Fundraiser for Patrick Mahomes grandmother needs a jumpstart
Patrick Mahomes' family started a fundraiser to honor Mahomes' late grandmother, and the money hasn't exactly been flooding in.On the spectrum of successful fundraisers, the GoFundMe campaign started by Patrick Mahomes' mother falls somewhere in the middle.Randi Mahomes started a fundraiser with a goal of raising $15,000 for her mother, Debbie, who passed away last April.
Bed-Stuy Resident to Empower Neighborhood Scholars
A new academic scholarship called the Jesse and Wendy's: Neighbor to My Neighbors Educational Advancement Scholarship has been launched in Brooklyn to support high school seniors in Bedford Stuyvesant.
The scholarship is named after Chelsea Bowens' parents, Jesse Bowens and "Wendy" Alberta Willis, who were deeply involved in their community. [ more ]
AI Audits, Equity Awareness in Data Privacy Methods, and Facial Recognition Technologies are Major Topics During This Year's Privacy Papers for Policymakers Events - Future of Privacy Forum
The Future of Privacy Forum honored 2023's must-read privacy scholarship at the 14th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers.
Experts from academia, industry, and government moderated policy discussions at the events, emphasizing the importance of privacy research and protection. [ more ]
Brooklyn Law School receives $1.5 Million for new Chair in Media and Entertainment Law
Brooklyn Law School has established the Allen Grubman Chair in Media and Entertainment Law with a $1.5 million endowment from Allen Grubman and his wife.
The goal of the endowment is to attract a leading scholar in the field and strengthen the school's position in media and entertainment law.
Brooklyn Law School has been recognized for its success in media and entertainment law, ranking second by Billboard and ninth by The Hollywood Reporter. [ more ]
Barking and Dagenham student's architectural dreams realised with bursary
Anisha Shibly, a student from Barking and Dagenham, has won a bursary to study architecture at Central Saint Martin's University of the Arts London.
The bursary was granted through The London Neighbourhood Scholarship Trust (LNS), which aims to create a more diverse built environment in London by investing in architectural education. [ more ]
Amazon Launches New Generative AI Training Courses for Free
Amazon launched the 'AI Ready' initiative to provide free generative AI training courses for professionals, beginners, high school, and university students.
The initiative aims to train 2 million people worldwide for lucrative generative AI-focused careers by 2025.
Employers are interested in hiring individuals with AI-related skills, but often struggle to find qualified candidates. [ more ]
Amazon Launches New Generative AI Training Courses for Free
Amazon launched the 'AI Ready' initiative to provide free generative AI training courses for professionals, beginners, high school, and university students.
The initiative aims to train 2 million people worldwide for lucrative generative AI-focused careers by 2025.
Employers are interested in hiring individuals with AI-related skills, but often struggle to find qualified candidates. [ more ]
British star Glenda Jackson has died after a shimmering life on stage and in politics
British actress Glenda Jackson in April, 1974.(Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Getty Images Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87, after a brief illness, according to her agent, Lionel Larner."One of the world's greatest actresses has died, and one of my best friends has died as well," he told NPR.
This essay is part of a series called The Big Ideas, in which writers respond to a single question: Who do you think you are?You can read more by visiting The Big Ideas series page.I'm not who you think I am.I'm from New Orleans that you probably already knew.But how did I get here?It's maybe assumed that I'm just some privileged guy, blessed with God-given musical gifts that I didn't have to work at; that as soon as I sat down at the piano as a young person and started to play, every door just opened for me and it was a water slide to success.
Nadine Dorries has claimed Rishi Sunak is a privileged posh boy who cruelly blocked her from a future in the House of Lords.Using an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV to launch a fresh attack on the Prime Minister, she claimed he'd used weasel words and sophistry in a meeting with Boris Johnson last week.
Tori Bowie, an elite Olympic athlete, died of complications from childbirth
Tori Bowie, who captured gold as a sprinter in the Olympics and the world championships, died at age 32 from complications of childbirth, according to an autopsy report.Matthias Hangst/Getty Images She was once the fastest woman in the world.So when Tori Bowie was found dead last month at just 32 years old, it rocked the sport of track and field.
