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Texas is one step closer to banning diversity, equity and inclusion offices from public colleges in the state. The Texas House voted 83-60 on Friday in support of Senate Bill 17, which would ban DEI offices, programs and diversity training, according to The Texas Tribune. Democrats forcefully pushed back against the bill during an hours-long debate, arguing it could risk universities losing federal grants while potentially making some students feel less welcome at the schools, the outlet reported. The bill’s Republican sponsor, state Rep. John Kuempel, offered an amendment to the bill that would require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct a study each year examining how the elimination of such offices affected issues such as students’ grade point averages, rates of recruitment and acceptance. DESANTIS BANS STATE FUNDING FOR DIVERSITY, INCLUSION PROGRAMS AT FLORIDA PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES The amendment, which was approved, would also allow the colleges and univers...

Kim Kardashian has her own brood to keep up with – four children under 9 years old.  Despite the prestige of being a billionaire, Kardashian admits that even she cannot avoid the trials and tribulations of parenthood. "I'd say parenting is the thing that has taught me the most about myself. It has been the most challenging thing," she told Jay Shetty on his podcast, "On Purpose with Jay Shetty," in a clip obtained by People magazine.  "There are nights I cry myself to sleep," she admitted to the author. "Like, what just happened, you know? With all the moods, and personalities, and sometimes they're fighting, and there's no one there," other than herself, she explained. KIM KARDASHIAN ON HER FAITH IN GOD, PRAYING EVERY NIGHT WITH HER CHILDREN "Like, it's me to play good cop and bad cop. So like, that is definitely a challenge.… Something I'm working on is being a little bit firmer," she told the author and lif...

Jeffrey Epstein allegedly threatened Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates with details on the tech billionaire's alleged affair with a Russian bridge player, the Wall Street Journal reported.  "Mr. Gates met with Epstein solely for philanthropic purposes," a spokeswoman for Gates told WSJ. "Having failed repeatedly to draw Mr. Gates beyond these matters, Epstein tried unsuccessfully to leverage a past relationship to threaten Mr. Gates." Gates met Russian bridge player Mila Antonova in 2010, when she was in her 20s and Gates in his mid-50s, at a bridge tournament where the two played against each other, according to the Journal. Antonova is originally from Russia , but moved to the U.S. and began working as a software engineer in Silicon Valley, according to her LinkedIn.  Antonova publicly discussed meeting the tech billionaire in a 2010 video detailing that she "didn't beat" Gates, but "tried to kick him with my leg," according to WSJ. G...

Paresh Dave / Wired : Hands-on with Google's Duet AI writing aid: a stiff style, inaccurate information, inconsistent Docs and Gmail behavior, great at drafting complaints, and more   —  I used Duet AI to send emails and plan my wedding.  Its writing can be stuffy and stereotyping—but it's a glimpse of the future of productivity apps.

Coffee, donuts, and a side of celebrity. The Newport, Rhode Island , Police Department was treated to a surprise visit by the longest reigning cast member of " Saturday Night Live ," Kenan Thompson, Saturday morning. Accompanied by Newport's Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong, Thompson popped in for a quick visit with the force while in town filming the recently announced sequel to his infamous "Good Burger" film . "This morning at shift change the late watch and day watch Officers were surprised by a couple visitors," the NPD shared to their social media. GOOD BURGER' SEQUEL ANNOUNCED BY KENAN THOMPSON, KEL MITCHELL Thompson and the mayor posed for a group photo with over a dozen men and women. Community Officer Frank Pirri told Fox News Digital he arrived at the station just minutes after the photo exchange, much to his dismay. "The entire night shift and day shift – during shift change – were standing out in the parking lot, which I thought wa...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, said in a new interview Sunday that migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border should be sent to every city "throughout the entire country." "We have 108,000 cities, villages, towns. If everyone takes a small portion of that, and if it's coordinated at the border, to ensure that those who are coming here to this country in a lawful manner is actually moved throughout the entire country, it is not a burden on one city," Adams said in an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday. "And the numbers need to be clear. We received over 70,000 migrant asylum seekers in our city, 42,000 are still in our care. If this is properly handled at the border level, this issue can be resolved while we finally get Congress, particularly the Republican Party, to deal with a comprehensive immigration policy." Amid reports that the White House and fellow Democrat Adams have butted heads over the migrant crisis, notab...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., will meet with President Biden on Monday to continue negotiations on raising the debt ceiling, McCarthy announced Sunday. Biden and McCarthy spoke on the phone Sunday and had a "productive" conversation, McCarthy said, despite throwing barbs at one another in public statements. Biden has stated that the current Republican offer is "unacceptable" and complained that McCarthy has been dragged to the right by "MAGA Republicans." McCarthy, meanwhile, has claimed the opposite. "I just finished a phone call with the president," McCarthy told reporters. "I believe it was a productive phone call." Biden is currently on his way back to Washington after attending meetings with G-7 nations in Hiroshima, Japan. McCarthy says he told the president to get some sleep and get briefed up on the current state of negotiations after being absent during the international trip. WHAT IS THE DEBT CEILING, AND WHAT D...