Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Paul Vrakas, Waukesha's longest serving mayor, remembered in many ways

Paul Vrakas, a former Waukesha mayor, restaurateur, and musician, died at the age of 98. Vrakas logged 28 years of public service, including 16 years as Waukesha's mayor. He owned several downtown ...
News 6 WKMG

Why AI, and a student with a clarinet, put a Seminole County school on lockdown

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – News 6 is learning it was more than a clarinet that put a middle school in Seminole County on lockdown earlier this month. On Dec. 9, police rushed to Lawton Chiles Middle ...
Ars Technica

School security AI flagged clarinet as a gun. Exec says it wasn’t an error.

A Florida middle school was locked down last week after an AI security system called ZeroEyes mistook a clarinet for a gun, reviving criticism that AI may not be worth the high price schools pay for ...
The Washington Post

A school locked down after AI flagged a gun. It was a clarinet.

Police responded to the Florida middle school minutes after the alert arrived last week: Security cameras had detected a man in the building, dressed in camouflage with a “suspected weapon pointed ...
Rolling Stone

Joseph Byrd, Who Led Pioneering Psych Rock Band the United States of America, Dead at 87

Joseph Byrd, leader of the pioneering psychedelic rock band the United States of America, died in November at the age of 87. Born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in Tucson, Arizona, Byrd studied ...
WFLA News Channel 8

Florida student holding clarinet ‘as if it were a weapon’ sends school into lockdown: report

OVIEDO, Fla. (WFLA) — A central Florida middle school was sent into lockdown on Tuesday after an automated weapons detection system mistook a musical instrument for a gun. Seminole County school ...
Tampa Bay Times

Florida school locks down as AI weapons detection system tags clarinet

Jeffrey S. Solochek is an education reporter covering K-12 education policy and schools. Reach him at jsolochek@tampabay.com. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times ...
KTLA

In-N-Out’s expansion ahead of schedule as new stores open Wednesday

Double-Doubles and Animal Style fries are arriving in the Volunteer State ahead of schedule. Southern California-based fast-food giant In-N-Out Burger will officially open its first two locations in ...
BBC

Rosalía inspiring the next generation in classical music

The day before Rosalía announced her fourth studio album, Lux, she posted a video of herself on Instagram with classical music playing in the background. It was a teaser for how her new album was ...
Tennessean

In-N-Out Burger to start 'serving customers' in Tennessee by year end

In-N-Out Burger to open at least some restaurants by the end of 2025. In-N-Out Burger plans to start serving customers in Middle Tennessee by the end of 2025, though the company wasn't specific about ...
NBC DFW

Dallas Symphony Orchestra shines a light on new music with Dallas composer's Clarinet Concerto

Collaboration yields beautiful things. When the Dallas Symphony Orchestra debuts Jon Cziner’s new piece, Clarinet Concerto, Nov. 20 – 22 at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, the audience will ...