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TikTok Dilemma Continues

On May 2, 2011, American soldiers raided Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan and recovered an undated letter to the United States. It was a propagandistic letter calling for endless wars against American imperialism. It circulated on several news sites including The Guardian. On the day Chinese dictator Xi Jinping met with American President Joe Biden in San Francisco, the letter began circulating on TikTok, a website controlled by the Chinese military. Thousands of American kids began circulating and sharing bin Laden’s anti-American commentary. “Continue the war if you ...

Precandidates File For Intermediate Court

By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS For The Intelligencer CHARLESTON — For the first time, West Virginia voters will get to select the first elected member of the state Intermediate Court of Appeals. Charleston-based attorney Mychal Schulz announced Tuesday that he will run for the first seat up for election on the new Intermediate Court of Appeals. Speaking by phone Monday prior to Tuesday’s announcement, Schulz said he wants to bring his 31 years of experience as a litigator to the new court. “While this is a new court and maybe not well known in the public, it’s a court that does ...

OpenAI Brings Back Altman As CEO Days After Firing

The ousted leader of ChatGPT maker OpenAI will return to the company that fired him just days ago, concluding a short but chaotic power struggle that shocked the tech industry and underscored the conflicts around how to safely build artificial intelligence. The San Francisco-based company said late Tuesday that it “reached an agreement in principle” for co-founder Sam Altman to return as CEO under a different board of directors. The board will be led by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, who chaired Twitter’s board before Elon Musk took over the platform last year. The other ...

Waddingham Special Takes Viewers ‘Home For Christmas’

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Hannah Waddingham’s friends weren’t exactly ready to celebrate Christmas when they received an invitation to attend a live taping of her holiday special last May at the London Coliseum. It “was uncommonly sweaty in London,” recalled Waddingham, “and there was us putting out an invitation saying, ‘Please wear your Christmas finery.’ So many of my friends rang me, were like, ‘Dude, really?’ I was like, ‘Yes, get your Christmas sweater out. If I’m going to be sweating, so can you.’” “ Hannah Waddingham: Home for ...

Pop Star Shakira Strikes A Deal With Prosecutors On Opening Day Of Trial

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — After having maintained her innocence for nearly five years, pop star Shakira struck a last-minute deal on the opening day of her tax fraud trial in Barcelona to avoid the risk of going to prison. Shakira told the presiding magistrate, Jose Manuel del Amo, on Monday that she accepted the agreement reached with prosecutors. She answered “yes” to confirm her acknowledgment of six counts of failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros (about $15.8 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. The trial, which was expected to include more than 100 ...

There’s No Fooling the Voters

Few politicians say things that immortalize their words. Abraham Lincoln was a notable exception. The 16th president’s comment about fooling voters resonates today: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” That wise statement is becoming increasingly evident as we head into the 2024 presidential election. In addition to the latest polling by The New York Times and Siena College, which shows President Biden leaking significantly from his base of Black, Hispanic, and ...