President Joe Biden is courting LGBTQ+ voters at a pair of events in New York City as he looks to shake off an uneven debate performance. He addressed the opening of a visitor center at the Stonewall National Monument in lower Manhattan on Friday. That was the scene of a defining moment in the gay rights movement. Pop icon Elton John also addressed the crowed there. Later Friday, Biden is attending a Pride Month fundraiser with LGBTQ+ advocates. Biden also has fundraisers planned on New York's Long... Читать дальше...
Four Missouri prison guards have been charged with murder, and a fifth with accessory to involuntary manslaughter, in the December death of a Black man who was in custody at the Jefferson City Correctional Center. Thirty-eight-year-old Othel Moore Jr. died on Dec. 8. A criminal complaint filed Friday says the guards pepper-sprayed Moore, placed a mask over his face and left him in a position that caused him to suffocate. The Missouri Department of Corrections released a statement Friday saying Moore... Читать дальше...
The Supreme Court has made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge that also has been brought against former President Donald Trump.
Amazon is reviewing claims that the artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI is scraping content — including from prominent news sites — without approval. A spokesperson for Amazon confirmed Friday that the tech giant was assessing information it received from the news outlet WIRED. Earlier this month, WIRED had published an investigation that said Perplexity appeared to scrape content from websites that had prohibited access from such practices. The San Francisco-based AI search startup has been a darling of prominent tech investors... Читать дальше...
NASA says two astronauts will stay in space longer to continue troubleshooting Boeing’s capsule. NASA on Friday did not give a return date. Two veteran NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule for the space station on June 5. It was the first astronaut launch for Boeing after years of delays and setbacks. The test flight was expected to last a week or so, enough time for Wilmore and Williams to check out the capsule while docked at the station. But problems with the capsule’s propulsion system... Читать дальше...
Donald Trump's warning during his debate with Joe Biden that immigrants are taking “Black jobs" and “Hispanic jobs” prompted outrage from Democrats and Black leaders who found the language vague and racially discriminatory. The former president also repeated the comment during a Friday campaign rally. Trump's comments came as part of his broader view of the challenges facing the U.S. in a vision that has long appealed to his conservative base but has typically alienated other voters. The Trump campaign... Читать дальше...
Those with an interest can find several exhaustive, independent fact checks of claims made by Joe Biden and Donald Trump during their televised debate on Thursday night. But there was nothing for the estimated 50 million people who watched the event in real time. That prompted some criticism of CNN and moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. But CNN said ahead of time that it wanted its moderators to be questioners, not umpires, and pronounced itself satisfied with the network's performance on Friday. Читать дальше...
