What states have concealed carry laws?
The Supreme Court struck down a New York law Thursday that made it difficult to obtain a permit to carry a handgun outside the home, marking a major Second Amendment rights win. The 6-3 decision calls into question similar restrictions in a number of other states across the U.S. that give licensing author
Read MoreAlexa to add voices of your deceased loved ones
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Amazon announced a new feature Wednesday that will allow Alexa to speak in the voices of deceased relatives, friends and other loved ones. Speaking at the day two keynote during the company's annual MARS conference in Las Vegas, Alexa head scientist Rohit Prasad showed a video of Alexa, ostensibly sounding like a boy's deceased grandmother reading him a book. "Alexa, can grandma finish readin
Read MoreExpediency v efficacy: Reexamining the FDA’s accelerated drug approval process
It was precisely 30 years ago, in 1992, that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established the Accelerated Approval Program (AAP) in response to the HIV epidemic. The AAP is a mechanism that permits conditional approval of a new drug that treats a serious medical condition and fills an unmet need based on its impact on a surrogate end point. A surrogate end point, i.e., a biomarker, may be a laboratory measure, a radiographic image, a phy
Read MoreThe Hill’s 12:30 Report — Jan. 6 hearing implicates GOP senator amid tough reelection bid
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Read MoreBiden administration proposes extending Title IX protections to transgender students
The Biden administration on Thursday announced a slate of proposed changes to Title IX, including extending the protections of the law to transgender students. The Education Department unveiled its proposals on the 50th anniversary of the landmark law, which prevents schools that get federal funding from discriminating on the basis of sex. Under the Biden administration's proposals, those protections would also apply to LGBTQI
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