Stephen L. Carter: The left’s calls for Sonia Sotomayor to retire are absurd The left’s absurd calls for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step down so President Joe Biden can name a younger replacement should be roundly condemned. Such pressure is an American tradition ... 04/29/2024 - 3:05 pm | View Link
3 law officers killed, 5 others wounded trying to serve warrant in North Carolina, authorities say Officers from the U.S. Marshals Task Force were carrying out an investigation in a suburban neighborhood when they came under fire, authorities say. 04/29/2024 - 12:15 pm | View Link
Deputy US marshal killed, several officers injured in Charlotte, NC, police say; suspect dead The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says officers from the U.S. Marshals Task Force were carrying out an investigation in a suburban neighborhood when they came under fire. 04/29/2024 - 8:33 am | View Link
Los Angeles Times: Only dictators have immunity from criminal acts while in power The answer should be no. Allowing the most powerful person in the nation, if not the world, to operate without any fear of prosecution for, say, ordering the murder of a political opponent or throwing ... 04/29/2024 - 3:45 am | View Link
Extra work allows Herbert to make soaring NBA photos Gerald Herbert insists on making sure he provides the best coverage possible when photographing New Orleans' NBA team. That means laboriously hanging remote cameras in the Pelicans' arena hours before ... 04/28/2024 - 9:16 am | View Link
"Human beings had a play-based childhood from time immemorial," says author Jonathan Haidt. What caused teen mental health decline is "between 2010 and 2015, phones, screens come sweeping in The most important thing that parents can do is delay the age at which their child gets immersed in internet culture."
Fareed hosts a spirited debate on the House bill that could lead to a US ban on TikTok, with the American Enterprise Institute's Kori Schake and Glen Gerstell, former general counsel for the National Security Agency. They discuss national-security risks the Chinese-owned app might pose given its many American users.
A new government report warns that advanced Artificial Intelligence systems could pose an "extinction-level threat" to humans, and that the US must intervene. "I think we should be mindful of it," says Ret. Admiral James Stavridis. But he adds, "there have been big inventions in the past - the printing press, electricity, the internet - all of these have been a decried for the possibility of nefarious activity."