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Sensors can read your sweat and predict overheating. Here's why privacy advocates care 08/24/2024 12:07pm • On a hot summer day in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, dozens of men removed pipes, asbestos and hazardous waste while working to decontaminate a nuclear facility and prepare it for demolition. Dressed in head-to-toe coveralls and fitted with respirators, the crew members toiling in a building without power Surprise text focuses murder trial of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas reporter 08/22/2024 10:37pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A surprise text ended a prosecutor’s questioning Thursday of a former Las Vegas-area politician standing trial in the killing of a veteran investigative reporter, after a long day of sometimes rambling testimony during which the defendant declared that he never killed anyone. In Pakistan's top court withdraws part of ruling about Ahmadis' rights after Islamists vowed protests 08/22/2024 02:48pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday removed a controversial part of its recent verdict concerning minority Ahmadis, apparently yielding to criticism from religious groups and clerics who had threatened nationwide protests. The ruling was quickly praised by Islamists who had ea Georgia man who accused NBA star Dwight Howard of sexual assault drops suit 08/22/2024 01:52pm • LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man dropped his lawsuit accusing former NBA star Dwight Howard of sexual assault after attorneys for Howard alleged the man deleted text messages showing their encounter was consensual. Stephen Harper dismissed the case in a filing in Gwinnett County court on Tu Kennedy campaign's future in question as Trump allies lobby for endorsement 08/21/2024 10:03pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Close allies to Donald Trump are quietly urging independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to endorse the Republican nominee if he withdraws from the campaign for the White House as soon as this week. Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., along with former Fox News host Tu Attorney for far-right Oath Keepers extremist group pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges 08/21/2024 02:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney who represented the far-right Oath Keepers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a mob's Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, including members of the extremist group. Kellye SoRelle, who was general counsel for the antigovernment group and a cl French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon dies at 88 08/18/2024 12:10pm • PARIS (AP) — Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb around the world, died at age 88, French media reported. With his handsome looks and tender manner, the prolific actor was able to combine toughness with an ap Bangladeshi protesters attack supporters of ex-premier Hasina and harass journalists 08/15/2024 11:57pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Hundreds of student protesters and political activists in Bangladesh, armed with bamboo sticks, iron rods and pipes, on Thursday, assaulted supporters of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and prevented them from reaching the previous house of her father and assassina Matthew Perry's assistant among 5 people, including 2 doctors, charged in 'Friends' star's death 08/15/2024 09:24pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five people including his personal assistant and two doctors have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry's death in what prosecutors called a “broad underground criminal network” dedicated to getting the “Friends” star the powerful surgical anesthetic that killed One Tech Tip: Don't want chatbots using your conversations for AI training? Some let you opt out 08/15/2024 10:25am • LONDON (AP) — Be careful what you tell a chatbot. Your conversation might be used to improve the artificial intelligence system that it's built on. If you ask ChatGPT for advice about your embarrassing medical condition, beware that anything you disclose could be used to tweak OpenAI's algorithms Movie Review: Yep. They’re back! ‘Alien: Romulus’ introduces next-gen Xenomorph foe Cailee Spaeny 08/14/2024 03:00pm • “In space, no one can hear you scream,” went the tagline for the original “Alien” in 1979, a terrifying thought on multiple levels. There may indeed be a scientific rationale for a space scream to be inaudible, but isn't it scarier to simply realize nobody’s around to hear you? That was th Michigan's Sherrone Moore looks forward to release of text messages in sign-stealing investigation 08/13/2024 04:42pm • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan coach Sherrone Moore is taking over college football's winningest program and all the scrutiny that comes with it. Moore spoke with reporters on Tuesday for the first time since the NCAA alleged in a notice relating to its sign-stealing investigation that he violat An ex-Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper is charged with obstruction of justice 08/13/2024 04:37pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a weekly newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice and is accused of persuading a potential witness to withhold information from authorities when they later investigated his conduct. The single charge Lawyer for suspect in alleged plot against Taylor Swift concerts says allegations are exaggerated 08/13/2024 09:24am • VIENNA (AP) — A lawyer for the main suspect in an alleged plot to attack now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna said Tuesday that authorities' presentation of the case is exaggerated, and his client wouldn't have been able to carry out plans that the attorney described as “fantasies.” The Latest: Trump interview with Elon Musk on X plagued by glitches 08/12/2024 10:51pm • Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are painting much different pictures as they meet with voters on the campaign trail. Harris, by turns, is pushing “joy” — branding the Democratic ticket, which includes her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, “as joyful warrio