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Fox News
9 hours ago
- Fox News
Former college volleyball player opens up about how alleged 'attack' plot put her 'in harm's way'
Former SJSU volleyball player Brooke Slusser details new claims about an alleged 'attack' plot against her on 'America Reports.'
Fox News
19 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Cincinnati official under fire for celebrating brutal attack and more top headlines
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Yahoo
22-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Silicon Valley 'pain index' shows growing gap between wealthy
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A new report from San Jose State University researchers is putting a spotlight on a big problem: the growing gap between Silicon Valley's wealthiest households - and everyone else. The report is called the "Silicon Valley Pain Index," because the goal is to measure poverty, inequality and the suffering this can cause. SJSU researchers used more than 200 data points and statistics to put together the report. One of the more startling figures is the fact that more than 70 percent of the wealth in Silicon Valley is concentrated in just nine households. Those nine households made $136 billion more last year alone than they did the year before. Compare that to at least 100,000 households in Santa Clara County with absolutely no assets at all. The authors of the report say the wealth gap in the region has grown, and this extreme income disparity leads to all kinds of problems, especially when it comes to food, education and housing. The report says the average person needs to make at least $125,000 a year to be able to afford San Jose's average $3,200-a-month rent. And that a lack of affordable housing has created a domino effect - with families leaving the area, leading to lower enrollment in schools, and school closures. It also means a shortage of workers for essential jobs. The report's authors say San Jose would have to build about 8,000 new homes every year to reach its long-term housing goals. The most the city has ever built in a year is about 1,700 homes. There are some positive changes the report highlighted - including a decline in police use-of-force incidents in San Jose last year; fewer carbon emissions and pollution; and expanded homeless services in the community last year. The authors of the study say they hope it leads to policy changes amd changes in behavior among the wealthiest individuals. Solve the daily Crossword
Fox News
30-06-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Lawyer leading SJSU transgender lawsuit reacts to controversial probe into trans athlete's alleged misconduct
EXCLUSIVE: San Jose State University's transgender volleyball player controversy reignited last week. Fox News Digital reported that the Mountain West Conference hired the same law firm to investigate the trans athlete's misconduct allegations that the conference was using to defend the athlete's eligibility for the conference tournament in court. The White House released a statement addressing the revelation, and now the lawyer leading a lawsuit against SJSU and the Mountain West on behalf of 11 current or former conference women's athletes, William Bock, has spoken out against the conference in the aftermath of the revelation. "It is outrageous, improper, and deceptive that the MWC hired the same law firm to both conduct a supposedly independent investigation of its member SJSU and defend the MWC in a federal lawsuit about MWC's joint conduct and actions with SJSU," Bock said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. Fox News Digital reported on June 24 that the Mountain West hired the firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher (WFG) to investigate allegations against Blaire Fleming of conspiring with an opponent to have teammate Brooke Slusser harmed during an Oct. 3 game. The Mountain West hired the firm to handle the investigation in the same month that the same firm represented the conference to protect Fleming's eligibility in a request for preliminary injunction to have the trans athlete disqualified from women's competition and the conference tournament. The investigation closed after just three days, and documents obtained by Fox News Digital showed that investigators repeatedly incorrectly dated the game as being played on Oct. 2. The WFG attorney who led the investigation into allegations against Fleming, Tim Heaphy, later offered the school legal counsel to help it navigate a federal Title IX investigation over the same situation, as seen in public records obtained by Fox News Digital. The offer was declined. Bock said the revelation "astonished" him. "I was astonished to learn WFG was representing the MWC against Brooke Slusser's lawsuit at the same time another lawyer from that firm was supposedly independently investigating the attempt to injure Brooke and whether SJSU and the MWC adequately investigated those facts," Bock's statement continued. "Hiring WFG to perform such conflicted and mutually exclusive roles suggests that