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Feds accuse Rhode Island of warehousing kids with mental health, developmental disabilities 05/13/2024 07:36pm • BOSTON (AP) — Rhode Island violated the civil rights of hundreds of children with mental health or developmental disabilities by routinely and unnecessarily segregating them at Bradley Hospital, an acute-care psychiatric hospital, federal prosecutors said Monday. Zachary Cunha, U.S. Attorney for t Biden blocks Chinese-backed crypto mining firm from land ownership near Wyoming missile base 05/13/2024 06:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base, calling its proximity to the base a “national security risk.” The order forces the divestment of property operated as a cry A town in western Canada prepares for a possible 'last stand' as wildfires rage in British Columbia 05/13/2024 06:47pm • FORT NELSON, British Columbia (AP) — An intense wildfire could reach a town in western Canada this week, fire experts and officials warned, based on forecasts of winds that have fueled the out-of-control blaze, which has forced the evacuation of thousands of people. The British Columbia Wildfire S 'Giving a full story': An inside look at how AP African American Studies is taught at a Va. high school 05/13/2024 06:40pm • Standing in the front of his Lorton, Virginia, classroom in October, Sean Miller told his students that food would be a topic of conversation during the class period. He also said they would talk about the types of goods that emerged in ancient East and West Africa. Part of that would involve how New Jersey lawmakers pass overhaul of state's open records law 05/13/2024 06:01pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Over jeers of “shame” shouted from the gallery, New Jersey lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to overhaul the state's open public records law despite objections from civil rights groups and the state's press association. The Democrat-led Assembly and Senate passed the Russian assault opens new front, diverting Ukraine forces as Western aid trickles in 05/13/2024 05:48pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops were locked in intense battles with Ukrainian soldiers around the embattled town of Vovchansk in northeast Ukraine on Monday, pushing ahead with a ground offensive that opened a new front and put more pressure on overstretched Ukrainian forces. Moscow's renewed OpenAI launches GPTo, improving ChatGPT's text, visual and audio capabilities 05/13/2024 05:43pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI's latest update to its artificial intelligence model can mimic human cadences in its verbal responses and can even try to detect people's moods. The effect conjures up images of the 2013 Spike Jonze move “Her,” where the (human) main character falls in love with an A Kremlin shake-up of Russia's Defense Ministry comes at a key moment in the Ukraine war 05/13/2024 05:08pm • Standing in his dress uniform in the back of his Aurus convertible, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was driven around Red Square to review the troops during last week's Victory Day parade. It was to be his last inspection in that role. Over the weekend, President Vladimir Putin replaced Shoigu — th New Mexico to stand in for California as McConaughey stars in film about a 2018 deadly wildfire 05/13/2024 04:55pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is standing in for California in a new film as Jamie Lee Curtis’ production company and others tell the story of a bus driver and a school teacher who rescued students during the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history. The 2018 blaz Death toll up to 32 in South Africa building collapse but rescue efforts boosted by 1 more survivor 05/13/2024 04:42pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams in South Africa forged ahead Monday with efforts to find more survivors as the death toll rose to 32 a week after the collapse of an apartment building that was under construction Hopes were boosted over the weekend when one of the construction workers w Small, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the US auto industry 05/13/2024 04:23pm • LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S. electric vehi Small, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the US auto industry 05/13/2024 04:20pm • LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S.-made electric China and US envoys will hold the first top-level dialogue on artificial intelligence in Geneva 05/13/2024 04:15pm • GENEVA (AP) — High-level envoys from the United States and China are set to meet in Geneva on Tuesday for talks about artificial intelligence, including the risks of the fast-evolving technology and ways to set shared standards to manage it. The meeting, billed as an opening exchange of views, is GM's Cruise to start testing robotaxis in Phoenix area with human safety drivers on board 05/13/2024 03:02pm • DETROIT (AP) — General Motors' troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit said Monday it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board. Cruise said that during the testing, it will check the vehicles' performance against the company's “rigorous” safety and a Dr. Cyril Wecht, celebrity pathologist who argued more than 1 shooter killed JFK, dies at 93 05/13/2024 02:38pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dr. Cyril Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose biting cynicism and controversial positions on high-profile deaths such as President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination caught the attention of prosecutors and TV viewers alike, died Monday. He was 93. Wecht's death was announ