77 minutes ago Columbia Professor Katherine Franke Says She Was Forced to Retire Because of Activism

Katherine Franke, a law professor and vocal advocate of pro-Palestinian students, had been under investigation over remarks she made about Israeli students.

Politics

2 hours ago More than half a million students were out of school because of LA fires this week

School districts in and around Los Angeles shut down because of the fires. That includes LAUSD, the second largest school district in the country.

Society

4 hours ago Bench customers are now being forced to hand over their data or risk losing it, they say

After accounting startup Bench abruptly shut down on December 27 and was bought in a fire-sale by Employer.com, Bench customers are now learning they can’t easily just take their financial data and leave.  And some are very unhappy about it, three customers told TechCrunch. To recap: When Bench, a startup based in Canada that raised […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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4 hours ago Yankees fans who interfered with Mookie Betts reportedly banned from MLB parks ‘indefinitely’

The fans were informed that they could be arrested if they're seen at an MLB event during their banishment. The post Yankees fans who interfered with Mookie Betts reportedly banned from MLB parks ‘indefinitely’ appeared first on Boston.com.

Sport

80 minutes ago Supreme Court to Hear New Affordable Care Act Case on Preventative Care

Lower courts ruled that a task force that determines which treatments must be covered at no cost had not been validly appointed.

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7 hours ago Port City celebrating Washington’s birthday with American history trivia competition

Port City celebrating Washington’s birthday with American history trivia competition  ALXnow

Culture

3 hours ago These startups are making smarter canes for people with visual impairments

The white cane for the 21st century. While many tech companies have increasingly worked to make technology more accessible for the blind and visually impaired, canes haven’t benefitted much from these advances. London-born WeWalk takes a more traditional approach to the white cane. Beyond the bulkier handle, not much sets the company’s product apart visually […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Technology

12 hours ago Automatic braking sensors on cars may not notice pedestrians wearing safety gear

A study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety suggests that automated crash prevention systems may fail to detect pedestrians wearing high-visibility clothing that makes them stand out to human drivers.

Transport

80 minutes ago United States | El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela get extended TPS status

United States | El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela get extended TPS status  BAL Immigration Law

Politics

16 hours ago Her family thought they would return home the next day. Now, their house is gone.

Jinghuan Liu Tervalon packed a few documents, keepsakes and clothing before leaving her Altadena, Calif., home ahead of the fast-moving Eaton Canyon Fire. Her son returned to find rubble and ash.

Society

4 hours ago Exclusive: US to release clean fuel tax credit model that limits ethanol producers' credit access, sources say

Exclusive: US to release clean fuel tax credit model that limits ethanol producers' credit access, sources say  Reuters

Economics

4 hours ago Is smoke in your home? Here's how to make an air purifier from a box fan

A large area of greater Los Angeles had unhealthy air Friday, due to particulate matter from large wildfires. Here are tips for breathing cleaner air indoors if it's smoky outside.

Sport

3 hours ago A small seafood restaurant turns into a national donation hub for LA fire victims

In response to the devastating fires raging in LA, a small restaurant in Surf City USA has become a channel for big help — from locals to people across the country — to support their neighbors up north.

Events

17 hours ago Watch: Altadena Family Goes Viral Singing Christian Hymns over Destroyed Home

A family in Altadena went viral this week with video of them singing Christian hymns over the rubble of their home that burned in the Eaton fire just north of Pasadena near Los Angeles. The post Watch: Altadena Family Goes Viral Singing Christian Hymns over Destroyed Home appeared first on Breitbart.

Culture

4 hours ago Study suggests how the brain, with sleep, learns meaningful maps of spaces

Place cells are known to encode individual locations, but research finds stitching together a “cognitive map” of a whole environment requires a broader ensemble of cells, aided by sleep, over several days.

Technology

2 hours ago Jewish Americans sue Biden admin over 'unconstitutional, unprecedented' sanctions regime

The Biden administration is illegally sanctioning American Jews in the Middle East, a recently filed lawsuit challenging the executive order claims.

Politics

16 hours ago Her family thought they would return home the next day. Now, their house is gone

Jinghuan Liu Tervalon packed a few documents, keepsakes and clothing before leaving her Altadena, Calif., home ahead of the fast-moving Eaton Canyon Fire. Her son returned to find rubble and ash.

