Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is receiving mixed reviews after making a surprise cameo performance as “Queen Mab” in the Broadway musical “& Juliet.”  While some social media users called Jackson’s performance “humanizing,” others called it “cringe,” “embarrassing” and unbefitting for a sitting member of the nation’s highest court. Written by contemporary playwright David West Read, “& Juliet” is a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and...

A doctor in federal prison for chemotherapy fraud was among the recent recipients of clemency from President Biden, a stark contrast given the president’s longtime advocacy for cancer patients and survivors. Biden’s sweeping clemency actions last week included sentence commutations of nearly 1,.500 prisoners, including Meera Sachdeva, a Mississippi oncologist who was senteced to two decades in prison after she pleaded guilty to chemotherapy fraud. Sachdeva gave her...

The House task force on artificial intelligence (AI) is urging the U.S. government to aim for “a flexible sectoral regulatory framework” for the technology in a nearly 300-page report released Tuesday morning. The report held up a light-touch approach to regulation, as well as “a thriving innovation ecosystem” as pillars that help keep the U.S. a leader in AI. “If maintained, these strengths will help our country remain...