Posts by Stephanie Irvin
Joshua Wong Prison Sentence: How Many Years Could Hong Kong Activist Face After Guilty Plea?
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring with fellow activists to seek foreign sanctions and other hostile measures against China and Hong Kong, his second conviction under the city’s National Security Law. The court has not yet announced when it will sentence him. The offense is punishable by 3 to…
Read MoreWho Is Lisa Demuth? Trump-Backed Mike Lindell Loses Minnesota Governor Primary to GOP House Speaker
Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth won the Republican primary for governor Tuesday, defeating former MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who had President Donald Trump’s endorsement, and party-backed candidate Kendall Qualls. The Associated Press called the race Tuesday night, with Demuth taking roughly 45% of the vote to Lindell’s 31%, according to unofficial results. The win makes…
Read MoreZohran Mamdani Meets Rabbis Behind Closed Doors: What Happened at the NYC Mayor’s Jewish Roundtable?
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with 10 rabbis from throughout the Jewish community at City Hall on Monday to discuss antisemitism, and some of the rabbis expressed their concern with Mamdani’s rhetoric regarding Israel. The hour-long closed-press meeting was arranged by the Mayor’s Office Combat Antisemitism (MOCA), through a liaison, Phylisa Wisdom, who…
Read MoreTrump Says the US is Deliberately “Low-Keying” the War with Iran. Here’s What it Actually Means Militarily
President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States is “low-keying it” with Iran, signaling he is holding off on renewed military strikes and instead letting mounting economic pressure squeeze Tehran as the nearly six-month conflict drags on. Trump made the remarks in a phone interview with Axios, a day after Iran laid out new conditions…
Read MoreDementia Risk: Avoiding 3 Midlife Problems May Add Years of Brain Health
People who avoid smoking, diabetes, and high blood pressure during midlife may spend significantly more years living without dementia, according to a long-term study that followed more than 12,000 adults for more than two decades. Researchers found that people with none of the three risk factors had about 13 more years of dementia-free survival than…
Read MoreHow to Stop ChatGPT, Meta, X, Reddit and LinkedIn From Training AI on Your Data
There is no universal “don’t train on my data” button. Whether you’re using ChatGPT, Reddit, X, Meta or LinkedIn, each platform follows its own rules for collecting user data to improve AI models. Some offer a genuine opt-out, others only for certain regions, and some provide no meaningful choice at all. The common thread is…
Read MoreJennifer Lackard: Ex-NY Police Officer Who Drove Gang Member Son to Shooting Is Sorority Sisters with Mayor Who Hired Her
The disgraced former Westchester County police official accused of driving her gang-affiliated son away from a shooting is also a sorority sister of the mayor who appointed her to the high-paying position. Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard appointed Jennifer Lackard to lead the city’s newly created Police Department Wellness Unit in 2020, despite Lackard having…
Read MoreSpaceX Stock Falls 14% After Insider Lock-Up Ends
SpaceX shares closed at $108.27 on Aug. 6, down nearly 14%, after 911.5 million previously restricted shares became eligible for trading following the expiration of the company’s initial insider lock-up period. Based on the company’s IPO prospectus, the newly eligible shares represent approximately 6.7% of its 13.6 billion outstanding shares, significantly increasing the stock’s public…
Read MoreConservative Candidate Joshua Bonehill-Paine Sparks Backlash Over Extremist Past
Former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine has become the center of a political controversy after being selected as the Conservative Party‘s candidate for a Somerset council seat, prompting criticism from Jewish organizations, political opponents and one of his former victims. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has defended the decision, saying Bonehill-Paine has renounced his extremist views and deserves…
Read MoreWhy North Korea Is Telling People to Eat Dog Meat During a Record-Breaking Heatwave
North Korean state media has revived its long-standing promotion of dog meat soup as a traditional summer health food, recommending the dish alongside other seasonal foods as temperatures across the Korean Peninsula soar to record levels. The guidance was published by Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling Workers’ Party, as authorities warned residents about…
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