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Elon Musk threatens to reassign NPR’s Twitter account

Elon Musk threatened to reassign NPR’s Twitter account to “another company,” according to the non-profit news organization, in an ongoing spat between Musk and media groups since his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter last year. “So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR… Read More

Arrest made after manhunt for Texas massacre suspect

A day after the man suspected of massacring five of his neighbors in a Texas shooting was arrested, the sheriff says his wife has also been taken into custody. Divimara Lamar Nava, 53, wife of suspect Francisco Oropeza, was in custody in connection with the Friday night shooting, according to… Read More

I quit! Top Dem resigns amid Big Cannabis scandal

The Democrats have maintained a trifecta on Oregon’s state government for over a decade, but they’re starting to see threats to the stability of their rule. Last year, the state elected a Democrat governor by the smallest margin in over a decade. Now, Oregon’s second-highest ranking official is resigning amid… Read More

US students scored lower on history tests amid pandemic

Test scores in history and civics have declined slightly for eighth grade students in the U.S., according to results that show an increasing number of children lack a basic understanding of either subject. The scores were released Wednesday by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The same assessment reported in… Read More

West Virginia principal startled by bear in dumpster

A black bear gave a West Virginia principal quite the wake-up call when it emerged — growling and roaring — from a dumpster outside an elementary school. Zela Elementary School principal James Marsh was surprised to discover the bear had somehow managed to get inside the dumpster over the weekend… Read More

Karine Jean-Pierre’s lie completely backfires

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden’s administration announced its decision to snef 1,500 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border ahead of an expected surge in illegal immigrants awaiting the end of pandemic-era restrictions. But White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed Monday that illegal immigration was down by 90 percent — and… Read More

[Video] State senator makes shirtless vote during Zoom meeting

A Minnesota state senator became a reluctant star on social media after he voted shirtless while lying in bed during what should have been a routine legislative commission meeting. In a video streamed on YouTube, Republican Sen. Calvin Bahr, of East Bethel, can briefly be seen voting — with a… Read More

Late-night shows go dark as writers’ strike begins

Late-night TV shows including “The Tonight Show” and “The Daily Show” will begin airing reruns as unionized writers soured by Hollywood’s low pay in the streaming era went on strike Tuesday for the first time in 15 years. The labor dispute could have a cascading effect on TV and film… Read More

Researcher known as ‘godfather of A.I.’ just left Google

Sounding alarms about artificial intelligence has become a popular pastime in the ChatGPT era, taken up by high-profile figures as varied as industrialist Elon Musk, leftist intellectual Noam Chomsky and the 99-year-old retired statesman Henry Kissinger. But it’s the concerns of insiders in the AI research community that are attracting… Read More