Jul 31 Authorities release early Nancy Guthrie ransom note, hoping someone recognizes writing style By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press Authorities released an early ransom note in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in hopes that someone will recognize the writing style. A second note released Friday indicated Guthrie died shortly after she was kidnapped. Continue reading
Jul 31 Jurors in Lindsay Clancy's trial visit the home where she killed her children By Leah Willingham, Associated Press Jurors in U.S. criminal cases often are expressly told not to visit the scene of the events in question. Continue reading
Jul 31 Anthropic says its AI models hacked 3 organizations during testing By Chan Ho-him, Associated Press Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI company behind Claude, posted on its website Thursday that it discovered the three incidents after reviewing more than 141,000 evaluation runs. Continue reading
Jul 31 Some robotaxis approved to operate without steering wheels and losing the brake pedal could be next By Josh Funk, Ty O'Neil, Associated Press Federal regulators are clearing the way for robotaxis to operate without manual controls like steering wheels or eventually even brake pedals as the rules start to catch up to the evolving technology. Continue reading
Jul 30 Attorney for Nolan Wells' family says experts will review a July 4 boat distress call By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Speaking at the National Urban League Conference on Thursday, the civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Wells' family had retained audio engineering experts to review the recording. Continue reading
Jul 30 Seattle mayor says police chief has resigned after criticism of festival shooting response By Gene Johnson, Martha Bellisle, Associated Press Seattle’s police chief has resigned amid criticism of the city’s response to a fatal shootout at a food festival last weekend, Mayor Katie Wilson said Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch 7:32 Breaking down the GDP report as U.S. economy slows in 2nd quarter By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins, Katie Marlow In a sign that the war in Iran may be weighing on economic growth, the U.S. economy saw a slowdown in the second quarter. That’s according to a new report today from the Commerce Department. It all comes after the… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch 5:25 News Wrap: Russian drone and missile attack kills 10 in Ukraine In our news wrap Thursday, an overnight barrage of Russian drones and missiles killed at least 10 people in Ukraine, the Georgia father whose teenage son killed four people in a 2024 school shooting was sentenced to 15 years in… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch 5:55 Blanche's AG nomination on hold over opposition to DOJ's 'anti-weaponization fund' By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz, Kyle Midura Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to lead the Department of Justice full-time is in limbo. Two Republican senators, John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, say they will oppose Blanche’s nomination unless the DOJ kills a… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch 6:22 Missouri couple murdered in Guatemala after husband was deported By Lisa Desjardins, Karina Cuevas A Missouri couple who had illegally immigrated to the United States was killed in Guatemala after the husband was deported and the wife self-deported. Now two communities in two countries are reeling and searching for answers. Lisa Desjardins discussed more… Continue watching