https://drudge.com/user/dbt2 New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 https://drudge.com/news/291186/hospital-group-ready-replace-radiologists https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hospital-ceo-ai-radiology Just weeks after the largest nurses strike in the New York City history, the CEO of NYC Health and Hospitals has a bold vision for a future where AI, not human radiologists, examines and diagnoses X-rays. At a panel held by Crain's New York Business, Mitchell Katz, president and CEO of New York's 11-hospital public benefit corporation, made overt gestures at his desire to replace highly trained radiology experts with visual language AI models, Radiology Business reported. "We could replace a great deal of radiologists with AI at this moment, if we are ready to do the regulatory challenge," Katz said at the panel. One example he gave, according to Radiology, would affect women's healthcare in particular, by automating breast cancer screening with AI tools. By sidelining radiologists until an AI system flags a reading as abnormal, Katz declared, hospitals could achieve "major savings." Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:58:43 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/291186/hospital-group-ready-replace-radiologists#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291186 discussion, 0.5 daily 291186 https://drudge.com/news/291168/new-dna-testing-ted-bundy-killed-utah https://apnews.com/article/ted-bundy-cold-case-utah-teen-murder-eec0731fc0a912640cc3bb9cd3e3f268 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The late Ted Bundy, one of the most famous and prolific serial killers in U.S. history, has claimed another victim. New DNA testing confirmed Bundy was responsible for the 1974 killing of a 17-year-old Utah girl who disappeared after leaving a party alone on Halloween night, the local sheriff's office said Wednesday. Laura Ann Aime was found dead on the side of a highway in American Fork Canyon about a month after her abduction. She was bound, beaten and without clothing. Bundy was linked to the deaths of at least 30 women and girls across several states in the 1970s. His murders -- which occurred in sorority houses, parks and elsewhere -- set the nation on edge. Bundy's arrest drew widespread fascination, in part because many considered him to be charming and handsome. <p>Investigators had carefully preserved the evidence from Aime's case, and forensic analysts were able to identify portions that seemed most likely to have usable DNA samples, Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said. <p>The state crime lab got new technology in 2023 that allows investigators to extract DNA from samples even if they are small, degraded from age or contain DNA from multiple people, he said. That technology allowed them to identify a single male DNA profile, which they submitted to a national law enforcement database. <p>Bundy's DNA was a match, Mason said. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:37:17 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/291168/new-dna-testing-ted-bundy-killed-utah#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291168 discussion, 0.5 daily 291168 https://drudge.com/news/291153/ga-lawmakers-done-voting-machine-conflict https://apnews.com/article/georgia-voting-machines-5e3102cf591d28dd8c71c31feb1a6c07 The Georgia General Assembly ended its annual session early Friday without a plan for new equipment to overhaul the state's voting system ... <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:eclio37ymobqex2ncko63h4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3milnyggrct2t" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreifjl3n4pyujrzheqanlrwsyuwnx4r7y4fejofaq2f6uhsjxenlroe" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">Georgia's election system is flirting with disarray, experts say, after the state legislature failed overnight to push back a deadline that requires Georgia to get rid of its current voting system, which uses QR codes, before the November midterm elections.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eclio37ymobqex2ncko63h4r/post/3milnyggrct2t?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- The New York Times (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eclio37ymobqex2ncko63h4r?ref_src=embed">@nytimes.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eclio37ymobqex2ncko63h4r/post/3milnyggrct2t?ref_src=embed">Apr 3, 2026 at 7:55 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:32:40 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/291153/ga-lawmakers-done-voting-machine-conflict#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291153 news, 0.5 daily 291153 https://drudge.com/news/291143/nursing-home-owner-got-trump-pardon-patient https://www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients Devastated Families: The families of some patients in [operator Joseph Schwartz'] nursing homes have been awarded millions of dollars from lawsuits. But they haven't been able to collect from him. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:k4jt6heuiamymgi46yeuxtpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibnakolou2g" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreie75bjadpzf3nlzqrf6n3kosbbftpwqzskbvxtk2oq67guaj6vrra" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">NEW: Trump pardoned nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz just 3 months into his sentence for a $39 million fraud scheme. Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against Schwartz haven't collected a cent.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k4jt6heuiamymgi46yeuxtpt/post/3mibnakolou2g?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- ProPublica (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k4jt6heuiamymgi46yeuxtpt?ref_src=embed">@propublica.org</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k4jt6heuiamymgi46yeuxtpt/post/3mibnakolou2g?ref_src=embed">Mar 30, 2026 at 8:15 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:31:34 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/291143/nursing-home-owner-got-trump-pardon-patient#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291143 news, 0.5 daily 291143 https://drudge.com/news/291007/14-year-old-running-vermont-governor https://apnews.com/article/vermont-teen-runs-governor-first-46d712d6c640b4d938a63ebafbcc06e8 Looking back, gubernatorial candidate Dean Roy says his political ambitions started in the eighth grade. And by that he means, last year. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:cjhcn6w72ovtxfzpvcuk4gwz/app.bsky.feed.post/3malc2w5tnc24" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiefnp7dasssefrtjex47vz2a2fuvbdevtitc4ozjmuse343gip2yq" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">Dean Roy has braces and a dream. Jonas Du spoke with the 14-year-old running for governor of Vermont.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cjhcn6w72ovtxfzpvcuk4gwz/post/3malc2w5tnc24?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- The Free Press (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cjhcn6w72ovtxfzpvcuk4gwz?ref_src=embed">@thefp.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cjhcn6w72ovtxfzpvcuk4gwz/post/3malc2w5tnc24?ref_src=embed">Dec 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:31:55 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/291007/14-year-old-running-vermont-governor#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291007 news, 0.5 daily 291007 https://drudge.com/news/290942/cosby-sexually-assaulted-woman-1972-jury https://abcnews.com/Entertainment/wireStory/jury-finds-bill-cosby-sexually-assaulted-woman-1972-131340970 LOS ANGELES -- A civil jury in California found Monday that Bill Cosby was liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972 and awarded her $59.25 million. After a nearly two-week trial in Santa Monica, jurors found Cosby, 88, liable for the sexual battery and assault of Donna Motsinger. They awarded her $17.5 million in past damages and $1.75 million for future damages, including "mental suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, inconvenience, grief, anxiety, humiliation, and emotional distress." Then in a second phase of the trial Monday afternoon, they awarded an additional $40 million in punitive damages. Motsinger had been a server at a restaurant in Sausalito near San Francisco who said in her lawsuit, filed in 2023, that Cosby had invited her to his stand-up comedy show at a theater in nearby San Carlos. Both were in their 30s at the time. She said Cosby gave her wine and two pills that she believed were aspirin, and that she was going in and out of consciousness as two men put her in a limousine. <p>"She woke up in her house with all her clothes off, except her underwear on -- no top, no bra, and no pants," the lawsuit said. "She knew she had been drugged and raped by Bill Cosby." <p>In court filings, Cosby's lawyers argued that the allegations rested almost entirely on speculation and assumption, saying Motsinger "freely admits that she has no idea what happened." Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:12:13 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/290942/cosby-sexually-assaulted-woman-1972-jury#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290942 discussion, 0.5 daily 290942 https://drudge.com/news/290896/parents-refusing-routine-preventive-care https://apnews.com/article/babies-newborns-pediatricians-vitamin-k-hepatitis-b-erythromycin-9126463f0cb38b9778fb77bc0d071776 AP: One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn't get the vitamin K shots that have been given to babies for decades to prevent potentially deadly bleeding. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:jszy2fvtipwprnjhe7pxytfv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhleoawi732u" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreib4zb5rd5hvlpx7lces2fqhtoc4dwvmww2plqak4g37qgewyfws6y" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">It's not just vaccines -- parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jszy2fvtipwprnjhe7pxytfv/post/3mhleoawi732u?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Chicago Tribune (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jszy2fvtipwprnjhe7pxytfv?ref_src=embed">@chicagotribune.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jszy2fvtipwprnjhe7pxytfv/post/3mhleoawi732u?ref_src=embed">Mar 21, 2026 at 11:43 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:32:15 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/290896/parents-refusing-routine-preventive-care#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290896 news, 0.5 daily 290896 https://drudge.com/news/290828/live-fire-malfunction-rains-shrapnel https://apnews.com/article/marines-250th-camp-pendleton-shrapnel-california-367baee09300fdfce0811454078cb71f A "one in a million" malfunction during a live fire demonstration over Camp Pendleton last October led to a misfire that rained shrapnel on Interstate 5, striking two California Highway Patrol vehicles, a U.S. Marine Corps investigation found. