White House unveils new efforts to guide federal research of AI
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has announced new efforts to guide federally backed research on artificial…
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Debt ceiling talks grind on, but Republicans say there’s a ‘lack of urgency’ from White House
By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt ceiling talks showed few signs of outward…
Continue ReadingSoftware engineer who photographed US landmarks for possible attacks gets 12 years in prison
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey software developer who prosecutors say once photographed landmarks in New York,…
Continue ReadingWalmart to pay California $500,000 in settlement over sale of brass knuckles
By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Walmart will pay half a million dollars in civil penalties to the state of California…
Continue ReadingMusk gadfly has a new jet to track – the one used by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jack Sweeney, the 20-year-old college student who was once banned from Twitter for…
Continue ReadingBiden to host Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen for White House talks next month
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark at the White House next month for talks on their…
Continue ReadingMoney laundering trial against former Panama President Martinelli and others begins
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli was among some 20 people who went to trial Tuesday on money laundering charges as…
Continue ReadingExplainer: What does the latest Colorado River proposal mean for California, Arizona, Nevada?
By KEN RITTER, AMY TAXIN AND SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Facing the future with a dwindling Colorado River supply and…
Continue ReadingTexas Capitol jolted by investigation of attorney general, accusation House speaker was drunk on job
By JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers have revealed a monthslong corruption investigation into…
Continue ReadingBulgarian writer wins International Booker Prize for darkly comic memory novel
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel have won the International Booker…
Continue ReadingContractor says it has settled lawsuit with sick and dying coal ash workers
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a group of workers who believe their cleanup of a massive coal ash spill…
Continue ReadingBiden picks new National Security Agency head, key to support of Ukraine, defense of US elections
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, NOMAAN MERCHANT and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a new leader for the National…
Continue ReadingElon Musk signals Twitter’s headquarters may not stay in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk has hinted that Twitter might not keep its headquarters in San Francisco forever. Speaking virtually at the Wall…
Continue Reading2 US Senators promote closer Serbia-Kosovo ties in Balkans visit
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Two U.S. Senators are visiting the Balkans to promote European Union-backed negotiations…
Continue ReadingMan killed while helping ducklings safely cross busy California street
By SOPHIE AUSTIN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press ROCKLIN, Calif. (AP) — His family says it’s no surprise that Casey Rivara’s final act…
Continue ReadingCanadian appointee rejects probe into China election interference; opposition blasts decision
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian government appointee has rejected holding a public inquiry into leaked intelligence that…
Continue ReadingPlanned Parenthood moving money to affiliates, cutting national staff as abortion battle shifts
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and THALIA BEATY Associated Press Planned Parenthood is shifting funding to its state affiliates and cutting national office staff…
Continue ReadingWes Anderson on his new ’50s-set film ‘Asteroid City,’ AI and all those TikTok videos
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — When Wes Anderson comes down from Paris for the Cannes Film Festival in the south of France, he…
Continue ReadingMore than 30 women in Cameroon abducted by separatist fighters for protesting illegal taxes
By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s government says more than 30 women have been abducted by…
Continue ReadingTyphoon Mawar flips cars, cuts power on Guam as scope of damage emerges in US Pacific territory
By GRACE GARCES BORDALLO and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Powerful Typhoon Mawar smashed the U.S. territory of Guam and…
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