Bruce Brown says he will try to bring the Larry O'Brien Trophy to Dorchester
Celtics Brown attended Wakefield high school before transferring to Vermont Academy.Dorchester native and now NBA champion Bruce Brown will try to bring the Larry O'Brien Trophy on a visit to Boston.Following his victory in the NBA Finals with the Denver Nuggets on Monday night, Brown told The Boston Globe's Gary Washburn that he wants to bring the trophy home.
This New Zealand softball squad expects top competition (and BBQ) at KC invitational
The Junior White Sox softball team's journey began with a more than 10-hour flight from New Zealand to Los Angeles and ended with a second flight landing in Kansas City late Saturday night.The next morning, around 30 young softball standouts - most visiting America for the first time - and their coaches traveled to Iowa for two days of scrimmages before a return to Kansas City on Tuesday.
Hannah Gadsby's Picasso Show Was Meant to Ignite Debate. And It Did.
Some reviews were scathing, dismissing the exhibition on Picasso and feminism co-organized by the Australian comic Hannah Gadsby as weak in scholarship, thin on significant works of art and knee-jerk in its politics.Don't Go, blared a headline on the website Hellgate, while the Guardian asked, Is Hannah Gadsby's Picasso exhibition really that bad?
Malik Gant, former Patriots defensive back, dead at age 25
Malik Gant, a former defensive back for the New England Patriots, has passed away at the age of 25.According to a statement released by his family, he was found dead on May 25 in Miami.No cause of death has been announced yet.A walk-on at Marshall in 2015, Gant appeared in 37 games for the Thundering Herd.
Supreme Court Finds Warhol's Commercial Licensing of "Orange Prince" to Vanity Fair Is Not Fair Use and Infringes Goldsmith's Famed Rock Photo
On May 18, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of famed rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.'s (AWF),[1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act.The opinion written by Justice Sotomayor, in which Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett and Jackson joined, held that the "purpose and character" of AWF's commercial use of Warhol's portraits of Prince shared the same commercial purpose of the original photograph taken by Ms. Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use.[2] The Court's decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that "the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character" but that factor was not dispositive by itself.[3]
High School Heroes: Local Students Raise Over $4M for Blood Cancer Patients - Washingtonian
Student Visionaries of the Year (SVOY) is a seven-week, philanthropic leadership development program where students foster professional skills such as entrepreneurship, marketing, and project management to raise funds for the mission of LLS: to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma and improve the quality of life for patients and their families.
Teen stopped from wearing scholarship sash at South Elgin graduation
When South Elgin High School student Stephanie Pedroza earned a scholarship from the Elgin Hispanic Network, she received a stole to wear around her neck at graduation."It was something I was really excited to wear.I earned it.I was the top recipient.I was super proud," Pedroza said.But it was an honor she was denied when a school dean told her remove it prior to the May 27 ceremony, she said.
Tom Lockyer will go from World Cup "cheerleader" to Wembley centre stage on Saturday when his Luton Town side take on Coventry City in the Championship play-off final.The centre-back, once told he was too small to make it, is now bidding for a successful finale to a huge season and earn a first taste of the Premier League big time.
Hundreds join memorial run in honour of slain OPP Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala | CBC News
More than 600 people gathered at the Barrie waterfront on Saturday for the inaugural Greg Pierzchala memorial run in honour of Const.Grzegorz Pierzchala, an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer killed in the line of duty on Dec. 27.The memorial run organized by Pierzchala's family and the OPP was preceded by an opening ceremony, which was attended by the slain officer's mother and father and other members of his family.
Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over Ebook Copyright Infringement. Here's What to Know
A federal judge sided in favor of the four leading publishers in the U.S. who sued the Internet Archive for scanning and lending out numerous digital copies of copyrighted books for free during the early days of COVID-19.Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons and Penguin Random House all sued the nonprofit after they offered a National Emergency Library, a temporary book collection created from thousands of ebooks that ran from March 24, 2020 to June 16, 2020.
