Nov 22 Landslide slams into remote Alaskan community, killing 3 people By Becky Bohrer, Mark Thiessen, John Raby, Associated Press The village of about 2,000 people on a remote island in southeast Alaska received about 2 inches of rain just before the slide. Continue reading
Nov 22 Sam Altman reinstated as OpenAI CEO with new board replacing the one which fired him By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, culminating a days-long power struggle that shocked the tech industry and brought attention to the conflicts around how to safely build artificial intelligence. Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch 4:10 News Wrap: Cryptocurrency exchange Binance pleads guilty in securities investigation In our news wrap Tuesday, Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, pleaded guilty in a sweeping U.S. securities investigation and agreed to pay $4.3 billion in fines, North Korea claims it launched a spy satellite into orbit and the Philippines… Continue watching
Nov 21 3 things food banks really want By Laura Santhanam Even as inflation has eased and unemployment remains at historic lows, experts say many households are still struggling to afford food. Here's how to help food banks keep more families afloat. Continue reading
Nov 21 Uncertainty clouds classrooms as new pronoun restrictions raise concerns By Andrew DeMillo, Rick Callahan, Associated Press Indiana is among at least 10 states that have enacted laws prohibiting or restricting students from using pronouns or names that don't match their sex assigned at birth, a restriction that opponents say further marginalizes transgender and nonbinary students. Continue reading
Nov 21 Thanksgiving travel surge expected to set records By David Koenig, Associated Press The good news for travelers by plane and car alike: Prices are coming down. Continue reading
Nov 21 Driven by passion and perseverance, Rosalynn Carter was a champion for mental health awareness By Holly Ramer, Associated Press At The Carter Center, she created a program devoted solely to mental health in 1991 and eventually established fellowships for journalists who cover the topic. Years later, she lobbied Congress to create a landmark law requiring insurers to provide equality… Continue reading
Nov 20 Watch 5:49 What led to the OpenAI leadership shakeup and what it means for the future of AI By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas, Dorothy Hastings Microsoft announced that it hired Sam Altman, the co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, after he was unexpectedly fired from that company days earlier. Microsoft is a financial partner in OpenAI. Altman had kicked off a global race for artificial intelligence… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch 8:33 How nurses overcome challenges while treating patients with limited English proficiency By William Brangham and Caleb Hellerman, Global Health Reporting Center The increasing diversity of the U.S. brings an array of challenges, including the basic hurdle of not speaking the same language. The stakes are especially high in a medical setting. In collaboration with the Global Health Reporting Center and with… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch 9:10 The lasting legacy of Rosalynn Carter, former first lady and global humanitarian By Geoff Bennett, Judy Woodruff, Saher Khan, Ian Couzens Global humanitarian, mental health advocate, champion for equal rights. These are some of the ways that former first lady Rosalynn Carter is being remembered. Geoff Bennett discussed Carter’s legacy and many contributions with Judy Woodruff, who covered the Carter White… Continue watching