AP Technology Writer Apple is giving more people the chance to test a software update that will implant artificial intelligence into its virtual assistant Siri and automate a variety of tedious tasks on the latest iPhone coming out Friday. The free update was made available Thursday to an audience that has signed up to test
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Live from New York! It’s 50 seasons later for “SNL.” The landmark NBC sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” premiered Oct. 11, 1975, with drop-dead dark humor and pratfalls, George Carlin as host and not one but two musical guests: Billy Preston and Janis Ian. On Saturday nights,
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Mark Robinson, the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, made a series of inflammatory comments on a pornography website’s message board more than a decade ago, in which he referred to himself as a “black NAZI!” and expressed support for reinstating slavery, a CNN
Continue ReadingCNN By Dianne Gallagher and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Several top operatives on Republican Mark Robinson’s campaign for North Carolina governor have stepped down, just days after a CNN report uncovered inflammatory comments the candidate made on a porn website. Robinson’s campaign announced Sunday evening that general consultant and senior adviser Conrad Pogorzelski III, campaign manager Chris Rodriguez, finance director
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer who recently died from wounds he suffered when he was shot during a traffic stop earlier this year was eulogized as a dedicated public servant. Jaime Roman was shot June 22 in the city’s Kensington section and remained hospitalized until he died Sept. 10, Services for the 31-year-old
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is celebrating the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates by saying it shows that inflation has eased. He told the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., on Thursday that he wasn’t declaring victory, but the country had entered a new phase of its recovery from the pandemic.
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Cathedral City High School was placed on a brief lockout Thursday morning due to police activity in the area. The school was placed on a 10-minute lockout starting at 10:55 a.m. after school officials were notified by police, according to a text message sent out to parents. Police quickly detained a suspect nearby. The lockout
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Chargers (2-0) at Pittsburgh (2-0) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Steelers by 2 Series record: Steelers lead 24-11. Against the spread: Chargers 2-0, Steelers 2-0. Last meeting: Chargers beat Steelers 41-37 on Nov. 21, 2021, in Los Angeles. Last week: Chargers beat Panthers 26-3; Steelers beat Broncos 13-6. Chargers offense:
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Honduras say that an attempted prison break left two inmates dead and three injured. Officials said 72 prisoners took part in the attempted escape on Thursday from the men’s prison in the town of Tamara, near the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. They did not clarify how the casualties occurred.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the FBI said this week that Iran had tried to provide Democrats with material stolen from Donald Trump’s campaign, it was only the latest allegation of foreign interference with the U.S. election. The 2024 presidential campaign is encountering a spate of efforts by adversaries to weaken faith in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Hulu series “Tell Me Lies” is about a toxic relationship between two college students, played by Grace Van Patten and Jackson White. Executive producer and showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer says she loves writing about relationships and they’re vital to humanity. She says she’s very mindful of respecting the weight of early relationships on
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Described as “disgusting” with “horrifying” conditions, the detention center music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs now calls home is a far cry from the Miami and Los Angeles mansions he once lived in. “When he wakes up, he’s staring at cinder block painted white walls, as opposed to whatever the
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Preliminary reports from the National Transportation Safety Board say bad weather was noted near two Nebraska farm fields where small planes crashed minutes apart in August. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the two crashes happened on Aug. 26, within 50 minutes of each other. While the NTSB reports don’t yet cite
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A federal judge has partially sided with the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a now-imprisoned white Kansas City, Missouri, police detective. U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips ruled Wednesday that Eric DeValkenaere violated 26-year-old Cameron Lamb’s Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure. She said DeValkenaere did this
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over technology that matches buyers and sellers of online advertising must choose whether to believe what Google executives wrote or what they have said on the witness stand. The Justice Department is wrapping up its antitrust case against Google
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over technology that matches buyers and sellers of online advertising must choose whether to believe what Google executives wrote or what they have said on the witness stand. The Justice Department is wrapping up its antitrust case against Google
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A 12-year-old boy suspected of making criminal threats against a middle school in Jurupa Valley was taken into custody today. The 5000 block of 42nd Street underwent a thorough investigation on Sept. 12 around 9:45 a.m. by a Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station school resource deputy regarding a criminal threat, according to the Riverside County
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — It was a married couple who discovered remains that authorities believe were a man who opened fire on a Kentucky highway. The couple says the community’s concerns led them to spend days in rugged terrain looking for the shooter. Kentucky State Police credited Fred and Sheila McCoy with helping
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The state that handed former President Donald Trump one of his narrowest losses four years ago is immersed in election controversies even before the first ballots of this year’s presidential race are cast. Georgia Republicans say they are just trying to ensure the accuracy of the vote this November. Democrats
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Human remains have been recovered from an SUV that crashed into a liquid natural gas pipeline this week and caused an explosion and dayslong fire, police said Thursday – the day that the fire would eventually be extinguished. “The Deer Park Police Department was able to access the site
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