AI expert Meredith Broussard: Racism, sexism and ableism are systemic problems'
Meredith Broussard is a data journalist and academic whose research focuses on bias in artificial intelligence (AI).She has been in the vanguard of raising awareness and sounding the alarm about unchecked AI.Her previous book, Artificial Unintelligence (2018), coined the term technochauvinism to describe the blind belief in the superiority of tech solutions to solve our problems.
Studio Other Spaces designs park for Ethiopia's late prime minister
Artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann's firm Studio Other Spaces has designed five buildings and seven pavilions within the Meles Zenawi Memorial Park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Created in memory of the country's former prime minister, the buildings in the 65-hectare park, located directly to the north of the city, were developed over a decade by Studio Other Spaces.
Who is Lord Pannick, Boris Johnson's Partygate barrister?
When Boris Johnson needed help in his battle with the Commons privileges committee over Partygate, he turned to the terrific and punchy advocate Lord Pannick KC.The esteemed barrister boasts an illustrious career, having represented a number of high profile clients including Queen Elizabeth, former BBC director-general Mark Thompson, Shamima Begum and an ally of Vladimir Putin.
Glitches on Twitter Interrupt Ron DeSantis's 2024 Presidential Campaign Launch
Employees of the social media site said there wasn't enough preparation for the Twitter Spaces event.A photo illustration showing the account of Twitter owner Elon Musk, tweeting about a Twitter Spaces event he hosted with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on May 24, 2023.Scott Olson / Getty Images On Wednesday night, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced his 2024 bid for the GOP nomination for president in a Twitter livestream that was marred by glitches and technical difficulties.
Trailblazing opera star Grace Bumbry dies at age 86
Grace Bumbry, in a 1963 portrait.Erich Auerbach/Getty Images Opera star Grace Bumbry has died at the age of 86.The celebrated singer, who led an illustrious, jet-setting career, broke the color barrier as the first Black artist to perform at Germany's Bayreuth Festival.Bumbry died May 7 in a Vienna hospital, according to her publicist.
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Smithsonian Names Founding Director of New Women's History Museum - Washingtonian
The Smithsonian's American Women's History Museum may not have a permanent home yet, but it does has a founding director: Nancy Yao, the current president of the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) in New York City.As director of an entirely brand new museum, Yao will unsurprisingly have a lot on her plate as she oversees both conception and development.
25 Most Surprising Seasons in Yankees History: 2015 Alex Rodriguez
Given that I was born in 2000, Alex Rodríguez permeates every single one of my childhood Yankees memories.I remember seeing him at my first live game, a Yankees- Red Sox bout in '04, though I was admittedly more invested in the "caveman" on the opposing squad (a bearded and long-haired Johnny Damon).
Undrafted QB Malik Cunningham brings intriguing skill set to Patriots
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass.-- Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Cunningham at QB: The Patriots have had an undrafted free agent make their opening-day 53-man roster for 19 consecutive years, which is tied with the Broncos for the longest streak in the NFL.
NYU business school students shot and killed while on vacation in Puerto Rico
Two NYU business school students, Franco Medina Angulo and Sergio Palomino Ruiz, were shot and killed while vacationing in Puerto Rico over the weekend.The victims were both international students from Peru, enrolled in the Stern School of Business.They were traveling with a group of friends to celebrate a birthday, according to school officials.
Ex-L.A. Councilman Ridley-Thomas seeks new trial after conviction
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Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas, convicted on bribery and fraud charges, has asked a federal judge to discard the jury's guilty verdicts and grant him a new trial in the high-profile corruption case.Lawyers for Ridley-Thomas argued in a motion filed this week that prosecutorial misconduct, misstatements of the law, and inaccurate and "improper testimony" by the lead FBI agent on the case all deprived the longtime politician of a fair trial.
Prosecutors urge conviction of Ridley-Thomas as jurors begin deliberations
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A jury drawn from a wide swath of Southern California began deliberating Friday morning whether to convict suspended Los Angeles city Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas of corruption charges.Before the panel of 12 entered the deliberation room, a federal prosecutor delivered a comprehensive rejoinder to the arguments put forth by Ridley-Thomas' defense, urging jurors to assess the evidence "by the facts, the law, and common sense" and find the veteran politician guilty.
