Deaths of students at the University of Mississippi cast spotlight on kratom

A drug task force in Mississippi is urging people to avoid kratom after authorities found packages of the substance while investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students. The ...

US government foots bill for television advertisement featuring Trump’s midterm messaging

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who is in line to chair the House Judiciary Committee if his party wins the ...

James Hagens ‘confidence level with Bruins growing

Only a few months have passed since James Hagens signed with the Bruins last spring, but Marco Sturm sees a different player already.

As the coding boom fades, computer science grads focus on AI skills in choppy job market

Computer science student Jack Zemke was getting nowhere despite sending out hundreds of job applications that mostly disappeared into the void — ignored. With his graduation from Tulane University ...

A (permanent) seat at the table of power: African leaders press UN for Security Council reform

“Every nation is sovereign and equal under the (U.N.) charter. Yet, on the gravest question of war and peace, five nations ...

Autonomous AI hacks raise thorny questions of legal accountability

The attacks have generated calls even from within the industry for greater oversight and regulation, spurred congressional inquiries and raised questions about whether a years-old legal framework ...

Chinese auto companies race ahead on EV technology, achieving 5-minute ultrafast charging

Chinese electric vehicles’ ultrafast charging is only getting faster. On Wednesday, Geely Auto unveiled technology that can charge an electric vehicle battery from 10% to 70% in just 4.5 minutes, a ...

New York sues prediction market Polymarket, calling it an unlicensed gambling operation

NEW YORK (AP) — New York sued the prediction market Polymarket on Thursday, arguing the platform is an unlicensed gambling ...

Melania Trump hosts China’s first lady for an outing that is watched for diplomacy and style

Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan on Thursday toured one of the largest Asian art museums in the United States, celebrating cultural ties between the U.S. and China during a high-profile diplomatic visit ...

Xi says 2 giant pandas from China will arrive in the coming days at Atlanta’s zoo

ATLANTA (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that two giant pandas from China will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days, bolstering a loan program that at one time had lapsed as part ...

ICE is wasting tens of millions of dollars on ‘uninformed’ detention projects, report finds

Congress gave ICE an unprecedented $45 billion to expand detention capacity last year as part of the Trump-backed One Big Beautiful Bill, but the agency still lacks a comprehensive strategic plan for ...

US cybersecurity agency releases election infrastructure plan 40 days before midterms

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s cybersecurity agency on Thursday released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days ...