Today: October 09, 2024
Today: October 09, 2024

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Artificial intelligence is gaining state lawmakers' attention, and they have a lot of questions

As state lawmakers rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, they’re often focusing first on their own state governments before imposing restrictions on the private sector. Legislators are seeking ways to protect constituents from discrimination and other harms while not hindering cutting-edge advancements in medicine, science, business, education and more. “We’re starting with the government. We’re trying to set a good example,” Connecticut state Sen. James Maroney said during a floor debate in May. Connecticut plans to inventory all of its government systems using artificial intelligence by the end of 2023, posting the

Artificial intelligence is gaining state lawmakers' attention, and they have a lot of questions
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A judge has ruled Texas' abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications

A Texas judge ruled Friday the state’s abortion ban has proven too restrictive for women with serious pregnancy complications and must allow exceptions without doctors fearing the threat of criminal charges. The ruling is the first to undercut Texas’ law since it took effect in 2022 and delivers a major victory to abortion rights supporters, who see the case as a potential blueprint to weaken restrictions elsewhere that Republican-led states have rushed to implement. “For the first time in a long time, I cried for joy when I heard the news,” lead plaintiff Amanda Zurawski said

A judge has ruled Texas' abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications
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Anthony Davis, Lakers agree on a 3-year, $186 million extension

Anthony Davis is under contract to the Los Angeles Lakers for the next five seasons, after agreeing to an extension that comes with the highest per-season average salary in NBA history. Davis and the Lakers have agreed on a three-year, $186 million contract extension, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul said Friday. ESPN first reported that the Lakers and Davis struck the deal. At an average value of $62 million per season, the extension becomes the richest annual agreement in league history, surpassing the average of $60.8 million per season that Boston Celtics wing Jaylen Brown got

Anthony Davis, Lakers agree on a 3-year, $186 million extension
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49ers quarterback Brock Purdy feels 'normal' as he works is way back from elbow surgery

Brock Purdy knows the process of getting ready for the season after major elbow surgery in the offseason is a deliberate one with each day providing a new test. He got an unexpected one earlier this week when teammate Clelin Ferrell hit his surgically repaired throwing arm as he attempted a throw, knocking the ball out and causing San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan to “to hold my breath so I didn’t lose my mind.” For Purdy, it was just another play on his road back to being the starting quarterback. “I feel like as

49ers quarterback Brock Purdy feels 'normal' as he works is way back from elbow surgery
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Henley leads Wyndham again. Horschel, Thomas make moves to salvage their seasons

Russell Henley remained in a familiar spot with a 4-under 66 on Friday that gave him the lead at the Wyndham Championship for the fifth time in the last 10 rounds, just not the round that counts toward winning. Billy Horschel and Justin Thomas made late moves that could help salvage their seasons. The Wyndham Championship is the final PGA Tour stop before the lucrative postseason begins for the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup. Henley led the opening three rounds in 2021 before stumbling on the final nine and making bogey on the last

Henley leads Wyndham again. Horschel, Thomas make moves to salvage their seasons
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Scott Dixon can tie Kanaan's IndyCar consecutive starts streak in Nashville

Scott Dixon credits luck for being in position to put his name on another IndyCar Series milestone Sunday. If the defending champion of the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix starts the race around Nashville’s streets, Dixon will tie Tony Kanaan’s IndyCar record with his 318th consecutive start. “It’s difficult to do you know?” the six-time series champ said Friday. “You got to have a lot of things kind of go right for that to be possible.” Dixon could might soon have the consecutive start streak all to himself when IndyCar goes back to the Indianapolis

Scott Dixon can tie Kanaan's IndyCar consecutive starts streak in Nashville
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Alabama authorities charge Carlee Russell for fabricating story about kidnapping, finding toddler

Authorities in Alabama said Friday they filed criminal charges against a woman who confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of an interstate highway. Carlee Russell was charged with false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident, both misdemeanors that carry up to a year in jail, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said. Russell turned herself in to jail Friday and was released on bond, he said. “Her decisions that night created panic and alarm for citizens of our city

Alabama authorities charge Carlee Russell for fabricating story about kidnapping, finding toddler
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Icahn Enterprises halves quarterly dividend months after short-selling report, shares plunge

Months into the fallout from a damning short-selling report, shares for corporate raider and activist investor Carl Icahn’s conglomerate Icahn Enterprises plunged Friday after the firm halved its quarterly dividend. In sharing second-quarter financial results on Friday, Icahn Enterprises declared a distribution of $1 per depositary unit, representing a 12% annualized yield. That’s half of the firm’s previous $2 per unit payout. Its stock closed Friday down more than 23%. The quarterly divided slash comes months after a May 2 report from short-selling firm Hindenburg Research, which claimed that IEP has been using inflated asset valuations.

