3 U.S. service members killed in military operation against Iran, CENTCOM says

U.S. Central Command said Sunday that three American service members were killed and five others were seriously wounded during Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran. “Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty,” CENTCOM said in a post on social media….

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House Speaker Mike Johnson after Charlie Kirk assassination: “I think this could be a turning point” for the country

In the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that “I think this could be a turning point” for the country, while urging leaders to “turn down the rhetoric” amid a divisive political climate.  Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that…

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AI can already do the work of 12% of America’s workforce, MIT researchers find

Artificial intelligence can do the work currently performed by nearly 12% of America’s workforce, according to a recent study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  The researchers, relying on a metric called the “Iceberg Index” that measures a job’s potential to be automated, conclude that AI already has the cognitive and technical capacity to handle a…

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Trump-backed Mark Lamb wins Arizona’s 5th District GOP primary after misconduct allegations surface

Former sheriff Mark Lamb pulled off a win in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District Republican primary on Tuesday, the Associated Press projects, despite allegations of sexual misconduct that Lamb has denied. The win sets up Lamb to replace outgoing GOP Rep. Andy Biggs in the deep-red district after the November election. Biggs, who has served five…

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Many big names in group of unlikely allies seeking ban, for now, on AI “superintelligence”

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have joined prominent computer scientists, economists, artists, evangelical Christian leaders and American conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck to call for a ban on AI “superintelligence” they say could threaten humanity. The letter, released Wednesday by a politically and geographically diverse group of public figures, is squarely aimed…

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