Harvard Chabad Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi demanded that journalist Maria Ressa explain comments that he believed were antisemitic during Harvard’s commencement, Thursday. “I was attacked online and called antisemitic by power and money because they want power and money,” Ressa told students in comments that Zarchi would later ask her to explain. “But I’d already…
Public criticism has mounted over Google’s AI Overviews feature in Search, which has returned inaccurate or nonsensical results, according to screenshots. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/24/google-criticized-as-ai-overview-makes-errors-like-saying-president-obama-is-muslim.html
Tom Nolan also reviews Ruth Ware’s “One Perfect Couple” and Jaclyn Goldis’s “The Main Character.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/mysteries-harry-dolans-dont-turn-around-94ddcbb7
Former President Donald Trump told “Fox & Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones he is confident he can win New York in November after rallying 25,000 supporters in the deep-blue Bronx – a district that hasn’t voted Republican in a century. “When you see all these people here of all different backgrounds, do you think the Republican…
Stuzzichini are Italian snacks. Pintxos come from Basque Country. Making them at home may create an urge to travel. https://www.wsj.com/articles/summer-cookbooks-feasts-fit-for-a-toothpick-e7ea9206
Some scientists worry that beaming signals into space could lead extraterrestrials to conquer Earth, as in the TV series ‘3 Body Problem.’ But wouldn’t they be more interested in learning about us? https://www.wsj.com/articles/humanity-shouldnt-be-afraid-to-say-hello-to-aliens-702c8fd8
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “war criminal” on Thursday during fiery remarks that grew more contentious when a Capitol Hill staffer used an umbrella to obstruct a Fox News cameraman who was filming the exchange. The unidentified aide is seen in video of the encounter repeatedly opening and closing…
The United Nations’ top court has issued an order Friday demanding Israel “immediately halt its military offensive” against Hamas in Rafah, the Palestinian terrorist group’s final stronghold in the Gaza Strip. The message from the International Court of Justice comes hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News host Sean Hannity that there…
The office manager of the Hong Kong trade office in London and another man will go on trial in February for allegedly helping Hong Kong authorities gather intelligence in the U.K. a judge said Friday. Chung Biu Yuen, 63, and Chi Leung Peter Wai, 38, appeared at London’s Central Criminal Court for a preliminary hearing,…
The so-called FLiRT variants of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that cause COVID-19 have been the dominant forms of the virus circulating this year globally, according to the World Health Organization. The moniker FLiRT is an acronym for the locations of the mutations the variants share on the virus’ spike protein. One of them, called KP.2, has become…