What the Patriots were looking for in the fourth round of the NFL Draft
Four slots lied ahead for the New England Patriots in the fourth round of the 2023 NFL draft.The cluster of capital would be used by head coach Bill Belichick and director of player personnel Matt Groh to select three prospects in that range.But what the war room inside Gillette Stadium was looking for varied as Saturday afternoon got underway.
Projecting the Chicago White Sox opening-day roster: Who will claim the remaining spots?
The Chicago White Sox have difficult choices ahead as they build their opening-day roster.That's the way manager Pedro Grifol prefers."It's not going to be an easy decision, which is a good thing for us as an organization," Grifol said Wednesday."Easy decisions are not good for any organization.
Projecting the Chicago White Sox opening-day roster: Who will claim the remaining spots?
The Chicago White Sox have difficult choices ahead as they build their opening-day roster.That's the way manager Pedro Grifol prefers."It's not going to be an easy decision, which is a good thing for us as an organization," Grifol said Wednesday."Easy decisions are not good for any organization.
Projecting the Chicago White Sox opening-day roster: Who will claim the remaining spots?
The Chicago White Sox have difficult choices ahead as they build their opening-day roster.That's the way manager Pedro Grifol prefers."It's not going to be an easy decision, which is a good thing for us as an organization," Grifol said Wednesday."Easy decisions are not good for any organization.
NCAA Asks Federal Appeals Court to Block Slippery Slope' of Student-Athlete Pay
PHILADELPHIA The NCAA asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reject a legal effort to make colleges treat Division I athletes like employees and start paying them an hourly wage.Lawyers for the student-athletes said that weekly, they often spend 30 hours or more on their sport and often need money for expenses, even if they are on full scholarship.
Using artificial intelligence and archival news articles, this teen found that Black homicide victims were less humanized in news coverage
Using artificial intelligence and archival news articles, a teenager in Northern Virginia created a program to measure media biases and in researching older news articles, she found that Black homicide victims were less likely to be humanized in news coverage.Emily Ocasio, an 18-year-old from Falls Church, Virginia, created an AI program that analyzed FBI homicide records between 1976 and 1984 and their corresponding coverage published in The Boston Globe to determine whether victims were presented in a humanizing or impersonal way.
Houston and Alabama Size Each Other Up From the Same Arena
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.When the Houston Cougars trudged to the locker room at halftime of their second-round game in the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament, their shoulders weren't all that was sagging.So were their national championship hopes.On Friday night, they watched as Purdue, a No. 1 seed, was taken down by Fairleigh Dickinson.
Thai Soccer Player Who Survived Cave Flooding Dies at 17
Five years ago, Duangphet Promthep survived a harrowing test of human endurance under rock and in darkness the 13-year-old captain of a Thai soccer team that had been trapped before being rescued from a flooded cave in an effort that became a global drama.He moved to England last year after securing a scholarship to a soccer academy that promoted its high-level program and international student population.
Elite USC receiver Dorian Singer never gave up his dream of playing on a big stage
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Dana Zupke couldn't make sense of it.As the longtime head coach at Pinnacle High in Arizona, he'd seen many kids fall through the football recruiting cracks.That was just the reality of college football these days.But Dorian Singer was not just any kid.Zupke only coached the receiver for one season, but it was more than enough to know Singer was special.
GIG Offers Summer Camp Programs for Your GF Teen | Gluten Free & More
Believe it or not, summer plans are already being made.Summer camps are always the highlight of the summer for kids, but when it comes to kids with celiac, summer camp isn't always an option.Summer camps normally don't cater to dietary restrictions, excluding kids with food allergies from all the fun.
The pressure of being a rookie MLB umpire? This Compton native dealt with much more
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Malachi Moore's first season as a full-time major league umpire will be stressful enough, what with the bigger stadiums, higher stakes, hostile crowds, enhanced sticky stuff checks, travel demands, and the "Umpire Scorecards" website tracking every one of the 32-year-old's missed calls.
