Lexi Lonas
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ChatGPT company announces tool to detect AI-written text amid education controversies
OpenAI, the company that launched ChatGPT, announced on Tuesday it has created a tool that can tell the difference between text generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and text written by a human… → Read More
Where student loan forgiveness stands: Legal fight shifts to Supreme Court
President Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan has been hit with a barrage of lawsuits that cast its future in doubt. At least two challenges will be considered next month by the Supreme Cou… → Read More
Andrew Yang: US needs a multi-party system
Andrew Yang, a former Democratic presidential candidate who is now the co-chair of the Forward Party, on Thursday said the U.S. needs a multi-party system and touted his own new political party as … → Read More
Liz Wolfe: body cam footage needed for judgement on Sundberg shooting
Liz Wolfe, an associate editor at Reason, discussed the police shooting of Andrew “Tekle” Sundberg on Hill.TV’s “Rising” Monday, saying more evidence is needed before judging whether th… → Read More
72 percent of Americans more likely to vote after recent mass shooting: NPR poll
A large majority of Americans say they are more likely to vote in upcoming elections after multiple recent mass shootings across the U.S., according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. The poll … → Read More
Raffensperger may testify in Jan. 6 public hearings: reports
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) is reportedly in talks to testify in public hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack that are set to begin on Thursday. The news was first repo… → Read More
Here are the states with monkeypox cases
Monkeypox has been found in 12 states and Washington, D.C., just weeks after it was first detected in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The agency has st… → Read More
Ukraine minister fires back after France’s Macron said not to ‘humiliate’ Russia
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba slammed French President Emmanuel Macron after he urged world powers not to “humiliate Russia.” France has attempted to mediate the conflict between Ukraine… → Read More
CMA prohibits Confederate flag imagery at 2022 Country Music Festival
CMA Fest says no Confederate flag imagery will be allowed at the 2022 Country Music Festival in June. “Confederate flag imagery of any kind” was listed under the festival’s prohibited items a… → Read More
Amazon’s CEO of worldwide consumer business resigns
Amazon’s CEO of worldwide consumer business Dave Clark is resigning from the company after 23 years, Clark announced on Friday. Amazon said in a statement that Clark began at the company in M… → Read More
Former lieutenant colonel: New US aid unhelpful for Ukraine
Retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis commented on the new $700 million weapons aid package the U.S. is sending to Ukraine, saying it will be unhelpful for the country. In the package are long-range … → Read More
Musk eyes Tesla jobs cuts, cites ‘bad feeling’ over economy
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company needs to slash its workforce by 10 percent due to his uneasiness about the future of the economy in an email to executives sent Thursday that was obtained by Re… → Read More
Bannon allies subpoenaed in New York in border wall case: report
The Manhattan district attorney’s office has subpoenaed allies of Steve Bannon, a former adviser to former President Trump, as it investigates Bannon’s “We Build the Wall” crowd-f… → Read More
Blinken honors Queen Elizabeth II on Platinum Jubilee
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday honored Queen Elizabeth II in a statement, celebrating her 70 years on the British throne. The Platinum Jubilee kicked off on Thursday as the 96-year-o… → Read More
Forest Service finds it was responsible for largest fire in New Mexico history
The Forest Service says it was responsible for both the blazes that merged late last month and created the largest fire in New Mexico history. The agency said Friday that its fire investigators det… → Read More
Harris at Buffalo funeral: ‘We will not be afraid to stand up for what is right’
Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise address at the funeral for a victim of the Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket shooting on Saturday, saying such violent acts will not stop America from speaking… → Read More
Biden to Delaware graduates: ‘No time to sit on the sidelines’
President Biden urged graduates at the University of Delaware to get involved in public life and be part of the future of the nation during commencement remarks on Saturday. Biden, who graduated fr… → Read More
Kim Kardashian endorses Rick Caruso for LA mayor
Reality television star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian announced Friday she is endorsing Rick Caruso (D) for mayor of Los Angeles. In a video posted by Caruso to Twitter, Kardashian said sh… → Read More
Paul Ryan says lawmakers climb ranks of Congress by ‘being an entertainer’
Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said in an interview Thursday that there is a difference between the way lawmakers climb the ranks in Congress now and 10 years ago, adding that lawm… → Read More
$2.4 million raised for 4 children left parentless following Uvalde shooting
A GoFundMe has raised $2.4 million for four children who were left without parents after the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. Irma Garcia, who ta… → Read More