Artificial intelligence researchers said Friday they have deleted more than 2,000 web links to suspected child sexual abuse imagery from a database used to train popular AI image-generator tools. The […]
Measures to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska can appear on November ballot, official says
OMAHA, Neb. — A group seeking to legalize marijuana for medical use in Nebraska has gathered enough signatures to get the issue before voters in November, the state’s top election […]
Alabama anti-DEI law shuts Black Student Union office, queer resource center at flagship university
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — There was one major deciding factor in Cierra Gilliam’s decision about where to go to college. When she toured the University of Alabama’s flagship campus in Tuscaloosa, […]
IDs released but questions linger after family tragedy that ended on a bridge
KITTERY, Maine — A family of three had recently moved into a duplex in Troy, New Hampshire, before violence erupted with the father fatally shooting his wife and their 8-year-old […]
Florida state lawmaker indicted on felony charges related to private school
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Republican state representative in central Florida has been indicted on felony forgery charges related to her administration of a private Christian school that she helped run […]
Ex-election workers want Rudy Giuliani’s apartment, Yankees rings in push to collect $148M judgment
NEW YORK — Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani asked a court Friday to award them the cash-strapped former New York […]
New Hampshire’s highest court upholds policy supporting transgender students’ privacy
CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld a school district’s policy Friday that aims to support the privacy of transgender students, ruling that a mother who challenged it […]
Justices promise at least 5 weeks between backlogged executions in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s Supreme Court promised Friday it would wait at least five weeks between putting inmates to death as the state restarts its death chamber with up […]
Governor appoints ex-school board member recalled over book ban push to Nebraska’s library board
LINCOLN, Neb. — Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has appointed a new member to the Nebraska Library Commission — a former local school board member removed from office after trying […]
2 women charged in Lululemon shoplifting scheme in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — Two Minnesota women are charged with organizing thefts of several thousand dollars’ worth of merchandise from a Lululemon store in Minneapolis and then funneling the stolen goods through […]