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:wmho6q2uiyktkam3jsvrms3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdqupfvza2v" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiatslwdil256u2orxkw4a4yix7aoc2mylorb65x2akbxcjs26x7ry" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">A &quot;one in a million&quot; malfunction during a live fire demonstration over Camp Pendleton last October led to a misfire that rained shrapnel on Interstate 5, striking two California Highway Patrol vehicles, a U.S. Marine Corps investigation finds.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wmho6q2uiyktkam3jsvrms3s/post/3mhdqupfvza2v?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- NBC News (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wmho6q2uiyktkam3jsvrms3s?ref_src=embed">@nbcnews.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wmho6q2uiyktkam3jsvrms3s/post/3mhdqupfvza2v?ref_src=embed">Mar 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:33:18 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/290828/live-fire-malfunction-rains-shrapnel#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290828 news, 0.5 daily 290828 https://drudge.com/news/290786/mamdani-admin-pull-legal-support https://apnews.com/article/zohran-mamdani-eric-adams-nyc-sexual-assault-lawsuit-c1ffca067101056e5e3718e2272c539a AP: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration wants to stop representing Eric Adams in a lawsuit that alleges the former mayor sexually assaulted a woman more than three decades ago, according to a court filing Tuesday. The move comes just a few months after Mamdani took office, following a bitter campaign season last year that had the two Democrats taking turns bashing each other in often caustic and personal terms. The motion from the city's corporation counsel to withdraw from the civil case argues that Adams is not entitled to city-funded legal support because he was "not acting within the scope of his City employment" at the time of the alleged assault. <p>A spokesperson for Mamdani said Tuesday that the move was "made independently by the Corporation Counsel, as is required by law" and that the mayor "did not direct the Corporation Counsel to undertake this review, nor did he instruct the Corporation Counsel to reach a particular determination." Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:10:05 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/290786/mamdani-admin-pull-legal-support#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290786 discussion, 0.5 daily 290786 https://drudge.com/news/290754/jbs-workers-launch-first-us-meatpacking https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/jbs-workers-launch-first-us-meatpacking-strike-40-years-union-says-2026-03-16/ Striking JBS employees took to the streets of Greeley, Colorado, before sunrise on Monday to picket against the world's largest meat company, in a rare labor stoppage at a U.S. meatpacking plant and a sign of upheaval in the beef industry. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:iwlynwlkj7eiiy25mpxuqyrj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhb77yfpmd2w" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreigu4tljgt4yjlwtmzphp7lfhv7k5q2aqsevgdevumwhmncp4iimpq" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">Some workers striking at the JBS meatpacking facility say they were put in danger on the job<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iwlynwlkj7eiiy25mpxuqyrj/post/3mhb77yfpmd2w?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- The Colorado Sun (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iwlynwlkj7eiiy25mpxuqyrj?ref_src=embed">@coloradosun.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iwlynwlkj7eiiy25mpxuqyrj/post/3mhb77yfpmd2w?ref_src=embed">Mar 17, 2026 at 10:39 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:31:27 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/290754/jbs-workers-launch-first-us-meatpacking#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290754 news, 0.5 daily 290754 https://drudge.com/news/290753/cubas-national-electric-grid-collapses https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/cubas-national-electric-grid-collapses-says-grid-operator-2026-03-16/ Cuba's national electric grid collapsed on Monday, the country's grid operator said, leaving around 10 million people without power amid a U.S.-imposed oil blockade that has crippled the island's already obsolete generation system. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:hc55iladhgri33fsok763kzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh75bs3uxx2h" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreigbowo3ykwskt7eywzuillv6vpdgq5lvxky6dkm5a5rrugjpscnnu" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Cuba is left without power due to the complete collapse of its electrical grid<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hc55iladhgri33fsok763kzx/post/3mh75bs3uxx2h?