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Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. Trump and Congress are not rushing to act
The contrasting responses illustrate a yawning disconnect emerging between a tech sector warning of AI's existenti…
Trump appears on former fixer-turned-enemy Michael Cohen's radio show after detente
In an interview with CNN shortly before the radio interview aired, Cohen said he had resubmitted a pardon application to the White House that had been denied b…
The bond market swings back to worries and knocks US stocks lower
The bond market remains the center of the action after yields charged higher through the summer. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made a surprise move Wednesday that brought some temporary relief. His department sa…
Federal agents seize devices from ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell in sexual misconduct probe, AP source says
The US national debt now stands at $40 trillion
Kush Desai, a White House spokesman, said the Trump administration “has been focused on slashing waste, fraud, and abuse in federal spending while accelerating economic growth to get America’s debt-to-GDP ratio tre…
Telescope spies the fastest star in the Milky Way zipping around a black hole
Gillessen and colleagues uncovered the star in data collected by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Their find…
Forecasters warn another tropical system could be brewing southeast of Hawaii after Lala left 2 dead
It's too early to tell the exact location or potential wind, rain and storm surge impacts. However, “interests in the Hawaiian Islands should closely monitor t…
US stocks halt their slide after the Treasury Department moves to ease pressure from the bond market
The S&P 500 rose 0.3% and is on track for its first gain in four days after setting its all-time high last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 133 points, or 0.3%, as of 2:30 p.m. Eastern time, and the Na…
US school vaccination rates inch down yet again and exemptions reach record high
Flooding risk remains as storms move from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic
South of Indianapolis, officials in Madison Township said firefighters and others rescued 10 people from their homes Sunday night. Others had to be rescued fro…
Hayden Panettiere, who starred in ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 36
The television and film performer, who would have turned 37 on Friday, had been open about her private battles and wrote at length about them in the memoir, “T…
Muddy cleanup ahead as Tropical Storm Lala moves west of Hawaii
There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect for Hawaii on Monday as cleanup efforts were expected to begin, but life-threatening surf and rip current c…
At least 6 people have died from days of storms and record-setting flooding in Indiana
“This is obviously unexpected,” Jennings County Deputy Chief Cody Low told the local ABC affiliate. “There’s nothing we can say that is going to make it any be…
Lala is again a tropical storm, sending drenching rain and winds across the Hawaiian islands
At least one person died in a vehicle wreck in the South Point area of the Big Island, Gov. Josh Green said Saturday.
Police have arrested a 19-year-old in connection with Virginia State University shooting
Police and university officials have not identified any of the victims nor said if they are connected to the university.
FDA panel narrowly backs unapproved peptide drugs favored by RFK Jr. and wellness influencers
Across several votes, the panelists voted 8-6, with one abstention, in favor of putting the peptides on FDA’s list of substances considered safe for pharmacy compounding. If FDA follows that advice, telehealth comp…