Day: August 28, 2023

Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal: Remembering those left behind two years ago

8:00 am August 28, 2023

Two years ago, the Biden administration oversaw the unprecedented disaster that was the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. Thirteen service members lost their lives, thousands of American citizens and tens of thousands of allies were left behind, tens of millions of women and girls were abandoned to lives of sexual slavery, and tens of millions more […]

FAA investigating nearly 5K pilots accused of hiding conditions that would make them unfit to fly: report

7:34 am August 28, 2023

The Federal Aviation Administration is probing nearly 5,000 pilots who allegedly falsified their medical records to hide medical issues that could impact their ability to fly safely. The pilots licensed to fly in the U.S. are military veterans who purported to the agency that they were suitable to fly, but failed to disclose that they […]

My uncle, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had an iconic ‘dream.’ Here’s how we can live it today

6:00 am August 28, 2023

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the iconic I Have a Dream Speech my uncle, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., so famously delivered in 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. As he spoke out to crowds hundreds of thousands strong, all hopeful Americans eager to see the fulfillment of America’s promise […]

AI can combat Colonial Pipeline-like cyberattacks that cripple hospitals, critical services: expert

6:00 am August 28, 2023

Artificial intelligence could have essentially shrunk the haystack to find the needle after hackers crippled the Colonial Pipeline with a ransomware attack, and minimized the disastrous aftermath, an expert said. The 2021 Colonial Pipeline shutdown was the result of the largest recorded cyberattack on United States critical infrastructure, which is an easy target because of […]

IBM serves up AI for US Open; tennis legend Maria Sharapova a guest in return to New York for Grand Slam

6:00 am August 28, 2023

The 2023 U.S. Open, similar to many of the other major tennis tournaments this year, will incorporate game-changing artificial intelligence technology. First serve for the U.S. Open is set to take place Monday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York. Millions of fans are once again expected to watch […]