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- EL Pa&Atilde;s Unofficial (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hc55iladhgri33fsok763kzx?ref_src=embed">@elpais.skyfleet.blue</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hc55iladhgri33fsok763kzx/post/3mh75bs3uxx2h?ref_src=embed">Mar 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:33:29 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/290753/cubas-national-electric-grid-collapses#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290753 news, 0.5 daily 290753 https://drudge.com/news/290755/sinema-has-romance-w-bodyguard-fights https://apnews.com/article/kyrsten-sinema-affair-lawsuit-9ce5a7cc816f0a11d767ec1479bcb761 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema acknowledges having a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail that began while she was a lawmaker, according to legal documents. But she also contends she shouldn't be subject to a lawsuit by the man's ex-wife who blames Sinema for the marriage breakup. The North Carolina federal court litigation seeks financial damages from Sinema, who represented Arizona in the U.S. House and later the Senate for one term that ended early last year. Heather Ammel contends in a lawsuit that she and husband Matthew had "a good and loving marriage" and "genuine love and affection" existed between them before Sinema interfered, pursuing him despite knowing he was married. Sinema declined to seek Senate reelection in 2024 following a term in which she left the Democratic Party to become an independent. She now works for a Washington-based legal and lobbying firm. Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:40:23 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/290755/sinema-has-romance-w-bodyguard-fights#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290755 discussion, 0.5 daily 290755 https://drudge.com/news/290649/rural-america-teacher-pipeline-abroad https://apnews.com/article/teacher-jobs-h1b-j1-visa-online-school-08080546339ac7aadefce42fc73e4281 Like many school systems facing teacher shortages, South Carolina's Allendale County has looked overseas for help. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:f555b6htecdxjoyiwsakxwew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbacyxz5nk2a" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihtxdy6jhcxxwu32cy443ynxnlhtdm4y4l55adv4is2jikca6tvim" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Making America great again apparently entails depriving rural Americans of the teachers they need to teach their kids.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f555b6htecdxjoyiwsakxwew/post/3mbacyxz5nk2a?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- David Dixon (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f555b6htecdxjoyiwsakxwew?ref_src=embed">@dixondaver.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f555b6htecdxjoyiwsakxwew/post/3mbacyxz5nk2a?ref_src=embed">Dec 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:31:53 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/290649/rural-america-teacher-pipeline-abroad#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290649 news, 0.5 daily 290649 https://drudge.com/news/290621/hearing-dropped-chers-son-breaking https://apnews.com/article/cher-gregg-allman-son-arrested-new-hampshire-fbff0bfbfc974751d3be65fc902be2bc A court hearing for Cher's son Wednesday over allegations he broke into a New Hampshire home this month has been canceled. Elijah Allman's arrest on March 1 was his second in New Hampshire in a matter of days. Allman, the 49-year-old son of the iconic singer and actress, was also detained Feb. 27, accused of acting belligerently at a prestigious prep school in Concord. It is unclear if Allman, of Malibu, California, has any connection to the home in Windham, New Hampshire. He is being held in the Rockingham County Department of Corrections, Superintendent Jonathan Banville said. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:47:41 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/290621/hearing-dropped-chers-son-breaking#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290621 discussion, 0.5 daily 290621 https://drudge.com/news/290451/countries-us-has-bombed-since-2001-and https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/3/how-many-countries-has-the-us-bombed-since-2001-and-how-much-has-it-cost Since the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and the US capital, the US has engaged in three full-scale wars and bombed at least 10 countries in operations ranging from drone strikes to invasions, often multiple times within a single year. The graphic [at the link] shows all the countries the US has bombed since 2001. These may not include all military strikes, particularly covert or special operations. According to an analysis by Brown University's Watson Institute of International & Public Affairs, US-led wars since 2001 have directly caused the deaths of about 940,000 people across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and other conflict zones. This does not include indirect deaths, namely those caused by loss of access to food, healthcare or war-related diseases. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:33:46 -0500 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/290451/countries-us-has-bombed-since-2001-and#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290451 news, 0.5 daily 290451