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Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown

A new lawsuit claims Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made an illegal deal to slow the pace of their respective AI development.

https://apnews.com/article/antitrust-lawsuit-ai-slowdown-anthropic-openai-spacexai-google-960af4308161eaf4ed13c383b0ce1c1b?

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Jury convicts Vermont man of attempted murder in shooting of 3 Palestinian students

A jury on Monday convicted a Vermont man of attempted murder in the shootings of three Palestinian college students who were walking near his home, rejecting an insanity defense rooted in his claims that he was acting on orders from U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies. Read More.

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Mississippi police make 2nd arrest in death of Black woman found hanging from tree, seek 3rd suspect

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Police in Mississippi have arrested a second man in the death of a Black woman found hanging from a tree and have issued an arrest warrant for a third suspect.

https://apnews.com/article/tasia-fortune-mississippi-hanging-5f55f92ac90efab2abcf7443e7f0c59d?

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Tasia Fortune’s hanging was ‘staged’ after her death in a drug dispute, Mississippi police say

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Tasia Fortune was apparently killed in a drug dispute before her body was hung in a tree in a “staged” scene behind an abandoned home in the Mississippi capital this summer, a detective testified Friday.

https://apnews.com/article/tasia-fortune-hanging-mississippi-death-hearing-95846bd8696ac741c26edd6db72a98d8?

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• A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was sexually assaulted in 2024 by seven students after being plied with alcohol and drugs. Get the latest.

A man who spent decades on Utah’s death row is released and awaits a new trial in a 1985 killing

A 71-year-old man who was convicted of killing a police chief’s aunt and spent decades on death row was released Monday after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn’t link him to the crime.

https://apnews.com/article/utah-death-row-douglas-carter-eva-olesen-10c0bf7603c87b214e0179ecf7a4be94?

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Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officer

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced an assault charge against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in his car by a federal immigration agent in Texas, accusing the man of striking an officer with his side mirror while trying to drive away.

https://apnews.com/article/ice-shooting-austin-texas-wilber-rafael-garcesperez-e3ca63b090ee1b33ee154eecb99e3311?

Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn convicted of fatally shooting his wife

A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol” was convicted of murder Tuesday in the killing of his wife while he was having an affair.

https://apnews.com/article/american-idol-caleb-flynn-trial-ohio-d2a4d31d28e6ad2a4c057312bbbfa0c5?

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Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer now questions whether there is proof she killed her 3 children

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer argued Tuesday that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove she killed her three children, a striking turn after a lengthy trial that focused more on her mental state than on whether she took their lives.

https://apnews.com/article/lindsay-clancy-trial-postpartum-psychosis-3fc31ae3f8a29667cd1fd342f4ecaed8?