AP Technology Writer Artificial intelligence researchers said Friday that they have deleted more than 2,000 web links to suspected child sexual abuse imagery from a dataset used to train popular AI image-generator tools. The research dataset — called LAION — is a huge index of online images and captions that’s been a source for leading
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The City of Bend, in partnership with Art in Public Places, is displaying the design renderings for the proposed concepts for two works of art for the city’s Public Works Campus in two locations, after a pause for a revision due to one piece’s similarity to the U.S.-Mexico border wall. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis City Council is suing the commission that oversees the city’s elections for removing three gun control questions from the November ballot after top Republican state leaders threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in state funding. Council Chairman JB Smiley Jr. announced the lawsuit against the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un ataque mortal en la ciudad ucraniana de Járkiv este viernes mató a una niña en un parque infantil y dejó a otros muertos en un edificio residencial, dijeron las autoridades ucranianas. Al menos cinco personas murieron y 28 resultaron heridas en el ataque. El ataque del viernes “no habría ocurrido si
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press/Report For America TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama shuttered the offices of the Black Student Union and a queer resource center last week in compliance with a state law that bans public universities from allocating resources to diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Leaders of the Black Student Union and Queer
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — The family of a man who was hit and killed by an SUV on a Colorado interstate after a sheriff’s deputy shocked him with a Taser has reached a $5 million settlement in his death. Government officials and lawyers for the family of Brent Thompson announced the agreement with Larimer
Continue ReadingU.S. regulators have cleared a third updated COVID-19 vaccine for this fall, shots made by Novavax Inc. Already, Pfizer and Moderna are shipping shots modified to better match more recent strains of the ever-evolving coronavirus. Those doses can be used in adults and children as young as 6 months. Friday, the Food and Drug Administration
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized an updated version of the protein-based Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for use in people 12 and up. Doses could be available by the end of next week. “The COVID-19 vaccines have had a tremendous positive impact on public health and vaccination
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The heat has returned to Central Oregon as the mercury in the thermometer will rise into the middle and upper 90s both Saturday and Sunday. There is a Heat Advisory in place for Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook Counties Saturday and Sunday as the region will be dangerously hot. We may see Deschutes and Crook Counties
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A conservative group has told Arizona officials that it plans to monitor ballot drop boxes for the November election and identify people they believe are voting illegally. The Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, cites what it says are voter concerns about fraud in the use of the boxes. The Arizona Republic
Continue ReadingBy Nick Lentz Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A 72-year-old Detroit man is facing a murder charge after police say he shot and killed his wife. Detroit police say George Douglas Thomas is charged with first-degree murder and felony firearm. The shooting happened on the 19400 block of Five
Continue ReadingBy Lucille Lannigan Click here for updates on this story ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — As the Soap for Hope Project wraps up its Kiss-A-Goat competition, its founders plan to expand their efforts – not just in helping the homeless community but in reaching out to other underserved areas as well. On Friday, the project
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The state of California has agreed to pay a former employee $350,000 to settle her claims that Democratic state Treasurer Fiona Ma sexually harassed her. The agreement stems from a 2021 lawsuit filed by a former employee of the treasurer’s office. Judith Blackwell had alleged Ma exposed herself and crawled into
Continue ReadingST. JAMES, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a New York man shot his former wife and her new boyfriend to death after first texting his 15-year-old daughter to exit the couple’s house and wait outside in his car. Fifty-year-old Daniel Coppola was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of his ex-wife, Kelly
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s top election official says organizers have gathered enough signatures to get the issue of legalizing medical marijuana on the November ballot. It’s the third time Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana have made the attempt. The group came close in 2020 after meeting signature requirements. But the state Supreme Court
Continue ReadingBy Jason Beal Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, California (KGO) — At Point Isabel in Richmond, there’s a beach almost entirely covered in shards of porcelain dinnerware. But where did it come from? “Someone in passing said, ‘Have you ever been to TEPCO Beach?” said Lynn Maack, an avid TEPCO collector. “And
Continue ReadingKITTERY, Maine (AP) — Authorities have released autopsy results for three bodies recovered from a home, a car’s back seat and a river between New Hampshire and Maine. Police identified a man accused of fatally shooting his wife and their 8-year-old son before being shot to death by police on the Interstate 95 bridge. He
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La gira que realizó esta semana por tres países africanos el presidente del Gobierno de España, Pedro Sánchez, ha dado mucho que hablar, e incluso ha generado confusión. Su visita a Mauritania, Senegal y Gambia se produjo al tiempo que España hace frente a un fuerte desafío migratorio: el número
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that bans the use of red dye No. 40 and five other chemicals from use in foods served at public schools. On September 28, the Golden State became the first in the country to pass a law forbidding the
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Palacios Click here for updates on this story SEAL BEACH, California (KABC) — A group of veterans are discovering a new path to healing through the Stand Up and Play Foundation. The program invites veterans to meet once a month at the Old Ranch Practice Center in Seal Beach and learn how to
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