Icahn Enterprises halves quarterly dividend months after short-selling report, shares plunge
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Crowd overwhelms New York City's Union Square, tosses chairs, climbs on vehicles

Police in New York City are struggling to control a crowd of thousands of people who gathered in Manhattan’s Union Square for an internet personality’s supposed videogame console giveaway that got out of hand. Aerial TV news footage Friday showed a surging, tightly packed crowd climbing on vehicles, hurling chairs, throwing punches and scaling structures in the park. Shouting teenagers swung objects at car windows and ran through the streets. Traffic was blocked by the crowd on several streets. A growing number of police officers could be seen trying to control the gathering. Some people climbed

Crowd overwhelms New York City's Union Square, tosses chairs, climbs on vehicles
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Deshaun Watson moving forward heading into his first full season since his suspension

Deshaun Watson received a warm greeting from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, embraced Aaron Rodgers and was all smiles at the Hall of Fame game. One year after Goodell and the NFL vigorously tried to suspend the three-time Pro Bowl quarterback a minimum of one season for alleged sexual misconduct before settling on 11 games, Watson is moving forward. He says he’s a changed person. Coaches and teammates have praised his leadership, work ethic and attitude. Media see a noticeable difference in his demeanor. All that’s been missing is obvious contrition. Watson didn’t show any when he

Deshaun Watson moving forward heading into his first full season since his suspension
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NFL response to congresswoman includes call for more federal attention to illegal gambling

The NFL has responded to a Nevada congresswoman’s inquiries about the league’s gambling policies with a detailed letter that includes a call for lawmakers and law enforcement to pay additional attention to illegal gambling and put more resources toward combating it. The NFL’s letter to U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, a Nevada Democrat who is co-chair of the bipartisan gaming caucus, highlights the league’s recent efforts to increase education for its approximately 17,000 players, coaches, team personnel and others about the league’s gambling rules. “There is no higher principle at the NFL than safeguarding the integrity of the game,” NFL vice

NFL response to congresswoman includes call for more federal attention to illegal gambling
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New offshore wind power project proposed for New Jersey Shore, but this one's far out to sea

A German wind energy developer and a New York utility are teaming up to build another offshore wind power project off the New Jersey coast. But this project would be more than twice as far out to sea as others that have drawn the ire of residents who don’t want to see windmills on the horizon. Essen, Germany-based RWE and New York-based National Grid applied Friday to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities for permission to build a wind farm in the waters off Long Beach Island. Their joint venture is called Community Offshore

New offshore wind power project proposed for New Jersey Shore, but this one's far out to sea
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The buzz around Simone Biles' return is papable. The gymnastics star seems intent on tuning it out

Ignore the wedding band and it could have been 2019 for Simone Biles. Or 2016. Or 2014. Long before Tokyo. Long before the “twisties.” Long before two years off in which the gymnastics star took a step back, took a long look at the arc of her record-setting career and decided she wasn’t done. Not quite yet. There she was walking onto the floor at NOW Arena on Friday on the eve of the U.S. Classic, her first meet since winning bronze on balance beam at the delayed 2020 Olympics, a medal she called among

The buzz around Simone Biles' return is papable. The gymnastics star seems intent on tuning it out
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Ohio K-9 officer is charged with murder in the death of a 20-year-old Black man shot in his bed

A former K-9 officer has been indicted in Ohio on murder charges in the death of a Black man who was lying on his bed when he was shot by police trying to serve a warrant. Former Columbus police officer Ricky Anderson was also charged Friday with reckless homicide by a county grand jury in the death last year of 20-year-old Donovan Lewis. Attorney Rex Elliott, who represents Lewis’ family, said at a news conference Friday that Anderson had racked up more than 60 complaints of excessive force during his 30-year career with the Columbus Police

Ohio K-9 officer is charged with murder in the death of a 20-year-old Black man shot in his bed
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Saints' Kamara suspended for 3 games, apologizes for role in 2022 fight, thanks Goodell for meeting

Saints star running back Alvin Kamara and Colts defensive back Chris Lammons each have been suspended for three regular-season games by the NFL because of their involvement in a February 2022 fight in Las Vegas. The NFL released its decision on Friday, two days after Kamara was excused from training camp to meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell. Kamara and Lammons pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges last month in a deal with prosecutors in Las Vegas that avoided trial and potential jail time. Kamara has been one of New Orleans’ most productive players as a rusher

Saints' Kamara suspended for 3 games, apologizes for role in 2022 fight, thanks Goodell for meeting
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Chiefs hardly helping running backs wanting big deals with their budget backfield finds

The Kansas City Chiefs have been doing no favors to the Colts’ Jonathan Taylor, the Giants’ Saquon Barkley, the Raiders’ Josh Jacobs and every other running back that wants to get paid handsomely for what they do. The Chiefs have proven they can win with bargain finds in the backfield. Take last season, when the Chiefs won a seventh consecutive AFC West title and defeated the Eagles to win their second Super Bowl title in four years. Their leading rusher was seventh-round draft pick Isiah Pacheco in the first year of his paltry rookie contract,

Chiefs hardly helping running backs wanting big deals with their budget backfield finds
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Man who tried to enter Jewish school with a gun fired twice at a construction worker, police say

