Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other tech firms agree to AI safeguards set by the White House (apnews.com)
Murder trial of rapper YNW Melly ends in mistrial after jury deadlocks; retrial likely (apnews.com)
A deadlocked jury prompted a mistrial Saturday in the South Florida trial of rapper YNW Melly on charges that he murdered two of his friends five years ago.
Bolivia boosts lithium resources estimate, cementing spot as global leader (apnews.com)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The total of Bolivia’s confirmed lithium resources has increased 2 million tons to 23 million tons, the Andean country’s president said Thursday....
Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She'd be first woman on Joint Chiefs of Staff (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an unprecedented choice that, if she is confirmed, will make her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96 (apnews.com)
Judge: West Virginia can't require incarcerated atheist to participate in religious programming (apnews.com)
A federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that the state corrections agency can’t force an incarcerated atheist and secular humanist to participate in religiously-affiliated programming to be eligible for parole.
After decades of struggle in Israel, dozens of African Hebrew Israelites face deportation (apnews.com)
Jaguars associate strength coach Kevin Maxen comes out as gay in a first for US-based pro leagues (apnews.com)
Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96 (apnews.com)
Thousands in North Macedonia join Church protest against proposed laws on gender equality, identity (apnews.com)
The Senate Judiciary panel will consider ethics rules for the Supreme Court (apnews.com)
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on a new ethics code for the Supreme Court, an attempt to respond to recent revelations about justices’ interactions with wealthy donors and others. Republicans are strongly opposed, arguing the ethics bill could “destroy” the high court.
Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad ahead of Quran burning in Stockholm (apnews.com)
Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad ahead of planned Quran burning in Stockholm (apnews.com)
Protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire.
Exec tells first UN council meeting that big tech can't be trusted to guarantee AI safety (apnews.com)
Exec tells first UN council meeting that big tech can’t be trusted to guarantee AI safety::An artificial intelligence company executive told the first U.N. Security Council meeting on AI’s threats to global peace that the handful of big tech companies leading the race to commercialize AI can’t be trusted to guarantee the...
Russia’s Wagner mercenaries launch joint training with Belarusian military near Polish border (apnews.com)
Britain’s MI6 chief says his spies are using AI to disrupt flow of weapons to Russia (apnews.com)
Colorado teen accused of trying to go to Iraq to fight for the Islamic State group (apnews.com)
An 18-year-old from suburban Denver who allegedly planned to go to Iraq to fight for the Islamic State group was arrested last week as he tried to board a flight to Turkey.
Alaska man inadvertently films his own drowning on a glacial lake with helmet GoPro, officials say (apnews.com)
South Korea’s death toll from destructive rainstorm grows to 40 as workers search for survivors (apnews.com)
Panama Ex-President Martinelli is sentenced to 10 years in prison for money laundering (apnews.com)
Prosecutors said companies that had won lucrative government contracts during Martinelli’s presidency funneled money to a front company that was then used to purchase the publisher. The transactions involved a complex series of foreign money transfers totally $43 million. The front company collecting the money was called...
An American soldier is detained by North Korea after crossing its heavily armed border (apnews.com)
People evacuated, 5 sent to hospital after possible carbon monoxide exposure in Florida prison (apnews.com)
Trump's classified documents case set for first pretrial conference hearing before Judge Cannon (apnews.com)
A Florida judge who issued a court ruling last year that critics said was unduly favorable to Donald Trump is set to preside Tuesday over the first pretrial conference in his landmark criminal case concerning the mishandling of classified documents.
South Korea searches for missing people as death toll from downpours reaches 41 (apnews.com)
Russia halted a breakthrough wartime deal on Monday that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa and Asia where hunger is a growing threat (apnews.com)
