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Month: January 2024

White House orders Cabinet secretaries to notify when they can’t perform duties after Austin illness

By SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House chief of staff on Tuesday ordered Cabinet members or secretaries to notify his office if they ever can’t perform their duties, as the Biden administration, reeling from learning of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s surprise illness last week, mounts a policy

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Firefighters investigate cause of suspected gas explosion at historic Texas hotel that injured 21

By JAMIE STENGLE and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A full day after a massive explosion at a historic Fort Worth hotel, fire inspectors were still working to determine what caused the blast that shattered windows, littered the streets with debris and injured 21 people, leaving some hospitalized with concussions and

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California turns to AI to address traffic and road safety challenges

State officials are turning to artificial intelligence to find traffic and road safety solutions in California.  The California Department of Transportation is teaming up with other state agencies and asking for tech companies to propose generative AI tools that could help reduce traffic and collisions in California. Technology companies must propose their solutions by January

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