August 4, 2025

Meanwhile....

Trump will block federal aid to all states and cities that boycott Israel - Reuters US states and cities that boycott Israeli companies will be denied federal aid for natural disaster preparedness, the Trump admin has said per Reuters. 

NBC - The Senate confirmed former Fox News host and prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.  

NPR - The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Russia began erupting early yesterday for the first time in centuries, just days after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the area.

NPR -  About 3,200 unionized workers at Boeing facilities in Missouri and Illinois have gone on strike today after failing to reach a labor contract agreement.

People -  Bunge North America Inc. issued a nationwide recall of 64,800 lbs. (or 1,800 cases) of its European Style Butter Blend 1 lb. product on July 14 due to undeclared milk, which was not listed on the label...The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raised the risk classification for the recall to Class II — the second-highest warning level — on July 30. The FDA said users who begins to experience any allergy symptoms by eating the affected product should “stop eating the food immediately, evaluate the need to use emergency medication (such as epinephrine) and seek medical attention”

Time -  According to a recent report by Resume Now, a resume building platform, 96% of the more than 900 U.S. hiring professionals surveyed said they used AI in recruiting tasks, such as screening and resume analysis. While the survey didn’t ask respondents if they used AI specifically to conduct interviews, about 94% of those surveyed said AI screening tools effectively identify strong candidates. Roughly 73% said using AI tools has sped up the time-to-hire. 

NY Times -    Women make up 80 percent of fiction sales. “Young men have regressed educationally, emotionally and culturally,” David J. Morris wrote in a Times essay titled “The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone.”

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