Society

5 hours ago Washington (WIAA) high school girls basketball scores, live updates (1/10/2025)

Washington (WIAA) high school girls basketball scores, live updates (1/10/2025)  Sports Illustrated

Sport

3 hours ago 'Slender Man Stabbing' Murderer Will Be Released from WI Mental Facility After Becoming Trans

One of the Wisconsin 12-year-old girls who took part in the infamous "Slender Man Stabbing" attack on her classmate over a decade ago is set to be released from a psychiatric hospital after petitioning multiple times and adopting a transgender identity. The post ‘Slender Man Stabbing’ Murderer Will Be Released from WI Mental Facility After Becoming Trans appeared first on Breitbart.

Events

6 hours ago Hugging Face settles suit with AI startup FriendliAI, which had accused it of patent infringement

Hugging Face, the AI developer platform, has settled a lawsuit against Korean AI startup FriendliAI, which had accused Hugging Face of infringing on one of its patents. Per a filing on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Delaware, FriendliAI reached a “confidential agreement” with Hugging Face on January 8, and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Technology

2 hours ago Microsoft accuses group of developing tool to abuse its AI service in new lawsuit

Microsoft has taken legal action against a group the company claims intentionally developed and used tools to bypass the safety guardrails of its cloud AI products. According to a complaint filed by the company in December in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, a group of unnamed 10 defendants allegedly used […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Politics

9 hours ago Nolte: Spending on Streaming Services Plummets 23 Percent in a Single Year

By the end of 2024, domestic spending on streaming services collapsed from an average of $55.04 per month to just $42.38. The post Nolte: Spending on Streaming Services Plummets 23 Percent in a Single Year appeared first on Breitbart.

Economics

5 hours ago Washington (WIAA) high school boys basketball scores, live updates (1/10/2025)

Washington (WIAA) high school boys basketball scores, live updates (1/10/2025)  Sports Illustrated

Sport

3 hours ago Healey says she ordered criminal background checks on all shelter residents last spring, but they didn’t happen

“We’re going to get to the bottom of why that wasn’t happening,” Gov. Maura Healey vowed.  The post Healey says she ordered criminal background checks on all shelter residents last spring, but they didn’t happen appeared first on Boston.com.

Events

9 hours ago Group activity recognition: A dataset with detailed annotation and rich semantics

Group activity recognition (GAR), which aims to identify activities performed collectively in videos, has gained significant attention recently. Existing GAR datasets typically annotate only a single Group Activity (GA) instance per sample, carefully selected from original videos.

Technology

2 hours ago Trump’s Sentence Comes With No Penalty, but He Will Take Office as a Felon

Justice Juan M. Merchan gave Donald J. Trump a symbolic punishment. The judge said that leniency was due the office of the president, not the man who will soon hold the title.

Politics

10 hours ago Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands donates $800 to United States Power Squadron

Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands donates $800 to United States Power Squadron  Priority Marketing

Economics

7 hours ago Media companies scrap Venu Sports streaming service before it even started

ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced Friday they were pulling the plug on Venu. The post Media companies scrap Venu Sports streaming service before it even started appeared first on Boston.com.

Sport

4 hours ago Will TikTok Be Banned in the United States? Everything to Know About the SCOTUS Case

Will TikTok Be Banned in the United States? Everything to Know About the SCOTUS Case  Them

Events

2 hours ago Report: Two Men Shot During Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump to Attend Inauguration

Two men who were shot during the first assassination attempt on President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly attend his upcoming inauguration. The post Report: Two Men Shot During Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump to Attend Inauguration appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

12 hours ago Cannabis company Stiiizy says hackers accessed customers’ ID documents

A ransomware gang took credit for the breach, claiming to have stolen over 400,000 government-issued identity documents from customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Economics

9 hours ago More green for the games: Xfinity bumping NESN, NBC Sports Boston to pricier cable tier starting next week

Comcast has reached agreements with NESN and NBC Sports Boston to move the channels from its Popular TV (or basic) package to its Ultimate TV (or premium) level of service beginning Tuesday. The post More green for the games: Xfinity bumping NESN, NBC Sports Boston to pricier cable tier starting next week appeared first on Boston.com.

