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Polo off Mexican coast is among 'the strongest storms ever' as Odalys becomes a hurricane
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Polo has grown into one of the most powerful Pacific cyclones in decades and was expected to skirt Mexico’s southwestern coast as a Category 5 storm, while Pacific system, Odalys, has strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane without threatening land.The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami on Tuesday night called Polo an “extremely dangerous” storm and forecast the system would turn sharply to the northwest before moving west-northwest over the next several days.
Early Wednesday, Polo was about 185 miles (300 kilometers)... Read More
Economic frustration tests Trumpâs standing with rural voters, new AP-KFF poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office, according to a new survey that points to economic frustration among a key group that has backed Trump and other Republicans in recent elections.The Associated Press, in partnership with KFF, polled more than 2,000 rural registered voters and found broadly negative views of the national and local economies, including among many Republicans. The costs of groceries, gas and healthcare rank as top pain points for the rural voters, who were... Read More
Iran downplays indirect talks with U.S., and other Mideast developments
Iran reiterated its conditions for ending more than seven months of war with the United States, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back against French President Emmanuel Macron's remarks about the occupied West Bank during the United Nations General Assembly.Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Tuesday. More coverage on the U.N. General Assembly is available here.
‘Nothing new’ in latest talks with US, Iran says
A spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday Iran had maintained its negotiating stance in talks... Read More
Trump says his ballroom will house a drone port. The Secret Service already has one next door
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's AI-fueled vision for a drone port he intends to install atop the new White House ballroom includes missile-bearing unmanned aerial vehicles and gun-toting troops, ostensibly to protect the 18-acre complex and the nation’s capital.A few hundred feet away, a drone port, run by the U.S. Secret Service and not the military, is already quietly operational. Equipped with cameras and sensors to scope out potential threats from a bird’s-eye view, the small UAVs stand on alert in four gray weatherproof boxes until deployed at officers'... Read More
Sen. Bernie Sanders unveils bill to ban artificial superintelligence and create Department of AI
Washington (AP) — Two leading progressive lawmakers, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar, are unveiling legislation Wednesday that would ban artificial superintelligence and create a federal agency to oversee advanced AI as some of the industry’s own leaders urge Congress to impose guardrails on the advancing technology.The bill, provided first to The Associated Press, would also pause advanced AI development until guidelines are implemented while creating the Department of Artificial Intelligence. Multiple employees at leading AI companies are endorsing the bill.
Top Stories
- Polo off Mexican coast is among 'the strongest storms ever' as Odalys becomes a hurricane
- Iran downplays indirect talks with U.S., and other Mideast developments
- Sen. Bernie Sanders unveils bill to ban artificial superintelligence and create Department of AI
- A mass shooting at a house party in South Africa kills 11, including a pregnant woman
- Russian attacks injure 7 across Ukraine and damage structures
- British Columbia leader calls snap election as premier tells voters to say âhell no to Trumpâ
- Senior NATO commander warns Putin is becoming more cavalier and open to risk as Ukraine war drags on
- This year, with shifting political winds, Canada gets more of the spotlight on the UN's stage
- Republicans dump cash into red states as they try to hold the line against Democrats in the midterms
- China's Xi kicks off state visit to Washington on Wednesday with a rare planeside welcome from Trump
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