FBI announces it has dismantled global network of hacked computers used in major fraud scheme (www.cnn.com)
OpenAI launches a version of ChatGPT for businesses (www.cnn.com)
OpenAI is releasing a version of its buzzy ChatGPT tool specifically for businesses, the company announced Monday, as an AI arms race continues to ramp up throughout corporate America....
Idalia has strengthened into a hurricane as it moves toward Florida, where it is expected to make landfall with powerful winds and a life-threatening storm surge (www.cnn.com)
[Breaking news update, published at 5:02 a.m. ET]...
Climate change has ravaged India’s rice stock. Now its export ban could deepen a global food crisis (www.cnn.com)
Newly planted rice saplings have been underwater since July after torrential rain battered northern India, with landslides and flash floods sweeping through the region....
FEMA announces $3 billion for climate resiliency as time runs low for Congress to replenish its disaster fund (www.cnn.com)
In a record-breaking year of disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is announcing nearly $3 billion Monday for communities to build resiliency against climate change-fueled extreme weather....
[All Clear Issued, Suspect in Custody] University of North Carolina police respond to ‘an armed and dangerous person on or near campus’ (www.cnn.com)
Edit: AlertCarolina issued an all clear message at 4:15pm local time....
Covid-19 has changed and so has our immunity. Here’s how to think about risk from the virus now | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Experts say it’s less risky to catch Covid-19 than it used to be, but there are still good reasons not to treat it casually....
Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to intensify into a hurricane as it churns toward Florida’s Gulf Coast (www.cnn.com)
Tropical Storm Idalia is strengthening quickly as it churns toward Florida, threatening to hit as a major hurricane and bring heavy rains, floods and dangerous storm surge, according to the National Hurricane Center....
Fox News apologizes to Gold Star family after facing backlash over false story | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Fox News apologized Saturday to a Gold Star family for publishing a false story last month claiming that the family had to pay $60,000 to ship the remains of their fallen relative back from Afghanistan because the Pentagon refused to pay.
China is launching an ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on corruption in its health industry as economic woes pile up (www.cnn.com)
China has launched a sweeping anti-corruption campaign targeting its hospitals, pharmaceutical industry and insurance funds as it grapples with mounting economic challenges and long-standing public frustration about high costs in the behemoth health care sector....
NASA moves a step closer to supersonic passenger flights (www.cnn.com)
In July, Lockheed Martin completed the build of NASA’s X-59 test aircraft, which is designed to turn sonic booms into mere thumps, in the hope of making overland supersonic flight a possibility. Ground tests and a first test flight are planned for later in the year. NASA aims to have enough data to hand over to US regulators...
At least 7 people hurt in shooting that halted Boston parade, police say (www.cnn.com)
At least seven people were injured Saturday morning in a shooting that halted a popular Boston parade, police said....
Students, professors report chaos as semester begins at New College of Florida (www.cnn.com)
Months after what critics have decried as a conservative takeover at New College of Florida, students and professors say a sense of confusion and anxiety looms over the start of fall semester in Sarasota, Florida....
SpaceX, NASA launch four astronauts from four countries | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The SpaceX Crew-7 mission launched from Florida on Saturday morning, hosting one of the most internationally diverse astronaut crews to date, with members from the US, Japan, Russia and Denmark....
Man in jail for allegedly holding woman captive in makeshift dungeon caught trying to escape cell (www.cnn.com)
The Oregon man arrested for allegedly holding a woman captive in a makeshift cinder block dungeon was caught trying to escape jail, officials said....
Carlos Santana apologizes for anti-trans comments he made during a recent concert (www.cnn.com)
Carlos Santana faced criticism on Thursday when a video of the musician making anti-transgender comments during a concert in New Jersey in July resurfaced on social media....
Wildfires force southwestern Louisiana town to evacuate amid extreme drought (www.cnn.com)
A southwestern Louisiana town is under mandatory evacuation Thursday due to wildfires in the area as the state deals with extreme heat and a statewide burn ban....
Trump surrenders in Georgia election subversion case (www.cnn.com)
See the link for the long-awaited mugshot
Ukraine says it landed troops on the shores of Russian-occupied Crimea (www.cnn.com)
Ukrainian forces have carried out their most complex and ambitious operations to date against Russian military facilities in the occupied region of Crimea, officials in Kyiv have said....
Trump replaces top Georgia lawyer ahead of surrender (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump has replaced his top Georgia lawyer ahead of his surrender Thursday evening, sources tell CNN....
Extreme heat in US kills nearly 2 dozen cattle, forces evacuations from a nursing home and shuts down an ice cream parlor (www.cnn.com)
Nearly two dozen cattle died in Nebraska, more than 100 Missouri nursing home residents were evacuated and an ice cream shop in Iowa was forced to close as record-shattering heat engulfs more than 20 states.
Early testing suggests variant BA.2.86 has been detected in US wastewater, according to new CDC report (www.cnn.com)
South Carolina Supreme Court upholds 6-week abortion ban (www.cnn.com)
Former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell surrender in election subversion case (www.cnn.com)
Two of Donald Trump’s key election lawyers, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, surrendered Wednesday on charges in the Georgia election subversion case.
Ongoing shooting situation erupts in Pittsburgh during attempted eviction, officials say (www.cnn.com)
An “extremely active” shooting situation is ongoing in Pittsburgh after authorities attempted an eviction, city spokesperson Maria Montano said Wednesday....
