7+ hour, 27+ min ago   (892+ words) LOS ANGELES – New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ultimately threaten humanity’s survival, and whether the companies developing the technology are doing enough to prevent…...

8+ hour, 12+ min ago   (344+ words) WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has agreed to a significant portion of a stringent ethics proposal that is part of broader cryptocurrency legislation headed for a key vote this week, according to three of the bill's main Republican authors. The sweeping…...

8+ hour, 26+ min ago   (869+ words) WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump had been hearing the message loud and clear for weeks about the sweeping cryptocurrency bill being written in the Senate: to get it across the line, he would have to agree to ethics provisions that apply…...

10+ hour, 17+ min ago   (779+ words) ISLAMABAD – A surge in Indonesia’s wood pellet and chip production is driving a new wave of deforestation, threatening the vast archipelago’s remaining tropical forests, vital biodiversity hot spots and the land of Indigenous peoples, according to new satellite analysis from…...

10+ hour, 30+ min ago   (298+ words) NEW YORK – The venerable newsmagazine “60 Minutes” opened its 59th season on CBS-TV on Sunday night with no direct mention of the turmoil and departures that have unfolded behind the scenes in recent months. Hosts waited until the show's end to acknowledge…...

12+ hour, 42+ min ago   (378+ words) VIENNA – The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization is not expected to attend the annual gathering of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s member nations in Vienna for the first time in years because he is banned from international travel, an…...

18+ hour, 28+ min ago   (128+ words) Darlene Superville And Jill Lawless DOONBEG – U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday at the close of a golf tournament in Ireland that he plans to remove a 15% tariff on Irish whiskey. Trump said during the trophy ceremony for the…...

19+ hour, 31+ min ago   (340+ words) MOGADISHU – Somalia's business community is seeking alternative shipping routes due to disruptions and security concerns around the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Strait of Hormuz after Iran-backed Houthis captured a key port city and an island, sending thousands of Yemenis…...

22+ hour, 47+ min ago   (423+ words) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A longtime Jacksonville soul food restaurant is back serving customers after a two-year closure, continuing a family legacy that began two decades ago. Austin’s Soul Food and Catering has reopened its doors on Jacksonville’s Northside, serving Southern favorites…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (293+ words) BEIJING – Beijing is banning the possession of drones within city limits in new rules announced Sunday that further tighten its regulations on drones, which already include a May ban on sales of the devices. The ban on possession will come…...