Category Archives: National
US begins study of possible rules to regulate AI like ChatGPT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration said Tuesday it is seeking public comments on potential accountability measures for artificial intelligence (AI) systems as questions loom about its imp...
Apr 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: ChatGPT logo is seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Louisville shooter legally purchased rifle - police
(Reuters) - The 23-year-old bank employee who shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday legally purchased the rifle, Louisville Police Chief Jacq...
Apr 11, 2023 View of barricade tape as police deploy at the scene of a mass shooting outside an Old National Bank branch near Slugger Field baseball stadium in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. April, 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean
UPDATE - Chicago to host 2024 U.S. Democratic National Convention
UPDATED 10:30 A.M. CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and his party selected Chicago to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention, tapping a large liberal city in the heart of the Midwest ...
Apr 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the Monterey Park shooting and his efforts to reduce gun violence at The Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley in Monterey Park, California, U.S., March 14, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Nashville board reinstates Black lawmaker expelled from Tennessee House
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -A Nashville-area county council on Monday voted to reinstate Representative Justin Jones to the Tennessee House of Representatives, reversing Republican lawmakers who o...
Apr 10, 2023 Representative Justin Jones leaves the Historic Metro Courthouse after being reinstated by the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County with 36-0 votes, after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel two Democratic members, representatives Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, outside the Historic Metro Courthouse in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
UPDATE: Virginia mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher charged
UPDATED 4:09 P.M. (Reuters) -A Virginia grand jury on Monday indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot an elementary school teacher in Newport News in January on felony child neglect and a fire...
Apr 10, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Durbin, judiciary committee, want investigation of Thomas' alleged wrongdoing
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Illinois' senior U.S. Senator is among those that are asking for a full investigation now that media reports claim Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas didn't disclose years of cru...
Apr 10, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: U.S. Postal Service seeks to hike stamp prices by 5.4%
UPDATED 4:10 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Monday said it was seeking approval to hike the price of first-class mail stamps to 66 cents from 63 cents. USPS won...
Apr 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A person enters a United States Postal Service (USPS) Post Office in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
UPDATE: US appeals Texas abortion pill ruling as states stockpile the drug
UPDATED 5:10 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government on Monday appealed a Texas judge's decision to suspend the Food and Drug Administration's 23-year-old approval of a key abortion drug, sayin...
Apr 10, 2023 A patient prepares to take mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion, at Women's Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico in Santa Teresa, U.S., January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
President Biden says he will run again in 2024 -NBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he plans to run for reelection in 2024 but was not prepared to announce it yet. "I plan on running ... but we're not prepared to announce...
Apr 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington from Raleigh-Durham International Airport, Morrisville, North Carolina, U.S., March 28, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Pfizer, hundreds of US drugmakers call for reversal of Texas abortion pill ruling
(Reuters) -Over 300 biotech and pharmaceutical industry executives, including Pfizer Inc CEO Albert Bourla, signed an open letter on Monday calling for reversal of a federal judge's decision to suspen...
Apr 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A pack of birth control pills is displayed in this illustration picture taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 11, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/Illustration
