A Florida man was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday for threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and his children, federal prosecutors announced. Michael Shapiro, 72, was sentenced during a hearing in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday nearly nine months after prosecutors said he left multiple threatening messages for Swalwell at his office in...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed an executive order Thursday requiring hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status to help the state determine the cost of providing healthcare to noncitizens. Beginning Nov. 1, Abbott is directing hospitals in Texas to gather data on “patients who are not lawfully present in the United States,” as...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) helped clear a homeless encampment in Los Angeles on Thursday while threatening to take away state funding from the state's counties that do not do more to curb homelessness. Newsom was photographed Thursday working alongside Caltrans workers under a freeway in Los Angeles, where he said more than 1,400 encampments...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) illegally fired an employee who the group claimed used racist language and discriminated against some coworkers, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge ruled Wednesday. Administrative law judge Michael Rosas ruled Katherine Oh, who served as senior policy counsel, was terminated for protected concerted activity, a right of workers to...
OpenAI is warning that some people may become emotionally reliant on its lifelike ChatGPT voice mode. In a report Thursday, OpenAI released information on the safety work the company conducted on ChatGPT, its popular artificial intelligence tool, and the new voice mode that sounds human. OpenAI first began rolling out GPT-4o to paid customers last...
The 2024 presidential race is a “complete contrast campaign" pitting former President Trump’s record against Vice President Kamala Harris’, senior Trump campaign officials said Thursday, while stressing that the Democrat ticket is “dangerously liberal."
City Comptroller Brad Lander's audit of the Adams administration's contracts with DocGo suggests the city should recover over $11 million of nearly $14 million...
Gov. Walz signed the "trans refuge" bill, turning Minnesota into a legal sanctuary for children seeking "gender affirming care" like puberty blockers, cross sex...