Day: November 16, 2023

Shelling ramps up at Israel-Lebanon border with Hezbollah, IDF trading missile strikes: report

6:06 pm November 16, 2023

Shelling is ramping up Thursday between the Israel Defense Forces and the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah as both sides trade strikes along the Israel-Lebanon border, a report says. The Iranian-backed terrorist group claimed in several statements that it has struck eight targets so far in Israel Thursday, including Israeli soldiers and a barracks, “in support of […]

FBI digs up NY farm in search for secret Mafia burial ground: Report

5:58 pm November 16, 2023

Law enforcement officers, including the FBI, dug up New York farmland looking for bodies and contraband buried by the mob, sources told media outlets. The FBI and NYPD used diggers and hand tools to rip up farmland in two locations in Orange County, New York, suburbs of Goshen and Campbell Hall along Route 17, CBS […]

‘Do you read me, HAL?’ Space agencies weigh pairing astronauts in deep space with AI companions

5:16 pm November 16, 2023

Space agencies around the world are developing AI companions to help astronauts stave off loneliness, combat space-induced mental illness and assist with work on multi-year trips. “Deep space travel will pose unique challenges to crew, challenges that are inherently different from those currently experienced on orbit,” Alexandra Whitmire, a scientist with NASA’s Human Factors and […]

Schumer blasts Supreme Court’s new ethics code for one ‘glaring omission’

5:09 pm November 16, 2023

Top Democrats who have been pressuring the Supreme Court to adopt a new code of ethics appear dissatisfied after the court’s unprecedented announcement of a new Code of Conduct, saying the code alone isn’t enough. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. said, “It is long past time for a code of conduct that explicitly applies to […]

House Intel Committee defends FISA but suggests reforms amid debate over controversial surveillance program

5:08 pm November 16, 2023

The House Intelligence Committee is unveiling a series of proposals to reform a key surveillance tool that’s been both credited with preventing terror attacks on U.S. soil as well as accused of being a vehicle for spying on U.S. citizens. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) lets the U.S. government keep tabs […]