Jan 28 Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s chatbot sparks discussion about AI competition By Kanis Leung, Associated Press Observers are eager to see whether the Chinese company has matched America's leading AI companies at a fraction of the cost. Continue reading
Jan 28 Egg prices are soaring, don’t expect that to change soon By Josh Funk, Mark Vancleave, Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press It looks like grocery shoppers hoping for soaring egg prices to turn around are likely to be waiting a while. Continue reading
Jan 28 ‘Nobody gets a free pass’: Immigration officers operating with new sense of mission By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press A week into Donald Trump’s second presidency and his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, federal officers are operating with a new sense of mission. Continue reading
Jan 28 Google says it will change map names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali when government updates official listings By Associated Press Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its Maps service. Continue reading
Jan 28 Jury sworn-in for trial of ex-prosecutor accused of shielding Ahmaud Arbery’s killers By Russ Bynum, Associated Press A jury of 12 plus three alternates has been sworn in for the trial of a former Georgia prosecutor charged with criminal misconduct in her response to the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Continue reading
Jan 28 U.S. consumer confidence dips again to start the year By Matt Ott, Associated Press U.S. consumer confidence dipped for the second consecutive month in January. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index retreated in January to 104.1 from 109.5 in December. Continue reading
Jan 28 Workers at a Philadelphia Whole Foods Market become 1st in the nation to unionize By Haleluya Hadero, Lisa Baumann, Associated Press Whole Foods said it was "disappointed" by the results. Continue reading
Jan 27 Indiana man pardoned by Trump is fatally shot by officer during traffic stop By Associated Press Matthew Huttle, 42, of Hobart was killed Sunday by a Jasper County sheriff's deputy, authorities said. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 5:50 Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shakes up industry and disrupts financial markets By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas A China-based artificial intelligence startup is shaking up the industry. It’s called DeepSeek and its biggest advantage, analysts say, is that it can operate at a lower cost than American AI models like ChatGPT. It's disrupting markets and raising national… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch 6:46 Fear spreads in immigrant communities as raids and deportations escalate By Stephanie Sy, Sam Weber, Ryan Connelly Holmes One of the biggest questions as President Trump’s second term begins is just how wide and quickly his administration will conduct mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Those operations got underway this weekend in Chicago and other cities around the country. Continue watching