Puka Nacuaβs comments about NFL officiating came with a cost β and not just the distraction the controversy caused the Rams before their overtime defeat by the Seattle Seahawks. The NFL fined the Rams receiver $25,000 for public remarks he made about NFL officiating, the league confirmed Friday. Nacua caught 12 passes for a career-best…
Amazon on Tuesday said it is cutting 14,000 corporate jobs as the retailing giant relies more on artificial intelligence and moves to lower its wage bill.Β Earlier this year, CEO Andy Jassy said Amazon’s investment in AI tools would allow the company to reduce its human workforce as the business becomes more efficient. Beth Galetti,…
Cutting the annual allowance for cash ISAs could backfire in multiple ways, an influential group of MPs has warned the government. For months, speculation has been growing that the chancellor may slash the yearly limit for tax-free savings – potentially from Β£20,000 to Β£10,000. The government is hoping to encourage savers to invest in stocks…
Kemi Badenoch has appeared to suggest that asylum seekers should be housed in camps which could be policed, instead of in hotels. The leader of the Conservatives has been speaking to communities about immigration in Epping, Essex, following multiple protests at a hotel in the town alleged to be housing asylum seekers. During her visit,…
Andy Burnham has claimed Labour MPs are privately urging him to challenge the prime minister, as he unveiled his “plan to turn the country around”. The mayor of Greater Manchester, who served in Gordon Brown’s cabinet, has been tipped to make a return to Westminster. Speculation has ramped up amid a rough start to the…
The UK is considering possible options to help defend shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks, the defence secretary has said. John Healey also signalled that British forces needed to be ready in coordination with allies to evacuate UK nationals from the Middle East if the US and Israeli war with Iran worsens….
The Detroit Police Department is using facial recognition technology and a network of surveillance cameras to combat the city’s high crime rates. But critics say the technology has racial bias built into it and has even landed innocent people behind bars. In this documentary, CBS Reports explores the debate over high-tech policing that promises to…
If it feels like Colman Domingo is everywhere, youβre not wrong. At a screening for the recent hit film βProject Hail Mary,β I clocked the Oscar-nominated actor in not one, but two trailers: for the upcoming biopic βMichael,β playing the pop starβs father Joe Jackson, and for Steven Spielbergβs sci-fi thriller βDisclosure Day.β The Oscar-nominated…
βFor Want of a Horse,β a play by Olivia Dufault receiving its world premiere in an Echo Theater Company production at Atwater Village Theatre, wants to have a rational conversation about a taboo topic that can provoke instant outrage. The subject is zoophilia, not to be confused with bestiality, though for many of us it…
In 2020, inside the clang-and-clatter of Neshoba Central Highβs powerlifting gym, Jarquez Hunterβs coach laid down a dare: squat 645 pounds on three counts. With a nod and quick coat of chalk, Hunter went to work. Challenges donβt faze him. At a Mississippi water company three years prior, Hunterβs co-workers coaxed him into a pickup…