Category: USA
Elon Musk Creates New Artificial Intelligence Company X.AI
Wall Street Journal The name of the new Nevada-incorporated organization suggests a link to the billionaire’s interest in an everything app. https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-new-artificial-intelligence-business-x-ai-incorporates-in-nevada-962c7c2f
Read MoreHarry Burleigh’s Eloquent Song of Freedom
Wall Street Journal The composer’s ‘Lovely Dark and Lonely One’ (1935), set to a poem by Langston Hughes, is one of the finest American art songs. https://www.wsj.com/articles/harry-burleighs-eloquent-song-of-freedom-d6d6e031
Read MoreUlysses S. Grant and the Jews
Wall Street Journal He expelled them from three southern states during the Civil War, but made amends as president. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ulysses-s-grant-expelled-the-jews-and-apologized-tennesse-mississippi-president-lincoln-fa2d1c78
Read MoreWhat Exactly Did Justice Thomas Do Wrong?
Wall Street Journal He has responded to these perennial attacks with grace. https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-exactly-did-justice-thomas-do-wrong-clarence-harlan-crowe-billion-jet-money-court-462555b3
Read MoreSupreme Court temporarily allows access to abortion pill mifepristone amid judges’ contradicting orders
Fox News The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily allowed access to the abortion pill mifepristone after a Texas ruling last week set limits to the use of the drug. Justice Samuel Alito halted the lower court rulings that seek to limit access to mifepristone Friday, which in turn freezes the litigation being pursued by…
Read MoreSupreme Court allows challenges to federal agencies to go forward in court
Fox News The Supreme Court is allowing challenges to the structure of two federal agencies to go forward in federal court. The high court ruled unanimously Friday to allow challenges to the structures of the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to go forward in federal court. Lower courts had split on…
Read MoreNebraska bill allowing tax donations for school vouchers advances
Fox News A bill that would channel public money to scholarships for private school tuition in Nebraska is headed to a final step needed for passage this year. The bill, introduced by Omaha Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, does not appropriate taxpayer dollars directly toward private school vouchers. Instead, it would allow businesses, individuals, estates and…
Read MoreBob Lee Was Left to ‘Slowly Die’ After Stabbing, Prosecutors Say
New York Times Bob Lee was stabbed three times on a dark San Francisco street after what appeared to be an argument over a personal relationship, prosecutors said in court documents. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/us/bob-lee-stabbing-nima-momeni.html
Read MoreTAKING ON TENT CITY: CA enclave tackling homeless camps declares ‘we want a city that feels and looks safe’
Fox News The San Diego City Council will soon vote on whether to ban homeless encampments in many public locations, but some activists aren’t happy about it. “You are failing at your job and you’re blaming the unhoused population for your failure,” one woman said during a heated public comment period. “You suck,” she added,…
Read MoreAlabama attorney general takes over prison litigation
Fox News Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is taking control of prison litigation away from the Department of Corrections and moving it to his office in their latest public disagreement. Marshall informed the department that the attorney general intends to remove the assistant attorney general status of the department’s six attorneys, the Alabama Department of…
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