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By Bo Erickson and Jessica Koscielniak WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) – The Trump administration and Anthropic’s CEO on Friday discussed working together for the first time since a dispute earlier this year between the Pentagon and the AI firm over how that company’s models should be used. The meeting between CEO Dario Amodei and White House staff, …
The Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday calling for a 12-month pause on providing water for data centers. The board is opposed to the University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plan for a $1.2-billion facility in the township. A University of Michigan official previously told Planet Detroit its project …
ANTALYA, April 18 (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Saturday the Strait of Hormuz had yet to return to normal operations despite a ceasefire in the Iran war, and urged Tehran to allow global shipping to resume fully. “We are at a critical diplomatic moment with a ceasefire now in place … …
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Travelers on an East Tennessee interstate were forced to brake for workers — and drones, perhaps even a queen — when a truck carrying about 1 million bees crashed Friday. The swarm shut down an exit of Interstate 40 in Knoxville, said Mark Nagi, Tennessee Department of Transportation regional spokesperson. There …
SAO PAULO (AP) — Oscar Schmidt, the Basketball Hall of Famer known to his Brazilian compatriots as the “Holy Hand,” died Friday. He was 68. Schmidt’s family said in a statement that he fought a brain tumor for 15 years “with courage, dignity and resilience . . . while remaining a role model of determination, …
Gov. Greg Abbott ’s office has threatened to cut state funding to three of Texas’ largest cities if they fail to change policies that the governor says limit police cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Around $200 million in public safety funding is at risk for Houston, Dallas and Austin, which all have rules directing police …
The pilot of a helicopter that crashed on a sightseeing flight off the Hawaiian island of Kauai last month, killing three passengers, told investigators that the aircraft vibrated and spun before plunging into the water, according to report released Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report did not identify a suspected cause of the …
April 17 (Reuters) – Haiti and the Dominican Republic agreed to open the airspace between the two countries starting in May, according to a statement on Friday, after flights had been suspended more than two years earlier. “This measure aims to facilitate mobility, boost economic ties and strengthen relations between the two countries,” the countries …
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former Wisconsin man to 20 months in prison for funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars into domestic political campaigns after moving to another country and renouncing his U.S. citizenship. Court records show U.S. District Judge James Peterson sentenced Roger Hoffman on Wednesday. He also ordered …
KYIV, April 18 (Reuters) – Russian attacks overnight damaged port infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region and caused blackouts for 380,000 consumers in the country’s north, officials said. Drones damaged agricultural warehouses, depots and administrative buildings, Oleh Kiper, the Odesa regional governor, said on the Telegram app. There were no casualties, he added. Russian forces …