Warcraft fans trick AI article bot with Glorbo hoax (www.bbc.com)
The game's Reddit community was buzzing with excitement about a new feature... that doesn't exist.
"Now I Know Why My Wife Was Fired from Her Government Job" | Nieman Reports (niemanreports.org)
When Forbes tech reporter Emily Baker-White found out last year that ByteDance, the controversial China-based firm that runs the video-sharing platform TikTok, had used the app to track her whereabouts as she covered the company, she knew she was on to a major story. And she was worried — but not necessarily about herself. The...
How LA Failed to Stop Landlords From Turning Low-Cost Housing Into Tourist Hotels (www.propublica.org)
Google wants you to let its AI bot help you write news articles (www.niemanlab.org)
White nationalists convicted of planning to riot at Idaho pride event (www.nbcnews.com)
A total of 31 Patriot Front members, including one identified as its founder, were arrested in 2022 after someone reported seeing people loading into a U-Haul van like “a little army.”
Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She'd be first woman on Joint Chiefs of Staff (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an unprecedented choice that, if she is confirmed, will make her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Justice Department planning legal action against Texas over floating border barrier (www.cnn.com)
The Justice Department told Texas Thursday that it intends to file legal action against the placement of floating barriers in the Rio Grande as part of the state’s operation along the Texas-Mexico border, according to sources familiar and a letter obtained by CNN.
Liberal justices blast Supreme Court majority for allowing Alabama execution (www.nbcnews.com)
The high court allowed the execution of James Barber despite botched attempts to execute other inmates last year.
Texas A&M President Resigns Amid Fallout Over Journalism Program (www.nytimes.com)
The university said M. Katherine Banks would retire “immediately” after political pushback over the effort to appoint Kathleen McElroy to lead its journalism program....
Axios- Many hospitals posted record margins during pandemic, study finds (www.axios.com)
It’s no great surprise, but now there’s proof that the rich get what they want | Torsten Bell (www.theguardian.com)
This article is two months old by the way....
Nearly two years after Texas' six-week abortion ban, more infants are dying (www.cnn.com)
Some 2,200 infants died in Texas in 2022 – an increase of 227 deaths, or 11.5%, over the previous year, according to preliminary infant mortality data from the Texas Department of State Health Services that CNN obtained through a public records request. Infant deaths caused by severe genetic and birth defects rose by 21.6%....
Nearly two years after Texas' six-week abortion ban, more infants are dying (www.cnn.com)
Some 2,200 infants died in Texas in 2022 – an increase of 227 deaths, or 11.5%, over the previous year, according to preliminary infant mortality data from the Texas Department of State Health Services that CNN obtained through a public records request. Infant deaths caused by severe genetic and birth defects rose by 21.6%....
Nebraska teen sent to 90 days in jail over abortion (www.bbc.com)
Arkansas AG opposes records protections for out-of-state abortions (www.axios.com)
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin joined 18 other states in objecting to a proposed federal rule that would expand HIPAA to protect reproductive health information from law enforcement attempting to prosecute legal, out-of-state abortions.
Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96 (apnews.com)
Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96 (apnews.com)
Trump classified documents trial set for May 2024 (www.axios.com)
Florida District Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday set the trial date in the classified documents case against former President Trump for May 20, 2024, per a court filing.
Fulton county prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: racketeering charges based on influencing witnesses and computer trespass, sources say
A teachers union says it’s fed up with social media’s impact on students (www.nbcnews.com)
The nation’s second-largest teachers union said Thursday it was losing patience with social media apps that it says are contributing to mental health problems and misbehavior in classrooms nationwide, draining time and money from teachers and school systems.
There are almost no national safety rules protecting US workers exposed to high heat (www.cnn.com)
Minneapolis Mayor to Loosen Enforcement of Psychedelics (www.nytimes.com)
Mayor Jacob Frey’s order, arriving amid a broad rethinking about the value of psychedelic drugs, will make some of them the lowest priority for the Minneapolis police....
Alabama GOP refuses to draw second Black district, despite Supreme Court order (www.nbcnews.com)
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., have been calling state legislators about the map, which could affect control of Congress.
Tony Bennett, US singer with seven-decade career, dies aged 96 (www.theguardian.com)
Judge: West Virginia can't require incarcerated atheist to participate in religious programming (apnews.com)
A federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that the state corrections agency can’t force an incarcerated atheist and secular humanist to participate in religiously-affiliated programming to be eligible for parole.
