Higher Incarceration Rates Linked to Increased Cancer Mortality Rates Higher incarceration rates are associated with increased county- and state-level cancer mortality rates, according to a study published online Sept. 17 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 09/20/2024 - 11:44 am | View Link
What we know about mass incarceration and crime, 30 years after the 1994 crime bill became law It's been 30 years since President Bill Clinton signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. 09/19/2024 - 5:30 am | View Link
Opinion: This policy change supports small biz and reduces crime, too When someone is released from incarceration ... businesses are being significantly affected by workforce shortages, while formerly incarcerated individuals struggle to find work, despite the fact that ... 09/18/2024 - 11:56 pm | View Link
Historic New Orleans Collection Explores Human Tragedy Of Mass Incarceration In Louisiana One in every 100 people in Louisiana, the state New Orleans calls home, is incarcerated. Doing time. Calling a concrete cell home. The highest rate in the nation. 09/18/2024 - 6:27 pm | View Link
New report says California’s Prop 47 led to a major decrease in incarceration rate, slight increase in crime The Public Policy Institute of California released the report 10 years after the ballot measure went into effect and two months before voters decide whether to repeal aspects of it. 09/17/2024 - 9:18 pm | View Link
The Apple iPhone 16 and 16 Pro launched on September 20 without Apple Intelligence. AppleApple launched its new iPhone 16 lineup on Friday. Customers from SF to NY told BI they don't mind that the new phones don't include AI. Still, analysts said the data shows a dip in first-weekend preorder sales compared to last year.
In a lawsuit, Cards Against Humanity trolled SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump. Richard Bord/WireImage; Scott Olson/Getty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng/BICards Against Humanity filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk's SpaceX for trespassing on its Texas land. The company says Musk and SpaceX are getting rich from property they didn't get permission to use.
The primary suite includes a 700-square-foot walk-in closet, while the outdoor area has a retractable roof with a nearly Olympic-sized pool and shuffleboard court.
AI "godfather" Yoshua Bengio said we need better testing for deceptive AI models. Alex Wong / Staff / Getty ImagesOpenAI's new o1 model is better at reasoning — and also deceiving — than previous models. Yoshua Bengio, a leading AI expert, told BI that a deceptive AI could be dangerous.
Eastern Light Distilling talks about its debut at Bourbon & Beyond as well as its big Kentucky distillery project. Also, see photos from the first two days of the festival.
Jeff Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, published a new children's book on September 10. Karwai Tang/Getty ImagesLauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos' fiancée, has published a new children's book. Her former yoga instructor now says Sánchez stole the idea from her. In a lawsuit, Alanna Zabel said Sánchez sought to intentionally "inflict emotional distress."Jeff Bezos shared a rave review for "The Fly Who Flew to Space," the new children's book by his fianceé, Lauren Sánchez.