House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pledged on Monday to pass legislation to raise the nation’s debt ceiling — but on condition of capping future federal spending at 1% — as he lashed out at President Biden for refusing to engage in budget-cutting negotiations to prevent a debt crisis. In a high-profile …
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April, 2023
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13 April
2 things teens need for healthy development amid mental health crisis
Teens are in the middle of a mental health crisis – but there are things parents can do to support their kids. During an interview with CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell, clinical psychologist and author of “The Emotional Lives of Teenagers” Lisa Damour shared two things all kids need for healthy …
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12 April
Shaq can’t be served electronically in FTX class
Shaquille O’Neal cannot be served a summons electronically for a class-action lawsuit brought against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and a host of celebrity spokespeople, a Florida judge ruled Tuesday. The plaintiff’s attorneys have unsuccessfully attempted to serve O’Neal in person for several months, court documents allege. O’Neal is the only …
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11 April
Texas Gov. Abbott says he wants to pardon man who killed protester, leaving victim’s mother “sick to my stomach”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott used social media over the weekend to announce he would work to pardon a man only a day after that man was convicted of murder. Daniel Perry was found guilty by a jury in the death of 28-year-old Garrett Foster, who was among those demonstrating in …
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11 April
Leaked Pentagon documents: FBI leads investigation as Defense Department narrows access to classified documents
The FBI is working to track down who leaked sensitive and secret defense and intelligence documents and shared them on social media, and at the same time, the Pentagon is reducing the number of people who have access to the kind of classified information that has been leaked. The number …
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5 April
Artificial intelligence prompt marketplace lets people buy and sell inputs for ChatGPT, DALL
Advanced artificial intelligence is increasingly infiltrating our daily lives, including the working world, commerce and school. For those of us who are unsure how best to communicate with the new generation of AI-powered apps, you can purchase queries or inputs that effectively bridge the gap between humans and bots. Online …
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3 April
“Most wanted” fugitive couple arrested in Mexico; 5 children missing from U.S. rescued
Five children missing from Washington state were found and rescued as authorities took their parents into custody in Mexico, U.S. officials said on Friday. The parents, identified as Edgar Salvador Casian-Garcia, 34, and his girlfriend, Araceli Medina, 38, became the first fugitive couple to appear on the U.S. Marshals Service’s …
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March, 2023
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31 March
Federal government published Social Security numbers of 1,900 White House visitors
The federal government inadvertently published the Social Security numbers of 1,900 people who visited the White House in December 2020, as part of the final report published by the Jan. 6 House select committee late last year, the Government Publishing Office’s (GPO) inspector general acknowledged in a report Friday. In February …
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29 March
Ivy League tuition and costs are close to $90,000 per year: “Prices just keep going up”
High school seniors are now receiving their college acceptance letters, and perhaps a dose of sticker shock. The cost of some Ivy League colleges is approaching $90,000 a year, while elite liberal arts colleges are also boosting their total prices to more than $80,000 annually. The seemingly endless upward spiral …
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28 March
Lawmakers move to crack down on veterinary sedative xylazine
A bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers moved Tuesday to further restrict xylazine, a veterinary sedative also known as tranq, in an effort to crack down on the drug’s spread. Xylazine is increasingly being cut into other drugs, with the Drug Enforcement Administration saying it had found xylazine in nearly a quarter of the …
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