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Google launches Gemini, upping the stakes in the global AI race 12/06/2023 04:32pm • Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways that's likely to intensify the debate about the technology���s potential promise and perils. The rollout will unfold in phases, with less sophisticated v Abandonan a ni��a hispana en un hospital de Texas, buscan a sus familiares 12/06/2023 04:09pm • Texas – El Departamento de la Familia y Protecci��n de Texas ya se encuentra en comunicaci��n con familiares de la peque��a Alejandra. La portavoz de la agencia dijo que agradecen la ayuda del p��blico para dar con la familia de la menor y que ��sta contin��a bajo el cuidado de la agencia. Facebook parent sued by New Mexico alleging it has failed to shield children from predators 12/06/2023 03:05pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� Facebook and Instagram fail to protect underage users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and let adults solicit pornographic imagery from them, New Mexico's attorney general alleges in a lawsuit that follows an undercover online investigation. ���Our investigation i A list of mass killings in the United States since January 12/06/2023 02:54pm • Another mass killing happened in the United States on Tuesday after authorities say one man killed six people and wounded three in a trail of attacks that stretched 80 miles (129 kilometers) between Austin and the San Antonio area. Texas authorities charged a man with capital murder Wednesday in the Connor Bedard is living up to the hype, but the Blackhawks remain one of the NHL's worst teams 12/06/2023 02:07pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Asked how he processes losing, Connor Bedard recalled one of his seasons with the Regina Pats ��� his junior hockey team in Canada. He didn't have to look back very far. After all, the rookie center just turned 18 in July. ���I remember my 16-year in Reg, we didn���t make playoffs a Cougar struck and killed near Minneapolis likely the one seen in home security video, expert says 12/06/2023 01:51pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A cougar that was struck and killed on an interstate highway in suburban Minneapolis Wednesday was more than likely the same animal captured on home security video sauntering across a driveway earlier this week, a Minnesota wildlife official said. An SUV struck the male cougar b WTOP's favorite books to read in 2023 12/06/2023 12:02pm • Searching for a must-read?��WTOP staff were asked what books they enjoyed most this year and which books they couldn't stop talking about. This article compiles seven written (and, in one case, illustrated) works, some of which weren't published in 2023, but are still worth being on your radar. F A grantmaker is betting a TV show for teen girls can help narrow the STEM gender gap 12/06/2023 10:39am • Dallas philanthropist Lyda Hill has devoted much of her giving to tackling social problems through science. Her Lyda Hill Philanthropies supports museums, basic research, and programs like National Geographic Explorers. Over the last few years, the grantmaker also has ventured into media production: Hanukkah message of light in darkness feels uniquely relevant to US Jews amid war, antisemitism 12/06/2023 08:06am • MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� Preparing for Hanukkah ��� Judaism���s celebration of finding light in the darkness ��� feels uniquely somber yet defiant this year for the diverse Jewish community in Miami-area towns that many consider a welcoming home for their faith. Even here, daily life for many Jews Former champion Wozniacki awarded one of the first wild cards for 2024 Australian Open 12/06/2023 04:37am • Former No. 1-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has been awarded one of the first wild cards for the 2024 Australian Open, and is planning on bringing her two young children to the scene of her biggest Grand Slam triumph. Wozniacki, the 2018 Australian Open women���s champion, and six Australian players were Generation after generation, Israeli prison marks a rite of passage for Palestinian boys 12/06/2023 04:27am • NABI SALEH, West Bank (AP) ��� For all Palestinian parents, Marwan Tamimi said, there comes a moment they realize they're powerless to protect their children. For the 48-year-old father of three, it came in June, when Israeli forces fired a large rubber bullet that struck the head of his eldest son, Generation after generation, Israeli prison marks a rite of passage for Palestinian boys 12/06/2023 04:26am • NABI SALEH, West Bank (AP) ��� For all Palestinian parents, Marwan Tamimi said, there comes a moment they realize they're powerless to protect their children. For the 48-year-old father of three, it came in June, when Israeli forces fired a large rubber bullet that struck the head of his eldest son, Bratt spoils Canucks��� comeback as Devils win ���Hughes Bowl��� 6-5 12/06/2023 03:17am • VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) ��� The New Jersey Devils won the battle of the Hughes brothers Tuesday night. Jesper Bratt scored his second goal of the night with 34 seconds left in the third period as the Devils defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6-5 in a nail-biting NHL game. Jack Hughes had a goal Memorials to victims of Maine's deadliest mass shooting to be displayed at museum 12/06/2023 02:53am • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) ��� Volunteers and city workers on Tuesday removed mementos, signs and other items that accumulated at the sites of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history, reflecting a change in season and a new chapter in the area's recovery. The handwritten signs, cards, bouquets and ot Taliban���s abusive education policies harm boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, rights group says 12/05/2023 08:34pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� The Taliban���s ���abusive��� educational policies are harming boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, according to a Human Rights Watch report published Wednesday. The Taliban have been globally condemned for banning girls and women from secondary school and university, but the rig