Amid the United States’ war with Iran, an Iran-linked adversary used American-developed artificial intelligence to try to target U.S. naval forces, according to a report released by Anthropic last week. The group, which Anthropic did not identify but labeled a “threat actor,” used Claude AI to compile open-source information to identify U.S. naval positions and…
Pressure continues to mount for Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner to end his campaign after a former girlfriend accused him of sexual assault. Now, the Maine Democratic Party is accusing Platner’s camp of interfering with the process to select a new nominee if he does drop out. Fin Gómez reports. Source link
Attackers shot dead the husband of a Mexican councilwoman, with the gunfire also injuring the politician and her daughter, authorities reported Wednesday. Maria de Jesus Quijada, a ruling party councilor for the municipality of Tecate along the United States border, was shot at while traveling in a vehicle with her family on Tuesday afternoon. Quijada’s…
Two people, including a police officer, were killed Monday in a shooting in Montreal, police in the Canadian city said. The gunman was also killed. There was no immediate word on the motive of the attack, which took place in an area of the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood that has kosher restaurants and supermarkets frequented by Montreal’s…
Archaeologists at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a victim of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that smothered the city, offering a new way to understand one of history’s most famous natural disasters. The digital portrait represents an older…
Typhoon Bavi weakened Sunday to a tropical storm hours after making landfall in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, but was still bringing days of strong winds and heavy rain to parts of China. Its intensity continued to weaken as it moved northwestward across eastern China into the province of Anhui, according to China’s national weather center. Strong…
Salmon exposed to cocaine in the water swim longer distances than those that go without, according to a study released this week. Cocaine use is on the rise worldwide, with the U.N. reporting an estimated 25 million people used the stimulant in 2023 and the drug being increasingly found in waterways. Joint research released Monday…
The deaths of 15 elephants over the past month in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park have sparked an investigation, wildlife officials said Tuesday. The Kenya Wildlife Service said 10 of the pachyderms showed signs of partial paralysis before dying within two days, while the remaining five were found dead, with their carcasses partially consumed by scavengers….
Paige Thompson, a 33-year-old former Amazon employee from Seattle who has been charged by the FBI with stealing personal data belonging to more than 100 million Capital One customers, allegedly threatened an unidentified social media company. The company reported the threat, which was made in May, and Seattle police had made a report about it….
The following is the transcript of the interview with Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sept. 13, 2026. WEIJIA JIANG: We turn now to Utah Republican Governor Spencer Cox. His new book is titled “Off Ramp: How to be a Peacemaker in an Age of…
