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Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 15 years in prison for 2006 sexual assault
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Sept. 23 to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a TV production assistant in 2006, capping a yearslong legal odyssey that a judge said cemented the disgraced movie mogul’s reputation as “the literal face of the #MeToo movement.”
The landmark New York p ... (full story)
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 just days away, he was considering moving back in with his parents when he got a break thanks to a group project he had worked ... (full story)
Takeaways from AP's report on expanded medical aid-in-dying laws
The practice of allowing a doctor to help terminally ill patients end their lives with medication has been legalized in recent years in several countries across the world.
In the U.S., New York and Illinois recently became the latest of 13 states to join an accelerating pace of legislation with this goal.
Pope Leo XIV has sa ... (full story)
EPA announces $93.4M plan to rid California Superfund site of dangerous chemicals
The EPA has released a 53-page, $93.4 million plan to remove dangerous chemicals from Richmond’s Heckathorn Superfund site, but community members who’ve long advocated for a more extensive cleanup aren’t impressed.
While there may be some aspects of the EPA’s United Heckathorn Superfund Site plan that the ... (full story)
A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at risk
For years, artificial intelligence researchers have warned of ways the technology could wipe out humanity: AI bots could design an unstoppable disease, unleash a nuclear war, or transform all of Earth into paper clip factories, as one thought experiment goes.
Debates inside the AI industry and beyond over the plausibility of the ... (full story)