Commissioner Nevarez and the MWC had no interest in discovering the truth. Instead, the MWC has long been focused solely upon advancing the interests of SJSU and pushing the narrative that men should be allowed in women's college sports locker rooms and showers and to compete against women in college sports." Bock called for the U.S. Department of Education to look into the situation. "The report from Fox News provides more evidence of the MWC's scheme to work side-by-side with SJSU to promote trans ideology and harm women athletes while hiding the truth from the public. The conclusions from the WFG investigator favoring MWC's and SJSU's positions in federal court allowed his law partners to continue to milk the MWC for legal fees and then positioned that same investigator to later seek to monetize his relationship with the MWC to defend SJSU in a federal investigation over the very claims he supposedly 'independently' investigated," Bock's statement said. "These shocking revelations of conflicts of interest entirely discredit the MWC and will hopefully be fully investigated in the reported probe of SJSU's conduct by the U.S. Department of Education. Certainly, this investigator is likely to become a key witness in Brooke Slusser's federal lawsuit against the MWC and SJSU, as his hiring and conduct is additional evidence that the MWC worked hand-in-glove with SJSU and was far more concerned with promoting a narrative than protecting women." Bock leads Slusser's lawsuit against SJSU and the Mountain West, and also leads a larger lawsuit against the NCAA led by former college swimmer and current "OutKick" host Riley Gaines. Bock previously called the conference's investigation into Fleming's allegations "inadequate, and anything but thorough" in a Nov. 17 statement and called for the evidence to be disclosed. No evidence was ever disclosed by the conference, as Fleming went on to finish out the season, earn all-conference honors and even led SJSU all the way to the Mountain West championship game. The trans athlete traveled and roomed alongside female teammates to Las Vegas in the final week of November for the conference tournament. After leading the investigation that cleared Fleming's charges in November, Heaphy reached back out to San Jose State's university legal counsel Dustin May on Feb. 6, offering to help navigate a federal probe. President Donald Trump just signed an executive order to try and enforce that mandate just weeks into his presidency on Feb. 5. And just one day after that, Trump's Department of Education launched an investigation into SJSU over the Fleming situation. May declined Heaphy's offer on Feb. 18, but Heaphy responded the next day, writing, "Please let me know if we can help in any way on this or other issues." None of WFG's attorneys have been accused of violating any applicable rules of professional conduct. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Mountain West, San Jose State and Willkie Farr & Gallagher for a response to Bock's statement. The DOE's investigation into SJSU's handling of the situation involving Fleming is ongoing. The White House provided a statement addressing the recent revelations to Fox News Digital. "President Trump is committed to ending the dangerous and unfair participation of men in women's sports and restoring common sense. President Trump will continue to speak out and take immediate action against schools that are jeopardizing the safety of female athletes," White House spokesperson Liz Huston said. Meanwhile, Bock is continuing his lawsuit against SJSU and the Mountain West on behalf of Slusser and the other 10 players on the lawsuit. Bock's office filed a response to motions to dismiss the case on June 23. The response made mention of the allegations against Fleming of misconduct. WFG and the Mountain West's legal battle to keep the trans athlete in the women's tournament was successful, as federal Judge Kato Crews, appointed by President Joe Biden in January 2024, ruled in favor of Fleming's eligibility on Nov. 25. Two days later, after a failed appeal by the plaintiffs, the firm posted an online press release announcing the legal victory to keep Fleming eligible to play. But that webpage has since been deleted. Fox News Digital asked why the page no longer exists, but Willkie Farr & Gallagher did not respond to the inquiry. Archived data shows the original press release stating, "Willkie secured a high-profile win for collegiate athletic conference Mountain West Conference in a suit brought by members of San Jose State University's women's volleyball team and other Mountain West teams that played against SJSU." Fox News Digital previously reached out to the Mountain West, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, San Jose State University and its head volleyball coach Todd Kress regarding the previous findings. No response has been provided by those parties. May's office initially responded to Fox News Digital's request for comment after providing the public records, requesting a list of questions and background information be provided before speaking. Fox News Digital did not provide the information or list of comments, and requested a virtual or phone interview. May's office then responded with the statement, "Any speculation that the firm or attorney mentioned in your inquiry represented SJSU or the CSU is unfounded." Fox News Digital had not posed that question or any other stipulation, only an interview request, at that point. Fox News Digital later followed up with May's office requesting an interview to address other questions, and fulfilled his office's request to provide background information on what would be discussed. May's office responded saying, "He will not be available," and has not responded to request for further comment. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
