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A measure aimed at stemming the tide of corporate money in politics will be on the November ballot. Opponents say it violates a high court ruling.
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Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more effective.
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A.I. is already a powerful tool for scientific discovery. Now, some biomedical researchers are teaching it to do even more.
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It’s the only example of a dinosaur-era feather found within rock that wasn’t completely flattened through the centuries.
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Scientists discovered that brain-cell axons may not be smooth tubes as textbooks have shown for more than a century, but instead naturally resemble strings of tiny pearls. Those pearl-like structures can change with neural activity and may help control how quickly electrical signals travel through the brain.
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A pocket-sized, roughly $100 detector can reveal the invisible stream of cosmic particles constantly passing through Earth and even through our bodies. What began as a student physics project is now being used in major experiments, balloon missions, and potentially future spacecraft.
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The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department.
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Many countries blunted the most painful effects of the energy shock from the war in Iran. But prices remain elevated and risks are multiplying.
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Newly unsealed court documents show Microsoft employees discussing whether OpenAI was involved in the “largest theft of labor in human history.”
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The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found.
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Until the two countries can agree on what risks to worry about, cooperation is a distant dream.
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The department has pulled hundreds of agents from their regular duties to find noncitizens on the voter rolls, despite decades of evidence that widespread voter fraud is exceptionally rare in the United States.
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The administration argues that presidential papers are like those of Supreme Court justices.
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Black homeowners are paid less than white homeowners under a FEMA program, new research finds.
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The Democratic candidate for governor backed restrictions on disposal of fracking wastewater around a hard-hit town, and called for a “thorough investigation” of the dangers.
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The rapid development of the technology has worried industry leaders, some of whom called for a slowdown in development of artificial intelligence.
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There has been considerable debate over regulating the artificial intelligence industry, but much of that effort has stalled. Cecilia Kang, a technology reporter for The New York Times, explains why.
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“Alignment” is the science of teaching A.I. to do what is in line with human preferences, ethics and judgment. But, at times, the systems have gone rogue.
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A reader draws a parallel between ‘The Godfather’ film and today’s AI race.
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Executives at OpenAI and Microsoft acknowledged they could undermine their own content sources, according to a new filing in a New York Times copyright lawsuit.
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A national backlash against AI-enabled license-plate readers is uniting Trump country and progressive strongholds alike.
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The former transportation secretary spoke with The Atlantic ’s editor in chief about what comes next for Democrats should they win big in November.
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New supercomputer simulations suggest JWST’s puzzling Little Red Dots are rapidly growing black holes from the early Universe. Extreme radiation may have helped create unusually massive black hole seeds, while dense surrounding gas allowed them to grow dozens of times faster than black holes can today. The simulated objects closely resemble the Little Red Dots seen by Webb. If correct, they could solve the mystery of how enormous black holes formed so soon after the Big Bang.
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Ruling comes amid demolition threats by Donald Trump after being stymied from adding his name to centre A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to give at least 30 days’ notice before moving to demolish the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after the US president warned that it could be “ripped down”. The US district judge Christopher Cooper issued the order on Thursday after lawyers for the Democratic congresswoman Joyce Beatty submitted evidence of Trump’s comments and sought clarification over whether the building could be closed or bulldozed. Continue reading...
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President Trump ordered the Justice Department not to appeal a court ruling that loosened restrictions on firearms known as "gangster weapons," sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
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Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia needs to slow down its artificial intelligence use and create better security laws, the companies creating the technology have told the federal government. In a submission to an ongoing inquiry, OpenAI said national leaders had a responsibility to work with other countries to stop global security threats: Many of the most consequential risks will not stop at national borders, making international co-ordination increasingly important. Drivers deserve laws that are fair, clear and based on science. Police deserve laws that are workable and properly drafted. Patients deserve clarity about how their prescribed medication may affect their legal position. Continue reading...
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James Talarico and Abdul El-Sayed are ahead – but by a razor-thin margin, according to a new poll from Emerson College and The Hill Sign up for the US Breaking News email Maria Elvira Salazar, a Republican congresswoman from South Florida, made a rare public break with President Trump in a new ad, pushing back against Trump’s hardline immigration policy. “Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far,” Salazar said, speaking directly into the camera. Continue reading...
