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This doctor says he can make AI in health care safer
Artificial intelligence is growing fast. And it’s changing how doctors provide care for their patients. How do you make sure these new AI tools are s…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why are headlights brighter than they used to be?
If you feel like car headlights have gotten too bright, you’re not alone.
The National Highway Traffic Administration receives more consumer complain…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Jackpod: Calamity howler
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on President Trump’s pick for OMB director, Russell Vought.
What Vought believes about rule of law in American demo…
1 year, 2 months ago
Do estranged parents have the legal right to be loved by their kids?
“Reunification therapy” is a practice designed to rebuild connection between an estranged parent and their child.
It's often court ordered -- and for…
1 year, 2 months ago
How ending foreign aid could damage U.S. national security
The Trump Administration is halting all foreign aid and dismantling the United States Agency for International Development, the world’s largest singl…
1 year, 2 months ago
Should we farm octopuses for food?
The octopus is highly intelligent. It’s also a favorite food of humans around the world. In Spain, a proposed octopus farm claims it could raise a mi…
1 year, 2 months ago
Big banks are suing the Fed over stress tests
After the 2008 financial collapse, the government required big banks to undergo annual stress tests. Now, those banks are suing to overhaul the stres…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Jackpod: Everything a president does, teaches
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the politics of cruelty in the second Trump presidency
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1 year, 2 months ago
Black women's deep roots in country music
Beyonce says she’s always been country. Now, with "Cowboy Carter," she’s nominated for 11 Grammys and the first Black woman to top country music char…
1 year, 2 months ago
How Democrats squandered their 'emerging majority'
Decades ago, Ruy Teixeira famously wrote that a more diverse America would lean heavily Democratic. But as he's watched Donald Trump's rise, he belie…
1 year, 2 months ago