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Spotify to slap ‘AI Persona’ badges on AI-generated artist profiles The platform will display the badge on banners and About sections in artist profiles, as well as in Search and on track rows across playlists.Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Spotify in New York on May 21.Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Spotify fileAug.…
Recent, sudden deaths of Black people in Mississippi provoke fear and doubtThe deaths of Tasia Fortune, Demartravion “Trey” Reed and Nolan Wells have reminded some of the racial violence that casts a shadow over Mississippi’s history.Listen to this article00:0000:00Trey Reed’s body was found hanging from a tree near the pickleball courts on his school’s campus…
Tiffany Haddish avoids more jail time by pleading guilty to drunken driving charge in GeorgiaAfter entering the plea by video, Haddish was placed on 12 months’ probation and told to avoid drugs and alcohol and complete a substance abuse evaluation.Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Tiffany Haddish appears via Zoom during her DUI trial…
Congo says 2,000 people have died in its Ebola outbreak, the fastest growing on recordThe grim toll comes nearly three months since the outbreak was declared on May 15. Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00A doctor tends to a patient in the red zone of the Ebola treatment centre of Rwampara General Reference…
Millions of pregnant women traveling more than an hour to the doctor, new report findsThe annual March of Dimes report shows little progress for women who live in maternity care deserts. Listen to this article00:0000:00At least 96 labor and delivery units closed nationwide from the beginning of 2025 to early this year.AleksandarNakic / Getty ImagesAug.…
Trump wants the MMR vaccine divided into three shots. Is that even possible?Immunizations against measles, mumps and rubella aren’t available as stand-alone shots. What’s more, experts say there’s no evidence to support breaking up the vaccine into three.Listen to this article00:0000:00The measles-mumps-rubella vaccine has been given for decades in the U.S. as a single shot.Joe…
Iran elevates hard-liners, signaling further confrontation with TrumpThe Islamic Republic’s absent supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, announced an overhaul of the country’s national security leadership that suggests a tougher approach at home and abroad.Listen to this article00:0000:00A mural of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei at Valiasr Square in central Tehran on Saturday.Atta Kenare / AFP via…
A catering truck, clandestine flight and ruse to protect TrumpThe president was spirited onto a military plane between Turkey and the U.K. last month amid security concerns relating to Iran.Listen to this article00:0000:00President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Aug 7.Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty ImagesAug. 11, 2026,…
The WNBA is bigger than ever. But the attention is on anything but basketball.Often-heated, broader cultural discussions about topics like race, gender and identity have followed the WNBA since it began 30 years ago — and that still remains the case.Listen to this article00:0000:00Justine Goode / NBC News; Getty ImagesAug. 11, 2026, 6:27 PM EDT…
ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocksCivil rights advocates expressed alarm, saying ICE officers already face criticism for their use of force with little oversight or accountability while enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00ICE agents in Minneapolis on Feb. 4. John Moore /…
