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Last week we published our annual Top 100 NBA player rankings, and seven of the top 10 players, as voted on by our panel of 10 analysts, hail from the Western Conference — which, top to bottom, has long been the more talent-rich half of the league. But from that point forward on the list, […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is looking to ban Chinese-made software from cars because of national security concerns, the Commerce Department announced on Monday. The Bureau of Industry and Security, part of the Commerce Department, is expected to publish a rule that “focuses on hardware and software” of the software connected […]
Credit: ABCNews.com (NEW YORK) — Schools in the U.S. remain deeply divided along racial, ethnic and economic lines, even as studies show that the K-12 public school population is becoming more diverse. More than a third of students attend schools where 75% or more of those in attendance are of a single race or ethnicity, […]
Here’s what we know coming out of Week 3 Sep 23, 2024 at 5:36 pm ET • 4 min read Getty Images As is the case every week, NFL Week 3 had its fair share of injuries across the league. From the Eagles dealing with concussions to their star players to the Chargers’ Justin Herbert […]
ilbusca/Getty Images (LINCOLN, Neb.) — A growing effort backed by Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, to switch Nebraska’s electoral process to winner-take-all hit a major snag on Monday after a key state lawmaker said he wouldn’t support such a change before the November election. State Sen. Mike McDonnell, one of the key Republicans holdouts […]
seng kui Lim / 500px /Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former FTX executive Caroline Ellison said she deserves no prison time for her role in one of the largest financial frauds in history and federal prosecutors seem inclined to agree. Ellison’s attorneys urged Judge Lewis Kaplan to be lenient when he sentences her Tuesday afternoon, […]
Manchester City may have entered the season as the favorites to win a fifth successive Premier League title, but the calculus on their chances to extend their winning streak shifts considerably now that Rodri is expected to miss much of the campaign with an knee injury. Rodri came off in the first half of City’s […]
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of the southern village of Habbouch on September 23, 2024. (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — The Israeli military expanded its Lebanon campaign with hundreds of airstrikes on Monday, as the long-simmering border conflict with Hezbollah threatened to explode into […]
Wolfgang Deuter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Russia and Iran are using artificial intelligence to influence the American election, U.S. intelligence officials said on Monday. “Foreign actors are using AI to more quickly and convincingly tailor synthetic content,” an official with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said. “The IC (intelligence community) considers AI a […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of environmental nonprofit groups are suing ExxonMobil for the company’s alleged role in the global plastics pollution crisis. The state claims the oil and gas giant engaged in a “decades-long campaign of deception” to lie to consumers […]
