- Top Stories
- US News
- International
- Sports
- Entertainment
- Business / Finance
- Health
- Science
- Technology
- Offbeat News
1/5
US military reaches deals with 7 tech companies to use their AI on classified systems
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Friday that it has reached deals with seven tech companies to use their artificial intelligence in its classified computer networks, allowing the military to tap into AI-powered capabilities to help it fight wars.Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Nvidia, OpenAI, Reflection and SpaceX will provide their resources to help “augment warfighter decision-making in complex operational environments,” the Defense Department said.
Notably absent from the list is AI company Anthropic, after its public dispute and legal fight with... Read More
Court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking mailing of prescriptions of mifepristone.A panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is requiring that the abortion pill be distributed only in-person at clinics.
“Every abortion facilitated by FDA’s action cancels Louisiana’s ban on medical abortions and undermines its policy that ‘every unborn child is human being from the moment of conception and is, therefore, a legal person,’” the ruling... Read More
After NASCAR's Greg Biffle and family died, police now think 'friends' stole from them
Less than a month after former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family died in a plane crash last year, investigators say two of their “friends” conspired to break into the empty home and took cash, guns and financial information in an attempt to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars.More than 40 search warrants have been issued, authorities in North Carolina say, focusing on a married couple who allegedly knew Biffle and his wife Cristina. The suspects did “a lot of planning in an attempt to make a financial gain” off their deaths, Iredell County Sheriff Darren The... Read More
Beep! Beep! Magic coach Jamahl Mosley's pregame media session interrupted by false alarms
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Evidently, the alarm system at Orlando's Kia Center did not want to hear any talk about the Magic potentially going to a Game 7 against the Detroit Pistons.The alarms began blaring in the arena during Magic coach Jamahl Mosley's pregame media availability in advance of Game 6 of the series on Friday night, doing so while he was being asked if injured forward Franz Wagner might be able to play in a Game 7.
And as that question was being asked, the horns started.
“That's not a good sign,” Mosley said.
Mosley went on to... Read More
Colleges continue cutting tennis programs to fund other sports and athlete payments
The NCAA men's and women's tennis tournaments opened Friday, and what should be a time of celebration for the sport has had a pall cast over it with more Division I schools announcing this week they would be dropping their programs because of the new financial realities in college athletics.Arkansas announced a week ago it would drop its men's and women's programs and Saint Louis followed Monday with the same announcement. Illinois State said Tuesday it would end its men's program, and North Dakota said Thursday it would shut down its men's and women's teams. Gardner-Webb... Read More
Top Stories
- Court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone
- Trump says a 'final proposal' to rescue Spirit Airlines is under consideration
- US military reaches deals with 7 tech companies to use their AI on classified systems
- Apple leads Wall Street to more records as oil prices pull back
- Redistricting battle intensifies in states after US Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act
- Ukraine says a strike hit Russian Black Sea oil terminal in Tuapse
- Trump's new pick for surgeon general has both praised and cringed at his administration
- Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with Iran's proposal to end the war
- Florida sheriff identifies body found in Tampa Bay as 2nd missing student from Bangladesh
- Trump says he'll place 25% tariff on autos from the EU, accusing it of not complying with trade deal
Weather for Buffalo, NY
Weather Search
Current Conditions
46° F
| Cloudy | |
| Wind | 2.8 mph |
| Humidity | 73 |
4 Day Forecast
|
|||
|
Saturday
Partly Sunny W/ Showers
46° / 34°
|
Sunday
Intermittent Clouds
52° / 47°
|
Monday
Showers
63° / 55°
|
Tuesday
Showers
63° / 43°
|
Stocks
Entertainment
- Gerry Conway, comic book writer who co-created Punisher character in Spider-Man, dies at 73
- Oscars organization expands international film eligibility, addresses AI in new rules
- The 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards are coming up. Here's who's nominated and how to watch
- Georg Baselitz, German artist known for provocation and upside-down paintings, dies at 88
Sports
- After NASCAR's Greg Biffle and family died, police now think 'friends' stole from them
- Beep! Beep! Magic coach Jamahl Mosley's pregame media session interrupted by false alarms
- Colleges continue cutting tennis programs to fund other sports and athlete payments
- Robusta is in the Kentucky Derby field, giving Cristian Torres the chance to ride