Banks’ growing reliance on chatbots to handle customer service tasks worries consumer watchdog
NEW YORK (AP) — Can you trust Erica, or Sandi or Amy to increasingly control parts of your financial life without giving you inaccurate information or sending money to the wrong place?
Too many people in NYC are stopped, searched and frisked illegally, federal monitor says
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s reliance on the tactic known as “stop and frisk” as part of a new initiative to combat gun violence is harming communities of color and running afoul of the law, a court-appointed federal monitor reported Monday.
Bluesky, championed by Jack Dorsey, was supposed to be Twitter 2.0. Can it succeed?
Bluesky, the internet’s hottest members-only spot at the moment, feels a bit like an exclusive club, populated by some Very Online folks, popular Twitter characters, and fed up ex-users of the Elon Musk-owned platform.
Why is it so smoky outside? Canada wildfires lead to air-quality alerts in northeastern...
Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside.
2 dead in shooting after high school graduation ceremony in Virginia capital
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two people were killed in a shooting after a high school graduation ceremony in Virginia’s capital, police said.
Detroit clerk who locked door before customers were shot will face trial
DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ordered a Detroit gas station clerk to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter, saying his decision to lock the door and then taunt an angry customer contributed to the fatal shooting of a bystander.
Merck sues federal government, calling plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices extortion
Merck is suing the federal government over a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, calling the program a sham equivalent to extortion.
Wheat prices jump following collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The collapse of a major dam in southern Ukraine sent global prices of wheat and corn higher early Tuesday.
Mother fatally shot by neighbor after dispute over playing children, sheriff says
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida mother was fatally shot through the front door of her neighbor’s home while her 9-year-old son stood next to her, a violent culmination of what police said was a 2½-year feud.
Hundreds of journalists strike to demand leadership change at biggest US newspaper chain
NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off the job Monday to demand an end to painful cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett, the country’s biggest newspaper chain.