CBS News
25-06-2025
- Business
- CBS News
San Jose University students use AI to help laid-off federal workers find new careers
SAN JOSE — An assignment for a required course at San Jose State University led to the creation of a tool for laid-off federal employees. FedBridge, an AI-powered platform, says it has helped "thousands of laid-off federal workers who've successfully restarted their careers with FedBridge." The website, the platform, and everything that has to do with FedBridge comes from four SJSU students in the first year of their graduate program: Saim Sheikh, Khanh Chung, Dat Tri Tat, and Rusheek Ratna Reddy Gade. Grouped together for a class project, their assignment was clear, but not exactly simple: create a digital platform or app that can significantly impact people. "As engineers, we usually focus on the technology most of the time. But in this case, (our professor) wanted us to think about how you (can use) technology to make an impact in the real world," Khanh said. When they were assigned in February, federal layoffs were dominating the headlines. It started with the 'Fork in the Road' email, which offered a severance package for federal workers who chose to resign by Feb. 12. Saim said that using LinkedIn and other social media platforms, they conducted informational interviews to research specific issues facing laid-off federal employees. "(Federal workers) told me that what happens a lot is that people have one skill set that they keep practicing, and it's very old. The technologies used in (federal agencies) are significantly legacy, as compared to modern and private industries," Saim said. "So, there's a significant gap between the skills of a federal worker vs. a private worker." FedBridge attempts to bridge that gap through its online application. Users upload a resume, which is used to automatically create a profile. The profile is then used to pull tailored career suggestions and job openings from various sites, some of which may require specific certifications. "We're actually recommending the certifications to take, and what classes you can take to gear you towards passing those exams for that certification," Saim said. "It's automatically supposed to find out who you are based on your profile and recommend you the jobs based on your equation from there. You don't have to click anything. You don't have to search anything. That was essentially the idea." FedBridge also provides an AI-powered interview platform to prepare prospective employees. The SJSU team said creating and developing the application alone took at least 200 hours, not including the actual learning the students had to do before applying it to FedBridge. "When I learn, I don't care about the time," said Dat, who his teammates claim is the hardest and most sleepless teammate. "We didn't know everything at the start," Rusheek said, "We learned a lot, and it was thanks to Professor Ranjan." Professor Rakesh Ranjan spends most of his time out of the classroom, but it was improbable for the Spartan grad to stay away from campus. The full-time IBM manager is also from a family lineage including 15 teachers. "It runs in my blood. Teaching is more about having an industry-academia collaboration, and sharing the industry knowledge with the students, my fellow Spartans. And giving back to the community." Ranjan said. "I tell my students 'demo or die.' It's my motto. You have an idea, you create something, you demo it, you validate your proof of concept, and that's how you learn." Throughout the existence of his group project, Ranjan has heard a lot of pitches and ideas. Some were bad, others were good, but FedBridge was unlike anything else. "One of the (teams) built an Airbnb expense management system. It's very useful, but (FedBridge) was a really unique project because they really understood the pain point of all these federal workers that were being laid off," he said. "Imagine the people working in USAID for 10-25 years. They have such a unique skill set, for example, in the food supply chain. For these professionals who've been affected, they didn't know (the layoffs) were coming. They didn't have a resume. They didn't have a LinkedIn profile. (It's) for (federal workers) to understand that they have a very enriching and valuable experience that can potentially be translated to a supply chain management job in Walmart or Amazon."
