California GOP leaders are calling for more accountability after an audit released earlier this week indicated that the state spent around $24 billion to tackle the homeless crisis over the past five years but did not consistently track whether the huge outlay of public money did anything to actually improve the problem. The state auditor’s report found that despite roughly $24 billion spent on homeless and housing programs during the 2018-2023 fiscal years, the problem didn’t improve in many...
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs called for the immediate repeal of an Arizona law from 1864 that effectively bans all abortion in the state except when a woman's life is at stake.
Bank of America is facing calls for a boycott over allegations it is closing accounts of customers based on their political views.Multiple MAGA profiles and Republicans have criticized the bank in recent days over claims, which have been denied by the company, that it is allegedly engaging in a practice known as "de-banking" because of customers' religious and political beliefs.John Eastman, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, recently claimed his Bank of America and USAA accounts were closed in...
A minister has insisted it is for parents to discipline their children after paediatricians called for a UK-wide ban on smacking.
Democrats in the Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill on Sunday
Twitter recently imposed blue checkmarks, previously assigned only to people paying to use the site, on all users meeting a certain threshold of paid followers. And soon users assigned blue checkmarks will no longer be able to hide them. The blue checkmark, originally a form of verification and implicit status, was turned into a paid feature after Elon Musk's takeover of the site. — Read the rest
The latest April Pixel update has been out for a cool 8 days now and we thought we should check in with everyone to see how it’s treating you. We’re partly curious to make sure nothing bad has happened since you received the update, but we’ve also heard from some who haven’t seen the update … Continued Read the original post: How’s the Pixel April Update Treating You?
Activision has announced that 27,000 Call of Duty cheaters were banned over the weekend across Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. In a statement, anti-cheat Team Ricochet attributed the ban wave to upgrades to its detection technology, with more bans still to come as new improvements are implemented. The massive wave of bans was reported by Charlie Intel on X, which includes a statement from Team Ricochet. "Team Ricochet identified and banned over 27,000 accounts over the weekend through a series of...
A potential smoking ban in Atlantic City has roiled some casino operators.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), facing a tough reelection bid, called on President Joe Biden to ban sales of Chinese electric vehicles in the U.S.
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs called her state’s decision to ban abortion in nearly all cases, including rape and incest, “outrageous.” “The devastating impact that this ban will have on healthcare for women across the state is just unconscionable,” she said. The ban was originally enacted in 1864, before Arizona was even a state and women had the right to vote. Governor Hobbs pointed out, however, that Arizonans will have the opportunity to “enshrine abortion” in their constitution during the...
Unjected, a popular website that promotes anti-vaccine campaigns, is now under attack by a glitch. The latest security issue exposes some users' confidential information.