Day: March 21, 2024

Elizabeth Warren calls on SEC to investigate Tesla, Elon Musk over governance issues once again

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[ad_1] Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., once again urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate Tesla, CEO Elon Musk and the company’s board of directors over what she called, “possible misappropriation on resources and conflicts of interest arising from Mr. Musk’s dual role at Tesla and X— renamed from Twitter.” Warren, who sits on both the Senate’s banking and the armed services committees, had sent a similar request to the SEC last July, and a letter to board chair Robyn Denholm expressing similar concerns in the past. In a…

Idaho Prison Gang Member and Accomplice Arrested After Hospital Ambush

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[ad_1] An Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice who fled a Boise hospital on Wednesday in a brazen escape in which three corrections officers were shot were arrested on Thursday, according to the authorities, who said they were investigating whether the men had killed two people while they were at large. The episode began about 2 a.m. Wednesday, when Idaho Department of Correction officers took Skylar Meade, 31, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence, to the Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, for medical treatment, the…

Tennessee becomes first state to pass a law protecting musicians against AI

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[ad_1] Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed legislation designed to protect songwriters, performers and other music industry professionals against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. The move makes Tennessee, long known as the birthplace of country music and the launchpad for musical legends, the first state in the U.S. to enact such measures. Supporters say the goal is to ensure that AI tools cannot replicate an artist’s voice without their consent. The bill goes into effect July 1. “We employ more people in Tennessee in the music industry than…

Judge orders Trump company to tell financial watchdog about efforts to get appeal bonds

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[ad_1] Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, October 25, 2023. Jeenah Moon | Reuters A judge ordered Donald‘s company Thursday to inform a court-appointed financial watchdog about any future efforts to obtain an appeal bond. Judge Arthur Engoron’s order came three days after Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing it has been “impossible” for the former president to get such a bond for a civil fraud case he lost.…

Donald Trump Told Pence Certifying Election Would Be ‘Career Killer,’ Valet Testified

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Trump Told Pence Certifying Election Would Be ‘Career Killer,’ Valet Testified

[ad_1] The threat from President Donald Trump to his vice president, Mike Pence, was clear and direct: If you defy my effort to overturn the 2020 election by certifying the results, your future in Republican politics is over. “Mike, this is a political career killer if you do this,” Mr. Donald Trump told Mr. Pence by phone on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, according to the White House valet who was with the president for much of the day and told Congress he had overheard the conversation. The testimony…