AI has acolytes, with a faith-like belief in the technology’s current power and inevitable future improvement.Artificial general intelligenceis in sight, they say;superintelligenceis coming behind it. And it has heretics, who pooh-pooh such claims as mystical mumbo-jumbo. The buzzy popular narra...
6 December, 2024 A California raw milk producer with a history of bird flu contamination recalls is being considered for a key role in the upcoming administration's raw milk policy. Mark McAfee, whose dairy products have repeatedly tested positive for the virus, has been invited to advise Rober...
Understanding environmental racism is important. Here, we're breaking down causes, examples and how to fight it.
Laura Kelly spoke about the 2022 ballot initiative where voters in her conservative-leaning state voted down an amendment that would have outlawed a right to an abortion. She noted how Harris, who wants to restore Roe, would be a great partner for the women governors on the panel....
Earlier this year in May,Tasmaniaalso outlawed stealthing, with its Criminal Code reflecting the fact that the act is considered rape. This means that the maximum sentence for convicted perpetrators is 21 years in jail. AdvertisementADVERTISEMENT ...
The effects of redlining have persisted, despite it being outlawed in 1968. The Urban Institute reported in 2017 that the homeownership rate for White households was 71.9%. The rate for Black households, in contrast, was 41.8%.7 This racial residential segregation is the cornerstone of Black an...
Though some of the practices outlawed in the Sedition Act were already forbidden in some states by libel and common law, this was the first time the Federal Government passed such measures. Sedition Act debate In response, Democratic-Republicans, led by Jefferson, a minority in Congress, vehement...
WhenAyds diet candy was trademarked in 1946, hope for dieters came in three flavors: chocolate, butterscotch, and caramel—plus a big dose of phenylpropanolamine. Not until the 1970s and 1980s did Ayd’s became top-selling diet food. The diet pills were outlawed in Canada andfell ...
Political betting has been largely outlawed in the U.S. for decades. But a recent court ruling against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened the doors for Americans to wager like never before on the presidency, as well as who will control the Senate and even ...
A blockade had been set up Sunday preventing traffic near Crooks’ house, which is in an enclave of modest brick houses in the hills outside blue-collar Pittsburgh and about an hour’s drive from the site of the Trump rally. Police cars were stationed at an intersection near the house ...