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Auburn Tigers men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl was named the chairman of the Board of Directors for the U.S. Israel Education Association (USIEA) on Thursday. Pearl is one of the handful of Jewish coaches in college basketball. He has been one of the most outspoken supporters of Israel, which only grew in the wake of…
A group of California Republican lawmakers is asking for a formal audit of the state’s Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, after its costs have gone up significantly after a law went into effect last year allowing illegal immigrants to enroll. The Medi-Cal program is $2.8 billion over budget, as it was originally expected to cost…
The new Digg might look a little like this. Digg’s return to the modern internet is one step closer with the launch of an “early access” group called Groundbreakers. For a one-off $5 fee you can claim your username before someone else does and get a behind the scenes look at the new Digg as…
WhatsApp has rolled out a dozen new features across chats, calls, and channels that make it easier to manage group conversations, alongside other general quality-of-life improvements. One of the more notable additions is a new “Online” indicator for groups, which displays how many participants are currently using the app in real time. This is one…
House Republicans are renewing efforts to expand concealed carry rights across state lines with a bill known as the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. The legislation would require states to recognize concealed carry permits issued by other states, much like they recognize out-of-state driver’s licenses. “There’s a lot of words there, but it’s a very…
Former Vice President Kamala Harris took to social media this month to cheer on the growing resistance by Democrats to President Donald Trump. “Today in every state across our nation, Americans are standing up to the administration,” Harris wrote. Also taking aim at Trump’s most visible advisor and the world’s richest person — Elon Musk…
Influencer Livvy Dunne, a gymnastics team member at Louisiana State University (LSU), recently shared a TikTok video about “how to take the ‘poo vein’ out of crawfish.” The Sports Illustrated swimsuit model said, “You eat it, that’s it.” Formally called deveining in culinary circles – the act of removing the main central vein, which serves…
Our son first met his distant cousin when they were both students in an advanced Jewish studies program overseas. Walking home from their study hall together in the last days of winter, they began to compare notes on how their fathers would conduct the Passover seder. They were shocked to discover that their long-separated families chanted much of the Passover Haggadah, the story recited during the festive…
OpenAI is giving ChatGPT a memory upgrade that allows it to recall old conversations that you didn’t ask it to save. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on X that the chatbot can “now reference all your past conversations,” and that the update aligns with the company’s goal to develop “AI systems that get to know…