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One Tech Tip: Ready to go beyond Google? Here's how to use new generative AI search sites 02/17/2024 08:37am • LONDON (AP) — It's not just you. A lot people think Google searches are getting worse. And the rise of generative AI chatbots is giving people new and different ways to look up information. While Google has been the one-stop shop for decades — after all, we commonly call searches “googling” Here’s the latest on the investigation into the shooting at Joel Osteen’s megachurch 02/17/2024 08:29am • HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly a week after a woman opened fire at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen's Texas megachurch, there are still questions about a motive behind the attack and scrutiny on how a person with a record of criminal misdemeanors and a history of mental illness was able to obtain her weapons. 5-year-old migrant boy who got sick at a temporary Chicago shelter died from sepsis, autopsy shows 02/16/2024 09:19pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The cause of death for a 5-year-old Venezuelan boy who died in December after becoming ill at a temporary shelter for migrants in Chicago was sepsis and a bacterial infection that causes strep throat, an autopsy released Friday shows. Jean Carlos Martinez died Dec. 17 as a result of 'No evidence' Russia has decided what to do with emerging anti-satellite weapon, Biden says 02/16/2024 07:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday there was no sign Russia has decided to go ahead and deploy an emerging anti-satellite weapon, the disclosure of which has rattled Washington this week. The White House has confirmed that U.S. intelligence officials have information indicating Russ Biden praises 'Herculean efforts' to rebuild at the site of last February's Ohio train derailment 02/16/2024 07:47pm • EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday surveyed the federal cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after an explosive fire from a derailed train carrying hazardous chemicals, and saw up close the lingering hostility from victims still angry that he waited so long to v Incoming winter storm prompts GW Parkway closure, cancellation of school activities 02/16/2024 07:36pm • Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for the latest weather conditions. Get the latest closings and delays. Following a chilly week, the D.C. area can expect a bit more snow — and wind. Here’s what you need to know. The George Washington Memorial Parkway North North Carolina removes children from a nature therapy program's care amid a probe of a boy's death 02/16/2024 07:04pm • LAKE TOXAWAY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina health officials said Friday that they are removing all children from the care of a nature-based therapy program nearly two weeks after the death of a 12-year-old New York boy. The Department of Health and Human Services said in a news release that while it Science experiment gone wrong sends 18 students, teacher to Tennessee hospital 02/16/2024 05:30pm • GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — A science experiment gone wrong at a Tennessee elementary school sent 18 students and a teacher to the hospital on Friday, officials said. The third-graders at Vena Stuart Elementary in Gallatin were conducting science experiments with an outside presenter and several said t Alexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Putin’s fiercest foe, died in prison, Russia says 02/16/2024 05:11pm • Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. The stunning news — less than a Clippers coach Tyronn Lue fined $35,000 for saying officials at Golden State were 'cheating' 02/16/2024 04:26pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers coach Tyronn Lue has been fined $35,000 for publicly criticizing game officials and questioning their integrity. The NBA announced the fine Friday for Lue. The fine was related to the veteran coach's comments to his team Wednesday night after the Clippers' v Louisiana governor declares state of emergency due to police shortage 02/16/2024 03:46pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency due to a police officer shortage. Landry's executive order issued Thursday lifts limits on how many new employees Louisiana sheriffs can hire and on payroll increases for their departments. Landry, who previo What to do if you’re concerned you might be laid off — or if you’ve lost your job 02/16/2024 02:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Recent mass layoffs from technology and media companies, including eBay, Riot Games and the Los Angeles Times, might have you thinking about your job security. If you’re worried you could be laid off — or if you’ve lost your job — personal finance professionals and career Tribes in Washington are battling a devastating opioid crisis. Will a multimillion-dollar bill help? 02/16/2024 01:25pm • BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Evelyn Jefferson walks deep into a forest dotted with the tents of unhoused Lummi Nation tribal members and calls out names. When someone appears, she and a nurse hand out the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone. Jefferson, a tribal member herself, knows how crit FDA expands use of asthma drug Xolair to treat severe food allergies 02/16/2024 12:34pm • A medication used to treat asthma can now be used to help people with food allergies avoid severe reactions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday. Xolair, the brand name for the drug omalizumab, became the first medication approved to reduce allergic reactions caused by accidental expos Southern Israel was filled with blood and death. Brilliant red wildflowers now bloom among the ashes 02/16/2024 01:03am • REIM, Southern Israel (AP) — Each year as spring approaches, wildflowers erupt across Israel, a splash of color before the punishing Middle Eastern summer. Nowhere is the show more dramatic than in southern Israel, near Gaza, where brilliant red anemones burst forth with such intensity that rollin