Americans urged to stay away from dangerous border state despite US ending shelter order

Americans urged to stay away from dangerous border state despite US ending shelter order

U.S. officials have ended a shelter-in-place order for government employees in Matamoros, Mexico, while continuing to advise Americans against traveling to the area. Matamoros lies across the border from Brownsville, Texas. The U.S. Mission to Mexico said Oct. 30 that the law enforcement activity behind the order had eased. Tamaulipas, the state where Matamoros is […]

AI Co-Founder Urged Vatican to Take a More Tolerant Position on Machine Consciousness

AI Co-Founder Urged Vatican to Take a More Tolerant Position on Machine Consciousness

An executive from an AI company has allegedly urged the Catholic Church to reconsider its firm stance that AI systems lack human-like consciousness. Chris Olah, co-founder of Anthropic, suggested distancing from Pope Leo XIV’s May 25 encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, after reviewing a draft that dismissed the idea of AI consciousness. He reportedly encouraged Vatican advisors […]

Organizers of the Islamic wellness retreat, which NYC first lady Rama Duwaji attended, urged for the destruction of Israel in offensive social media messages.

Organizers of the Islamic wellness retreat, which NYC first lady Rama Duwaji attended, urged for the destruction of Israel in offensive social media messages.

A group that runs a luxury, Islamic-themed women’s retreat, where Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, was an “artist-in-residence,” has made social media posts advocating for the destruction of Israel and calling for the “cleansing” of Palestine from its perceived oppressors. An October 2025 Instagram post from the Women Sanctuary, […]

Abdul El-Sayed urged the removal of HIV criminalization during the 2018 election.

Abdul El-Sayed urged the removal of HIV criminalization during the 2018 election.

El-Sayed’s Position on HIV Law Remains Steadfast in Senate Race In the race for the Senate seat in Michigan, Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed is holding firm to his previous stance against a state law that punished individuals with HIV for failing to disclose their status before engaging in sexual activity. This law, which he has […]