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President Donald Trump’s administration this week told 40 states to eliminate parts of lessons that focus on LGBTQ+ issues from federally funded sexual education materials or that they will lose funding.The move is the latest in a line of efforts since Trump returned to the White House in January to recognize people as only male or female and to eliminate what he calls “gender ideology.”“Federal funds will not be used to poison the minds of the next generation or advance dangerous ideological agendas,” Acting Assistant Health and Human Service Secretary Andrew Gradison said in a statement.That position contradicts what the…
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Micah Parsons says he just went through the hardest four months of his life as he feared his contract stalemate with the Dallas Cowboys would stretch into the start of the season.Now that the matter finally has been settled with a trade to the Green Bay Packers, the superstar pass rusher wants to create a legacy befitting one of the NFL’s storied franchises.One day after the Packers made him the highest-paid non-quarterback in league history, Parsons arrived at Green Bay on Friday, saw the exhibits saluting the franchise’s Hall of Famers and imagined his own…
NEW YORK (AP) — The CDC is in chaos and some groups are starting to step in and take over work the agency was doing.The moves come in response to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s extensive — and some say illegal — restructuring and downsizing of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Many public health veterans see an agency wracked by a leadership crisis, staff cuts, budget cuts and unprecedented levels of political meddling. The concern hit a crescendo when the White House moved to oust the agency’s director and some top CDC leaders resigned in protest.But even…
Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man and chairman of Reliance Industries, has unveiled an ambitious plan to build the country’s AI backbone through a new subsidiary — starting with strategic partnerships with Google Cloud and Meta. At the company’s 48th annual general meeting on Friday, Ambani launched a new venture called Reliance Intelligence, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries. The new venture aims to create a national-scale AI infrastructure, including enterprise tools and services for a variety of sectors. The move comes as India looks to catch up in the global AI race long dominated by the U.S. and China. “Reliance Intelligence…
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Seen from the air, a Florida freshwater spring is a bit of liquid heaven, luring humans and wildlife to enjoy its aquamarine cool. With at least 1,000 of them — more than any other state — the springs serve as beaches for large swaths of central and northwestern Florida far from the ocean, with teenagers backflipping from docks and snorkelers peering into the crystalline depths.But these treasures are under threat from agricultural pollution, rapid development and climate change.Some places, such as fast-growing Zephyrhills in west-central Florida, have paused some construction as it struggles to stay within…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City health officials have discovered a seventh death linked to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem, where more than 100 people have been diagnosed with the ailment.The latest death was announced Thursday. Officials said they had concluded the death of a person with the disease who died before mid-August is associated with the cluster.Officials said 114 people have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease as of Thursday, while six people are hospitalized.The bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease had been discovered in 12 cooling towers on 10 buildings, including a city-run hospital and sexual health…
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Jim Tang, 27, about quitting his software engineering job at Google. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I always wanted to be a good son. I thought getting into a Big Tech company would make my parents proud and provide a high salary.I started working at Google in December 2021 as a software engineer, based in New York. I spent 3 ½ years there and earned up to $326,000 in total compensation before taxes, but I became disillusioned with corporate life and, at age 27, I quit and…
WHY THIS MATTERS: Former gymnastics coach Sean Gardner’s rise and the sport’s inability to root him out came even as news of Larry Nassar’s decades-long sexual abuse of athletes was in the headlines and gyms were implementing safeguards to better protect athletes. The 38-year-old has been jailed pending federal court proceedings in Mississippi. IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Long before his banishment from gymnastics and arrest after accusations he abused girls he coached, warning signs about Sean Gardner were coming from several directions — his former boss, his gymnasts and their parents.The former boss says she brought her concerns about…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Aliena Cai, 26, an entrepreneur based in Seattle. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider has verified Cai’s business and revenue.In my two years as a senior product designer at eBay, I worked on high-impact projects with incredibly smart people. During that time, I used my creativity to post on my YouTube channel about UX design as a side hustle.When I felt I was making a solid revenue from YouTube ads and sponsorships, I quit my six-figure tech job at eBay and went all in on my long-term goal.…
Artificial intelligence and AI agents are redrawing the competitive landscape of software and SaaS, and there will be winners and losers.That’s the conclusion of a new RBC Capital Markets report that warns incumbency alone is no guarantee of survival in the post-AI era. Innovation, not market share, will determine who crosses the AI “chasm.””Incumbency is not enough for software companies to thrive in a post-AI world — innovation is paramount,” RBC analysts wrote in the report. “If incumbency were the most important factor, Sears, Blockbuster, and Barnes and Noble would have been major beneficiaries of the Internet, but instead new…