Older voters in the battleground state of Pennsylvania are poised to make their presence — and preferences — felt in the upcoming fall elections that will determine control of the White House, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Chief on their minds are issues that include Social Security and aging in place. [...]read more2024 battleground state likely to be influenced by senior voters: AARP
Colleges across the country are grappling with how to respond to the demonstrations, with many administrations calling in local and state police to disperse them. More than 2,000 people have been arrested at protests nationwide in the span of two weeks, with some injured in the process. House Speaker Mike Johnson even called on President [...]read moreShe Survived the 1970 Kent State Shooting. Here’s Her Message to Student Activists
Four months behind bars and a massive fine, that’s what CZ is getting from the government for his crypto exchange’s misdeeds. Regardless of how you view the verdict — too much, too little, just right — his sentencing is a big deal for web3. Potentially in a positive way. There’s effort by some in crypto [...]read moreTechCrunch Minute: Where CZ’s sentencing leaves the state of crypto
Gypsy Rose Blanchard is taking the next step in her relationship with her ex-fiancé, Ken Urker. The 32-year-old Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup star was solo on the red carpet for Lifetime’s For Your Consideration event in Los Angeles on Wednesday, but had Urker on her mind while speaking with ET’s Deidre Behar. “Unfortunately tonight’s [...]read moreGypsy Rose Blanchard Reveals the State of Her Relationship With Ex-Fiancé Ken Urker (Exclusive)
The State Department will soon impose visa restrictions on people who it says have been involved in the development of spyware. In a press release issued on Monday, the department said it is taking steps to bar 13 people “who have been involved in the development and sale of commercial spyware or who are immediate [...]read moreState Department to issue visa restrictions against spyware dealers
To some investors, “down round” is a dirty phrase, but not to Notable Capital’s Hans Tung. Hans is a managing partner at Notable Capital, formerly GGV Capital, a venture firm focusing on investments in the U.S., Latin America, Israel, and Europe. Hans, whose portfolio includes the likes of Airbnb, StockX and Slack, sat down with [...]read moreNotable Capital’s Hans Tung on the state of VC and the upside to down rounds
Apple has removed the Meta-owned end-to-end encrypted messaging app WhatsApp from its App Store in China following a government order citing national security concerns, the news agency Reuters reported Friday. Meta’s newer, Twitter-esque text-based social networking app, Threads, has also been pulled from the App Store for the same reason, it said. “The Cyberspace Administration [...]read moreApple pulls WhatsApp, Threads from China App Store following state order
The West Ipoh Span Expressway (WISE) from Gopeng to Kuala Kangsar was only recently approved, but the Perak state government is already proposing another new highway – from Tanjong Malim to Lumut. According to MB Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad, the proposed highway is one of the projects forwarded to the finance ministry’s attention. It’s a [...]read morePerak state govt proposes Tg Malim – Lumut highway
Automated rapid transit system in ChinaThe Johor state government intends to develop a multi-tiered automated rapid transit (ART) system in the city of Johor Bahru in order to address traffic congestion in the city, Bernama has reported. DYMM Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar and Regent of Johor Tunku Mahkota Ismail had consented to the [...]read moreJohor state gov’t to develop multi-tiered Automated Rapid Transit to ease traffic congestion in Johor Bahru
When Bluesky instituted its heads-of-state policy, the site was still in its showing-everyone’s-ass phase, and its moderation approach wasn’t in place, yet. So instead of the varying degrees of controlled chaos that social networks are, Bluesky was filled with, well, lots of unsettlingly sexy pictures of the cat-eating alien puppet star of the 1980s sitcom [...]read moreBluesky lifted its policy on heads of state signups