A group of authors is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, alleging it committed “large-scale theft” in training its popular chatbot Claude on pirated copies of copyrighted books. While similar lawsuits […]
East Palestine residents want more time and information before deciding to accept $600M settlement
Some East Palestine, Ohio, residents want more time and more information before they have to decide by a deadline this week whether to accept their share of a $600 million […]
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch was trying to bounce back from HP fraud case before being lost at sea
Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, one of six people missing from a sunken yacht off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon Valley debacle that had tarnished his legacy […]
Betty Jean Hall, advocate who paved the way for women to enter coal mining workforce, dies at 78
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Betty Jean Hall, an Appalachian attorney and federal administrative judge who paved the way for women to enter the coal mining workforce, has died. She was 78. […]
DNC panel discussion of Gaza War serves as an olive branch of sorts
CHICAGO — The Democratic Party has been riven for months by the war in Gaza, giving rise to a protest movement that threatened President Joe Biden’s electoral coalition. But with […]
US intelligence officials say Iran is to blame for hack of Trump’s presidential campaign
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials said Monday that Iran is responsible for the hack of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. It was the first U.S. government attribution of responsibility for a […]
Federal government grants first floating offshore wind power research lease to Maine
PORTLAND, Maine — The federal government issued on Monday the nation’s first floating offshore wind research lease to the state of Maine, comprising about 23 square miles (60 square kilometers) […]
Judge allows transgender New Hampshire girl to play soccer as lawsuit challenges new law
CONCORD, N.H. — A federal judge temporarily cleared the way Monday for a transgender girl to play soccer for her high school team while she and another student challenge a […]
3 killed in Washington state house fire were also shot; victim’s husband wanted
CONCRETE, Wash. — Police are searching for a man in connection with the deaths of three people earlier this month who were killed in a house fire after they were […]
Biden takes inaugural flight in long-delayed new ‘Marine One’ helicopter
CHICAGO — President Joe Biden on Monday took his first flight aboard the modern VH-92A helicopter that serves as Marine One after years of delays to the program to replace […]