Opinion | From the Blue Jays wild run to coyotes run amok, 2025 was a year of living stupidly

Vandals couldn’t keep their hands off speed cameras, wolves (okay, coyotes) were literally at the door, and the TTC was a ...
GitHub

HtmlRAG: HTML is Better Than Plain Text for Modeling Retrieval Results in RAG Systems

We propose HtmlRAG, which uses HTML instead of plain text as the format of external knowledge in RAG systems. To tackle the long context brought by HTML, we propose Lossless HTML Cleaning and Two-Step ...
Times Union

Hochul calls for action after ‘timeout’ boxes found at NY schools

ALBANY — The revelations last week that a school district near the Canadian border was using wooden “timeout” boxes to confine children, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Saturday called for the state Education ...
New York Magazine

The Best Subscription Boxes for Every Type of Person (That Also Make Great Gifts)

When it comes to holiday gifting, my personal philosophy is that an assortment of small, delightful sundries bundled together can often be more fun to unwrap than a singular big-ticket item, so ...
BioSpace

Makary Denies FDA Plans To Levy Black Box Warning on COVID-19 Vaccines

Speaking on Bloomberg TV on Monday, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary contradicted recent reporting that suggested the agency was planning to add a black box label—its most serious warning—to COVID-19 ...