brooke mallory
France bans short-haul flights to combat carbon emissions
France recently implemented a law that bans domestic short-haul flights if an equivalent train journey can be taken instead.
athlete
LeBron James considering retirement after Western Conference Finals exit
LeBron James, the star player for the Los Angeles Lakers, is reportedly debating retirement when the 2023–2024 NBA season begins in the fall, according to league insiders who spoke to the press.
Arizona
Kari Lake’s final claim in election suit is dismissed by judge
Democrat Katie Hobbs’ election win was upheld on Monday after a judge dismissed the last remaining legal claim in Republican Kari Lake’s protest of her loss in the 2016 race for governor of Arizona.
activists
Climate activists pour charcoal in Trevi Fountain, turning it black
Climate change activists used charcoal diluted with vegetable oil to turn the normally bright blue water of Rome’s famous Trevi Fountain black on Sunday.
2024
Senator Tim Scott launches 2024 presidential campaign
Senator Tim Scott announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Monday.
Alan Dershowitz
Epstein extorted Bill Gates over his affair with Russian bridge player
According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, the now-deceased convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein appeared to be blackmailing Bill Gates and had attempted to take down the multi-billionaire over his extramarital relationship with a Russian bridge player, unless he agreed to his demands.
border
Russia’s Belgorod governor claims Ukrainian ‘sabotage group’ crossed border
A Ukrainian “sabotage group” has reportedly infiltrated Russian territory in the adjacent Ukrainian district of Graivoron, according to the governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, who made the claim on Monday.
brooke mallory
Bennet presents bill for new federal agency to enforce ‘misinformation’ and ‘hate speech’ by Americans
A proposed measure by Democrat Senator Michael Bennet would provide a new federal agency the authority to establish a council that would define “enforceable behavioral codes” for AI and social media platforms.
AI
China is using AI to ‘bring back the dead’
Chinese developers have now created “griefbots,” which are chat programs that represent the personalities and recollections of the deceased, using a combination of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in an effort to re-connect with their loved ones.
brooke mallory
NAACP issues warning against visiting Florida over ‘hostile’ DeSantis-led policies
Just days before Governor Ron DeSantis is anticipated to declare his candidacy for president, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) released a travel advisory warning vacation-goers against visiting Florida to protest the governor’s policies, which the civil rights group claims are “hostile to Black Americans.”