Officers reportedly believed invitees were trying to make unauthorized entry on to Vandenberg base in California Five news reporters and two members of the military who were invited to an event at Vandenberg space force base in California were briefly detained at gunpoint by security officers who thought they were gatecrashers, according to local news reports. The incident happened Monday ahead of an invitation-only groundbreaking for a new training facility for missile operators at the federal
Harvard University has agreed to a proposed $53 million settlement with families who accused the school of negligently handling its anatomical gift program after a former morgue manager stole and sold body parts from remains donated for medical research and education. Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Debra A. Squires-Lee on Tuesday granted preliminary approval to the class action settlement, which would establish two funds totaling $53 million to resolve claims against the university. A final
Former New York Magazine writer and The Metropolitan Review editor-in-chief Ross Barkan apologized once again after several plagiarism allegations against him and revealed Wednesday that he plans to "self-reflect" with some time away. "Let me first begin by saying I'm sorry. I truly am sorry for the mistakes I made," Barkan wrote on X. "None of them, genuinely, were willful or intentional. In the course of writing many columns a week, I did not use citations as aggressively as I should have and
Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behind A math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing a “severe” math deficiency among students in an op-ed for the San Francisco Standard , admitted to using artificial intelligence to help edit the piece. The Standard published a 2,000-word piece by Zvezdelina Stankova last week, in which the professor said some of her math students were “five to eight
A guide published by Britain's Home Office reminds asylum seekers not to rape women or sexually harass people, while noting that women are allowed to "earn their own money" and "make their own decisions about their lives." The nine-page document is among the resources provided to asylum seekers seeking refuge, though it appears to target mostly men. The guidance is meant to foster an understanding of expected behaviors for those arriving from other countries. Aside from earning a living, women a
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The collapse was caused by a landslide, while local officials say the death toll is likely to rise as recovery efforts continue More than 100 people have died after an artisanal goldmine at a small village in western Central African Republic (CAR) caved in due to a landslide, local officials and aid workers said on Wednesday. The landslide happened on Tuesday afternoon in the village of Zamboye, about 50km (31 miles) from the town of Baboua and close to the border of Cameroon. Footage on social
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Heather Graham soaked up the sun in style while enjoying a romantic Italian vacation with her boyfriend Michele Civetta. The 56-year-old actress stunned in a series of bikini photos that she shared on Instagram as she gave her fans a glimpse into her picturesque getaway in the famed village of Positano on Southern Italy's Amalfi Coast . "I love Positano and pasta Nerano! 🇮🇹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️And @mcivetta 💕," Graham wrote in the caption of her post on Sunday, tagging Civetta and adding the hashtags #posi
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DOJ seeks to keep door open to re-charge David Hearn in Reflecting Pool case A judge earlier this month dismissed the vandalism case against Hearn. Prosecutors argue that the Reflecting Pool vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn should be dismissed without prejudice, which would leave the door open to re-charge him in the future. In a court filing Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, responding to a defense motion to dismiss the case with prejudice, argued that "Dismissal with prej
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California has become the first state in the nation to mandate that replacement tires be energy efficient, a major auto industry regulation set to block the sale of older tires and make vehicles on the road greener. State regulators have said the new rules will reduce emissions and drivers’ fuel costs. But the rules – which come as the Trump administrations fights to block other California restrictions to promote greener cars – have already sparked a rightwing backlash, with one conservative new
