SAN JOSE – The Barracuda plays two games this weekend at SAP Center but it appears unlikely that Evander Kane will dress for either one. Kane did not participate in the Barracuda’s practice Thursday morning at Sharks Ice, arriving at the facility just before the team began to skate. Kane had a medical appointment before […]
Continue ReadingPrices are accurate at the time of publication. When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Cats have very specific preferences when it comes to litter boxes. So do their guardians. The key is finding one that satisfies both simultaneously. Over the last two years, we’ve tested 26 different […]
Continue ReadingA Palo Alto yoga instructor suspected of starting the Fawn Fire earlier this year was ordered Thursday to a state mental hospital, where clinicians will try to get her mentally fit to stand trial. Alexandra Souverneva, 31, is expected to be sent to a secure, state-run mental hospital in the coming weeks. The ruling comes […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk Pool College assignments graded by Elon Musk more than 25 years ago just sold for $7,753 at auction. Musk was a teaching assistant at the time at UPenn’s Wharton School of Business. He initialed and marked the papers, commenting “graphic” and deducting points for profanity on one. A former UPenn student just sold […]
Continue ReadingThe family of one of the 10 people killed at the Astroworld festival blasted Travis Scott for his Breakfast Club interview Thursday, in which he essentially denied responsibility for the crowd getting out of control and for not stopping his concert when people began screaming and crying for help. The rapper told interviewer Charlamagne tha […]
Continue ReadingSarah Jessica Parker in “And Just Like That…” Craig Blankenhorn / HBO Max Peloton was not aware of how its bike would be used in the first episode of “And Just Like That…” Peloton cited confidentiality as the reason HBO Max didn’t fill the company in on the storyline. Peloton users and “SATC” fans said […]
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed | CNN A federal appeals court Thursday ruled against former President Donald Trump in his effort to block his White House records from being released to the House select committee investigating January 6. However, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals paused its ruling for two weeks so that Trump could seek a […]
Continue ReadingWatch Video A federal appeals court ruled Thursday against an effort by President Donald Trump to shield documents from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. The three-judge panel said there was a “unique legislative need” for documents that the committee has requested but whose release Trump has sought to block […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to “Codifying Humanity.” A new Neural series that analyzes the machine learning world’s attempts at creating human-level AI. Previous entries include Can humor be reduced to an algorithm? and Why robots should fear death as much as we do. Meta (the company your grandparents still call Facebook) just unveiled a new AI system it […]
Continue ReadingAfter a difficult year and a half, the School of Arts and Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza is bringing back the Fiesta Navideña, one of its most popular traditions, this Friday evening. The pre-Christmas celebration was sidelined last year, but it has drawn huge crowds not only from the East San Jose neighborhood surrounding […]
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump. Win McNamee/Getty Images A federal appeals court rejected Trump’s request to block the Jan. 6 select committee from obtaining executive branch records. Trump asserted executive privilege over the documents, but the Biden administration declined to do the same. The court said executive privilege should not be used to withhold “information that […]
Continue ReadingLong-haul truck driver Yulia Lazareva of Yevpatoria behind the wheel on Simferopol-Yevpatoria Highway on International Women’s Day. Sergei MalgavkoTASS via Getty Images A Minnesota trucking company will be required to pay $500,000 in damages to women it discriminated against. A federal judge ruled the company violated Title VII by using a strength test that “disproportionately […]
Continue ReadingTrump supporters walk by a homeless woman on their way to a rally in Washington, DC on the morning of January 6, 2021 Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images) A low-profile wealthy heiress to the Publix supermarket is under scrutiny over January 6. Julie Fancelli reportedly gave $650,000 to organizers of January […]
Continue Reading“Daily Wager” is ESPN’s flagship sports-betting show. ESPN Images The lines are blurring between US sports betting and media. Broadcasters and publishers have embraced sports betting as a means of revenue and engagement. Ties between the two industries will likely deepen in 2022. Sports betting is a vital and growing piece of US sports media. […]
Continue ReadingMercury, computer artwork. The speediest planet in our solar system is leaving its place in adventurous Sagittarius and heading into a more reserved, focused sign. That’s right — from December 13 until January 2, Mercury is in Capricorn, and you’re going to want to lean into this energy. Instead of being drawn towards telling extravagant […]
Continue ReadingTrader Leon Montana works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange stocks NYSE worry AP Photo/Richard Drew US stocks were mostly lower on Thursday, ending a three-day rally amid new virus restrictions. The UK has imposed a new mask-wearing policy indoors as it expects a big surge in cases. Meanwhile, weekly jobless claims […]
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