Pioneers on creating artificial intelligence are now saying the risk of AI is on par with a pandemic or nuclear war. They have signed a joint statement urging that mitigating this risk needs to be a global priority. Meanwhile, the budget deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy just passed the U.S….
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Pioneers on creating artificial intelligence are now saying the risk of AI is on par with a pandemic or nuclear war. They have signed a joint statement urging that mitigating this risk needs to be a global priority. Meanwhile, the budget deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy just passed the U.S….
Limo Company Manager Sentenced to at Least 5 Years for New York Crash That Killed 20
May 31, 2023
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SCHOHARIE, N.Y.—A former limousine company manager was sentenced Wednesday to at least five years in prison for his role in a crash that killed 20 people in rural New York. Nauman Hussain, 33, was convicted of manslaughter earlier this month after prosecutors argued that he intentionally failed to properly maintain an SUV-style stretch limo, which…
What’s Next After House Passes Debt Ceiling Deal
May 31, 2023
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation to suspend the nation’s debt limit through Jan. 1, 2025, despite vocal opposition on both sides of the aisle. The Fiscal Responsibility Act, a fiscal package put together by President Joe Biden, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), and their teams of negotiators, overwhelmingly cleared the lower chamber…
Some Amazon Employees Walk out in Seattle to Protest Climate, Office Policies
SEATTLE—Some Amazon.com Inc employees staged a walkout on Wednesday in protest of the e-commerce giant’s changes to its climate policy, layoffs and a return-to-office mandate. More than 100 people gathered in the afternoon by the Spheres, the glass-dome monument at the heart of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, according to a Reuters witness. “Emissions climbing. Time to…
‘Strive Harder’: Amazon Workers Protest Company’s Climate Impact, Return-to-Office Mandate
SEATTLE (AP) — Telling executives to “strive harder,” hundreds of corporate Amazon workers protested what they decried as the company’s lack of progress on climate goals and an inequitable return-to-office mandate during a lunchtime demonstration at its Seattle headquarters Wednesday. The protest came a week after Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting and a month after a…
Lawyers for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Suspect Admit He Carried out Deadliest US Antisemitic Attack
May 31, 2023
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PITTSBURGH—Robert Bowers carried out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history when he killed 11 people and injured seven others by storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find. On that, everyone agrees. Even though Bowers’ defense acknowledged at the outset of his federal trial Tuesday that he was the gunman, they hope…
Lawyers for Pittsburgh Synagogue Defendant Admit He Carried out Deadliest US Antisemitic Attack
May 31, 2023
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PITTSBURGH—Robert Bowers carried out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history when he killed 11 people and injured seven others by storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find. On that, everyone agrees. Even though Bowers’ defense acknowledged at the outset of his federal trial Tuesday that he was the gunman, they hope…
Stock Market Today: Wall Street Slips as Stocks Slump Worldwide
NEW YORK—Wall Street slipped as stocks slumped worldwide Wednesday on worries about the strength of the global economy and inflation. The S&P 500 fell 25.69, or 0.6 percent, to 4,179.83. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 134.51, or 0.4 percent, to 32,908.27, and the Nasdaq composite lost 82.14, or 0.6 percent, to 12,935.29. Stock markets…
US Ex-Pat Charged With Threatening to Kill Sen. Thom Tillis, Marines
May 31, 2023
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A U.S. citizen who has been living abroad in Thailand was arrested at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport last week in connection with threats made to assault and murder Republican North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis nearly two years ago. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had arrested and charged Eric Charles…
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