Border Patrol agents encountered 16 people who are on the FBI’s terror watch list attempting to enter the U.S. illegally at the southern border between ports of entry in April, according to Customs and Border…
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Mark Gietzen, a prominent Kansas pro-life activist who forced a recount in the state’s abortion referendum last year, was killed when his single-engine Cessna crashed in northern Nebraska. He was 69.Gietzen was the only person…
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President Biden is cutting his international trip short and will return to the U.S. for debt limit negotiations instead of visiting Papua New Guinea and Australia as initially planned. Biden will still leave Wednesday for…
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Riley Gaines tells Congress she was held for ransom at San Francisco State, unsure if she could leave safely
Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines told members of Congress on Tuesday that earlier last month, she was held against her will at San Francisco State University, with protesters demanding ransom for her release. Gaines shared…
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GOP senators press Federal Reserve on climate agenda amid record inflation, banking uncertainty
EXCLUSIVE: A coalition of nine Senate Republicans led by Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, sent a letter Wednesday morning to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, blasting the central bank for its climate agenda amid other pressing…
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Missouri’s emergency rule limiting gender transition treatments for minors and some adults was abruptly ended on Tuesday. ‘This emergency rule terminated effective May 16, 2023,’ the Missouri Secretary of State’s website read. The rule proposed…
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Language and cultural inclusivity for chatbots ‘very important’ to OpenAI’s mission, CEO says
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said language and cultural inclusivity are ‘very important’ to his company’s mission as it builds and trains powerful artificial intelligence systems. ‘We think this is really important,’ Altman told California Democratic…
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Senate warned of ‘perfect storm’ leading to emerging AI disaster: ‘Democracy itself is threatened’
Senators on Tuesday got the green light to impose significant federal regulation on artificial intelligence systems, not just from two industry giants, but from an AI expert who warned that the fate of the nation…
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Cherelle Parker, a Democrat with a long political history in Pennsylvania, won Philadelphia’s mayoral primary on Tuesday, likely setting her up as the city’s 100th mayor and the first woman to serve in the role.…
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Democratic Minnesota senators, holding firm despite only a one-vote majority, successfully passed sweeping gun control legislation in an effort to keep guns out of the hands of people in crisis and criminals. The public safety…