Delaying gun purchases by service members that take place on military bases could help prevent suicides, an independent panel found, according to a report released Friday. The final findings of the Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee included 127 recommendations, among them, several that were deemed “high priority” in …
Read More »Idaho student murders: House where slayings took place to be demolished, university says
The home where four University of Idaho students were killed in 2022 will be demolished, the college said in a statement on Friday. Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves were stabbed to death at the house, located on King Street in Moscow, Idaho, early in the morning of …
Read More »Microsoft to bring Bing chatbot to phones after curbing bizarre quirks
Microsoft is ready to take its new Bing chatbot mainstream — less than a week after making major fixes to stop the artificially intelligent search engine from going off the rails. The company said Wednesday it is bringing the new AI technology to its Bing smartphone app, as well as …
Read More »Full transcript: Sen. Bernie Sanders on “Face the Nation,” Feb. 19, 2023
The following is the full transcript of an interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont that aired on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re now joined by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who is out with a new book, “It’s Okay to Be Angry about Capitalism.” …
Read More »Pharrell Williams named creative director for Louis Vuitton menswear
Louis Vuitton has chosen Pharrell Williams as its new creative director for menswear. The musician’s first collection will be revealed in June during Paris’ Men’s Fashion Week, the French luxury fashion brand said in a statement. Williams, a 13-time GRAMMY winner and 39-time nominee, also founded and designs for fashion …
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T-Mobile users across the U.S. reported major network outages on Monday night, leaving them unable to make calls, send texts or access the internet, according to an outage tracking website. The wireless carrier is working to restore service, which it says is operating at near-normal levels, in affected areas, including …
Read More »MSU shooting: Gunman identified as Anthony McRae after 3 Michigan State University students killed, 5 wounded, police say
Three Michigan State University students were killed and five others were critically wounded in a shooting at the university Monday night, authorities said. The gunman was later found dead in Lansing of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Law enforcement officials at the university identified the shooter as Anthony Dwayne …
Read More »Suicide rates show growing racial disparities, CDC finds
Suicide rates climbed significantly among American Indian, Black, and Hispanic people in 2021 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new federal analysis found, even as rates of suicide among White people fell for a third straight year. The authors of the analysis, published Thursday in the Centers for …
Read More »Chicken feed formula is not causing an egg price hike
Social media users claim to have found a new culprit for sky-high egg prices: chicken feed. The theory gained steam on Facebook, TikTok and Twitter in recent weeks, with some users reporting that their hens stopped laying eggs and speculating that common chicken feed products were the cause. Some went a …
Read More »In 1959, the Walker family was found murdered in their Florida home. Now DNA could crack the notorious cold case.
The Walkers’ wood frame cottage stood plain and white, surrounded by pasture land and hardwood forest. There in tiny Osprey, on the southern tip of the vast Palmer Ranch, the family’s nearest neighbor was half a mile away. As daylight broke on Dec. 20, 1959, half a dozen lawmen stood …
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