700 volunteers gather in San Antonio for STRAC mass casualty training exercise

First responders put their skills to the test this morning with the help of 700 volunteers for STRAC's annual large-scale mass casualty exercise in San Antonio.
The New York Times

Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown

Republicans have been falsely asserting that Democrats are shutting down the government to fund free health care for unauthorized immigrants. By Linda Qiu Reporting from Washington With Congress at an ...
The Hill

Motive sought in Dallas ICE facility shooting

Federal and local authorities are still working to determine a motive after a shooter opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas on Wednesday. One detainee was ...
TechCrunch

Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms

A new app offering to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell the data to AI companies is, unbelievably, the No. 2 app in Apple’s U.S. App Store’s Social Networking section.
PC Gamer

Steam now lets you check if you have Secure Boot enabled: the security feature we're all going to have to get to grips with for Battlefield, Call of Duty and more

Hardware Battlefield 6 requires Secure Boot to run and it's coming to more games soon, including Call of Duty Black Ops 7: here's what it is, why Linux gamers are mad ...
Wall Street Journal

An ‘Oorah!’ to the Classic Learning Test

Nearly half of 12th-graders in the U.S. test "below basic" in math, and Harvard professor of economics Roland Fryer says it's no mystery how to reverse the trend. What's missing is leadership. The ...
Yardbarker

Nitish Reddy and Devdutt Padikkal likely to get call for the West Indies Test series: Reports

Indian cricket selectors are reportedly considering including left-handed batter Devdutt Padikkal and all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy for the upcoming two-Test series against the West Indies, according ...
news.meaww

Fact Check: Did Jimmy Kimmel say ABC’s 2018 decision to fire Roseanne Barr was the ‘right call’?

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: A rumor has been circulating on social media, claiming late-night host Jimmy Kimmel supported comedian Roseanne Barr’s 2018 firing. After ABC and parent company Disney hit ...
Knoxville News Sentinel

Tennessee football keeps piling up points at Neyland but can it pass SEC road test? | Adams

Most coaches script a series of offensive plays to begin a game. But when Tennessee football plays against a designated patsy at Neyland Stadium, the entire game frequently looks scripted. Fans might ...
Seeking Alpha

Check Point announces Lakera acquisition

Check Point Software (NASDAQ:CHKP) announced on Tuesday that it has acquired cybersecurity startup Lakera to boost its artificial intelligence offerings. Terms of the deal were not disclosed and Check ...
AZ Central

Turning Point leaders call on thousands at ASU Charlie Kirk vigil to join movement

A candlelight vigil will be held on Sept. 15 to honor slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. The event, hosted by student groups at Arizona State University, will take place at Desert Financial ...
USA Today

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox championed 'Disagree Better.' Kirk's killing put it to the test

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk a "political assassination." Cox urged Americans to reject political violence and find a better way to disagree.