk Behavior Study found that 77% of U.S. high school students surveyed in 2023 did not get adequate sleep, up from 69% in 2007. What’s more: The portion of teenagers who said they slept for five hours or less increased from 16% to 23% in that […]
A new study shows the algorithm used by X, still commonly referred to as Twitter, is helping shift users’ political views to the right. It comes as social media comes under increasing scrutiny for its role in shaping U.S. elections. X Study The new study published in the scientific journal Nature shows X pushes users’ […]
Contractors for Meta say they’ve been tasked with reviewing highly sensitive footage recorded by the company’s AI-powered smart glasses. The contractors, based in Nairobi, Kenya, claim to have seen everything from individuals using the bathroom to taking off their clothes. Speaking with the Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten, employees with the data annotation business […]
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says former President Bill Clinton’s memory is fuzzy. The billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune and potential Democratic presidential candidate says Clinton was wrong when he told a congressional committee last week that the governor joined him on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet. Pritzker denied that he ever […]
Something was very wrong with the attic insulation. Lisa Alajajian Giroux, a home inspector, knew right away what she was looking at in the Massachusetts home she was examining on behalf of a potential buyer. The owner had built a half-million dollar addition — a huge selling point — but Giroux could plainly see that […]
A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s request to delay enforcement of the Supreme Court decision striking down most of the president’s global tariffs. The ruling sends the case back to the U.S. Court of International Trade to begin determining how refunds will be issued. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit […]
The House Oversight Committee has released the full video of Hillary and Bill Clinton testifying in its investigation tied to Jeffrey Epstein. The footage captures pointed exchanges during questioning and makes public testimony that had previously been behind closed doors. The depositions were conducted at the couple’s home in Chappaqua, New York, last week as […]
Congress is set to receive a classified briefing on the Iran strikes as fighting spreads across the region. Americans in 14 Middle East countries are ordered to leave, but flight disruptions complicate departures. Plus, nine hours of sworn testimony from Bill and Hillary Clinton in the Epstein probe are now public. At one point, Hillary […]
Attacks are intensifying as the war in Iran widens. Iran targeted the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh with a drone early Tuesday morning, according to regional officials. The U.S. is urging Americans to leave 14 Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Syria, Yemen and the Palestinian territories. […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday — her first appearance since two Minneapolis shootings and amid a funding standoff that has left DHS partly unfunded. She faced questions on immigration enforcement, the department’s shutdown, and how global threats like the strikes on Iran affect homeland security. Pretti, Good […]
