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My first encounter with a Prop 65 warning was on the back of my TV. I was selling it on Facebook Marketplace, and when the buyer arrived to pick it up, he spotted a warning I had never noticed. “California Proposition 65 Warning: This product…
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of over 6,100 confirmed cases, the latest government data showed Wednesday, as the disease is spreading at an unprecedented speed, faster than efforts to track and slow it. Data from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed…
Iranian hackers have attempted cyberattacks on range of American infrastructure. Three Massachusetts incumbents win primary elections against much younger opponents. And the USS Lincoln arrives in Thailand after a record stint in the Middle East. Iranian hackers have targeted U.S. water systems, telecommunications, energy networks…
Pangram is an AI startup with 24 employees, headquartered above a Popeyes in Brooklyn. It has raised $13 million to date—about 0.0072 percent of what OpenAI has—and was virtually unknown until earlier this year. But if Pangram is to be believed, it’s the one force…
WASHINGTON — Vying to become House speaker in a few months, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries outlined four items on the agenda that he said would enjoy “uniform Democratic support” and advance the party’s goal of “making life more affordable.” The first two were about healthcare,…
Apple changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on the web version of its Apple Maps following U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the lake. The move by Apple on Tuesday followed a decision by Alphabet late on Saturday to change the…
Talking Heads frontman wrote and performs “Let Me Sell You a Dream,” co-written with Oscar-nominated composer Daniel Pemberton, for Alex Gibney’s 235-minute documentary David Byrne wrote a song about the world’s richest man. The Talking Heads frontman wrote and performed an original song for “Musk,”…
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming’s harms. So now the world must figure out how to get temperatures below the danger…
BRUSSELS — A Belgian mayor is refusing to let his city host Israeli club Hapoel Beer-Sheva for a Europa League game, meaning Union Saint-Gilloise will need to find a new venue for the match. Union is due to host the Israeli champion on Oct. 22…
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — The former Tropical Storm Edouard weakened into a depression Tuesday night while unleashing heavy rains and strong winds on parts of Texas, knocking out power to thousands, toppling trees and flooding roads. The storm downgraded hours after making landfall near the…