Trump alive; courts call Fed intervention illegal; AI doomsday machine; 60% of Earth outside "safe zone"; fall heats up.
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Trump's absence sparks health rumors; judges rule against Trump on troops and tariffs: A Closer Look (Video)
More rebukes for prosecutors: Grand jurors refuse to indict two people accused of threatening Trump. Federal grand jurors in the nation’s capital have refused to indict two people who were charged separately with threatening to kill President Donald Trump, more evidence of a growing backlash against Trump’s law enforcement intervention in Washington, D.C.
The Anti-Trump strategy that’s actually working: Lawsuits, lawsuits, and more lawsuits.
Judge rules Trump administration broke law in deploying National Guard soldiers to LA this summer.
The Trump administration gets a serious scolding. So, of course:
Trump says he’s set to order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore, despite local opposition.
Over 33,000 pages of Epstein-related records were released. Yawn.
"The 33,000 pages of Epstein documents James Comer has decided to 'release' were already mostly public information. To the American people -- don't let this fool you," Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said in a statement while calling for "real transparency."Apologies: you have reached the end of your free-trial period of America. Want rule of law? That’s premium.
AI is unmasking ICE officers. Can Washington do anything about it? An activist has started using artificial intelligence to identify Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents beneath their masks — a use of the technology sparking new political concerns over AI-powered surveillance.
ChatGPT to tell parents when their child is in 'acute distress'. Its safety for young users was put in the spotlight last week when a couple in California sued OpenAI over the death of their 16-year-old son, alleging ChatGPT encouraged him to take his own life.
The AI doomsday machine is closer to reality than you think. “It’s almost like the AI understands escalation, but not de-escalation. We don’t really know why that is.”
Our AI fears run long and deep. In movies, television shows, and literature, how AI has been portrayed reveals not only what we want from this technology, but also what we fear in ourselves.
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps. Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons.
Which food additives are the worst — and most likely to shorten your life. TLDR: glutamate and ribonucleotides (flavor enhancers); acesulfame, saccharin and sucralose (sweeteners); caking agents, firming agents and thickeners (processing aids); and fructose, inverted sugar, lactose and maltodextrin (sugars).
Planet in Peril: 60% of Earth’s land now outside “safe zone”. Sixty percent of global land is outside safe biosphere limits, with human use of biomass driving widespread ecological strain.
Healing ozone layer could trigger 40% more global warming. As the ozone layer recovers, it’s also intensifying global warming. Researchers predict that by 2050, ozone will rank just behind carbon dioxide as a driver of heating, offsetting many of the benefits from banning CFCs.
Fall has gotten hotter in 98% of U.S. cities: Here's where it's worst. Data shows 98% of 243 U.S. cities have seen fall temperatures rise since 1970, with an average increase of 2.8°F.
Ah, Florida:
Florida man files for divorce after wife threatens his drum set.
Florida man banned from public golf as terms of bail after beating up golfer over slow play.
Florida man facing federal charges after using drone to fly fentanyl into prisons.
Florida woman sent police 200 threatening messages: ‘I want to kill you’.
Keep scrolling down. Lots of interesting stuff in today’s daily features.
Quote of the Day:
I view Jesus the way I view Elvis- I love the guy, but a lot of the fan clubs really freak me out.
--John Fugelsang (Wikipedia link)
(More John Fugelsang quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Global Talent Acquisition Day, National Baby Back Ribs Day, National Skyscraper Day, National Welsh Rarebit Day, and US Bowling League Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2017 – North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
1976 – Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft landed at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
1966 – Donovan’s single “Sunshine Superman” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. (Video)
1944 – Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family were placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
1943 – World War II: British and Canadian troops landed on the Italian mainland.
1939 – World War II: The United Kingdom and France began a naval blockade of Germany that lasted until the end of the war. It also marked the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declared war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also declared war, but without consulting the provincial legislatures.
1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reached a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
1929 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaked at 381.17 before beginning a decline that led to the famous stock market crash of 1929. It wouldn’t hit that level again until 1954.
1928 – Penicillin was discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming. (Video)
1895 – John Brallier became the first openly paid professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery.
1783 – American Revolutionary War: The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
1189 – Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") was crowned at Westminster.
301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, was founded by Saint Marinus.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1986 – Shaun White, American snowboarder, skateboarder, and guitarist
1973 – Jennifer Paige, American singer
1970 – Jeremy Glick, American businessman (died 2001)
1969 – John Fugelsang, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
1965 – Charlie Sheen, American actor and producer
1963 – Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian journalist, essayist, and critic
1957 – Steve Schirripa, American actor and producer
1943 – Valerie Perrine, American model and actress
1942 – Al Jardine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1938 – Caryl Churchill, English-Canadian playwright
1932 – Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (died 2013)
1931 – Albert DeSalvo, American serial killer known as the Boston Strangler (died 1973)
1929 – Whitey Bulger, American organized crime boss (died 2018)
1926 – Irene Papas, Greek actress (died 2022)
1925 – Anne Jackson, American actress (died 2016)
1924 – Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (died 2014)
1923 – Mort Walker, American cartoonist (Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois) (died 2018)
1923 – Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (died 2010)
1914 – Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington (died 1994)
1913 – Alan Ladd, American actor and producer (died 1964)
1910 – Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist (died 2007)
1875 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (died 1951)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2015 – Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (born 1939)
2015 – Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (born 1929)
2012 – Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader and businessman, founded the Unification Church (born 1920)
2012 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (born 1957) (Video)
2007 – Steve Fossett, American aviator (born 1944)
2005 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1924)
2001 – Pauline Kael, American film critic and author (born 1919)
1991 – Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1897)
1985 – Johnny Marks, American songwriter (born 1909)
1970 – Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (born 1913)
1962 – E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (born 1894)
1658 – Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician (born 1599)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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