Author: Reuters
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Apple rolls out new, AI-powered Siri
CUPERTINO, Calif. • Apple on Monday unveiled a new, AI-powered version of Siri that is capable of analyzing what is on the device screen and reaching out to the web for more information, rolling out a long-awaited overhaul of its popular voice assistant. Called Siri AI, the software will also have its own dedicated app,…
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Hold your fire: Trump’s fund on hold
DECK: The ‘weaponization’ fund is in limbo after fierce opposition from Congress WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate victims of alleged government “weaponization” has been put on hold after the White House faced fierce opposition from Republicans in Congress, three sources familiar with the plan said on Monday. The extraordinary…
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Rights groups sue over conditions at largest U.S. immigration detention center
Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit over alleged human rights abuses at the United States’ largest immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, where three people have died in the nine months since it opened. The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups brought the complaint on behalf of four people currently held at…
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Trump administration proposes NDAs for federal workers to crack down on leaks to journalists
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed giving federal agencies the option to require employees to sign non-disclosure agreements with the goal of preventing them from sharing confidential information with journalists. The Office of Personnel Management, the human resources office for the U.S. government, released a draft NDA designed for federal agencies to…
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Trump talks up his ballroom plan while playing down Americans’ economic pain
WASHINGTON • Standing in front of the White House ballroom construction site, President Donald Trump appealed for patience from Americans struggling with soaring gas prices as he sought to justify the cost of a project critics call a vanity effort. “This is peanuts,” he said on Tuesday in an apparent reference to the economic damage…
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Uganda confirms three new Ebola cases
Reuters Uganda has confirmed three new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the current outbreak there to five, the health ministry said on Saturday, as authorities stepped up contact tracing to contain the spread. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain a public health emergency…
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At least 90 dead in China coal mine disaster
Reuters SHANGHAI • At least 90 people were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern province of Shanxi, the country’s deadliest mining accident since at least 2009. The gas explosion occurred late on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, with 247 workers on duty underground, state media…
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Rural Coloradans say Iran war is worth the economic pain
WIGGINS, Colo. • Perched behind the cash register at Stubs liquor store, Amy Van Duyn gazed out the window at a red-and-green gasoline price sign, which she said seemed to tick up daily. The price was $4.34 per gallon — about 50% higher than it was in these parts when President Donald Trump returned to…
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Rural Coloradans say Iran war is worth the economic pain
WIGGINS, Colo. • Perched behind the cash register at Stubs liquor store, Amy Van Duyn gazed out the window at a red-and-green gasoline price sign, which she said seemed to tick up daily. The price was $4.34 per gallon — about 50% higher than it was in these parts when President Donald Trump returned to…
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Dramatic Colorado River water cuts planned due to drought, overuse
Reuters The U.S. government has proposed a new water-sharing plan for the drought-stricken Colorado River that could cut up to 40% of current supplies to Arizona, California and Nevada, according to a senior Arizona official. With a 20-year-old plan expiring this year, and talks between seven states that share the river at an impasse, the federal…