By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they’re also lobbying hard to make sure the new rules work in their favor. That’s not to say they all want the same thing. Facebook parent Meta and IBM on Tuesday launched a new group
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press/Report for America COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Relatives who knew or feared their loved ones were among the 190 abandoned bodies found decomposing in a Colorado funeral home watched in person for the first time as the owners of the business appeared before a judge. Jon and
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC, SABINA NIKSIC and ZANA CIMILI Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A man in Bosnia killed his wife and streamed the murder live on Instagram. In neighboring Serbia, 27 women were killed in gender-based attacks this year, despite efforts to raise awareness and reverse the trend. Activists in Kosovo say violence against
Continue ReadingBy ANNIE MA of The Associated Press and MEREDITH KOLODNER of The Hechinger Report SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Three times a week, on average, a police car pulls up to a school in Wicomico County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A student is brought out, handcuffed and placed inside for transport to a hospital emergency room
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has told campaign donors that he isn’t sure he’d be running for reelection if Donald Trump wasn’t also in the race. Biden warned Tuesday that democracy is “more at risk in 2024” and that the former president and his allies are out to “destroy”
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed inclined to uphold a tax on foreign income while leaving questions about a broader, never-enacted tax on wealth for another day. On the first issue, conservative and liberal justices voiced concerns that ruling for a Washington state couple challenging a provision
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — More than 2,400 people connected to the fossil fuel industry registered to attend the COP28 climate summit in Dubai — a massive representation that’s nearly four times the number that signed up for last year’s climate gathering, according to an analysis published Tuesday. Fossil fuel employees and representatives outnumber
Continue ReadingBy John Miller and Sabrina Shulman, CNN (CNN) — A 16-year-old in Las Vegas was arrested after allegedly threatening a lone wolf terrorist attack in support of ISIS, authorities said, adding investigators found components and instructions to build an explosive device during a search of his home. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said it
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Fifty years after Henry Kissinger drove American foreign policy in Southeast Asia, the region continues to live with the fallout from the bombing and military campaigns backed by the former secretary of state, who died last week. In Cambodia, unexploded ordnance left over from Vietnam War-era carpet
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — Brian Laundrie told his parents Gabby Petito was “gone” in what is described as a frantic phone call that took place three weeks before her remains were discovered, according to an amended civil complaint filed by Petito’s parents on November 30. Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt are suing Laundrie’s parents and their attorney, claiming they intentionally withheld
Continue ReadingBy MARDI ROSA TANJUNG Associated Press BATU PALANO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano found the last body of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to 23, officials said Wednesday. About 75 climbers started their way up the nearly
Continue ReadingBy OMER FAROOQ Associated Press HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A powerful storm has made landfall along India’s southeast coast, unleashing torrential rains and strong winds. Officials say at least 12 people died in the downpour ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Michaung. The states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are hard hit. Thousands
Continue ReadingCNN By Mitchell McCluskey and Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) — Israel believes that it has killed two Palestinian civilians for every Hamas militant in its intense campaign to eliminate the armed group from the Gaza Strip, a ratio an IDF spokesperson described to CNN Monday as “tremendously positive.” The AFP news agency first reported
Continue ReadingCNN By Donie O’Sullivan and Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — A nationally recognized online disinformation researcher has accused Harvard University of shutting down the project she led to protect its relationship with mega-donor and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The allegations, made by Dr. Joan Donovan, raise questions about the influence the tech giant might have over seemingly independent research. Facebook’s
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La candidatura presidencial sería el último gran escalón en la meteórica carrera política de Samuel García Sepúlveda. En menos de 10 años, el abogado nacido en Monterrey, Nuevo León, ya había logrado ser dirigente estatal de Movimiento Ciudadano, diputado local, senador de la República, gobernador de su estado y buscaba
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — La estrella del pop Billie Eilish confirmó que accidentalmente salió del clóset en una entrevista reciente con la revista Variety. Mientras hablaba en la alfombra roja de un evento de Variety en Los Ángeles este sábado, la ganadora del premio Grammy, de 21 años, dijo que no quería darle mucha importancia
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The head of Mexico’s immigration agency has ordered the suspension of migrant deportations and transfers due to a lack of funds. The restrictions were laid out in an agency memo dated Dec. 1 from director Francisco Garduño. The authenticity of the memo was confirmed to the
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Care Better analyzed data from the Kaiser Family Foundation to visualize which groups of Americans are most likely to hold medical debt.
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Reasons to Be Cheerful profiles Diane Wilson, the Texas fisherwoman who is taking on some of the biggest petrochemical companies — and winning.
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Medical Technology Schools used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to see how employment at hospitals has changed among 20 major U.S. metros.
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