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By Jasmine Wright and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday that it is “too early” to know whether the surge in migrants at the US southern border has peaked since the expiration of Title 42 last week. “The numbers we have experienced over the past few days are markedly down over
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By DAVID KLEPPER and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election. The synthetic images that emerged
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By CARLOS VALDEZ LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The municipality of La Paz, Bolivia, is using a small fleet of tiny electric cars to bring doctors to patients’ homes living in the suburbs of the capital city. The cars, which are the size of a golf cart and shaped like a box, move no faster
Continue Reading By DAVID KLEPPER and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election. The synthetic images that emerged
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool cleaned up from the Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday, as Sweden celebrated victory and Ukraine remained defiant after a night of Russian bombardment, including a strike on the hometown of the country’s competitors. Electronic duo Tvorchi represented Ukraine at the spectacular pan-continental pop competition on
Continue Reading By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH Associated Press When my mother died suddenly 30 years ago, I was 13. I’d spend the next 20 years attempting to understand what it means not to have a mother. And I did this basically alone. Mostly, this was because my mother’s parents, who raised me, were old-fashioned folks who lived
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) — A plant long used by Indigenous people for medicinal tea has been shown to be effective against the parasite that causes drug-resistant malaria. Labrador tea, which refers to three closely related shrub-like Rhododendron species, has been commonly used by First Nations
Continue ReadingBy Natasha O’Neill Click here for updates on this story Mississauga, Ont. (CTV Network) — A shortage of a powerful drug used in surgeries is impacting some Canadians who’ve been approved to use it for mental health treatment. The strong sedative ketamine, sold on the black market under other names like Special-K, is a fast-acting
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, llegó a Berlín, Alemania, para su primera visita al país desde la invasión de Rusia en febrero de 2021, y se reunió el domingo con el presidente de Alemania, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, al igual que con el canciller alemán Olaf Scholz. Zelensky tuiteó poco después
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Kostan Nechyporenko, CNN Russia’s air force may have just suffered one of its worst days since the Ukraine war began. Unconfirmed reports say that four of its aircraft were shot down within Russian territory, in what would mark a significant coup for Ukraine. There are conflicting accounts about how many planes
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By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Holed up at home during the pandemic lockdown three years ago, 13-year-old Shreya Nallamothu was scrolling through social media when she noticed a pattern: Children even younger than her were the stars — dancing, cracking one-liners and being generally adorable. “It seemed innocuous to me
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Holed up at home during the pandemic lockdown three years ago, 13-year-old Shreya Nallamothu was scrolling through social media when she noticed a pattern: Children even younger than her were the stars — dancing, cracking one-liners and being generally adorable. “It seemed innocuous to me
Continue Reading By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Holed up at home during the pandemic lockdown three years ago, 13-year-old Shreya Nallamothu was scrolling through social media when she noticed a pattern: Children even younger than her were the stars — dancing, cracking one-liners and being generally adorable. “It seemed innocuous to me
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CNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN April showers bring May flowers … and also college graduates. Commencement season is underway in the US, and for many newly minted adults, the prospect of supporting themselves for the first time can be somewhat terrifying. One way to calm those fears is to take control of
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN April showers bring May flowers … and also college graduates. Commencement season is underway in the US, and for many newly minted adults, the prospect of supporting themselves for the first time can be somewhat terrifying. One way to calm those fears is to take control of your
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A brawl broke out over nominations for Minneapolis City Council candidates, leaving at least two people injured, a newspaper reported. The scuffle arose during the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party’s endorsing convention for Minneapolis Ward 10, held Saturday at a magnet school in the city, the Star Tribune reported. Video posted on social media showed
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Officials in Thailand are counting votes in a general election that’s touted as a pivotal chance for change nine years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup. He is now running against the daughter of the politician who is the
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has an ambitious agenda when he sets off this week on an eight-day trip to the Indo-Pacific. He’s looking to tighten bonds with longtime allies, make history as the first sitting U.S. president to visit the tiny island state of Papua New Guinea and
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN Wall Street is eager to see the Federal Reserve wind down its aggressive rate-hiking cycle that’s battered markets and tested investor morale. Although a pause in interest rate hikes appears likely, cuts may be farther off than some believe. The stock market has stayed resilient this year after a brutal 2022
Continue Reading By DAVID KLEPPER and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election. The synthetic images that emerged
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