The leading AI industry voices rarely agree so when they do, its no wonder it captures attention. Anthropics Dario Amodei, OpenAIs Sam Altman, SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk and other prominent industry leaders have said in recent days that AIs development needs to slow down. The consensus came after an Anthropic researcher resigned with a dire...

They lead party tickets, star in campaign videos and appear in televised debates. They are Russians who have fought in Ukraine, and they feature prominently in this weeks parliamentary election. Election officials say nearly 200 candidates have served in Ukraine, and the Kremlin touts them as part of Russias true elite its effort to...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Peter Martin went missing two years ago from the Fond Du Lac reservation in Minnesota. His family hasn’t stopped looking, but they say the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs investigation into Martin’s disappearance has stalled since the agent assigned to the case left the role in early 2025. Theyve never...

NEW YORK (AP) 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...

LOS ANGELES (AP) NBC4 Los Angeles says its news helicopter crashed in the city, and officials say multiple people are dead.

State officials are asking a circuit court to review a state tax court ruling last month that struck down a first-of-its kind digital ad tax that was supposed to help fund Maryland education reform. Three tech companies that challenged the 2021 Maryland law  Apple, Google and Peacock TV won separate Maryland Tax Court rulings in August...

ATLANTA (AP) A Georgia judge has put on hold an execution scheduled for Wednesday, saying the condemned prisoner is entitled to a hearing on whether his sentence should be reduced under a new state law that allows victims of abuse to have their sentences reconsidered. Stacey Humphreys, 53, was convicted of malice murder in...

LOS ANGELES (AP) A helicopter crashed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, killing at least one person near a deadly bus crash, officials said. It was not immediately clear whether anyone had survived the helicopter crash. Were trying to determine how many patients were inside the helicopter, Capt. Branden Silverman, a spokesperson for the Los...

TOKYO (AP) Japans trade deficit totaled 1.1 trillion yen ($7 billion) last month as surging oil prices due to the conflicts in the Middle East sent the cost of imports soaring. It was the fourth straight month of red ink, according to the Finance Ministrys preliminary data Wednesday. Resource-poor Japanimports virtually all its oil....

LOS ANGELES (AP) A helicopter has crashed, killing at least one person, near the scene of a bus crash in Los Angeles.

A former youth minister for a Northern Virginia church was arrested and made an initial appearance in court Monday on federal charges of enticement of minors for illegal sexual activity and traveling with the intent to engage in illegal sexual activity with minors. According to court documents, Jeffrey Turner Taylor, 66, now of Milford, Ohio,...

NEW YORK (AP) A prominent animal rights group is planning to meet with a top fashion executive who was filmed physically restraining two protesters during an altercation at a New York runway show, an incident that stunned many in the fashion world. Moira Colley, senior director of media relations for People for the Ethical...

NEW YORK (AP) The intelligence services of the Russian Federation are plotting to carry out targeted killings in the United States and in European nations supporting Ukraine, federal authorities said Tuesday as they announced charges against five people who remain at large. An indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court said a network of the...

WASHINGTON (AP) Joseph Arminio wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Delaware’s at-large Congressional District.

WASHINGTON (AP) The House Oversight Committee voted Tuesday to recommend that billionaire Leon Black be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena for testimony in the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. Republicans and Democrats joined unanimously in the bipartisan vote after Black refused to appear this month for a sworn...

WASHINGTON (AP) Kathy Jennings wins Democratic nomination for attorney general in Delaware.

WASHINGTON (AP) Michael Katz wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Delaware.

WASHINGTON (AP) Chris Coons wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Delaware.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) A federal judge referred Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday for investigation into whether he broke the law while overseeing a post-conviction case. U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond disqualified Krasner and Assistant DA Matthew Stiegler from participating in the case involving ...

NEW YORK (AP) Photographer Chick Harrity, who documented the Vietnam War and eight sitting U.S. presidents for The Associated Press and U.S. News and World Report, has died. He was 87. Harrity took one of the best-known photographs of the Vietnam War, of a baby girl lying in a box alongside her brother in...

NEW DELHI (AP) Sanju Samson scored 57 off 22 balls as India beat Afghanistan by seven wickets to clinch their three-match T20 cricket series with a match to spare Tuesday. Samson hit four sixes and seven fours en route to his first half-century since this year’s T20 World Cup final where he was...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Ratings for the Emmy Awards were down nearly 10% from last year, with the viewer numbers dipping again after a couple of years of growth. About 6.7 million viewers tuned in to watch the 78th primetime Emmy Awards on NBC, according to data released Tuesday by the network. Widow’s Bay from...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed around the world last year, with Latin America accounting for 85% of the deaths as conflicts over land and natural resources continued to put Indigenous people and small-scale farmers at risk, according to a report released Wednesday. The annual report by environmental...

MADRID (AP) Carlos Esp scored in stoppage time after a nifty move by Jude Bellingham and an assist by Kylian Mbapp to help Real Madrid salvage a 3-2 win at Elche in the Spanish league after it relinquished a two-goal lead on Tuesday. Bellingham used a neat long touch to get past an opponent...

SINGAPORE (AP) SINGAPORE (AP) Trip.com Group Limited (TCOM) on Tuesday reported a loss of $363 million in its second quarter. The Singapore-based company said it had a loss of 57 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and stock option expense, came to $1.07 per share. The travel services company posted revenue...