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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…
Microsoft's best day since 2008 leads US stocks
Perhaps just as importantly for Wall Street, Microsoft did not announce a big increase in how much it plans to spend on AI investments, something that several other Big Tech rivals have done. Worries are high that …
US economy grows at a sluggish 1.5% in second-quarter with inflation remaining stubbornly high
A measure of the economy’s underlying strength – which strips out volatile government spending and trade numbers – looked good, expanding at a 3.9% annual pace…
Fed leaves interest rate unchanged but with 3 dissents as Warsh praises 'good family fight'
Inflation has been stuck above the central bank's 2% target for more than five years. The Iran war has generated uncertainty over the economic outlook and has driven energy prices higher, intensifying inflationary …
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Fauci declined to answer more than 100 times, injecting new drama into partisan di…
Busiest US death chamber: Florida executes 2 men in a day, including an octogenarian
Dominick Anthony Occhicone, the octogenarian, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke after a three-drug injection. His execution …
Wall Street's flip from AI to less-loved stocks accelerates, while oil prices keep easing
But worries are rising about whether such growth is sustainable. Big spenders on computer memory could pull back on their investments if AI does not produce as much profit or productivity as promised. Lower-cost AI…
Lindsey Graham eulogized as an 'American original' at services drawing world leaders in Washington
Trump is expected to deliver remarks in the afternoon at the cathedral, alongside Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity and other conservative leaders. Israel's Benj…
Judge rules singer D4vd must stand trial in killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez
Detective Corey Farrell of the Los Angeles Police Department, under questioning from the prosecution, read the texts that were obtained from warrants on Burke'…
At least 1 person has died as Texas flooding forces evacuations and rescues, governor says
The governor said there was “one loss of life” so far but did not specify where or when. More than 1,300 personnel were responding and have rescued well over 7…
Canadian wildfire smoke turns air hazardous in the US Midwest. Officials say stay inside
National Weather Service meteorologist Jake Petr said even if winds from the northwest clear skies as expected later this week, the smoky air could keep return…
Heavy rains keep drenching South Texas, tornado reported in San Antonio
In Kerr County, where catastrophic flooding last year killed more than 100 people, officials were in contact with summer camps and retreat centers near rising …
Heavy smoke from wildfires blankets the US Midwest and Northeast, prompting evacuations
In far northeastern Minnesota, rangers were trying to warn people that the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was closed Tuesday because about 17 fires caus…
Inflation cools more than expected in June as gas costs fall, underlying prices ease
The core figures suggest that the gas price spike from the Iran war, while it pushed up airfares and some other costs, hasn't so far led to broad-based, sustained inflation, economists said. “This reading is ver…
As cyclospora illnesses surge to a record, Michigan officials eye lettuce as a possible cause
Because of that commonality and because produce has been behind some past cyclospora outbreaks, Michigan officials advised consumers to buy whole heads of lett…
An experimental Alzheimer's drug shows promise targeting a different brain protein, new study shows
It’s not clear exactly what causes Alzheimer’s, which affects more than 7 million Americans and tens of millions worldwide. That sticky amyloid protein starts …