Federal Judge Orders Release of Hundreds Detained in Illinois Immigration Crackdown
A federal judge ordered the release of hundreds of people arrested as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Illinois, according to
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SDG 1: No Poverty
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“Please” and “Thank you” to ChatGPT: Small words, big costs
“Please” and “Thank you” to ChatGPT: Small words, big costs Recently Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, made headlines when he acknowledged that courteously
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Infoton’s Through-Line: From Bits and Data-Center Heat to “Cryptography” of Cancer
Core thesis. Across these papers, Infoton proposes that today’s computing model wastes vast amounts of energy because the byte/bit abstraction expends power on
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13-Year-Old Louisiana Student Expelled After Hitting Classmate Who Made Deepfake Image — Family Plans Federal Lawsuit
A Louisiana family is preparing to file a federal lawsuit against the Lafourche Parish School District after a 13-year-old girl was expelled for
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The End of an Era: U.S. Mint Strikes Final Penny as America Phases Out the Cent
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia struck its final circulating penny Wednesday, officially ending the nation’s longest-running coin denomination after more
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Democrats Release Incriminating Epstein Email Referencing Trump
The House Oversight Committee’s Democratic members on Wednesday released several previously unseen emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s personal correspondence, drawing renewed public attention to
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Supreme Court Upholds Same Sex Marriage Decision Against Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue
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SDG 10: Reduced Inequality
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Visa and Mastercard in $38B Settlement
Visa and Mastercard have agreed to a revised $38 billion settlement with U.S. merchants, aiming to resolve a two-decade antitrust dispute over so-called
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Trump Admin Tries To Recall SNAP Benefits
The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court seeking to keep full November SNAP payments frozen during the shutdown, despite multiple lower-court rulings
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Trump Pardons More January 6 Conspirers
On November 10, 2025, Trump issued “full, complete and unconditional” pardons to at least 77 individuals tied to his effort to overturn the