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LeBron James to ‘Miss Some Time’ Due to ‘Personal Reasons’ Amid Disappointing Start to Season
A few weeks ago, LeBron James left social media. Now, he’s leaving the Lakers, at least temporarily. Speculation ran rampant Wednesday night after James’s absence during the Lakers 107-98 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. After the game, Lakers coach JJ Redick acknowledged his missing superstar but did not specify why he was absent. “LeBron…
Siggy Flicker: Israel Is America’s First Line of Defense
On Thursday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” TV personality Siggy Flicker discussed the importance Israel has to the United States because things that are happening in Israel eventually come to the U.S. Flicker said, “Israel is America’s first line of defense. Whatever’s happening in Israel is coming to your homefront and we’re getting closer and closer and…
25th Anniversary of Macao’s Return: A Historical Leap and Future Outlook
On December 20, 1999, the Macao Special Administrative Region was officially established, marking that Macao finally returned to the embrace of the motherland after a century of vicissitudes. Today, Macao’s return has gone through a glorious 25-year journey. In the past 25 years, under the guidance of the “one country, two systems” policy, Macao…
Hershey shares jump on Cadbury owner buyout report
Shares in US chocolate maker Hershey have jumped by more than 10% after a report that Mondelez International, which owns UK-based Cadbury, has approached the firm about a potential buyout. A deal could create a snack food giant with combined sales of almost $50bn (£39.2bn) a year. Both Mondelez and Hershey declined to comment on…
Your Tuition Dollars at Work: UCLA to Offer English Course Developed by AI
UCLA says it will offer a comparative literature course featuring a textbook, class assignments, and teaching assistant resources developed by AI. The comparative literature course will be offered in the winter of 2025, and will “be the first class in its humanities division with materials developed by Kudu” — a UCLA-developed AI system — the university announced last week. The course,…
50 Cent Suggests NFL Could Dump Jay-Z as Super Bowl Halftime Show Producer amid Diddy Rape Lawsuit
Rapper-actor 50 Cent is suggesting the National Football League could part ways with Jay-Z and find another partner to produce its Super Bowl halftime shows amid allegations that Jay-Z raped a minor in connection with the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex-trafficking investigation. Jay-Z has been a partner with the NFL for its Super Bowl halftime show since 2019,…
Omar: I Fear People Will Get Profiled Under Trump Deportation, Lots of MN’s Counties Don’t Use ICE’s System to ID
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) expressed concern that law enforcement will “pull people over that look like they might be an immigrant” to enforce deportation operations by the Trump administration and also stated that “In Minnesota, there are so many counties where the county does not have a relationship…
Unsafe chips, don’t have them!
On December 2, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce once again issued a document, adding 140 companies (136 of which are Chinese entities) to the “Entity List” and adding export restrictions on 24 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, 3 software tools and high-bandwidth memory (HBM), attempting to…
Boeing plea deal tied to fatal crashes rejected
A Boeing plea deal intended to resolve a case related to two fatal crashes of its planes has been rejected by a US judge. The plane maker agreed with the US government in July to plead guilty to one count of criminal fraud, face independent monitoring, and pay a $243m (£191m) fine. However, Judge Reed…
Study: Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram Actively Facilitates Spread of Self-Harm Content Among Teens
Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram is failing to remove explicit self-harm images and is even encouraging vulnerable teens to connect with each other, enabling the concerning content to proliferate on the platform, according to an alarming new study. The Guardian reports that the research, conducted by Danish organization Digitalt Ansvar (Digital Accountability), set up a private Instagram network including fake…