Here's why Vikings let Adam Thielen walk in free agency
The Vikings parted ways with wideout Adam Thielen after nearly a decade, and their decision to move on works in both sides' interests.Hometown heroes don't come around often, and wide receiver Adam Thielen will be sorely missed by the Minnesota Vikings.In a heartbreaking signing for Vikings fans, Thielen joined the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, agreeing to a three-year, $25 million deal that tops what Minnesota was offering him.
Remembering the Contributions and Legacy of Dr. Michael I. Loewy - San Francisco Bay Times
By Eduardo Morales, Ph.D.- Friday, February 7, 2023, marked the passing of Dr. Michael I. Loewy, a beloved member of the psychology community and advocate for LGBTQ+ individuals.He was known for his warmth, generosity, and dedication to social justice and equity.He made significant contributions as a scholar, activist, advocate, and educator.
A collection of rare centuries-old jewelry returns to Cambodia
This photo released by the Union Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC), shows jewelry on display at a room of Latchford family in London on Feb. 14, 2023.AP PHNOM PENH, Cambodia A spectacular collection of centuries-old Cambodian jewelry has been returned to the Southeast Asian country, the latest treasures to be retrieved from the estate of well-known antiquities collector and dealer Douglas Latchford, who was accused of buying and selling looted artifacts.
Lawyers make opening statements in Mark Ridley-Thomas corruption trial
The criminal trial of suspended Los Angeles City Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas opened Wednesday as the onetime political power broker faces charges of conspiring to deliver contracts to USC in exchange for a scholarship and job for his son.Ridley-Thomas, 68, who served on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors from 2008 to 2020, is charged with conspiracy, bribery and honest services mail and wire fraud stemming from a series of votes he made as a supervisor for mental health and probation services offered through the university.
My brother Rob Trueblood, who has died aged 73, was a teacher, trade unionist and community activist.Rob was born in Benin City, Nigeria, where our mother, Megan (nee Hughes), was working as a midwife and our father, Alf, an agronomist, was carrying out research into palm oil.At an early age he was sent to live with our maternal grandparents, Lizzie and Jack, in Blaenavon, South Wales, a place that remained special to him.
Portland Breweries Are Introducing Their Own Dining Month This Year
Portland Dining Month may be a relic of the pre-pandemic past, but several of the city's breweries have adopted the prix fixe model and started Portland Brewery Dining Month, offering three-course meals for $35 during March.Diners can head to the nine participating breweries - Ecliptic Brewing, Backwoods Brewing, Gigantic Brewing (Hawthorne location only), Grand Fir Brewing, Migration Brewing, Old Town Brewing (Northeast location only), Steeplejack Brewing, Stormbreaker Brewing (North Beech Street location only), and Von Ebert Brewing - all month long to enjoy menus which include an appetizer, entree, dessert, and beverage (select beers, wine, or nonalcoholic drink).
How Riding in Cars with Boys Captures Single Motherhood | Features | Roger Ebert
What my high school director was actually reflecting was society's gender-based expectations of parental roles at the time (and perhaps still now), and the sentiment comes in such a slick package that it rings true even if it's not.Conversely, there is no neat categorization or adage for the single mother experience, but there sure is a lot of judgment.
'After Sappho' Brings Women in History to Life to Claim Their Stories
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'After Sappho' by Selby Wynn Schwartz.Writing on the literary representation of women in A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf mused that "What one must do to bring her to life was to think poetically and prosaically at one and the same moment, thus keeping in touch with fact [...] but not losing sight of fiction either - that she is a vessel in which all sorts of spirits and forces are coursing and flashing perpetually."
'After Sappho' brings women in history to life to claim their stories
Writing on the literary representation of women in A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf mused that "What one must do to bring her to life was to think poetically and prosaically at one and the same moment, thus keeping in touch with fact [...] but not losing sight of fiction either that she is a vessel in which all sorts of spirits and forces are coursing and flashing perpetually."
Loyola High's Jack Paris earns his place at MIT, where he'll dabble in football
It's Dec. 17, 2022, at 9:17 a.m. at the Paris house in Westwood.Jack Paris, wearing green pajama bottoms and a blue Loyola High T-shirt, is sitting at a granite kitchen table staring at his laptop computer as family members gather around to see if he has been accepted to MIT. "I'm nervous," Paris says.