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He Couldn’t Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?
It was mid-October, peak leaf-peeping season in Hanover, New Hampshire, and Chad Markey was on a rare break between clinical rotations during his last year of medical school. He should have been inhaling Green Mountain air and gossiping with his Dartmouth classmates about life after graduation. In a few months, they’d all be going their…
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Shot in the head and face at L.A. ‘No Kings’ protest, two young men are now seeking justice
Micah Moore, a film production assistant, recently underwent his second surgery to restore the hearing in his right ear after being shot in the head with a rubber bullet while attending the “No Kings” protest in downtown Los Angeles last June. “It really completely flipped huge parts of my life upside down,” the 25-year-old told…
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A decades-long plan to abolish the Electoral College may finally pay off
The Electoral College — our nation’s bizarre system that hands a few narrowly-divided states the privilege to choose our presidents — has been entrenched for two centuries. But a long-game effort from reformers, which has played out quietly in blue states across the country over the past 20 years, has gotten it surprisingly close to…
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What the Desert Taught Me About Cinco de Mayo
The San Luis Potosi Desert Highlands in Mexico. —Photo Beto—Getty Images The first time I experienced Cinco de Mayo in the United States, I was stunned. It was May 5, 2014, and I had just moved to New York. After growing up in Mexico and years spent living in Europe, I expected a small cultural…
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Uber driver accused of attempted murder of officer, holding woman hostage for 9 hours
Authorities have arrested an Uber driver on suspicion of trying to kill a law enforcement officer while fleeing a traffic stop in Lennox — then holding a woman hostage in his vehicle for nine hours in Beverly Hills. The suspect, identified as Osvaldo Del Rio, was taken into custody around 2 a.m. Monday after members…
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Cornell president accused of injuring 2 students in parking lot after Israel debate clash
The president of Cornell University allegedly ran over the foot of one student and injured another during a heated parking lot clash after an Israel-Palestine debate. Surveillance video from last Thursday showed a group of students surrounding Michael Kotlikoff’s black Cadillac as they tried to stop him from leaving. Kotlikoff then reversed his SUV out…
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Scandal alone won’t bring Trump down — but this will
Everyone is well aware of the Trump administration’s well-earned “TACO” problem — the only catchy, and desperately needed, malicious Trump branding yet to seep into the general electorate. And if Trump has taught us anything, it is that branding matters. Fine. Here is some branding. How is life going now that we’re all having to…
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US military strike on alleged drug boat kills 2 in the Caribbean
The US military said it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people Monday. The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since early September and killed at least 188 people in total. Other strikes have taken place in the eastern…
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It’s showtime for Trump’s revenge tour. Will he win?
President Donald Trump’s power as the GOP’s kingmaker faces a major test with this month’s primaries. So far, he’s on rocky footing. His revenge tour kicks off Tuesday in Indiana, as he tries to oust eight Republican state legislators who blocked his redistricting effort there. Then it moves on to Louisiana and Kentucky, where he’s…
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Iran warns US against ‘being dragged back into quagmire’ amid rising tensions over Strait of Hormuz
Iran has warned the US against being dragged back into the war – as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz escalated. “Events in Hormuz make clear that there’s no military solution to a political crisis,” the regime’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X Monday. “As talks are making process with Pakistan’s gracious effort, the…