Columbia University associate of Mahmoud Khalil arrested by DHS

A Columbia University student who co-founded, with Mahmoud Khalil, a university organization called Palestinian Student Union was arrested Monday by Department of Homeland Security agents, his attorney told ABC News. Mohsen Mahdawi, a permanent resident of the U.S., was arrested and detained after attending his naturalization interview in Vermont. U.S. District Judge William Sessions subsequently … Read more

Vice President JD Vance fumbles Ohio State football team’s national championship trophy

Vice President JD Vance fumbled The Ohio State University football team’s national championship trophy during a celebration at the White House on Monday. President Donald Trump hosted the Buckeyes after they won the College Football Playoff National Championship against the University of Notre Dame in January. Running back TreVeyon Henderson and Vice President JD Vance … Read more

What to know about Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial

NEW YORK — Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the former movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering the very same allegations — plus one that hasn’t been tried before. It isn’t double jeopardy, but rather a legal redo after … Read more

Debates over AI benchmarking have reached Pokémon

Not even Pokémon is safe from AI benchmarking controversy. Last week, a post on X went viral, claiming that Google’s latest Gemini model surpassed Anthropic’s flagship Claude model in the original Pokémon video game trilogy. Reportedly, Gemini had reached Lavender Town in a developer’s Twitch stream; Claude was stuck at Mount Moon as of late … Read more