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Month: September 2023

Pennsylvania state government will prepare to start using AI in its operations

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state government will prepare to use artificial intelligence in its operations, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said Wednesday, as states are increasingly trying to gauge the impact of AI and how to regulate it. Shapiro, speaking at a news conference at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, said his administration is convening

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South Korean leader warns Russia against weapons collaboration with the North

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — South Korea’s president sounded a warning to fellow world leaders about the recent communication and possible cooperation between North Korea and Russia. He said that any action by a permanent U.N. Security Council member to circumvent international norms would be dangerous and “paradoxical.” Speaking before

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Senate is set to confirm 3 military nominees but GOP senator still blocking hundreds of others

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised to confirm a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as Democrats try to maneuver around holds placed on nominations by Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville over Pentagon abortion policy. As Tuberville has blocked routine confirmations, Democrats have said for weeks that they

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Pennsylvania state government will prepare to start using AI in its operations

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state government will prepare to use artificial intelligence in its operations, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said Wednesday, as states are increasingly trying to gauge the impact of AI and how to regulate it. Shapiro, speaking at a news conference at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, said his administration is convening

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Suspects in Bronx day care overdose cases that left 1 child dead and 3 others sickened are believed to be drug distributors, federal source says

By Mark Morales, John Miller and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The suspects charged with murder at a Bronx day care center after several children were exposed to opioids are believed to be mid-level drug distributors, a federal law enforcement official told CNN. Grei Mendez, 36, and Carlisto Acevedo Brito, 41, face federal and state

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New Jersey fines PointsBet for 3 different types of sports betting violations

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Gambling regulators have fined the online sports betting company PointsBet $25,000, citing violations of New Jersey sports betting laws. Regulators said Wednesday that the violations included taking pre-match bets on soccer games that had already begun. The state Division of Gaming Enforcement also says the

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Takeaways from the combative House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Merrick Garland

By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans and Attorney General Merrick Garland clashed Wednesday at a testy hearing that offered a preview of the coming Republican impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden focused on allegations surrounding his son, Hunter Biden. Judiciary Committee Republicans peppered Garland with questions about the Justice Department investigation into Hunter

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Fact check: Jim Jordan makes false claims about Trump, Hunter Biden to begin hearing on handling of the federal cases against them

CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan made false claims in his opening remarks at a Wednesday hearing at which Jordan and other Republicans pressed Attorney General Merrick Garland about the Justice Department’s handling of investigations into former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden.

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Hemet man suspected of burglarizing Palm Desert business

A 35-year-old Hemet man has been arrested on suspicion of burglarizing a business in Palm Desert, authorities said.    The man was arrested Monday morning on suspicion of burglary, according to Sgt. Rovann Cleveland of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Cleveland said the Palm Desert station’s Special Enforcement Team, Business District Team and Burglary Suppression

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Azerbaijan launches operation against Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh

By Tim Lister, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Christian Edwards, Anna Chernova and Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — At least 200 people have been killed and over 400 others wounded in a military operation by Azerbaijan in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, according to an official in Armenian-controlled territory there. Azerbaijan’s defense ministry said Tuesday it had begun

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