A federal judge issued an emergency order blocking the possible deportation of a group of Guatemalan children who had crossed the border without their families, with a hearing scheduled for Sunday, after lawyers said the government appeared to be preparing removals that would violate laws affording protections for migrant kids. Attorneys for 10 Guatemalan minors, ages 10 to 17, said …
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The end of ‘Linsanity’: Jeremy Lin retires after trailblazing basketball career
Jeremy Lin is ready to let the final buzzer sound on a remarkable 15-year basketball career that captured headlines across the globe and for a few weeks in 2012 made New York City the epicenter of the basketball universe. The NBA icon announced his retirement in an Instagram post Saturday, writing that although he knew the end would come, it …
Read More »Bullet fragment found in neck of boy who went viral for saying his friend shielded him from school shooting
Doctors discovered a bullet fragment in the neck of a 10-year-old boy who went viral for recounting how his friend jumped on top of him to shield him during a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis that killed two children and injured others. Weston Halsne, a fifth-grade student at Annunciation Catholic School, was attending Mass on Wednesday when …
Read More »Sen. James Lankford says he doesn’t think RFK Jr. has ‘gone a wrong direction’ on vaccines
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Sunday declined to say that he had 100% confidence in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., instead saying that Kennedy has not “gone a wrong direction” on vaccines. The comments come just days after the Trump administration fired the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, triggering an exodus of senior CDC officials …
Read More »Sen. James Lankford defends CDC chief firing: ‘You’ve got to be able to follow the instructions’
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Read More »Sen. Lankford says Fed independence is ‘important,’ but Trump ‘has a role in this’: Full interview
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Sen. Lankford says Fed independence is ‘important,’ but Trump ‘has a role in this’: Full interview 10:47 UP NEXT Hoda Kotb says ‘the best part of my life started at 50’: Full interview 31:48 RFK Jr. was ‘never’ briefed by experts on vaccine …
Read More »Rep. Ro Khanna says Trump is following Nixon’s playbook in attempt to ‘interfere’ with the Federal Reserve
WASHINGTON — Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said that Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook should release her mortgage documents but accused President Donald Trump of “following Richard Nixon’s playbook to interfere with” the Federal Reserve. Khanna’s comments in a Sunday interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” come after Trump moved to fire Cook on Monday, pointing to allegations of mortgage …
Read More »Months after deadly Texas floods, a congressman is still looking for answers
Nearly two months after the tragic July 4 floods in Texas that killed more than 130 people, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, said he’s still seeking answers to some of the most basic questions about the federal government’s response. Which emergency officials did the National Weather Service call on the night of the flooding? How exactly did the agency staff up …
Read More »Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy
Brands caught using AI have continued to face backlash from consumers. Last month, Guess sparked outcry online when it featured an AI-generated model in an advertisement that appeared in Vogue. So even outside of any obvious mistakes made by AI tools, some artists say their clients simply want a human touch to distinguish themselves from the growing pool of AI-generated …
Read More »Drama followed the NFL’s greatest coach to college. Can Bill Belichick produce wins, too?
As Bill Belichick was winning six Super Bowls in 24 seasons with the New England Patriots, the coach’s teams came to establish certain baseline expectations. They almost always throttled their divisional opponents and projected an air of exacting competency, all while imploring players to focus on football under a credo he repeated ad nauseam: “Do your job.” For the first …
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