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4 weeks ago
Regulators struggle to keep up with the fast-moving and complicated landscape of AI therapy apps
Illinois and Nevada have banned the use of AI to treat mental health.
4 weeks ago
Government shutdown draws closer as congressional leaders head to the White House
Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions.
4 weeks ago
Police remain on scene at burned out Michigan church after shooting and fire leave 4 dead, 8 wounded
Police officers walked amid the burned out ruins of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Michigan on Monday, a day after a former Marine opened fire during a crowded service, killing at least four people, then set the building ablaze.
4 weeks ago
Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black militant sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said.
1 month ago
Hegseth abruptly summons top military commanders to a meeting in Virginia next week
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned the military's top officers — hundreds of generals and admirals — to a base in northern Virginia for a sudden meeting next week, according to three people familiar with the matter.
1 month ago
Trump escalates retribution campaign with charges against Comey and threats against liberal groups
President Donald Trump's unprecedented retribution campaign against his perceived political enemies reached new heights as his Justice Department brought criminal charges against a longtime foe and he expanded his efforts to classify certain liberal groups as "domestic terrorist organizations."
1 month ago
Chicago area center in Trump’s immigration crackdown sparks complaints of inhumane conditions
Advocates say up to 200 people are being held there at a time, with some held up to five days in a space that doesn’t have showers or a cafeteria.
