• Reuters

    US explores AI to train immigration officers on talking to refugees

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is piloting artificial intelligence to train officers who review applicants for refugee status in the United States, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters on Tuesday. The work addresses what Mayorkas said is “labor-intensive” instruction that typically involves senior personnel. "Refugee applicants, given the trauma that they have endured, are reticent to be forthcoming in describing that trauma," he said.

  • Associated Press

    Jamal Murray fined $100,000 for tossing objects onto court during Nuggets' loss to Timberwolves

    Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray was fined $100,000 by the NBA but avoided a suspension for “throwing multiple objects in the direction of a game official during live play,” the league announced Tuesday. Murray tossed a towel and a heat pack onto the court late in the second quarter of Denver's 108-80 loss to Minnesota that gave the Timberwolves a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series that shifts to Minneapolis this weekend. The Nuggets were frustrated by the officiating as they fell behind by 28 points shortly before halftime.

  • The Daily Beast

    Rudy Giuliani Forced to Learn Accounting After Bankruptcy Beancounter Bails

    Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty ImagesRudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy accountant took $12,000 from him and quit, and now he can’t find anyone else willing to sign his financial statements—potentially forcing him to become his own accountant and assume personal responsibility for his records.That’s one piece of eye-popping news found in a series of court records filed on Tuesday related to Donald Trump’s bankrupt, criminally indicted, slanderous former personal attorney’s ongoing financial woes. In all, t