A Tennessee man who tried to enter a Jewish school with a gun fired shots at a construction worker there and later pointed his weapon at police before an officer wounded him on a residential street, authorities said Friday. Joel Bowman, 33, went to Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South school in Memphis on Monday and tried to get inside, but he was denied entry, police said on the day of the shooting. Class was not in session, but there were limited staff and construction workers there at the time. In an affidavit made public

Man who tried to enter Jewish school with a gun fired twice at a construction worker, police say
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Taiwanese microchip company agrees to more oversight of its Arizona plant construction

A Taiwanese microchip manufacturer building its first U.S. plant in Arizona has agreed to more scrutiny from the state when it comes to the safety of construction workers, Gov. Katie Hobbs said Friday. At a news conference held against the backdrop of ongoing construction at a site in north Phoenix, Hobbs announced that the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. facility and the state have signed a voluntary protection program. “Under this agreement, TSMC will adhere to requirements higher than those at the federal level,” the Democratic governor said. “These additional safety measures include greater transparency for workers, closer

Taiwanese microchip company agrees to more oversight of its Arizona plant construction
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No AP Psychology credit for Florida students after clash over teaching about gender

The first time the College Board bumped up against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s efforts to inject conservative ideals into education standards, it ultimately revamped the Advanced Placement course for African American studies, watering down curriculum on slavery reparations and the Black Lives Matter movement – and a nationwide backlash ensued. Now, faced with altering its AP Psychology course to comply with Florida’s limits on teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity, the nonprofit College Board is pushing back. It advised the state’s school districts Thursday to not offer the college-level course to Florida’s high school students unless

No AP Psychology credit for Florida students after clash over teaching about gender
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Former Falcons QB Matt Ryan brings twin sons along for training camp visit

Matt Ryan brought the No. 2 jersey back to the Atlanta Falcons’ training camp on Friday. This time, however, the jerseys were worn by Ryan’s 5-year-old twins, Johnny and Thomas. Ryan, the most accomplished quarterback in franchise history, returned as a sideline spectator, perhaps gathering notes for his new career as a TV analyst. Ryan played 14 seasons with Atlanta from 2008-2021 before he was granted his trade request and spent the 2022 season with Indianapolis. In May, Ryan joined CBS as an analyst. He did not retire as a player but is not with

Former Falcons QB Matt Ryan brings twin sons along for training camp visit
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Ethiopia's declaring a state of emergency in its Amhara region as local fighters clash with military

Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers is declaring a state of emergency in the country’s Amhara region after authorities pleaded for help as clashes intensify there between regional forces and the military. The prime minister’s office announced the decision on Friday after the region’s leader said regular law enforcement was no longer able to contain the violence. The declaration needs approval from Parliament. “The threat the activity is imposing on national security and public peace is increasing day by day,” the declaration said, noting severe economic damage as well and blaming “armed extremist groups.” Ethiopia’s second most populous

Ethiopia's declaring a state of emergency in its Amhara region as local fighters clash with military
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The UN cut their food aid this summer. These Palestinians now struggle to find their next meal

Except for a small bag of lentils and the orange juice she reserves for guests, there is no food in Ashwaq Abu al-Wafa’s house in the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Ever since the U.N. cut her food aid in June, she has fallen behind on rent. All her money now goes to feeding her three children, she said. “The fridge is empty,” al-Wafa said from her apartment on Thursday. “I can barely hold all of this stress in my heart.” Thousands of families like al-Wafa’s across the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip

The UN cut their food aid this summer. These Palestinians now struggle to find their next meal
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Suspect in Idaho student stabbings says he was out for a solo drive around the time of the slayings

The man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year was on a long drive by himself around the time of the deaths, his defense attorneys wrote in new court documents filed this week. Bryan Kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the Moscow, Idaho, university campus last November. He has exercised his right to remain silent during the court case, so a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf earlier this year. Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson has said

Suspect in Idaho student stabbings says he was out for a solo drive around the time of the slayings
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Big Ten talks with Ducks, Huskies uncertain, renewing possibility of Pac-12 survival, AP sources say

Talks between the Big Ten and Oregon and Washington about the two schools switching conferences have become uncertain, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday, renewing the possibility the Pac-12 can survive after it appeared in danger of being poached into extinction. Athletic directors in Big Ten have not fully supported the potential expansion to the Pacific Northwest, according to the people who spoke on condition of anonymity because nothing was official and both the conferences and schools were not making their decisions public. Another person told AP that Big Ten presidents also scheduled to

Big Ten talks with Ducks, Huskies uncertain, renewing possibility of Pac-12 survival, AP sources say
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British scouts to leave South Korean Jamboree site after 100 participants suffer heat ailments

More than 4,000 British Scouts will leave the World Scout Jamboree at a campsite in South Korea and move into hotels this weekend, the U.K. Scout Association said Friday, as concerns grow after more than 100 participants were treated for heat-related ailments. The pullout of the Jamboree’s largest national contingent was announced hours after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol promised an “unlimited supply” of air-conditioned buses and refrigerator trucks to provide chilled water to the site in the southwestern town of Buan. South Korea has been grappling with one of its hottest summers in

British scouts to leave South Korean Jamboree site after 100 participants suffer heat ailments

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