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How to avoid a Social Security cut? Lawmakers are floating ideas for what to do
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the few months they have left as senators, Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican Bill Cassidy have embarked on a mission to save tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries from a projected 22% cut in their benefits, starting in just six years.
It is one of the most perilous political efforts tha ... (full story)
Feds may end Ohio manufacturing program after audit cites $20.9 million in misspending
A longstanding, federally funded Ohio manufacturing program that provides job training and technology support to companies could be shut down for good if federal officials follow recommendations in a new audit.
In an audit released this week, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Inspector General faulted Ohio for po ... (full story)
FBI sets $25,000 minimum reward for dozens of unsolved Indian Country cases
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has established a minimum reward of $25,000 in cases where people went missing or were killed in Indian Country, part of a broader effort to address high rates of violence affecting Native American communities.
The new minimum applies to more than 50 unsolved hom ... (full story)
Workers in China worry over being replaced as they adapt to the growing impact of AI on jobs
HONG KONG (AP) — Computer programmer Fei Zhaojun's boss asked him if artificial intelligence could soon replace humans in coding jobs. Two weeks later, he was laid off from his job in Beijing, together with about 160 of his colleagues.
It's an increasingly common scenario as artificial intelligence, supported by government ... (full story)
As the Clancy case highlights postpartum psychosis, a mom stricken by it shares her story of hope
About two weeks after giving birth, Bridget María Chesterton was curled up on the bathroom floor, saying things that made little sense. Later, in the emergency room, she kept repeating, “What’s going on?” She’d lost touch with reality.
The family eventually learned that Chesterton had postpartum ps ... (full story)