Monthly Archives: February 2025
The latest stats say 80% of stalking victims are tracked using tech. One of the most popular ways to do it? GPS trackers, like an AirTag. They’re small enough to slip into a bag, pocket or your car undetected. “Kim, this doesn’t impact me.” I wish that was true. Maybe you have an ex or […]
IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: – Vance tells world leaders AI must be ‘free from ideological bias,’ American tech won’t be censorship tool – Altman says Musk ‘trying to slow us down,’ OpenAI not for sale – Top translation apps for travelers FREE FROM BIAS: Vice President JD Vance told world leaders in Paris on Tuesday that the United States […]
The City of Chicago recently shared a video of its “gift room” after a watchdog group accused Mayor Brandon Johnson of improperly accepting valuable gifts. On Wednesday, the city also announced new protocols for receiving gifts, along with a log and video of items currently inside its “gift room.” The transparency attempt comes after the […]
“Love is blind” takes on a more sinister meaning when so-called artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a tool for exploiting our deepest human emotions. Convincing AI technologies are increasingly targeting mature online daters, turning fantasies into lucrative and dangerous criminal enterprises. Romance scams have become the most common type of fraud in 2025 and have swindled […]
President Donald Trump called the Department of Education a “con job,” saying he saw a report that the nation ranks 40th in the world in education but is No. 1 in cost per pupil. Trump spoke with reporters Wednesday afternoon from the Oval Office and was asked how soon he wanted the Department of Education […]
A federal judge restored President Donald Trump’s deferred resignation program for federal workers in a decision Wednesday. The deferred resignation program, also known as the administration’s “fork in the road” offer, asked government workers to stay or leave after Trump required them to return to their offices shortly after his inauguration. The legal group Democracy […]
It is said that talk is cheap. And that’s why House Republicans have done so much of it as they attempted to forge an internal agreement on a budget plan to slash taxes and cut spending. It is now the middle of February. House Republicans struggled to finalize plans for what President Donald Trump terms […]
The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against the state of New York and its governor, Kathy Hochul, and Attorney General Letitia James, alleging a failure to comply with federal law by shielding illegal immigrants, newly sworn-in Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday. “This is a new DOJ,” Bondi announced at a news conference. “New […]
CASSOPOLIS — The Cassopolis Village Council selected a planner for their new Village of Cassopolis Master Plan and Parks Plan at their meeting on Monday. Cassopolis has chosen Progressive Companies, with offices in Grand Rapids, as the planner for the 2025-2030 Master Plan. Progressive was one of three companies who presented options at the Jan. […]
BUCHANAN — Discussion about how to pay for a $1.5 million shortfall on the upcoming downtown infrastructure project was a major topic at Monday night’s Buchanan City Commission meeting. Commissioners also acted on two liquor license requests and learned about upcoming meetings on a proposed merger between SMCAS and Medic 1. A majority of the […]