Privacy laws in the U.S. need to be updated, especially after Google struck a deal with a major hospital chain, medical ethics expert Arthur Kaplan said Wednesday. “Now we’ve got electronic medical records, huge volumes of data, and this is like asking a navigation system from a World War I airplane to navigate us up […]

On April 28, President Biden proposed a tax plan that resonates with most of the political interest. Though the ins-and-outs are complex, the general push is to significantly raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Naturally, both advocates and opponents of the plan have stated their cases, while many individuals remain uncertain of their position on […]

Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo stressed Tuesday that police departments across the nation do not support a Texas gun bill that would allow adults to carry a handgun without having a background check, license and training. “From chiefs to sheriffs to police labor, we do not support permit-less, open carry” measures, said Acevedo, the former […]

The U.S. should be playing a larger role in getting to the bottom of the theory that Covid-19 first leaked from a virology lab in Wuhan, China, Atlantic Council senior fellow Jamie Metzl told CNBC on Monday. “Right now, the World Health Assembly is meeting, and the United States should be doing everything possible with […]

Two digits are mostly better than six In comments to the IRS on the proposed regulations, the AICPA called for much broader two-digit codes to eliminate the complexity posed by using six, and opposed mandating the codes’ use. The new silo requirement originally “created a lot of confusion and left people guessing,” Heller said, adding […]

Brian and Quentin at Ranch Rider Spirits. Source: Ranch Rider Spirits Ranch Rider Spirits’ cocktail line is about as Texan as you can get. Built and bred in the vibrant heart of Austin, Texas, the canned cocktails are the tradecraft of co-founders Quentin Cantu and Brian Murphy. Ranch Rider Spirits offers four distinctly Texan craft […]

As we draw closer to a post-COVID crisis work world, businesses need to determine how or if employees who have been working from home will return to the office. A related issue is worker classification. There can be confusion about reclassification, and I caution all small businesses to pump the brakes before they move forward […]

A woman gestures after finding her home collapsed after the cease-fire brokered by Egypt between Israel and Hamas in Beit Hanoun, Gaza on May 21, 2021. Mustafa Hassona | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The U.N. Security Council on Saturday called for a “full adherence” to the cease-fire in Gaza and urged immediate humanitarian aid […]

U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services’ sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services | Handout | Reuters Two federal jail guard officers accused of failing to keep watch […]

Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the White House, said that it’s conceivable for middle schools and high schools to be completely mask-free in the fall. “If the children get vaccinated, it is conceivable that that would actually wind up being a recommendation. We’ll just have to wait and see,” said Fauci. Centers for […]