LONDON (AP) — Police in central England said Wednesday they were treating a weekend fire at one of Britain’s quirkiest pubs as arson, two days after it was demolished before an investigation into the blaze had even been completed. Staffordshire Police said in a statement that following an assessment from a specialist fire investigator, they … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mostly rising Monday as Wall Street regains some momentum following a pause in its big rally for the year so far. The S&P 500 was 0.4% higher in midday trading, coming off its first losing week in the last four. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 307 points, … Read more
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of tourists spill onto a boardwalk in Alaska’s capital city every day from cruise ships towering over downtown. Vendors hawk shoreside trips and rows of buses stand ready to whisk visitors away, with many headed for the area’s crown jewel: the Mendenhall Glacier. A craggy expanse of gray, white and … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped Thursday as Wall Street’s red-hot rally for the year cooled a bit more. The S&P 500 fell 11.50, or 0.3%, to 4,501.89 for its third straight loss after setting a 16-month high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 66.63, or 0.2%, to 35,215.89, and the Nasdaq composite dipped 13.73, … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling Wednesday, as Wall Street loses some more momentum following its torrid run so far this year. The S&P 500 was 0.7% lower in early trading and on track for a second straight losing day after hitting a 16-month high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 128 points, … Read more
Spend enough time with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots and it doesn’t take long for them to spout falsehoods. Described as hallucination, confabulation or just plain making things up, it’s now a problem for every business, organization and high school student trying to get a generative AI system to compose documents and get work … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Wednesday after a system that offers safety information to pilots failed, and the government launched an investigation into the breakdown, which grounded some planes for hours. The Federal Aviation Administration said preliminary indications “traced the outage to a damaged database file.” … Read more