By Ben Mims From Los Angeles Times I recently had an epiphany about, of all things, chicken potpie. A few weeks ago, my partner and I set out for a walk into Griffith Park from our apartment. In the mood for adventuring, we started taking every turn we hadn’t before and soon enough we found…
New York Lawyers Sanctioned for Using Fake ChatGPT Cases in Legal Brief
June 23, 2023
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NEW YORK—A U.S. judge on Thursday imposed sanctions on two New York lawyers who submitted a legal brief that included six fictitious case citations generated by an artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel in Manhattan ordered lawyers Steven Schwartz, Peter LoDuca, and their law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman to pay…
FDA Notice: Frozen Fruit Recall Hits Walmart, Target
Frozen fruit from sliced strawberries to mango cubes sold at Target, Walmart, Whole Foods, Aldi, and Trader Joe’s are being recalled for a possible bacterial contamination, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announcing an expansion of a previous recall. The FDA-backed notice that SunOpta Inc’s subsidiary, Sunrise Growers Inc.,…
Global Sickle Cell Deaths Eleven Times Higher Than Recorded Reveals Lancet Study
A study published in The Lancet brings to light an alarming reality: the global mortality burden of sickle cell disease is nearly 11 times higher than previously recorded. The comprehensive report analyzes sickle cell disease, highlighting its prevalence and death rates from 2000 to 2021 across 204 countries. It reveals a significant surge in individuals battling…
ANALYSIS: ASEAN to Hold First Joint Military Drills to Counter China Threat
June 23, 2023
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News Analysis The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will conduct its first joint military exercises in the South China Sea in September. The move indicates that ASEAN is joining other countries pushing back against communist China’s hegemonic ambitions. Indonesia, the rotating president country of the ASEAN, made the announcement on June 8. In addition…
An Unofficial Q&A on International Health Regulations
June 23, 2023
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Commentary 1.Why this unofficial Q&A? The World Health Organization (WHO) includes a Q&A of its proposed health emergency instruments on its website. This document inadequately characterizes draft amendments that carry significant consequences for basic human rights and democratic process. Therefore, the proposals and their implications are explained further here, based on the WHO’s drafts, to support…
Politicians Should Have Listened to Fadden’s Warnings on Beijing Instead of Reprimanding Him
Commentary We humans are odd creatures sometimes. When faced with information that is negative we tend to want to avoid it. If someone says “I have good news and I have bad news,” many of us ask to hear the former first, dreading the latter. At the end of the day, however, it is best…
Worker Dead After Explosion at North Carolina Plant
June 23, 2023
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WADESBORO, N.C.—One worker is dead after an explosion at a North Carolina plant, according to a county official. Firefighters called to the Darling Ingredients rendering plant in the Wadesboro area around 9 p.m. Thursday found a plume of smoke, Anson County Emergency Services Chief Rodney Diggs said. After air monitoring determined that there wasn’t a…
Alcohol Bans in Alice Springs Sees Crime Rates Fall by a Third
Rates of domestic violence assaults in Alice Springs have fallen by over a third since alcohol bans were reintroduced by the Northern Territory government in January. This followed calls from NT community groups over rising youth crime and anti-social behaviour after the expiration of long-term alcohol bans in July 2022. “Over the last three months,…
Why I Left the Democratic Party in Two Examples
Commentary Before I go into two recent examples—one large and one small—that illustrate why I left the Democratic Party over 20 years ago, let me emphasize that I am far from a party person. I don’t vote for candidates because they are from one party or another and hope I never will. It may sound…
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