Day: May 27, 2023

Should Biden debate his primary challengers? Democratic strategists weigh in

9:00 am May 27, 2023

Polls continue showing discontent among Democratic voters with President Biden as their nominee, so much so that some primary challengers are showing better-than-expected strength despite no institutional support. Several polls, including one from Fox News last month, show Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with double-digit support just days after he officially launched his presidential campaign. The […]

Maine woman brings raccoon to Petco for unconventional pet spa experience

7:27 am May 27, 2023

Petco employees in Maine were asked to clip an unusual customer’s nails after a woman brought a wild raccoon into the store to get its nails clipped. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife shared in a Facebook post that this was not a good idea and illegal. The agency initially said that the […]

Veteran of Iraq War shares insights on importance of honoring fallen heroes this Memorial Day

7:00 am May 27, 2023

For many people nationwide, Memorial Day is associated with a weekend at the lake or beach, cookouts with friends and family, and nearly endless shopping sprees. For Fred Minnick, the holiday looks much different than that. The 44-year-old war veteran spent a year in Kuwait and Iraq in 2004 as an Army photojournalist. MEMORIAL DAY […]

Multi-state operation locates 225 missing children: U.S. Marshals

6:18 am May 27, 2023

The United States Marshals Service (USMS), with the help of state and local agencies, located 225 missing children during a 10-week operation in states across the nation, the agency said. The multi-state operation, dubbed operation ‘We Will Find You,’ was a national effort to locate the missing children. According to a press release from the […]

Biden Education Department worried AI in the classroom might be used to spy on teachers

6:00 am May 27, 2023

The Department of Education is worried that artificial intelligence systems could be used to surveil teachers once the systems are introduced into the classroom and warned in a new report that allowing that to happen would make teachers’ jobs “nearly impossible.” The department released a report this week on “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of […]