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John Davidson, whose life inspired the award-winning biopic “I Swear,” involuntarily shouted a racial slur during Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s speech at the BAFTA film awards in London on Feb. 22, 2026. The moment went viral, and the ensuing backlash ignited public debate about Tourette syndrome and its most shocking symptom.Davidson has been a familiar figure to British audiences since his teenage years, when he first appeared in a BBC documentary about Tourette syndrome. He has since devoted decades to public education about the condition, earning him a distinguished honor from Queen Elizabeth II in 2019.The reactions to…
At President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, he hoped to convince Americans that the economy is strong and that they should vote for more of the same by backing Republicans during November’s midterm elections. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Jessica Koscielniak/Pool Photo via AP) President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress…
Anthropic has until Friday evening to either give the U.S. military unrestricted access to its AI model or face the consequences, reports Axios. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in a meeting Tuesday morning that the Pentagon will either declare Anthropic a “supply chain risk” — a designation usually reserved for foreign adversaries — or invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA) to force the company to tailor a version of the model to the military’s needs. The DPA gives the president the authority to force companies to prioritize or expand production for national defense. It was recently…
A California federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI, accusing OpenAI of poaching staff to steal trade secrets.In a ruling released on Tuesday, US District Judge Rita Lin sided with a request to dismiss the case filed by the Sam Altman-led AI company behind ChatGPT, citing the lack of evidence against it.”Notably absent are allegations about the conduct of OpenAI itself,” Lin wrote in her order. “xAI does not allege any facts indicating that OpenAI induced xAI’s former employees to steal xAI’s trade secrets or that these former xAI employees used any stolen trade…
Feb. 23-March 1 is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, a time to educate the public about eating disorders and offer resources and support to people in need, according to the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), which sponsors the awareness week. The theme of this year’s week is “Every BODY Belongs,” according to the NEDA.Actor and mental health advocate Kerry Washington is urging doctors, parents, and the public to rethink who develops eating disorders — and who too often goes unnoticed.Washington, who has spoken publicly about her own battle with an eating disorder, said that people who have these illnesses often don’t fit the stereotype of young, affluent women.Kerry Washington on negative self-talk, intentions in work she does and more”I think the biggest…
When my daughter was born, it felt like my entire brain reorganized itself. I didn’t recognize the self I had been before I became a mother. The world was changed, and I felt raw inside of it.Frantically, in between contact naps and feeding sessions, I searched the internet for an explanation for the transformation that had overcome me — and I found the term matrescence, which refers to the intense biological, psychological and social changes a woman undergoes throughout pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period.When I texted my sisters and mom friends about the new term I had learned, a…
New research suggests the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, commonly referred to as the DASH diet that’s best known for lowering blood pressure, may also help keep dementia at bay.ABC News Medical Correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton joined “Good Morning America” on Tuesday to explain the findings from a large prospective study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that followed more than 159,000 adults over nearly two decades.”It said that the DASH diet is the front runner in protecting our brain and reducing the risk of cognitive decline,” Sutton said. “When you look at the components of this…
Google on Tuesday announced it’s adding a new way to create automated workflows to its vibe-coding app Opal. The company said that a new agent being introduced in Opal will allow users to create mini-apps that can let them plan and execute tasks using text prompts. The feature uses the Gemini 3 Flash model and automatically chooses tools to execute tasks. For instance, it can use Google Sheets to maintain memory across sessions, such as a shopping list for an e-commerce-related app. The new agent creates and plans the next step for the tasks on its own. Image Credits:Google Google…
Feb 24 (Reuters) – Measles cases in South Carolina surged to 979 on Tuesday, state health data showed, including six additional infections since Friday.Here are some details:* Officials have warned that the widening outbreak could last weeks or months amid lagging vaccine uptake.* At least 91 people are in quarantine after being exposed to the virus, and one person in isolation to keep them from spreading the disease* Of those infected, 913 were unvaccinated, 19 were partially vaccinated with one of the recommended two-dose measles-mumps-rubella vaccines, 26 were fully vaccinated and 21 had unknown vaccination status* The outbreak, which began…
Seasonal illnesses like flu or the common cold not only force us to miss workdays, but they can also derail workouts and other fitness activities. While kimchi has long been lauded for it’s digestive and gut health benefits, it’s effects on immunity was far less understood, until now. A breakthrough study published by npj Science of Food, has determined that kimchi doesn’t just help in the fight against illness, it also prevents overreactions. “Our research has proven for the first time in the world that kimchi has two different simultaneous effects: activating defense cells and suppressing excessive response.” explained the…