By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Some of the biggest names in tech are calling for artificial intelligence labs to stop the training of the most powerful AI systems for at least six months, citing “profound risks to society and humanity.” Elon Musk was among the dozens of tech leaders, professors and researchers who signed
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By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America A judge has ordered the U.S. government to resume oil and gas lease sales on federal lands in North Dakota. The order came Monday, even as a legal battle continues over the Biden administration’s decision to pause the leasing program two years ago in an effort to combat
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, California (KABC) — A suspect stole a CHP cruiser and led police on a high-speed chase through the Antelope Valley before fatally jumping out of the moving vehicle onto the 138 Freeway. After leaping from the cruiser at 45 mph, the suspect hit his
Continue Reading By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris sanitation workers are starting to clean up debris from a more than three-week-long strike, a day after the 10th nationwide anti-pension reform protest. The CGT union representing Paris sanitation workers said its members were returning to their jobs Wednesday in a suspension of the strike action
Continue ReadingBy Joseph S. Pete Click here for updates on this story WHITING, Indiana (The Times) — For years, the “millionaire’s club” met every morning in the corner booth of the White Castle at Indianapolis Boulevard and 119th Street in downtown Whiting. The men, far from millionaires but rich with a sense of humor, sidled into
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Recent rain and snowfall in California have dramatically changed conditions in many parts of the state. On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom eased drought emergency provisions that are no longer needed while maintaining others to support impacted communities statewide. The main change following Newsom’s announcement is the state will not require water agencies to be at
Continue ReadingBy Janelle Chavez, CNN Children who live with cats or dogs during fetal development and early infancy may be less likely than other kids to develop food allergies, according to a new study. The study, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One, analyzed data from over 65,000 children from Japan. It found that children exposed
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Un voraz incendio movilizó a los bomberos ayer a las 9 de la noche cuando inició el fuego en una estructura ubicada sobre la Avenida 72 cerca de la calle Polk en Thermal. Debido al denso humo que salía de la estructura y que afectaba la visibilidad cerraron un tramo de la Avenida 72; las
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El abogado de Distrito del Condado de Riverside declaro libres de culpa a dos oficiales de la policía de Indio que se involucraron por separado en dos incidentes mortales. El primero ocurrió el 10 de abril del 2019 cuando un agente respondió al reporte de un robo, después encontraron al sospechoso Anthony Santana quien estaba
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, Wednesday to attend a vigil honoring the lives lost in the mass shooting at The Covenant School. The first lady first made an unannounced stop to lay flowers at a memorial for the six victims near the Christian school. She slowly walked
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDER SHUR Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — Medicaid coverage for new mothers would be extended to a year after birth under a resurrected bipartisan proposal coming before the state Senate insurance committee for a hearing Wednesday. Among the few legislative measures supported both by anti-abortion groups
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Ayer en la corte el juez sentencio a 10 años en prisión a un sujeto de 29 Palms que fue declarado culpable de provocar un mortal accidente automovilístico en junio de 2022 cuando Michael Wright de 35 años conducía su auto bajo la influencia de marihuana e impacto un vehículo en el que iban dos
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Uno de los principales expertos del papa Francisco en prevención de abusos sexuales clericales, el sacerdote jesuita Hans Zollner, renunció a una comisión vaticana que combate el tema, citando problemas con el liderazgo del organismo, la transparencia financiera y la falta de claridad en la selección de los miembros de la junta.
Continue ReadingBy Ali Ingersoll Click here for updates on this story DURHAM, North Carolina (WRAL) — Interfaith leaders came together Tuesday night to discuss the increase in antisemitic incidents around the country and state and how people with varying beliefs can be allies. The conversation was held at St. Joseph AME Church at 2521 Fayetteville St.
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By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says global leaders are “turning the tide” in stemming a yearslong backslide of democratic institutions. At his second democracy summit on Wednesday, Biden looked to spotlight hopeful advancements over the past year despite Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine and U.S. tensions with China over
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday offered an optimistic outlook on the health of democracy worldwide, declaring that leaders are “turning the tide” in stemming a yearslong backslide of democratic institutions. Opening his second democracy summit, Biden looked to spotlight hopeful advancements over the past year despite Russia’s
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (WRAL) — North Carolina-based Braswell Family Farms will be providing over 30,000 hard-boiled and dyed eggs for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, which will take place on April 10. This is the second consecutive year that the Braswell team has
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the resolution that gave a green light for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, an effort to return a basic war power to Congress from the White House 20 years after an authorization many now say was a mistake. Iraqi deaths
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A seemingly relentless series of severe storms, likely with deadly tornadoes, are forecast to rip across parts of America’s Midwest and South over the next couple weeks, especially Friday, meteorologists said. An unusual weather pattern has set in, last week triggering the devastating tornado that hit Rolling Fork, Mississippi,
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — King Charles III has arrived in Germany for his first foreign trip as Britain’s monarch. The new king is hoping to cement his country’s improving the U.K.’s post-Brexit relations with Europe and to show he can win hearts and minds abroad like his mother
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