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The military and government say the risk of conflict is growing, but we may not be mentally ready for it
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Uranium project investment could mark a turning point in US-Niger and US-Canada relations.
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A spotted wildcat long mistaken for relatives has been identified as a new species in Bolivia.
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Shabana Mahmood says she wants to distinguish between far-right extremism and legitimate local concerns over asylum sites Shabana Mahmood has described the anti-asylum activist Daniel Thomas as “a far-right and outright racist” who will feel “the full force of the law” if his organisation commits crimes near contested asylum sites such as Piddington. In an interview with the Guardian, the home secretary also “wanted to reassure” concerned villagers that asylum seekers due to move in to a neighbouring former defence site would not “put pressure” on local resources because they would be given “self-contained facilities”. Continue reading...
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Government spending watchdog warns of price of keeping publicly owned firm in business Labour has been urged to lay out a credible plan for the future of British Steel, as the government spending watchdog warned of the “startling” costs of keeping the struggling manufacturer in business with no end in sight. British Steel was taken into public ownership in July to protect “the future of steel production”, 15 months after the government stepped in to prevent the closure of its steelworks in Scunthorpe and the loss of 4,000 jobs. Continue reading...
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OpenAI announced it had discovered six new instances of "concerning or unexpected" behavior by its artificial intelligence models. It follows repeated warnings about how rapid advances in AI threaten to outpace the ability to develop the tech safely. One of those warnings came from Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at Anthropic and OpenAI. Coxon joined Geoff Bennett to discuss his concerns.
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Using fossilized teeth, scientists have finally taken the T. rex's temperature — and it wasn't too different from our own.
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In our news wrap Thursday, a federal judge ordered that Kennedy Center officials provide a 30-day notice before making any significant physical changes to the building, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is welcoming a proposal that could see his country join the European Union as the bloc's first associate member and NASA discovered a massive, new crater on the Moon.
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A bill to impose sweeping new sanctions on Russia, and on countries using Russian energy, is now on its way to President Trump after the House overwhelmingly passed it Wednesday night. Congress also took action this week on data centers, college sports and the Iran war. Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.
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September 17 is Constitution Day, a commemoration of the founding document signed on that date in 1787. But for immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship, the path to naturalization has grown more difficult as the Trump administration has added new requirements and tightened vetting standards.Justice correspondent Ali Rogin reports.
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In his new book "Conspirator in Chief," historian Stephen F. Knott argues that there is a long history of those who occupy the Oval Office engaging in conspiracy theories. Knott joins "The Takeout" to discuss.
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Violence has spread across the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel launched the war in Iran. Qatar has spent months mediating between Iran and the U.S. while also being targeted by Iranian strikes. Nick Schifrin sat down with Dr. Majed al-Ansari, adviser to Qatar's prime minister, to discuss regional tensions and whether there is a way back to negotiations.
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In a rare rebuke, Republican Rep. Maria Salazar of Florida criticized President Trump's immigration policy in a new campaign ad, saying some of his enforcement efforts have "gone too far." CBS News political director Fin Gómez and Republican strategist Sarah Chamberlain join with analysis.
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In a new book, Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox is urging Americans to tone down violent political rhetoric and, in his own words, "stop shooting at each other." Cox joins "The Takeout" to discuss the issue and recent concerns about artificial intelligence threatening humanity.
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The Supreme Court this week closed the chapter on one of Trump's effort to dramatically overhaul of the nation's mail voting processes. But the case was just one example of the Republican president's numerous attempts to assert federal control over the upcoming midterms.
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Two years after Russia released Paul Whelan from a wrongful detention that lasted over five years, the Marine veteran is working with Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens of Michigan to try to make life easier for people like him upon their return to the U.S. Whelan and Stevens join "The Takeout" to unpack the proposed legislation.
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Russians vote for the first time since 2022. Can opposition parties challenge Putin-backed United Russia in this vote?
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Lawyers criticised mass arrests under emergency powers that allowed authorities to detain people without charge.
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Rare footage captured by researchers off Australia's Gold Coast suggests humpback whale mothers may experience grief when their calves die.
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The chancellor wants the Made in Europe programme to deepen ties with the UK "rather than erecting new barriers".
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Matt Bell said he initially supported Trump's policies but now feels he and other farmers were "sold a bill of goods" that there was a plan to "put America's farmers and ranchers first."
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