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Iran says it receives US response to latest proposal as Washington pulls out of Iraq
BAGHDAD/DUBAI — Iran said on Wednesday it had received a U.S. response to its latest proposal to resurrect the collapsed ceasefire in the Gulf, days after President Donald Trump said he had rejected it.
More than 270 priests in Massachusetts abused children over decades, state probe finds
BOSTON — More than 270 Catholic clerics sexually abused nearly 1,000 children across three Massachusetts dioceses over decades, according to an investigative report the state’s attorney general released on Wednesday.
Senators will try to win approval of permanent Chinese car ban in November
WASHINGTON — The two U.S. senators backing a permanent legislative ban on Chinese vehicles in the U.S. will not seek approval until the Senate returns from recess in November, congressional aides said Wednesday.
FTC opens probe into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAI
The Federal Trade Commission is conducting an industry-wide probe into Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs to uncover the potential dangers their technology poses to consumers, a senior FTC official told Reuters on Wednesday.
US Senate blocks bill to address data center costs
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked legislation requiring state utility regulators to consider whether large electricity users, including data centers, should bear the incremental costs of power infrastructure built to serve them and thus ease the burden on…
FCC chair says government ads featuring Trump do not raise concerns
WASHINGTON — The chair of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday that taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump are not improper and do not raise any red flags.
Kristi Noem files for divorce after 34 years of marriage
Kristi Noem, the former South Dakota governor whom President Donald Trump fired as homeland security secretary in March, has filed for divorce from her husband, Bryon Noem, after 34 years of marriage, according to court records.
Pennsylvania reports fifth measles-associated death as outbreak grows
Pennsylvania health officials said on Wednesday a Lancaster County resident had died after contracting measles, raising the state’s death toll from the disease this year to five, all of whom were unvaccinated.
Watchdog finds no Fed misconduct in renovation; Trump calls for Powell’s resignation
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s Inspector General on Wednesday said it found no grounds for a criminal referral or evidence of administrative misconduct tied to cost overruns in a U.S. central bank renovation project.
Supreme Court sides with Tennessee to allow its first execution of a woman in 200 years
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Tennessee could proceed with its first execution of a woman in 200 years, clearing the way for Christa Pike to be put to death by lethal injection for murdering a schoolmate as an 18-year-old three decades ago.
News in brief for October 1
Fraternity says it acted quickly to expel Cornell members
AI could kill us all. And we’re surprised?
If artificial intelligence leads eventually—or suddenly—to the extinction of humankind, we can’t say we weren’t warned. Writers, scientists, academics and philosophers have been speculating since at least the middle of the 19th century about the possibility that our machines…