Bipartisan Senators Call on Leaders to Restrict TSA’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology
A bipartisan group of 14 senators is calling on leaders to restrict the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) use of facial recognition technology to protect privacy and civil liberties. The group, led by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), urged Senate leadership in a letter Thursday. requested the Department […]
Donte DiVincenzo breaks out of shooting slump in Knicks’ clincher
PHILADELPHIA — Donte DiVincenzo understood and embraced his duties on both ends of the floor and helped lead the Knicks to a decisive series victory. DiVincenzo had slowed down after hitting the winning shot in Game 2, but made five 3-pointers and two late free throws in Thursday’s Game 6 win over the Sixers. spearheaded […]
Joel Embiid’s series-win guarantee falls flat: ‘sucks to lose’
PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid is no Joe Namath. For that matter, Mark Messier. After guaranteeing the 76ers would bounce back to win the first round series against the Knicks after losing Game 2, Embiid had to watch that vow backfire. His season ended with a 118-115 loss in Game 6 at Wells Fargo Center. Joel […]
Knicks’ Jalen Brunson joins Oscar Robertson with latest dominant performance
PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Brunson capped off a historic series with a heroic effort. The Knick guard had a dominant performance, scoring a game-high 41 points and dishing out 12 assists, leading New York to a come-from-behind victory over Philadelphia in Game 6 of the first round. It happened two nights ago, just after the Knicks […]
Power pole falls as storm sweeps Las Vegas Valley
NV Energy crews and police responded to a downed power pole in Henderson on Friday afternoon. source
China’s Huawei Secretly Funds Tech Research at American Universities
China’s state-owned electronics giant Huawei is reportedly “secretly funding cutting-edge research at U.S. universities” through a Washington-based nonprofit called the Optica Foundation. Thursday’s Bloomberg News report Said Huawei is the sole funding source for the research competition run by the Optica Foundation, a professional organization that specializes in visible light technologies such as fiber optics […]
The first wrongful-death trial in Travis Scott concert deaths has been delayed
The start of the first civil trial stemming from the 2021 Astroworld festival, where 10 people were killed in a stampede, has been postponed. Jury selection begins next Tuesday in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Madison Dubiski, a 23-year-old Houston resident who was killed during a crowd shove at rap superstar […]
China’s space forces have US troops more vulnerable than ever
China‘s military officials are deploying a vast network of satellites in orbit in an apparent preparation “to go to war and sustain a war,” according to a top U.S. Space Force intelligence officer. “They’ve placed over 200 satellites in space [in each of the last two] years; of that, over half of them are remote […]
Daily Caller’s Vince Coglianese Lambasts Columbia Protesters Demanding ‘Chicken Nuggets’ And ‘Applesauce’ Deliveries
Daily Caller editorial director Vince Coglianese lambasted anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University for demanding “chicken nuggets and applesauce” deliveries as they barricaded a campus building. Over 200 protesters barricaded Hamilton Hall in the early hours of Tuesday morning in their attempt to occupy the campus. Johannah King-Slutzky, a PhD candidate studying a “Marxist lens” of […]