Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon said he supports Erik and Lyle Menendez in requesting clemency from California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The support comes 35 years after the brothers shot and killed their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, inside their Beverly Hills home. The district attorney’s office said it has sent letters of support to…

Voting rights groups are sounding the alarm over AI chatbots spreading misinformation to Latino voters. With just days until the presidential election, Latino voters are being inundated with targeted election ads in Spanish. An investigation conducted in collaboration with Proof News, Factchequeado and the Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab at the Institute for Advanced…

The congressional committee investigating the COVID pandemic sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department recommending former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo be charged with making false statements to Congress. The committee said he lied repeatedly and that they have witness testimony and documents to prove it.  According to the committee, Cuomo lied when he…

A federal judge ruled that a woman accusing Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexual assault couldn’t proceed with her lawsuit under the pseudonym “Jane Doe.” Instead, the woman must identify herself if she wishes to continue with her case. In her decision, Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil explained that Combs had the right to defend himself. That…

A former Disney World employee is accused of hacking the company’s online servers. According to a federal complaint, Michael Scheuer falsely claimed certain foods as peanut-free, changed prices and printed profane language. The complaint said Scheuer was a menu production manager for Disney, but was fired in June for misconduct. Scheuer is also accused of…

A new mode of urban transit may eventually glide across the Texas skyline, as several cities explore the potential of electric gondolas powered by renewable energy. However, these potential projects have drawn criticism, with some questioning the costs, commuter value and the reliability of similar endeavors in the past. Swyft Cities, the company that implements…

Former U.N. Ambassador and Republican candidate for president Nikki Haley says she is ready and willing to campaign for fellow Republican Donald Trump in the race for president. She also offered some unsolicited words of advice to her former rival in a recent interview with Fox News. Haley is urging the Trump campaign to try…

Robert Downey Jr. is the latest star to make it clear he doesn’t want his likeness recreated by artificial intelligence. On a recent episode of the “On With Kara Swisher” podcast, the actor said he would sue all executives who allow an AI created version of him. When he talked about his role as Iron…

North Korea conducted a significant intercontinental ballistic missile test early Thursday, Oct. 31, with U.S. and South Korea responding swiftly through coordinated air drills, simulating strikes on North Korean missile targets. This marks North Korea’s first long-range missile test in almost a year, a launch that South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff suggest may be…

A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court raised concerns among civil rights leaders and election watchdogs. On Wednesday, Oct. 30, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority blocked a lower court order that would have reinstated approximately 1,600 individuals who were purged from Virginia’s registered voter rolls. These voters had been removed under an executive order…