Sport

4 hours ago TikTok ban: How both sides made their case to the Supreme Court and what the justices asked

On Friday, the nation’s highest court heard arguments on whether to uphold or block a law that could effectively ban TikTok in the U.S. The bill, signed into law by President Biden in April 2024, gives TikTok’s parent company ByteDance until January 19 to divest its U.S. operations or face a ban in the country. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Events

3 hours ago Alexander Vindman Slams Mike Waltz Plan to Clear Deep Staters from National Security Council

Alexander Vindman criticized incoming National Security Adviser Mike Waltz's plan to clear the National Security Council of deep staters. The post Alexander Vindman Slams Mike Waltz Plan to Clear Deep Staters from National Security Council appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

26 hours ago ICON, a builder of 3D printed homes last valued around $2 billion, cuts about 25% of staff

ICON Technologies Inc., which builds homes using 3D printing, is laying off 114 people, according to a WARN letter filed with the Texas Workforce Commission. A spokesperson for the company confirmed the news to TechCrunch, providing a statement that ICON had “recently made a difficult decision to re-align” its team and team size “to focus […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Economics

4 hours ago Conspiracy theories are blaming the scale of L.A. wildfire destruction on DEI efforts

Prominent right-wing influencers are claiming that the response to the Los Angeles wildfires was hampered by workplace diversity policies. It's part of a wider strategy to discredit those policies.

Events

4 hours ago Giuliani Found in Contempt of Court Over Continued Defamation of Election Workers

In November, Rudy Giuliani repeated accusations against the women at least four times, after Donald J. Trump won the 2024 presidential election.

Politics

4 hours ago Biden extends protections for immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador and Ukraine

Close to a millions migrants will be shielded from deportation for up to 18 months.

Events

4 hours ago Shortage leaves Dunkin’ stores without any doughnuts in Nebraska, New Mexico and other states

About 4% of Dunkin’s U.S. stores were impacted, according to a company spokesperson. The post Shortage leaves Dunkin’ stores without any doughnuts in Nebraska, New Mexico and other states appeared first on Boston.com.

Politics

4 hours ago TikTok will ask the Supreme Court to strike down a law that could ban the app in days

TikTok will be asking the Supreme Court to strike down a law that could ban the app in a matter of days. The Justice Department says the law should be upheld, since it considers China a national security threat. TikTok's parent company is based in Beijing. The wild card is President-elect Donald Trump, who has asked the high court to not rule to allow him to cut a deal that would save the service.

Events

4 hours ago What if the NFL Playoffs were scripted? These would be the top storylines

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Tom Grossi about his "If the NFL Was Scripted" series and the characters and storylines viewers should be watching for in the NFL playoffs.

Politics

4 hours ago The prison population is going up as prisons struggle with staffing and overpopulation

The prison population has been creeping back upward. New laws in some states instituting harsher punishments threaten to further fill prisons, many of which are already understaffed and overcrowded.

Events

4 hours ago Most Syrian refugees in Turkey are watching the new leadership before returning home

Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Turkey are making a return to Syria every day, according to the Turkish Interior Ministry. But the majority are waiting to see how the new leadership takes shape.

Politics

4 hours ago Indian American Doctor Who Kept Two Indians as Servants on Low Pay Loses Medical License, Sentenced to Jail

An Indian American doctor who reportedly kept two illegal aliens as servants in her home on low pay — somewhere between $3,000 and $7,200 per year — has permanently lost her medical license. The post Indian American Doctor Who Kept Two Indians as Servants on Low Pay Loses Medical License, Sentenced to Jail appeared first on Breitbart.

Events

4 hours ago Brett Favre Praises Notre Dame Coach Marcus Freeman's Perfect Response to ESPN's Race

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman delivered the perfect response to a race-baiting question from ESPN's Molly McGrath. The post Brett Favre Praises Notre Dame Coach Marcus Freeman’s Perfect Response to ESPN’s Race-Baiting Question appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

5 hours ago Cancelled flights, stranded cars, no power: Winter storm slams swath of U.S.

Atlanta has seen nearly 1,000 flights grounded, while more than 34,000 Arkansans have lost power.

