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EPA eliminates mention of fossil fuels in website on warming's causes. Scientists call it misleading 12/09/2025 04:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has removed any mention of fossil fuels — the main driver of global warming — from its popular online page explaining the causes of climate change. Now it only mentions natural phenomena, even though scientists calculate that nearly all of UK Sport launches AI app to try and protect athletes from social media abuse 12/04/2025 11:23am • LONDON (AP) — The British body that funds Olympic and Paralympic sports has launched an app powered by artificial intelligence to try and protect athletes from social media abuse. The app, called Social Protect, detects and removes abusive comments on social media in real time, UK Sport said on Th Ex-Missouri officer pleads guilty to searching women's phones for sexual photos during stops 12/03/2025 04:29pm • A former suburban St. Louis police officer admitted that over several months last year, he pulled over 20 women's vehicles and searched their phones for nude photos and videos. In a deal with federal prosecutors entered Tuesday, former Florissant Officer Julian Alcala pleaded guilty to 20 counts of Arizona attorney general sues Chinese online retailer Temu over data theft claims 12/03/2025 12:15pm • Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Tuesday that Arizona is the latest state to sue Temu and its parent company PDD Holdings Inc. over allegations that the Chinese online retailer is stealing customers’ data. Mayes said the app deceives customers about the quality of its low-cost produc Winter's first big snowstorm hits the Northeast as schools close and traffic slows 12/02/2025 06:11pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The first major storm of the winter covered parts of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic with snow and ice Tuesday, making roads hazardous, disrupting travel and closing schools as some areas braced for several inches of heavy snowfall. The storm could deliver up to a foot of sno Federal prosecutors say Afghan national made bomb threat on TikTok video in Texas 12/02/2025 12:11pm • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been charged with making threats online after authorities said a video showing him threatening to build a bomb, conduct a suicide attack and kill Americans was posted to TikTok and other social media sites. The charge against Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, an A India mandates pre-installation of government cyber safety app on all smartphones 12/02/2025 04:53am • NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s telecoms ministry has directed smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a government-run cybersecurity app on all new devices, according to a government order, raising concerns of data privacy and user consent in one of the largest handset markets in the world. The Minist Heavy snow predicted for Northeast as Midwest still struggles with Thanksgiving weather snarls 12/01/2025 06:25pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Black ice, snow showers and fog pestered post-holiday travelers in the Midwest on Monday while the Northeast geared up for its first major snowstorm of the season. More than 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) of snow fell at Chicago O’Hare International Airport this weekend, set Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challenge 11/26/2025 07:03am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government said young children will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a rights advocacy group on Wednesday challenging the world-first legislation in court. The Sydney-based Digital Freedom Project said it had filed a constitutio Basketball Australia joins with online safety platform to combat social media abuse 11/25/2025 09:41pm • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Basketball Australia and its men's and women's professional leagues announced on Wednesday an online safety platform to help athletes and teams protect themselves from social media abuse. The move couldn't come any sooner for Scott Roth, a former NBA player and assistant I'm a Psychiatrist. Here's What ChatGPT Can (and Can't) Do for Your Mental Health 11/24/2025 07:00pm • "If I'm not able to reach you, can I ask ChatGPT what to do?"It's a question that's coming up more often in my outpatient psychiatry practice. It's also a question I regularly consider as I lead work on assessing how digital health, including large language models (LLMs), shape mental health and wel Many hoped UN climate talks in Brazil would be historic. They may be remembered as a flop 11/23/2025 09:20am • This year’s U.N. climate conference in Brazil had many unique aspects that could have been part of an historic outcome. COP30, as it’s called, was hosted in Belem, a city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, a crucial regulator of climate and home to many Indigenous peoples who are both hit har UN climate deal increases money to countries hit by climate change, but no explicit fossil fuel plan 11/22/2025 08:08pm • BELEM, Brazil (AP) — United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement Saturday that pledged more funding for countries to adapt to the wrath of extreme weather. But the catch-all agreement doesn’t include explicit details to phase out fossil fuels or strengthen countries' inade Dispute over fossil fuel phaseout upsets UN climate talks, and overtime looks likely 11/21/2025 05:32pm • BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Several nations held firm Friday in blocking proposals in the final stages of this year's U.N. climate talks because they failed to explicitly cite the burning of fuels such as oil, gas and coal as causes of global warming, and the talks appeared certain to sprawl past a midni France will investigate Musk’s Grok chatbot after Holocaust denial claims 11/21/2025 09:40am • PARIS (AP) — France’s government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk 's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz, officials said. Grok, built by Musk's company xAI and integrated into his social