More than 3 in 4 Americans fear abuses of artificial intelligence will affect the 2024 presidential election, and many are not confident they can detect faked photos, videos or audio. AI & Politics '24, led by Lee Rainie and Jason Husser at Elon University, found 78 percent believe it is likely artificial intelligence will be abused to impact the outcome ...

The northern border largely has been unmanned and understaffed for decades as federal reports issue conflicting conclusions about how much, or how little, operational control exists. Some officials have suggested the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has just 1% operational control over the northern border after a 2019 General Accounting Office audit of ...

The University of California graduate students union plans to maximize chaos and confusion on campuses in opposition to administrators responses to pro-Palestinian protesters in recent weeks, a UAW 4811 leader said. On Wednesday, the union voted to authorize a strike on UC campuses, it announced on X. UAW 4811 represents 48,000 graduate and undergraduate ...

The GOP-led House passed a bill on Thursday to allow more law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms across state lines. The bill received support from 16 House Democrats while 185 opposed it. The post House Passes Bill Allowing More Officers to Carry Concealed Firearms Across State Lines first appeared on The Ohio Star.

Provisional estimates show drug overdose deaths declined about 3.1% nationwide, but multiple states reported increases of more than 20%. TheCenters for Disease Control and Prevention's provisional estimated overdose deaths in 2023 declined about 3.1% to 107,543. That's down from 111,029 in 2022. Two out of every three deaths involved synthetic opioids such ...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed House Bill 250 on Wednesday, requiring schools to implement official policy governing students' use of cellphones during school hours. The bill aims to minimize student use of cellphones in K-12 schools by requiring school districts to create a policy that reduces cellphone-related distractions in classroom settings. The ...

A coalition of medical professionals revealed the methods by which medical schools across the country are circumventing the Supreme Courts ruling outlawing the practice of affirmative action, and employing such race-based policies anyway. According toFox News, the group Do No Harm released new research this week revealing that many in the healthcare ...

While the Chinese Communist Partys possibly imminent invasion of Taiwan could spark a war in the region, experts and lawmakers in Congress on Thursday expressed that the Taiwan issue is just one part of a broader Chinese strategy countering the U.S. U.S.House lawmakers raised the alarm about the Chinese communist governments threat to the U.S. via cyber ...

In today's political discourse, conversations about saving our nation and its future are increasingly common. Key issues such as border security, increasing crime, economic stability, and rising inflation dominate headlines. The post Commentary: Preserving Family Values and the Family Itself Are Critical Factors in this Election first appeared on The Ohio ...

Newly revealed documents obtained by a watchdog group show that Amazon founder, multibillionaire, andWashington Postowner Jeff Bezos hosted an event bringing together international bureaucrats, a liberal foundation, and senior Treasury Department officials at hispalatial Washington, D.C. home to advance "Climate Action" efforts. The event shows how Bezos ...

Last July, when NBC The Voice alums, Katelyn Drye and Derek Drye announced their lead single Sawdust off their forthcoming EP, I was keen to feature them because I loved the song so much. Now, after the success of the rowdy Raisin Beers & Hallelujahs EP, The Dryes have chronicled a more serious side of the past four years of their lives with their newest ...

California State University (CSU) put Sonoma State University (SSU) President Mike Lee on leave after he sent a campus memo signaling an agreement with pro-Palestinian protesters that did not receive the appropriate approvals, according to a Wednesday CSU press release. Lee issued an encampment update Tuesday evening, establishing an Advisory Council of ...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is pushing the U.S. Justice Department to restore a nearly 80% cut in victim assistance funds since 2018. Speaking to nearly 1,000 victims' advocates at AG's annual Two Days in May conference, Yost said the continued cuts have made him mad. The post Ohio AG Pushes Feds to Restore Victim Assistance Money first appeared on The ...

The number of Chinese nationals illegally crossing into the United States is spiking, according to the latest data provided by Customs and Border Protection (CBP). A record-breaking 27,583 Chinese nationals have illegally crossed into the U.S. over the past seven months of fiscal year 2024,accordingto CBP. There were 24,125 Chinese nationals who illegally ...

Republican lawmakers have approached the U.S. Secret Service with concerns about security issues at July's Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but Secret Service has so far been unwilling to compromise, sources told the Daily Caller. "We have identified a critical flaw with the Security Perimeter that creates an elevated and untenable ...

Two reporters from the Daily Caller News Foundation outlined their findings from a series of reports on the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) Wednesday. DCNF investigative reporter Megan Brock and DCNF culture reporter Kate Anderson obtained footage from WPATHs September 2022 Global Education Institute (GEI) and over 100 pages of ...

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., says he believes the House has enough votes to hold U.S. Attorney GeneralMerrick Garland in contempt. "Absolutely," Comer answered when asked about the votes on the Wednesday edition of the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. "I think the Judiciary Committee [is] going to do the same thing. We've worked ...

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge on Thursday that could have paved the way for a consumer protection regulator to be dismantled. The post Supreme Court Slaps Down Challenge That Could Have Gutted Financial Regulatory Agency first appeared on The Ohio Star.

Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin's gubernatorial victory in Virginia in November 2021, widely credited to his promise to restore parental rights in public schools in the Democratic-leaning state, set off panic in the national education establishment. Newly disclosed records reveal the American Federation of Teachers hired a prominent Democratic pollster ...

Telehealth has become a health care gamechanger for tens of millions of Americans. We all know the time and effort an in-person health visit takes travel to the appointment, time off work, hours spent in an office, follow ups that require us to do the whole process over again. But telehealth expansion in the post-COVID world has changed everything. The ...

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) ordered the removal of non-citizens from the state's voter rolls after more than 100 were found registered despite confirming their lack of U.S. citizenship. On Tuesday,LaRose directedall 88 counties to begin a removal process for non-citizens on Ohio's voter rolls following a review by his office's Public Integrity ...

With "Teacher Appreciation Week" now behind us, it's crucial that we pay close heed to the well-being of the students, and the news is not good. Gen Z-ers and the newest cropGeneration Alphaare struggling, and schools are the focal point of the problem. Anew report from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation surveyed more than 1,000 Gen Z students between ...

An agency of the District of Columbia held a training session last month to teach illegal immigrants and othernoncitizens how to vote, according to documents obtained by the watchdog group Judicial Watch. News of the training session held by the local government in the nation's capital comes as House Republicans push a billwith the backing of Speaker Mike ...

Iran's strategic expansion in Latin America, by aligning itself with regimes that could represent a threat to democracy and regional stability, has become a concern for the region, according to a Tuesdayreportpublished by the Southern Command'sDilogo Americasmagazine. . While Iran's influence already extends to Brazil, where on November 8, 2023, Brazilian ...

There were 60 officers killed in the line of duty in 2023, the report said, one less than in 2022. But the total officers killed in the line of duty in the past three years were higher than any other three year period in the past two decades. An FBI report released Tuesday revealed that fewer law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty last ...