Events

4 hours ago Education Secretary Miguel Cardona reflects on FAFSA rollout, debt forgiveness

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona talks with NPR's Juana Summers about what went wrong and what went right in his department during the Biden administration.

Politics

5 hours ago Canceled flights, stranded cars, no power: Winter storm slams swath of U.S.

Atlanta has seen nearly 1,000 flights grounded, while more than 34,000 Arkansans have lost power.

Events

4 hours ago Biden extends temporary protection for migrants of Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine

People from Venezuela, El Salvador and Honduras has had Temporary Protected Status, TPS, for the longest time. With the Trump administration promising to end TPS, Central Americans are bracing for the possibility of being deported.

Politics

5 hours ago Officials: Pacific Palisades Reservoir Was Closed and Empty When Los Angeles Wildfires Erupted

A Pacific Palisades reservoir was closed when wildfires swept the area and devastated the community, officials told the Los Angeles Times. The post Officials: Pacific Palisades Reservoir Was Closed and Empty When Los Angeles Wildfires Erupted appeared first on Breitbart.

Events

4 hours ago U.S. ambassador to Israel talks about diplomatic efforts in the Israel

As the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, prepares to leave his post, he talks about his diplomatic efforts to shape the direction of the Israel-Hamas war.

Politics

5 hours ago Watchdog group seeks investigation into RFK Jr. for voting from a ‘sham’ address

Accountable.US asked officials to determine whether Kennedy committed any felony by using an New York City to vote by mail in the last election. The post Watchdog group seeks investigation into RFK Jr. for voting from a ‘sham’ address appeared first on Boston.com.

Events

4 hours ago U.S. ambassador to Israel makes his final push for release of U.S. hostages from Gaza

"We are going to do everything we can in this round to get all the American hostages, living and dead, out," Ambassador Jacob J. Lew tells NPR. His tenure as President Biden's envoy ends this month.

Politics

6 hours ago 4 Takeaways From the Arguments Before the Supreme Court in the TikTok Case

The justices, who asked tough questions of both sides, showed skepticism toward arguments by lawyers for TikTok and its users.

Events

4 hours ago REPORT: Cotton Bowl Schools Take Millions in Foreign Funding, Waste Millions on Left

This year's Cotton Bowl schools are already topping the charts in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) spending and accepting foreign cash. The post REPORT: Cotton Bowl Schools Take Millions in Foreign Funding, Waste Millions on Left-Wing DEI appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

6 hours ago An Altadena Family Escaped the L.A. Wildfires, but They Lost Almost Everything

Aurielle Hall knew she had little time to get herself and her daughter out of Altadena. Convincing Aunt Cheri would be a different challenge.

Events

4 hours ago San Francisco's flagship Macy's store in Union Square not on 2025 closure list

San Francisco's flagship Macy's store in Union Square not on 2025 closure list  CBS San Francisco

Politics

7 hours ago Supreme Court hears arguments ahead of TikTok's ban in the United States

Supreme Court hears arguments ahead of TikTok's ban in the United States  KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco

Events

5 hours ago Vatican Allows Italian Gay Men to Enter Seminaries, if They Remain Celibate

Candidates for the seminary should not be disqualified based on sexual orientation, according to new church guidelines in Italy.

Politics

7 hours ago Nick Viall Turns To EXTREME Fasting Because His Diet Isn't Where It 'Should Be'

New Year, new Nick Viall. At least, that’s his plan… The Bachelor alum has kicked off 2025 by focusing on his health. Of course, that’s a sentiment many of us share with weight loss goals and fitness resolutions and all kinds of stuff like that. But unlike the rest of us, who attack these goals with [...] Read More... The post Nick Viall Turns To EXTREME Fasting Because His Diet Isn't Where It 'Should Be' appeared first on Perez Hilton.

Events

5 hours ago San Francisco's flagship Union Square Macy's store not on 2025 closure list

San Francisco's flagship Union Square Macy's store not on 2025 closure list  CBS News

Politics

7 hours ago TikTok could be banned this month. Here's what users can do to prepare

TikTok has cemented itself as a quintessential entertainment app, offering everything from funny skits and makeup tutorials to social commentary and news.

Events