People are using AI chatbots to decide who to vote for: NPR
This illustration shows people chatting with a robot, symbolizing the use of AI chatbots. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption I Getty Images Stay informed with our Politics newsletter, sent every week. One September evening, Adam Johnson, 40, sat on…
Christa Pike’s lawyers warned her execution would be ‘difficult and possibly cruel’ because of her veins | Death penalty
A former lawyer for Christa Pike said he was not surprised that Tennessee botched her execution attempt because lawyers had warned that problems accessing her veins could make the procedure dangerous and potentially cruel. James Crowson, who represented…
‘It’s clearly not working’: Sam Altman slams AI industry for political spending
CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman admits “something is clearly wrong” with the artificial intelligence money that flooded the midterm elections – and he doesn’t expect the president that of Donald Trump rebranding the technology to improve its…
Peace negotiations between the United States and Russia could now involve a multibillion-dollar Lukoil deal, the New York Times reports.
The Trump administration’s peace negotiations with the Kremlin now include discussions of a multibillion-dollar deal involving assets owned by Russian oil company Lukoil, the New York Times (NYT) reported on October 3. The newspaper reported that…
Report on the science of saunas: Consider this from NPR: NPR
Visitors enjoy a sauna at Bara Bastu, a unique festival celebrating sauna culture, in Stockholm, Sweden, May 17, 2025. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption I Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images For centuries, people…
Supreme Court Justice Alito ‘considering’ retirement
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., left, and his wife Martha-Ann Alito, pay their respects at the casket of the Rev. Billy Graham in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, February 28, 2018. Pablo Martinez Monsivais | P.A. Supreme…
Memorial motorcycle ride ends in crash on I-84, injuring about 15 people
CALDWELL, Idaho — About 15 people are hospitalized after a memorial run ended in a major crash on I-84 in Caldwell. According to a news release from the Idaho State Police, the crash happened around noon Saturday near mile marker 28. A group of…
Extreme heat warnings issued for parts of Southern California | California
The U.S. National Weather Service has issued extreme heat warnings for parts of Southern California, including Los Angeles, through Thursday as temperatures are expected to reach 30 degrees Celsius. Burbank, a suburb north of Los Angeles, recorded 39C on…
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to trio for technique to decode mysteries of the brain
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists – Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel – for their work developing a technique to decode the inner workings of the brain. This method – known as…
Trump makes urgent call for daylight saving time as clocks soon go back
President Donald Trump is putting more pressure on Republicans as the clock prepares to turn back to November 1. In a social media post, Trump on Friday urged the Senate GOP to approve the stalled Sun Protection Act, which already passed the House in…