NFL-Trump Absent From Super Bowl but Wishes Teams Well
Feb. 8 By Frank Pingue U.S. President Donald Trump may not be attending the Super Bowl on Sunday between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots but he took time to wish both teams well hours before kickoff. Trump issued a presidential message in which…
Open-Source AI Models Vulnerable to Criminal Misuse, Researchers Warn
Jan. 29 By AJ Vicens Hackers and other criminals can easily commandeer computers operating open-source large language models outside the guardrails and constraints of the major artificial-intelligence platforms, creating security risks and vulnerabilities, researchers said on Thursday. Hackers could target the computers running the LLMs…
US Review of Alex Pretti Killing Does Not Mention Him Brandishing Firearm
Jan. 28 By Ted Hesson An initial U.S. government review of the fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti by immigration agents in Minneapolis made no mention of him brandishing a firearm, despite initial statements by Trump officials highlighting the weapon. A preliminary review by…
US ICE Agents Going to Winter Olympics Sparks Anger in Italy
Jan. 27 By Crispian Balmer and Alvise Armellini U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel will help protect U.S. delegations at next month’s Winter Olympics in Italy, causing a political uproar in the country. ICE and Border Patrol agents have come under heavy criticism over their…
US Businesses Break Their Silence After Latest Minnesota ICE Shooting
Jan. 26 By Siddharth Cavale and Ross Kerber After weeks of silence, corporate executives in the past 24 hours have spoken up about the heavy immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota after federal agents shot and killed a protester in Minneapolis over the weekend, the second…
Winter Storm, Sub-Freezing Cold Descend on US, From Rockies to Atlantic Coast
Jan. 23 By Rich McKay, Julia Harte and Steve Gorman Snow fell over parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas on Friday in a frosty prelude to a monster winter storm expected to converge with bitter Arctic cold and engulf much of the United States over…
US Airlines Issue Travel Waivers as Winter Storm Threatens Widespread Disruptions
Jan. 22 By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Doyinsola Oladipo U.S. airlines have rolled out sweeping travel waivers as a winter storm, forecast to spread heavy snow, sleet and dangerous ice across two dozen states, threatened to disrupt air travel across a wide swath of the…
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Faces Scrutiny Over Sexualized Images of Women and Minors
Jan. 2 By Olivia Le Poidevin Elon Musk’s xAI was under international scrutiny over allegations on Friday that it was filling its platform with sexualized, AI-generated images of women and minors. A Reuters review of content on X, xAI’s social media platform, found more than…
Tatiana Schlossberg, Granddaughter of JFK, Dies of Rare Form of Leukemia
Dec. 30 By Olivia Le Poidevin Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of the 35th U.S. president, John F. Kennedy, died on Tuesday after revealing in a November essay that she had been diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. She was 35. Her passing was announced by…
US to Pledge $2 Billion in Assistance for Those Facing Hunger, Disease in 2026
Dec. 29 By Olivia Le Poidevin The United States will pledge $2 billion in life-saving assistance to tens of millions of people facing hunger and disease in dozens of countries next year, the State Department said in a statement on Monday. The money will be…