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Month: August 2024

Bloomberg apologizes for premature story on prisoner swap and disciplines the journalists involved

AP Media Writer Bloomberg News apologized and disciplined employees on Monday for prematurely publishing a story last week that revealed a prisoner exchange involving the United States and Russia that led to the release of detained American journalist Evan Gershkovich. Bloomberg’s story, released before the prisoners had actually been freed, violated the company’s ethical standards,

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Supreme Court rejects Missouri lawsuit to block Trump’s sentencing and gag order in New York hush money case

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an effort by Missouri’s Republican attorney general to lift a gag order and delay the sentencing of former President Donald Trump following his conviction in the New York hush money case. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey attempted to file the longshot suit against New York in early

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Elon Musk sues OpenAI, renewing claims ChatGPT-maker put profits before ‘the benefit of humanity’

AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk filed a lawsuit on Monday against OpenAI and two of its founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, renewing claims that the ChatGPT-maker betrayed its founding aims of benefiting the public good rather than pursuing profits. The lawsuit, filed in a Northern California federal court, called Musk’s

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Elon Musk sues OpenAI, renewing claims ChatGPT-maker put profits before ‘the benefit of humanity’

AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk filed a lawsuit on Monday against OpenAI and two of its founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, renewing claims that the ChatGPT-maker betrayed its founding aims of benefiting the public good rather than pursuing profits. The lawsuit, filed in a Northern California federal court, called Musk’s

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Hurricane damage will increase in surprising new places in the coming decades. See where it’s trending higher

By Ella Nilsen and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — As the planet warms, hurricanes are changing – they are getting stronger faster, bringing more flooding rain, pushing farther inland after they make landfall and tracking farther north in general. Those changes are exposing more people and properties to hurricanes’ damaging winds, according to a new

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Pandemic unemployment overpayments totaled $430M in Minnesota, report says

By Beret Leone Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — A new report shows Minnesota overpaid hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits during the pandemic. The state overpaid about $430 million in unemployment insurance during the pandemic, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The department said these claims

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Dozens of instructors at Massachusetts police academies have serious complaints against them, investigation shows

By Louisa Moller Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — There are questions about who is training new police officers after a WBZ-TV investigation found serious complaints against dozens of instructors at police academies in Massachusetts. 46 police instructors disciplined WBZ obtained the full list of 2,492 police officers who are

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