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Tennessee Cuts Women’s Basketball Star After Second Arrest in Three Months
The team announced Whitehorn’s fate on Sunday, with second-year Tennessee head coach Kim Caldwell confirming the dismissal of the senior guard. “It is my responsibility to protect the high standards of this historic program,” Caldwell said in a statement, according to SBNation. “In light of recent events, Ruby has been unable to reflect those standards,…
Control of Tesla at Stake as Shareholders Vote on Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Pay Plan
Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday will include a shareholder vote on a controversial pay plan for CEO Elon Musk that has sparked intense debate and divided opinions. The proposed compensation package would grant Musk stock worth about $1 trillion if he manages to hit a series of lofty targets over the next 10 years….
Professors Catch Dozens of Students Using AI to Write Apology Letters for Using the Same Tools to Cheat in Class
The New York Times reports that professors Karle Flanagan and Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, known as the Data Science Duo, recently confronted a group of students in their introductory data science course who had been accused of cheating and falsifying their attendance records. The professors grew suspicious when they received dozens of nearly identical apology emails from…
Senators unveil GUARD Act to ban AI chatbot companions for minors
CNBC reports that Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Dick Blumenthal (D-CT) have announced new bipartisan legislation aimed at curbing the availability of AI chatbot companions to minors, framing the measure as a necessary response to reports that some systems have steered teenagers toward sexual content or self-harm. The bill, formally titled the Guidelines for User…
Omar on Dems’ Past Criticism of Shutdowns Over Policy: ‘This Is Not a Policy Fight’ and It’s ‘a Worthy Fight’
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) responded to a question on why Democrats have changed their view that policy isn’t a reason for a government shutdown by saying that “This is not a policy fight. This is a healthcare crisis.” And “that is a worthy fight for us to be…
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry Would Rather Trump Pick Next LSU Coach over AD Scott Woodward
Landry denounced Scott Woodward’s judgment in a statement to reporters on Wednesday, referring to the “$53 million buyout for LSU head football coach Brian Kelly, who was fired Sunday,” per Baton Rouge WAFB. “The $70 million was a reference to a contract Woodward wrote for coach Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M, which ultimately resulted in…
Trump Administration Overhauls Biden’s DEI Broadband Program that Connected Zero Households in 4 Years
Trump’s Assistant Secretary of Commerce and administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Arielle Roth, outlined the Administration’s policies for reforming the wasteful Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program in a speech at the Hudson Institute this week. According to Roth, “For years, BEAD was weighed down by red tape and extralegal conditions that…
Watch Live: Tech Executives Testify on Biden Administration Internet Censorship
Executives from Google and Meta testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on internet censorship under the Biden administration on Wednesday, October 29. “The First Amendment is a powerful weapon that protects against government’s efforts to silence its own citizens. However, we have seen the government trample on this right through third parties,…
effries: I ‘Agree’ with My 2013 Shutdown Criticism, ‘From the Standpoint’ that GOP Should Negotiate
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to his past criticism of government shutdowns by saying he “agrees with the Hakeem Jeffries of yesterday, from the standpoint of, listen, we’ve said to Republicans, get to the negotiating table, we want to find a bipartisan path forward.” Host…
Bill Belichick Channels Trump in Response to Rumors About His Ouster from UNC
University of North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick blasted reports that the school was about to fire him, even quoting President Donald Trump as he did so. Responding to rumors that UNC was preparing to drop the hammer on him, Belichick lashed out, calling the reports “garbage.” “It’s never been anything but that. Whoever that…