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Police Move To Extend Detention of 62 Suspects in Riot Outside Justice Sohlberg’s Home   By The Media Line Staff   Police are seeking to extend the detention of 62 suspects arrested during a violent riot outside the home of High Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, after demonstrators protesting the military draft of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students vandalized the property and clashed with authorities.   The suspects are scheduled to appear before the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Thursday morning, […]

June 4 (Reuters) – Anthropic said on Thursday frontier AI developers should establish a coordinated, verifiable way to slow down or temporarily pause development if advanced systems begin improving themselves faster than society can manage the risks. AI that can build itself would be a major development in the history of technology, but “full recursive self-improvement also might increase the risks of humans losing control over AI systems,” the AI […]

Netanyahu’s Lawyer Michael Rabello Wins State Comptroller Post Amid Voting Controversy   By The Media Line Staff   Attorney Michael Rabello, the longtime personal lawyer of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was elected Israel’s next state comptroller on Wednesday following a closely contested and controversial vote in the Knesset.   Rabello secured the position in a second-round vote after neither candidate met the required threshold in the initial ballot.   In the first round, retired Supreme Court justice Yosef […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The road to the NBA Finals was not exactly smooth for the San Antonio Spurs. They had — and lost — home-court advantage in Round 1 against Portland, before recovering to win the series. In Round 2 against Minnesota, the same thing happened. In the Western Conference finals against Oklahoma City, they trailed 2-1 before finding a way to oust the defending champion Thunder in seven […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson was wowed upon hearing how high the price of the cheapest ticket in New York for Game 3 of the NBA Finals series between the Knicks and Spurs had climbed on the secondary market. What left the Knicks star nearly stumped was determining what he would deem worthy of spending $7,500 to go see. “That’s a good question,” Brunson said Thursday. He paused for […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, a longtime New York Knicks fan, said he plans to attend an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden next week at the invitation of the team’s owner. Describing himself as a “big fan” of the team and owner James Dolan, Trump said Thursday that he will be in the arena for at least one game next week. The NBA believes it would make […]

Minnesota residents with loved ones who died at the hands of police spoke out Thursday about the state Republican Party holding a public prayer for Derek Chauvin, the former police officer in prison for murdering George Floyd. “That is the most hurtful thing you can do,” said Valerie Castile, the mother of Philando Castile, a 32-year-old school cafeteria worker who was shot and killed by a Minnesota police officer in […]

SAN FELIPE PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — As the sun peeked over the Sandia Mountains, Deb Haaland was at a familiar spot, the tribal community where she used to work, waving at motorists and encouraging them to stop and vote in New Mexico’s primary. It was the final day of voting earlier this week, and Haaland was embracing friends and former colleagues at San Felipe Pueblo where she was once a […]

The National Capital Planning Commission has kept alive the triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built at an entrance to the nation’s capital, requesting more information on how it could potentially impact air travel navigation in the area, as well as other specifics on construction and traffic in the area. Most members of the federal agency that approves construction on federal land voted in favor Thursday of seeking more […]