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NEW YORK (AP) — Bari Weiss has made a name for herself as an unflinching critic of mainstream news outlets. Now, she’s set to run one.The announcement this week of Weiss as the new editor-in-chief of CBS News has been met with a response the 41-year-old has grown accustomed to in her years as a polarizing voice in the public eye. To some, it is a triumph of an anti-woke crusader who could bring an even hand to at least one corner of a media they see as awash in liberal groupthink. To others, it amounts to the elevation of…
After OpenAI’s video-generating app Sora surged to the No. 1 position on the U.S. App Store, it has now, technically, experienced a bigger first week than ChatGPT on iOS, according to new data from app intelligence provider Appfigures. Its estimates show that Sora saw 627,000 iOS downloads in its first seven days of availability, compared with ChatGPT’s 606,000 iOS downloads during its first week. This isn’t the fairest comparison, however, because ChatGPT was available only in the U.S. during its first week, while Sora is currently offered in the U.S. and Canada at launch. Still, Appfigures says that Canada contributed…
The number of international student arrivals in the U.S. dropped by nearly a fifth in August as American universities started the new academic year, according to federal data. The dip is the latest sign of a hit to colleges’ international enrollment as the Trump administration ratchets up scrutiny of foreign students. International visitors arriving to the U.S. on student visas declined 19% in August compared with the same month in 2024, according to the preliminary data released by the National Travel and Tourism Office. The numbers declined also in June and July but August is the summer month that typically…
NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton “ain’t dead yet,” the country superstar said on social media Wednesday following public speculation about her health.“There are just a lot of rumors flying around. But I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was okay,” the 79-year-old singer said in a new two-minute video posted on Instagram. “I’m not ready to die yet. I don’t think God is through with me. And I ain’t done working.”Her post, which appeared on numerous of Parton’s social media accounts and her website, was captioned, “I ain’t dead yet.”Late last month Parton postponed…
by Mia Taylor Last updated: 3:35 PM ET, Tue October 7, 2025 Like much of the rest of the country, inflation has fully arrived in Las Vegas.A July 2025 report from the local Las Vegas news station, KTNV, dove into just how hard locals are being hit by the cost of living increases that have been ramping up nationwide since January. More than a few Las Vegas residents interviewed for the story said they’re barely getting by these days, as prices on everything from groceries to gas and rent tick steadily upward. The latest Consumer Price Index indicates that the…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has nearly doubled to 680,000, according to a new UNICEF report released Wednesday that warns minors are increasingly facing hunger, violence and recruitment by armed groups in the Caribbean nation.Overall, around 6 million Haitians — half the country’s population — need humanitarian assistance, including more than 3.3 million children, UNICEF said.“Without decisive action, the future of an entire generation is at stake,” the report stated.Gang violence has displaced a record 1.3 million Haitians in recent years, with many cramming into makeshift shelters after their communities were razed.The…
The Hollywood Burbank Airport air traffic control tower stands on October 6, 2025 in Burbank, California. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated the airport currently has no air traffic controllers in its tower amid the ongoing federal government shutdown. Incoming flights are being delayed for over two hours, with control duties currently being handled by Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control in San Diego. Mario Tama | Getty ImagesA shortage of air traffic controllers could delay more flights, the Federal Aviation Administration warned on Wednesday, as concerns grow about the impact of the government shutdown on U.S. aviation.About 10,000 flights…
Move over, Boeing 737: there’s a new most popular plane in town. Airbus has broken the Boeing 737’s long-held record for the most-delivered jet in history. That illustrious title now belongs to the Airbus A320 aircraft, following a delivery of an A320neo jet to Saudi carrier Flynas on October 7, Reuters reports. That delivery brought the total number of A320s handed off the airlines to 12,268 over the course of 37 years, according to data from Cirium.Airbus, which is based in Toulouse, France, first flew its A320 in 1987, and the aircraft then entered into passenger service in 1988 with its…
Zelda Williams, daughter of the late actor Robin Williams, has a poignant message for her father’s fans. “Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand. I don’t and I won’t,” she wrote in a post on her Instagram story on Monday. “If you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It’s dumb, it’s a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it’s NOT what he’d want.” It’s probably not a coincidence that Williams was moved to post this…
How DO you juggle it all? Mothers tend to get asked that question — often in a chipper tone, expecting a chipper response. Rarely do those asking stick around to hear that perhaps those juggling balls are hovering precariously, about to crash to the ground.One senses that Linda, the overburdened mom embodied by a brave and committed Rose Byrne in Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” would freely expand on that — if anyone cared. But Linda is nobody’s priority.She’s certainly not her husband’s priority; a cruise captain, he phones in from afar, checking that she’s properly…