Wake Forest Baseball (Omaha) College World Series – First Round Play.  Saturday’s game (June 17) Wake Forest vs Stanford 2pm  (ESPN)

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Devastated.  The Texas Panhandle town of Perryton is in recovery mode this morning after a tornado struck the city on Thursday, claiming the lives of 3 people and injuring dozens of others. Power remains out for the entire town. The extreme weather is expected to continue later today in the South.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/weather/texas-tornado-three-dead-dozens-injured/

Your next concert ticket might not have hidden fees.

The White House and ticketing companies, such as Live Nation, announced a plan yesterday to include fees upfront in the total price.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/business/live-nation-ticketmaster-fees-biden/index.html

Survey: Five key shark species are vanishing. Researchers are blamed ‘overfishing’ for the decline. Could be bad for the ocean ecosystem…

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/several-reef-sharks-at-greater-threat-of-extinction-than-thought-study-shows/

Mercedes-Benz is bringing ChatGPT into its driving experience?

New vehicles will be equipped with powerful software – able to engage in realistically human-like dialog… like a built-in carpool buddy.

*Artificial Intelligence or AL for short?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/business/mercedes-benz-chatgpt/index.html

Halfway point at the Madhouse?

Bowman Gray Stadium’s 75^th season of racing is at it’s halfway point this Saturday night and the points’ races continue to be close.  www.bowmangrayracing.com

Focus on the Family has created a new 60-second pro-life video ad highlighting the importance of accurate language to describe an unborn child.  In the 60 second spot titled “It’s a Baby,” rather than using the term “baby,” each scene awkwardly — and intentionally — features expectant mothers and fathers using the word “fetus.”

“The culture has gotten too comfortable using antiseptic scientific terms to dehumanize a child in the womb. We wanted to challenge that by plainly and simply showing — in situations we’re all familiar with — that it’s a baby. And to call it anything else just doesn’t make sense.” -Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family

Check out the spot on our Facebook page or the News Blog at wbfj.fm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZH5RKvMbJo