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Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump’s White House
WASHINGTON | Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address Thursday at a conference of an anti-vaccine activist group he once chaired, telling the hundreds in attendance that they had a friend in President Donald Trump’s White House. It was Kennedy’s first time appearing at the Children’s Health Defense conference […]
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Postal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting
WASHINGTON | The top official at the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court rejected his executive order this week. “There’s an injunction so we’re not doing anything,” postmaster […]
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Former Syrian official convicted of torture under Assad sentenced to 60 years in US prison
LOS ANGELES | A former Syrian military official convicted of torturing prisoners during the rule of former President Bashar Assad was sentenced Thursday to 60 years in a U.S. prison after a federal judge recounted the “unimaginably cruel” details of his abuse. A jury in March found Samir Ousman Alsheikh guilty on all six counts […]
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Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself
Anthropic’s Claude is helping the company develop the next, more intelligent version of the model, the artificial intelligence lab said in an announcement Thursday. Claude is leading 26% of Anthropic’s model research and development, which the company said means it can complete most of a given task “end-to-end from a high-level prompt” while still being […]
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Early voting begins in US midterm elections that could flip control of Congress
HENRICO, Va. | In-person voting for this year’s midterm elections began Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide which party they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues. Election administrators say they are prepared and confident the vote will be accurate […]
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Football: Late Patton field goal lifts Eaglecrest over Cherokee Trail in wild finish between unbeatens
Explosive plays, costly turnovers, huge momentum swings, pomp and circumstance, conference implications and a game-winning kick in the closing seconds all came into play Thursday night at Legacy Stadium when Eaglecrest secured a thrilling 29-27 Homecoming football win over Cherokee Trail.
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BIZ BRIEFCASE: 85 Degrees hit the 100 mark in Aurora on Parker Road as the fans celebrated
News for and about the business community in the greater Aurora region Read more US-Canada trade war further taxes small businesses as costs rise during the Iran war Read more Why Yemen’s Houthis have only grown stronger through years of war Read more OpenAI flags concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more […]
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US-Canada trade war further taxes small businesses as costs rise during the Iran war
NEW YORK | A trade war between the United States and Canada is making it more difficult and expensive for small businesses in the economically entwined countries to operate, according to business owners caught in the crossfire. Canada imposed reciprocal tariffs on about $20 billion (CA$27.6 billion) worth of U.S. goods last week after President […]
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Why Yemen’s Houthis have only grown stronger through years of war
At various times over the last decade, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Britain and Israel have carried out punishing air raids on Yemen’s Houthi rebels — only to see them grow even stronger. Now, as the Iran-backed Houthis advance on a key maritime chokepoint and strike Saudi oil facilities, rattling world […]
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OpenAI flags concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely
OpenAI has disclosed six reports of “unexpected or concerning” behavior in artificial-intelligence models as the debate on AI safety becomes increasingly heated. The AI company also said Wednesday it was introducing a new framework for tracking, probing and disclosing instances of what it called “misalignment,” including cases where AI models acted without authorization, coordinated with […]