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Ari Shapiro Joins CNN, Launches Podcast With Audie Cornish
CNN has hired former NPR host Ari Shapiro as a contributor, the network said on Wednesday, reuniting him with his former radio colleague and “All Things Considered” co-host Audie Cornish. Shapiro will appear across CNN’s linear network and its digital programming. He and Cornish, another NPR alum who joined the network in 2022, will also host
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Usually, Young People Embrace New Technology. Gen Z’s Attitude Toward AI Should Worry the Entire Tech Industry
Traditionally, young people have eagerly embraced hot new technologies — think Sony’s Walkman, Apple’s iPhone, or Napster — and become major drivers of their success in the workplace and society. And if they spurn a new product — remember Microsoft’s Zune, Google+, or Amazon’s Fire Phone? — it’s often a very bad sign. That leads
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Asian surnames have been the fastest-growing in the U.S., according to Census Bureau report
ORLANDO, Fla. — The most popular last names in the United States might be unchanged from the previous decade, but Asian surnames were the fastest-growing at the start of this decade, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday. Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown and Jones remained the top five last names in the United States in 2020, as they
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Trump doubles down on Jesus imagery with new post amid outrage from Christians
In the face of intense criticism for posting an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus Christ, President Donald Trump doubled down and posted yet another religious-themed image of himself to his Truth Social platform on Wednesday morning. Trump’s post consisted of a screenshot of an image of Jesus embracing Trump, posted by an account on
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Iran to execute the first woman over widespread anti-regime demonstrations
Iran’s barbaric regime is set to execute its first female protester over recent protests, one of an estimated 1,600 sentenced to death by the Islamic Republic in the past year. Bita Hemmati is the first woman due to be hanged in relation to the demonstrations that broke out in January across the country and were
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Iran war helped freeze L.A.’s housing market. Some hope ceasefire will bring more sales
Katie Davis has whiplash. A longtime renter, she’s in the market for her first ever home, but she needs mortgage rates to drop in order to afford the monthly payments. Anything under 6% would be feasible. For the last year, she’s been tracking them like a hawk. She watched them fall from 7% last spring
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Corporate America skirting the law to lobby Trump on key deals: report
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby went straight to the top last month, pitching President Donald Trump on a blockbuster merger with rival American Airlines during a private meeting. According to Axios, the move signals a seismic shift in how corporate America now operates: if you want antitrust approval, skip the bureaucrats and go directly to
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The price of LAUSD union peace will be $1.2 billion a year. Next up is paying for it
Three Los Angeles school district unions won major victories with deals that bring hefty raises and prompted celebratory messages about a new chapter in local education progress. But the price of union peace will be nearly $1.2 billion in annual contract costs, and questions remain about whether the district can afford it. Double-digit raises have
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Analyst makes damning prediction about rest of Trump term: ‘Absolute disaster’
Donald Trump’s second term in the Oval Office is set to get even worse, according to a political analyst. David Pakman claimed the president will face further complications during his term, as one decision made by Trump’s administration will backfire. The ongoing war with Iran could be close to the end as peace talks stretch
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The Battle of the Blockades
The Trump administration’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has made the waterway one more testing ground in a battle of wills. The question isn’t whether Iran or the United States has the more powerful navy, but which country can endure economic pain and military casualties longer—the United States, which has been waging an unpopular