Planned 5-day strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities ends, further talks planned
SAN FRANCISCO — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A planned five-day strike by thousands of registered nurses and other…
Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening
Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes…
OpenAI won’t be the first chatbot to try and profit from sexual content
ChatGPT will be able to have kinkier conversations after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the artificial intelligence company…
California to begin selling affordable, state-branded insulin beginning next year
LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California will begin selling affordable…
Two green comets shine bright. How to spot them in the night sky
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Two bright green comets are streaming through the skies and are…
Russia, China increasingly using AI to escalate cyberattacks on US, Microsoft finds
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia, China, Iran and North Korea have sharply increased their use of artificial…
Innovate Mississippi startup accelerator wants to create new jobs and opportunities
Mississippi has bemoaned its lack of technology startups and venture capital since the first dot-com boom in the…
These people will lose if Affordable Care Act health subsidies expire
TYLER, Texas (AP) — Celia Monreal worries every day about the cartilage loss in her husband’s knees. Not…
Most US stocks rise after swinging through another erratic day
NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks rose Wednesday following another topsy-turvy day on Wall Street. The S&P…
Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to ‘Banned Books Week,’ rebrands to ‘Freedom to Read’
Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai’s largest library, set up her annual…
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits last week hits 263,000, most in nearly 4 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — In another grim sign for the U.S. labor market, jobless claim applications jumped to their…
Pork sculpture of Eagles wins Philadelphia’s scrapple-shaping contest
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the contest for best scrapple sculpture in Philadelphia on Friday it was the “Mush…