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General Physician, PC Notifies Patients of Data Breach Leaking Thier SSNs and Protected Health Information
On October 4, 2024, General Physician, PC (“GPPC”) filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access a company email account. In this notice, GPPC explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being…
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Updates: Blinken Pursues Regional Tour as Mideast Conflict Deepens
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken sought to ease tensions on a visit to Israel, followed by a meeting with the Saudi crown prince in Riyadh. Israel is pressing on with its military campaigns in Lebanon and Gaza.
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Why Is Israel Poised to Attack Iran?
The two countries have been fighting a shadow war for years. But direct attacks are bringing direct reprisals, or at least plans for them.
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Deadly ‘Terrorist’ Attack on Turkish Aerospace Company Leaves 5 Dead
Turkey’s interior minister said it was “most probably” the Kurdistan Worker’s Party that carried out the assault on the sprawling Turkish Aerospace Industries complex near Ankara.
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A Modi-Xi Meeting Could Signal a Thaw Between India and China
A meeting between the two leaders comes just two days after they settled a tense border dispute in the Himalayas. But experts said their long-term geopolitical rivalry would persist.
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Manchester Arena Bombing Survivors Win Lawsuit Against Conspiracy Theorist
A British court found that a conspiracy theorist who claimed the 2017 bombing at an Ariana Grande concert was a hoax had harassed victims and abused media freedom.
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CIFF 2024: Cloud, Grafted, Parvulos
As those who have been attending film festivals for any amount of time can attest, after watching the usual array of awards-bait titles and the kind of forgettable fodder that never manages to get any play outside of the festival circuit for a while, sometimes you are just in the mood for something a bit…
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CIFF 2024: The Return of the Projectionist, Between Goodbyes, The Brink of Dreams
Year after year, the Chicago International Film Festival’s documentary program features exceptional stories from around the globe. For its 60th year, the programming has shaped itself around the theme of legacy. It reflects sixty years of platforming emerging and established filmmakers alongside one another, creating a symbiotic system for their success in reaching new audiences.…
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Iowa City Celebrates with Enriching Pair of Festivals
It’s not often that a film festival and book festival join forces, but that is just the case in Iowa City where the Refocus Film Festival, which celebrates films adapted from other mediums, and the Iowa City Book Festival just wrapped. I was delighted to attend both as a guest this past week, where I…
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10 Underrated Horror Movies That Roger Ebert Loved (and Where to Watch Them)
Due to the highly publicized conversations between Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, especially in the early ‘80s, about the moral boundaries of horror movies, Roger is often accused of disliking the genre. Nothing could be further from the truth. Not only did he give his highest rating to future classics like “Dawn of the Dead,”…
