Pennsylvania takes fraud seriously, but not at the cost of making life harder for people who truly need help. The state runs one of the tightest Medicaid and benefit programs in the country—no surprise, since every dollar wasted on fraud could have fed a family or treated a patient. Instead of just
Company insiders say they’re fighting a new system that watches every mouse twitch and keystroke to teach artificial intelligence. Teams in multiple offices are posting flyers that ask blunt questions: why should daily work turn into free training material for company AI? The anonymous handouts call
Georgia’s political scene is heating up again, this time with a major legal twist. A state Senate committee has just sent out subpoenas for Stacey Abrams and two top leaders from the New Georgia Project, a group Abrams started back in 2013. Their job? To explain their roles in a big campaign finance
Scientists looked at how an enzyme called alcalase can chop up millet proteins and turn them into smaller pieces. The goal was to see if this makes the proteins more useful in foods. After treating the millet proteins for different times, the enzyme produced pieces as small as 14 kilodaltons. Scann
A billionaire with a finance background is shaking up California’s governor race, winning support from a group that typically opposes big money in politics. The Democratic Socialists of America, known for fighting wealth inequality, endorsed a former Goldman Sachs worker who built a fortune through
Brandon Patterson, paralyzed from the chest down after a car crash nine years ago, depends on family help for daily tasks like getting out of bed or pouring coffee. But scientific progress has offered him a new role—not just a test subject, but an active participant in pushing boundaries. Unlike typ
Celebrities are racing to file trademarks for their faces, voices, and even their signature poses. Why? Because AI can clone them now, and lawsuits aren’t stopping deepfakes anytime soon. A few years back, an actor decided to trademark clips of his own voice and face. He wasn’t alone—others like hi
In Mexico City, a large group of mothers marched on Sunday. They are not there to celebrate football. Instead, they want the country’s attention on a darker issue: missing people. Every year on Mother’s Day, these mothers walk the same route down Paseo de la Reforma. This time they asked
A small team of British soldiers and doctors jumped from a big airplane to Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most isolated island. They brought medicine and oxygen because a man on a cruise ship was sick with a possible hantavirus infection. The flight started from England, stopped in Ascension Island,
Politics in the U. S. has turned into a nonstop seesaw ride. Since 2000, power has switched parties in 11 of the last 13 major elections. Before that, full reversals happened only 5 times in the final 13 elections of the 1900s. The causes run deeper than who sits in the Oval Office. Rising inequalit
