Amazon shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that the company stop selling facial recognition technology to government agencies, while a resolution to audit the service drew more support, a regulatory filing on Friday showed. Some 2.4% of votes were in favor of the ban. A second proposal that called for a study of the extent to … Continue reading "Amazon will continue selling facial recognition tech to government agencies"

Europe’s centrist parties took a beating in the European Union’s parliamentary elections over the weekend — losing ground to environmental and liberal groups as well as far-right and populist parties. The upending of the traditional order was particularly noticeable in the UK, where Nigel Farage’s single-issue Brexit Party took a third of the votes — … Continue reading "Europe\u2019s centrists lose majority in EU elections, Brexit Party surges"

Dear John: Your broccoli comments could be viewed by some as market manipulation. Supply and demand can be a very personal and fickle thing, just like the like (or dislike) of broccoli. Now, with the possibility of all your followers shunning the beautiful green flowering crest of that vegetable, the demand may drop, thus causing … Continue reading "My hatred of broccoli has apparently struck a chord"

Click:that can PARIS — “Champion,” ”queen,” ”goddess” and “mother.” Those were the words, in French, printed on a black-and-white warmup jacket that Serena Williams wore before her opening match at Roland Garros on Monday. “Those are things that mean a lot to me and reminders for me and for everyone that wants to wear it,” … Continue reading "Serena Williams’ jacket turns heads: ‘goddess,’ ‘champion’"

President Trump may be guilty of many things, but a coverup in the Mueller probe isn’t one of them. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attempting to appease forces in the Democratic Party eager for impeachment, is accusing him of one, with all the familiar Watergate connotations. The charge is strange, not to say incomprehensible, in light of … Continue reading "If this is a coverup, it\u2019s the worst ever"

It’s going to be a tough day Tuesday for disgraced celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti, who faces two nearly back-to-back arraignments in Manhattan federal court. Avenatti’s first scheduled appearance involves charges that he tried to shake down athletic gear giant Nike for $20 million. He is then set to be arraigned before a different judge for … Continue reading "Michael Avenatti to face back-to-back arraignments in one day"

NYC Ferry service went off without a hitch on Memorial Day — because it was so abysmal the day before that many would-be passengers gave it a wide berth. After hundreds of riders baked in the blazing sun for up to 90 minutes waiting in line Sunday — only for some to be unable to … Continue reading "Memorial Day travelers skip the ferry after disastrous Sunday"

A 5-year-old girl vanished from her Utah home over the weekend, and her uncle — whom cops consider the main suspect in the case — was arrested on a warrant for a probation violation, local police said. Elizabeth Jessica Shelley was last seen at her home by her mom around 2 a.m. Saturday, Logan City … Continue reading "5-year-old girl vanishes from Utah home, uncle considered main suspect"

As the “Big Wars” fade into history, Memorial Day has progressively become less about memorializing and more about weenie roasts. One reason is the relatively low casualty rate from Iraq and Afghanistan. As a vet, I’m thankful for that — but no less determined to remember the fallen. And as a combat journalist, I’ve met … Continue reading "The fallen I remember"

Leo Tolstoy famously wrote in “Anna Karenina” that “all happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” A new report titled “The Ties That Bind: Is Faith a Global Force for Good or Ill in the Family?” from the Institute for Family Studies and the Wheatley Institution challenges Tolstoy’s wisdom. … Continue reading "What makes happy marriages, left and right"