Congolese army says it has foiled a coup. Self-exiled opposition leader threatens president (apnews.com)
Massive manhunt in France for prison-break gang that gunned down officers (apnews.com)
Town prepares for possible 'last stand' as wildfires rage in Western Canada (apnews.com)
Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize (apnews.com)
More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total (apnews.com)
Scientists say emissions from burning fuels like coal must ramp steeply down to protect Earth’s climate, yet there was an increase in electricity made from burning fossil fuels. China, India, Vietnam and Mexico were responsible for nearly all of the rise....
Israeli forces take control of the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt (apnews.com)
Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads (apnews.com)
Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature. Biden expected to sign on Wed. (apnews.com)
Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom (apnews.com)
One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room...
US vetoes widely supported resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine (apnews.com)
Disneyland performers file petition to form labor union (apnews.com)
Oldest living conjoined twins, Lori and George Schappell, die at 62 (apnews.com)
783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19% of its food, UN says (apnews.com)
New Clean Air Rule (apnews.com)
E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn't keeping pace, UN says (apnews.com)
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An AI robot is spotting sick tulips to slow the spread of disease through Dutch bulb fields (apnews.com)
The first 'cyberflasher' is convicted under England's new law and gets more than 5 years in prison (apnews.com)
A sex offender is the first person in England and Wales to be convicted under a new cyber-flashing law. He has been sentenced to more than five years in prison....
Europe's world-first AI rules get final approval from lawmakers (apnews.com)
Microsoft says it hasn't been able to shake Russian state hackers (apnews.com)
EU regulators question Apple after it blocks Epic Games app store (apnews.com)
European Union regulators said they want to question Apple over accusations that it blocked video game company Epic Games from setting up its own app store, in a possible violation of digital rules that took effect in the 27-nation bloc Thursday....
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity (apnews.com)
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.
Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them (apnews.com)
Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them::Kids are on their phones in classrooms across American, even when school rules forbid it. More states want to ban them.
Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes 'overcompensate' for diversity (apnews.com)
Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes 'overcompensate' for diversity::Google apologized Friday for its faulty rollout of a new artificial intelligence image-generator, acknowledging that in some cases the tool would “overcompensate” in seeking a diverse range of people even when such a range didn’t make sense.
Americans reporting nationwide cellular outages from AT&T, Cricket Wireless and other providers (apnews.com)
Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont (apnews.com)
Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont::The Biden administration says that the government would provide $1.5 billion to the computer chip company GlobalFoundries to expand its domestic production in New York and Vermont.
