U.S. scientist John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions that laid the foundation for machine learning, the award-giving body said Tuesday.
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 04:01:47 EDTHurricane Milton is now a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:14:07 EDTThe debate performance last week by Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, former President Donald Trump's Republican running mate, against his Democrat rival, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, helped to tighten the national race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 22:38:52 EDTHurricane Milton, the most dangerous storm to hit Tampa in a century, is expected to make landfall early Thursday morning, with authorities warning of life-threatening winds and storm surges.
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 22:15:45 EDTVice President Kamala Harris revealed during a "60 Minutes" interview that she owns a Glock and has fired it at a shooting range.
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:50:00 EDTFormer Florida Democrat Rep. Peter Deutsch announced on Monday that he is endorsing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for president, saying that "world peace" is the reason behind his support.
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:00:39 EDTOn Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case brought by parents who accused the Department of Justice of improperly using the FBI to target them for their opposition to school board curricula or policies, the Washsington Examiner reported.
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 22:07:52 EDTDemocrats in Congress are looking into certain cereal, beverage, and snack manufacturers and whether they have been shrinking package sizes while keeping prices the same, a practice known as "shrinkflation."
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 22:06:37 EDTA federal judge in California granted preliminary approval Monday to a $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players.
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:25:23 EDTThe Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions on an international Hamas fundraising network, accusing it of playing a critical role in external fundraising for the Palestinian militant group, an action marking the first anniversary of the Gaza war.
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:28:13 EDTThe largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States announced Monday that it was the victim of a cyberattack, prompting the firm to pause billing to customers.
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:03:58 EDTA judge has ruled in favor of the defendants to display a massive 100-foot wide "Vote for Trump" sign in Amsterdam, New York, the New York Post reported Monday.
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 20:38:48 EDTDeloitte executive Kevin Gallagher leaked a private conversation between himself and former President Donald Trump's running mate J.D. Vance to The Washington Post, sparking condemnation from the Trump camp, who are now taking aim at the consulting giant.
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:12:23 EDTPro-Palestinian activists gathered at Columbia University on Monday, marking the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:53:59 EDTVice President Kamala Harris' speech Monday at her Naval Observatory residence marking the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in Israel was met with loud protests, reports the Hill.
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:43:00 EDTNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will speed up steps toward becoming a military superpower with nuclear weapons and would not rule out using them if enemies attacked it, state media KCNA said on Tuesday.Kim made the comments in a speech on Monday at a...
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:15:46 EDTRepublican vice-presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, said a future Trump administration would defund Planned Parenthood."On the question of defunding Planned Parenthood, look, I mean our view is we don't think that taxpayers should fund late-term abortions," Vance...
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:03:36 EDTA U.S. House committee said on Monday it is investigating the Federal Communications Commission's decision to deny SpaceX satellite internet unit Starlink $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies.The FCC said in December reaffirming its position that the decision...
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:37:01 EDTThe mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico has been killed just one week after he took office, officials said Sunday.Alejandro Arcos was sworn in last Monday as mayor of Chilpancingo, a city so violent that a drug gang openly staged a demonstration, hijacked a...
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:12:17 EDTU.S. stock indexes closed lower Monday while Treasury yields rose, as traders tamped down bets for Federal Reserve interest-rate easing and worried about the Middle East conflict's impact on oil prices.
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