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WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has been a source of anxiety for school leaders wondering how long grant money will last and who can help them interpret federal laws. For Education Secretary Linda McMahon, it offers a preview of what she hopes to make permanent.Much of the department’s work has gone completely cold. No new grants are being awarded, and civil rights investigations have been halted. Money is still flowing for key programs, but in many respects, schools and states are on their own.That’s the vision President Donald Trump has promoted since his presidential campaign — a world where…
Amazon slashed 14,000 jobs this week — not to cut costs or chase AI, but because they didn’t fit the culture.That’s according to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who shared his thoughts about the layoffs for the first time during the company’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday.”The announcement that we made a few days ago was not really financially driven, and it’s not even really AI-driven, not right now at least,” Jassy said, referring to the job cuts announced on Tuesday. “It really — it’s culture.”Jassy’s remark aligns with his broader mission to reshape Amazon’s culture this year, which Business Insider…
One of Maine’s largest abortion care providers is ending primary care services on Friday after a court ruled that the Trump administration is not required to restore Medicaid funding.Maine Family Planning — the largest network of sexual and reproductive health care clinics in the state — is ending primary care services at three clinics in Ellsworth, Fulton and Presque Isle, affecting about 800 patients.Under H.R.1 — the mega-bill that President Donald Trump signed into law over the summer — family planning and abortion providers are not allowed to collect Medicaid funding if they received at least $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in…
Semiconductor giant Nvidia is reportedly looking to make a sizable investment in AI software development platform Poolside. Nvidia is looking to invest at least $500 million, and up to $1 billion, in Poolside, which builds AI models for software development, according to reporting from Bloomberg, which cited sources. This investment would be part of a $2 billion funding round Poolside is raising at a $12 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg. Nvidia’s investment could rise to $1 billion if the company successfully completes the rest of the funding round, Bloomberg reported. This wouldn’t be Nvidia’s first investment in Poolside. Nvidia previously…
(Corrects year of trial in paragraph 2)By Diana Novak Jones(Reuters) -A U.S. court reinstated a $185 million verdict against Bayer’s Monsanto unit over chemical contamination at a Washington state school on Thursday.The Washington state Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling that vacated the verdict in a 2021 trial over claims brought by three teachers at Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMonsanto has faced a string of trials over claims by teachers and others at Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington, who say they were sickened by exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.More than 200 students, employees and…
A faculty adviser for Indiana University’s student newspaper filed a federal lawsuit Thursday arguing his free speech and due process rights were violated when he was fired for refusing to ensure no news stories appeared in the homecoming print edition earlier this month. A lawyer for the adviser, Jim Rodenbush, said it’s a case seeking “to have a court state that the First Amendment still matters.”Rodenbush, in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, seeks reinstatement to his job and monetary damages. He was dismissed Oct. 14 for his “lack of leadership and ability…
Let’s say you were scanning the recent headlines and wanted to know when the East Wing of the White House was constructed.You might ask ChatGPT. Or maybe you’d just google it.Either way, you’d get a good answer — although slightly different versions. (Google’s AI answers has a snippet from Wikipedia that notes the East Wing was originally constructed in 1902; ChatGPT offers the 1942 two-story version.)The point is, I don’t actually have to visit Wikipedia’s website to find out, even if the information is sourced from Wikipedia. That’s starting to become a real concern for people who care about Wikipedia.…
“Bro-science” has long claimed animal proteins are essential for serious gains. This seems to make sense when you consider that foods like beef, chicken, and eggs deliver a dose of protein and an amino acid profile that, on paper, is superior to what you would get from a can of beans. For this reason, the common belief is that feasting mostly on plants is a recipe for deflated pecs. Well, the latest research suggests that we can forgo the steak and whey and still pack on more lean mass. Reassurance that those choosing plant-based diets can reach their fitness goals…
Most people tracking their health today end up with scattered clues. Their smartwatch shows sleep duration. A fitness app logs steps. A nutrition app counts calories. Yet few tools help people understand how all of this fits together. Bevel, a New York–based startup, believes that’s the missing piece in the shift toward proactive health. The company has raised a $10 million Series A from General Catalyst to scale its AI health companion, which unifies data from wearables and daily habits across sleep, fitness, and nutrition into personalized insights. The investment follows a breakout year for the two-year-old health tech company.…
High school sweethearts Esther and Max Hackman wanted to start a family soon after they got married in 2023 – but after five months of negative pregnancy tests, they were concerned it would be more challenging than they initially thought.Esther visited her doctor to determine if she had any issues that may be causing infertility, but she was cleared. So she turned to her husband, Max, asking him to take an at-home sperm test.”I figured that it was a very small chance,” Max told “CBS Mornings” in an interview airing on Thursday, adding that having fertility issues never crossed his…