Author: Grace Thompson

The use of unclaimed bodies for medical study is examined in the series Dealing the Dead, which includes this article. Four months after an NBC News investigation revealed that the University of North Texas Health Science Center had neglected to notify families prior to utilizing their loved ones' corpses for medical research, the center's president is resigning. The University of North Texas System Board of Regents announced Monday that Sylvia Trent-Adams' resignation had been accepted. The three-paragraph statement, which commended Trent-Adams' commitment, moral character, and decency, omitted any reference to NBC News coverage or provided an explanation for her resignation. Health Science Center spokesperson Andy North responded to inquiries via email, stating that Trent-Adams "has indi...

Late Monday, four senior officials at the Justice Department's Executive Office of Immigration Review—which is in charge of U.S. immigration courts—were sacked by the Trump administration. Sheila McNulty, the chief immigration judge, Mary Cheng, the Executive Office of Immigration Review's interim director, Jill Anderson, the office's senior counsel, and Lauren Alder Reid, its head of policy, were among the officials dismissed. They weren't political appointees; they were all civil servants. The decision to fire my career Senior Executive Service colleagues and me without cause or warning has left us stunned and deeply upset. Regardless of the administration, we have devoted our professional lives to protecting the rule of law. According to Alder Reid, we will not stop working for justice....

Following Tuesday's closing bell, Netflix reported results that exceeded both the top and bottom lines, causing its shares to jump by almost 10%. The fourth quarter's revenue, which exceeded Wall Street's prediction of $10.11 billion, increased 16% year over year to $10.25 billion. The business also added a record 19 million new customers, surpassing 300 million paying memberships. The company claimed that its better product, content slate, and normal fourth-quarter seasonality were the main drivers of the gain. The figures for the most recent quarter of the business are as follows: Earnings per share: $4.27 vs. $4.20, according to LSEG Revenue: $10.25 billion vs. $10.11 billion, according to LSEG Paid memberships: 301.63 million vs. 290.9 million, accord...

The U.S. government will only recognize male and female sexes, according to executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on Monday. These orders also terminate "radical and wasteful" diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within federal agencies. Senior White House officials described both directives in a phone conversation Monday morning prior to Trump's inauguration, classifying them as part of the administration's larger plan to restore sanity. The gender order claims that it will "defend women s rights and protect freedom of conscience by using clear and accurate language and policies that recognize women are biologically female, and men are biologically male." It instructs the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security to mandate that government-issued identif...

According to Chief Information Officer Marco Argenti, Goldman Sachs is introducing a generative AI assistant to its bankers, traders, and asset managers. This is the initial phase of a program that will eventually develop the characteristics of an experienced Goldman employee. Argenti told CNBC in an exclusive interview that the bank has so far made GS AI Assistant available to roughly 10,000 employees, with the aim of having it available to all knowledge workers within the organization this year. At first, it will be useful for things like editing or summarizing emails and translating code between languages. According to Argenti, consider all the things you would wish to accomplish in relation to a range of use cases for all those professions that are now at your fingertips. The Goldman a...

An incoming White House official used a well-known quote when announcing Donald Trump's executive order abolishing federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs: The goal of this directive is to restore the hope and promise that civil rights activists seized: that one day, all Americans will be treated according to their character rather than their skin color. In his 1963 I Have a hope speech, Martin Luther King Jr. famously remarked, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin." This speech was mirrored by the statement. Trump mentioned Martin Luther King Day in his inaugural address a few hours later. This will be a wonderful honor for him, but we will work t...

Washington President Donald Trump's decision to shorten the sentences of over a dozen criminal defendants and grant pardons to over 1,500 people in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was resisted by a few Republican senators on Tuesday. While some GOP senators declined to support Trump's action, others particularly opposed the pardons for those convicted of violent crimes against police officers. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, expressed disappointment in the situation, saying she is considering the hundreds of police officers who protected the Capitol on that day. And I am afraid of the message that is conveyed to these outstanding men and women who supported us. "I believe that assaulting someone is wrong, but assaulting an officer is definitely wrong," added ...

Over the holiday weekend, The Walt Disney Company maintained its dominance at the box office. After Pixar's Inside Out 2 and Marvel Studios' Deadpool and Wolverine, Moana 2 became the studio's third 2024 film to surpass the coveted $1 billion mark over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend.Last year, no film from any other Hollywood company made over $1 billion. Over the weekend, the business announced that Moana 2 had made $442.8 million at the domestic box office and $567.1 million in overseas markets. Along with Frozen, Frozen II, and Zootopia, it is the fourth Walt Disney Animation production to sell over $1 billion in tickets. Disney, which had trouble gaining popularity with its animated productions in the years following the epidemic, now has another feather in its head thanks to t...