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NTSB chair slams House aviation bill as 'watered-down' after 67 deaths near Washington
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it’s misleading for members of the House to say their package of aviation safety reforms would address the recommendations that her agency made in January to prevent another midair collision like the one last year near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people.NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said the House bill’s “watered-down” requirements wouldn’t do enough to prevent a future tragedy, and wouldn’t be nearly as effective as a Senate bill that came up just one vote short of passing in the House earlier... Read More
Anthropic CEO says AI company 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow wider use of its technology.The maker of the AI chatbot Claude said in a statement that it’s not walking away from negotiations, but that new contract language received from the Defense Department “made virtually no progress on preventing Claude’s use for mass surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons.”
The Pentagon’s top spokesman has reiterated that the military wants to... Read More
Columbia student detained by ICE is abruptly released after Mamdani meets with Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal immigration authorities arrested a Columbia University student early Thursday, triggering protests on campus along with allegations that agents had entered the university-owned residence under false pretenses.Just hours after detaining student Ellie Aghayeva, though, the federal government abruptly reversed course, permitting her to walk free after an apparent intervention by President Donald Trump.
In a social media post Thursday afternoon, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he expressed concerns about the arrest during an unrelated meeting with... Read More
Warner Bros. Discovery deems Paramount's takeover bid superior to Netflix deal
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix is declining to raise its offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, in a stunning move that effectively puts Paramount in a position to take over the fellow storied Hollywood giant.On Thursday, after Warner’s board announced that Skydance-owned Paramount’s offer was superior to the agreement it had previously struck with Netflix, the streaming giant said that at the price that would be required to buy Warner, a deal was “no longer financially attractive.”
Unlike Netflix’s bid, Paramount wants all of... Read More
Mom of a preemie crochets colorful yarn octopi for tiny tots at Detroit hospital NICU
DETROIT (AP) — Joelle Haley went into labor on Christmas Day, giving birth to a son two days later — premature at 24 weeks. In the soothing darkness of a Detroit hospital room a little something was missing for the newborn Kieran and his mom. Turns out that something was a colorful batch of soft yarn Haley would crochet into a small, tentacled octopus.For preemies in the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at DMC Hutzel Women’s Hospital, dozens of the cuddly, donated octopi get their attention and help keep small hands from grabbing and tugging on... Read More
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- Cuba says troops killed 4 after an armed speedboat opened fire near the island
- Anthropic CEO says AI company 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands
- Columbia student detained by ICE is abruptly released after Mamdani meets with Trump
- Warner Bros. Discovery deems Paramount's takeover bid superior to Netflix deal
- Crowds of Chicago mourners pay respects to Jesse Jackson at start of cross-country memorial services
- Young woman says she was on social media 'all day long' as a child in landmark addiction trial
- US and Iran wrap up latest nuclear talks without a deal as the risk of war looms
- The worst day for Nvidia's stock since last spring drags Wall Street lower
- US hockey player Brady Tkachuk slams White House TikTok as 'clearly fake' after anti-Canada slur
- Prosecutor claims that delayed charges against Abrego Garcia were 'extraordinary' but justified
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