The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) advisory committee on vaccines this week will consider whether to change the COVID-19 vaccine to target the XFG subvariant for the upcoming 2026-2027 respiratory viral season. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) will meet on Thursday to discuss whether COVID-19 vaccines should target the NB.1.8.1… Source link
NBC News reported last week that federal officers and agents who arrest immigrants as part of their work with ICE may be at World Cup matches. The Department of Homeland Security is offering its personnel to local police departments and federal agencies to provide extra security around the perimeters of games, similar to its role at the Super Bowl and the Kentucky Derby, two DHS officials said, adding that ICE officers and agents providing security won’t be checking spectators or employees for immigration status. So far, it’s unclear whether any departments or agencies are taking ICE up on the offer. On Monday, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts said ICE has offered resources from a “public safety perspective,” but his city and its police department haven’t “engaged in any such discussions” with the agency. And, he said, “I have no information suggesting that ICE is going to be present in an immigration enforcement capacity.” Asked whether street vendors outside matches should be concerned if they don’t have legal status, a DHS spokesperson said they should. “Yes, …
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One enroute to the U.S. following his official visit with President Xi Jinping in China, May 15, 2026. Evan Vucci | Reuters ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/DUBAI, May 16 (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though China gave no indication it would weigh in. Flying back from Beijing on Friday after two days of talks with Xi, Trump said he was considering whether to lift U.S. sanctions on Chinese oil companies buying Iranian oil. China is the biggest buyer of Iranian oil. “I’m not asking for any favors because when you ask for favors, you have to do favors in return,” Trump said when asked by a reporter on Air Force One whether Xi had made a firm commitment to put pressure on the Iranians to reopen the strait. Xi did not comment on his discussions with Trump about Iran, although China’s foreign ministry criticized the war, calling it a conflict …
May 14 : The Republican-led Senate Banking Committee on Thursday is set to consider long-awaited legislation that would create regulations for cryptocurrencies – a landmark step for the bill which has been bogged down by a dispute between crypto companies and banks. The Clarity Act would clarify regulators’ jurisdiction over the sector. Thursday’s “mark-up,” when senators debate, amend and vote on whether to advance the bill, will indicate if it can win the at least seven Democratic votes needed to pass the full Senate. Many Democrats are against the bill, arguing its anti-money laundering provisions are too weak and that it should bar political officials from profiting from crypto ventures. The Committee’s top Democrat Elizabeth Warren has said it will put national security and the entire financial system at risk. “If the bill passes the committee on a party-line vote, then the bill’s prospects will be weak. If one or two Democrats cross the aisle … then it would have a fighting chance of passing this year,” Brian Gardner, chief Washington policy strategist at Stifel, wrote …
New York City, with the largest public school district in the country, was breaking ground on a novel, AI-themed high school when district leadership abruptly pulled the plug last month. They cited mounting parental concern and nationwide backlash to what has been labeled rapid, unsafe adoption of AI. Because there has been a rapid adoption of AI among students across the country. Used properly, the tech could transform learning, many argue, and fill gaps in an overburdened education system. But others worry it’ll be a generational misstep that could worsen learning development. Mashable spoke with a dozen stakeholders — parents, child safety advocates, AI literacy experts, tech leaders, and a state representative proposing stronger EdTech regulation — to lay out what is at stake when you add AI to the equation. SEE ALSO: How to defend yourself against AI cheating accusations AI moratoriums: Safe choice or miscalculation? Dylan Arena, chief data science and AI officer for education solutions giant McGraw Hill, told Mashable that the history of EdTech is cyclical. First there was the introduction of …
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Last month at Popular Mechanics, Hanna Webster who has a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience, took a look at Michael Egnor’s and my recent book, The Immortal Mind: (2025). She found our non-materialist approach to the human mind a bridge too far and thus sought out alternative viewpoints. One of them was neurologist Steven Novella. In his view, books like TIM do harm: The real concern, says Newsome and Novella, of a book like The Immortal Mind—and the Discovery Institute in general, where Egnor pens regular articles—is that proof of God is couched within a scientific framework, giving credentials and a veil of credibility to a belief. It’s common for certain movements to use the framework of science to misrepresent an issue—this is frequently seen in vaccine debates. “This Neurosurgeon Studies the Brain Close to Death. He Believes the Soul Transcends the Body,” Popular Mechanics, April 30, 2026. It’s worth noting that, as Webster points out, Novella co-founded of the New England Skeptical Society and hosts the podcast The Skeptics Guide to the Universe. Are the …
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The View hosts have reacted to the news that Donald Trump Jr. is being eyed to succeed his father as the host of Amazon’s potential reboot of The Apprentice. Addressing the recent reports during Friday’s episode of the talk show, Joy Behar recalled that President Donald Trump had previously expressed his desire for his daughter, Ivanka, to take over for him as host of the hit reality series, which ran from 2004 through 2017. Opening up the floor to the rest of the panel, Behar said, “So my question to you is, would Ivanka be a better host? Pick your train wreck.” Following laughter from the audience, Sunny Hostin quipped that maybe “they can all just go on reality TV and get out of the White House and out of government.” “I would be very supportive of that,” she said. “I …
WASHINGTON, May 1 : U.S. cybersecurity officials are considering sharply shorter deadlines for fixing critical flaws in government IT systems, amid concerns hackers could exploit them using artificial‑intelligence tools such as Anthropic’s Mythos, people familiar with the matter said. The move, which has not been previously reported, would slash the deadline for responding to actively exploited vulnerabilities from an average of two or three weeks to three days, the people said. Anxiety over the power and proliferation of AI models like Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT‑5.4‑Cyber has been building for weeks. Although hackers have been deploying AI since at least 2023, these newer models are said to be able to easily identify previously unknown vulnerabilities or seize on freshly disclosed ones to enable complex hacking operations. So while it previously might have taken hackers several months, weeks, or days to take advantage of software flaws, that timeframe has been compressed, in at least some cases, to a matter of hours. That in turn is putting pressure on defenders to kick into high gear, said Stephen Boyer, …
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