The U.S. has launched retaliatory strikes on Iran after it said Iranian forces shot down an American Apache helicopter yesterday. President Donald Trump said the helicopter was patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz. Both American pilots were recovered safely. According to a post from U.S. Central Command, the strikes were “in response to yesterday’s downing […]
What happens when a corporation causes a fire that leaves nearly two dozen people dead? That’s a question that we could soon get an answer to in Southern California. New video appears to show lines from power company SoCal Edison caused the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles. That fire killed 19 people and destroyed nearly […]
President Donald Trump said the U.S. has an obligation to respond to Iran after he announced that the country shot down an American helicopter on Monday. In a post on Truth Social, the president said the strikes took down a U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz. Despite a ceasefire, […]
Feeling FOMO? Four of the United States’ biggest artificial intelligence companies have announced intentions to raise an unprecedented amount of money from the public in the past two months. And, as the leadership teams of those companies work to generate a “fear of missing out” — or, FOMO — among mom-and-pop investors, they’re making sure they […]
As gunshots rang out last year at a Minneapolis church during a back-to-school mass last August, journalists for the Minnesota Star Tribune flocked to the scene of terror. Courts reporter Jeff Day heard the mayhem at Annunciation Catholic Church from a nearby backyard, called 911 and rushed to the scene of the mass shooting, which […]
What would you do for money? What’s doing it worth? A new site offering bounty-type tasks in exchange for digital currency is banking on finding out. Pump.fun has unveiled a new service that lets people complete user-generated tasks in exchange for meme coins. The venture received criticism for being a “dystopian nightmare” and encouraging insider […]
A Texas teen who fatally stabbed a rival track athlete during a meet last year was convicted Tuesday of murder. Jurors rejected Karmelo Anthony’s claim that he stabbed Austin Metcalf in self-defense after a confrontation in Frisco, Texas, a Dallas suburb. The Associated Press reported that witnesses described a confrontation after Anthony refused to leave […]
A decade ago, Ziyad Al-Aly would have dismissed the idea that a routine viral infection could leave someone chronically ill months or years later. For much of modern medicine, infectious diseases and chronic illnesses occupied largely separate domains. Infections like influenza or COVID-19 were acute events; people became sick, recovered and moved on. Chronic diseases […]
Apple used its annual developers conference to unveil a rebuilt Siri and a broader slate of artificial intelligence features, placing the company’s AI ambitions front and center after months of criticism that rivals had moved faster and farther. Monday’s announcements in Cupertino, California, give Apple its clearest answer yet to the rapid advances made by […]
The company that helped kick off the AI boom is taking its first step toward Wall Street. OpenAI has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering, giving the company the option to go public after federal regulators review the filing. The company announced the filing on Monday but made it clear that a stock […]
