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Kansas enacts statewide ban on student cell phones
Kansas has enacted HB 2299, a statewide law banning personal cell phones and similar devices for K‑12 students during the school day, signed by…
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WHO recommends testing Ervebo vaccine in DRC trial
The World Health Organization has recommended prioritising testing of the Ervebo vaccine in a clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
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Man told ChatGPT he would rape and kill ex
OpenAI alerted the FBI after a 25-year-old South Palm Beach man used ChatGPT to share repeated, detailed threats to rape and kill his ex-girlfriend…
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Xtep to launch 160X 8.0 marathon shoe series
Xtep will globally launch its flagship 160X 8.0 marathon shoe series on August 21, with the top-tier 160X 8.0 Ultra featuring the new GT1200 premium…
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Thai schools tighten bag checks after deadly shooting
Students at a Bangkok primary school now undergo systematic bag and pocket checks after a deadly Aug 7 attack in which a 14-year-old killed his…
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Former Syrian officer leaves Austria and returns to Syria
Lieutenant Colonel Musab Abu Rukba, convicted in Vienna last month of bodily harm, aggravated coercion and sexual assault against detained opponents…
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Unitree expected to surge in Shanghai stock debut
Unitree, China's most high-profile humanoid robot maker, is widely expected to make a strong Shanghai stock market debut next week after its IPO was…
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Samsung hires AI and data specialists for chip operations
Samsung Electronics has hired two specialists to accelerate AI use across its semiconductor operations: Han Bo-hyung, a deep learning and vision AI…
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Apple trains China-specific large language model
Apple has trained a large language model tailored for the China market with support from Alibaba, according to three people familiar with the matter…
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Pony AI to deploy 2,000 robotaxis across Europe with Uber
Pony AI Inc. said it will deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe in partnership with Uber Technologies Inc., a move that accelerates the race…
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Whole Foods products recalled over possible salmonella contamination
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a recall for several Whole Foods Market products available in Ontario and online after a U.S. Food and…
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FDA upgrades Midwest Poultry egg recall to Class I
The FDA upgraded a Midwest Poultry Services egg recall to its highest risk level after the company recalled 1.6 million brown and white eggs produced…
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Judge dismisses Nevada fake electors case
A Nevada judge dismissed the yearslong case against six Republicans who signed a certificate claiming Donald Trump won the state's 2020 vote, ending…
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Costa Rica extradites two alleged traffickers to U.S.
Two alleged drug traffickers, Gilbert Bell Fernandez (known as Macho Coca) and Gabriel Lozano (nicknamed Compadre), were extradited from Costa Rica…
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DOJ finds California prisons failed to protect female inmates
The Justice Department announced it has reasonable cause to believe the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and two women's…
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WHO says eastern DR Congo Ebola outbreak may eclipse 2014 epidemic
The Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has caused more than 2,000 deaths among over 4,300 reported cases and genetic sequencing shows it began in…
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University of Michigan to cover first-semester grades
The University of Michigan's largest college is developing a pilot that will show first-semester grades as pass or no credit on external transcripts…
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Hundreds of private colleges face closure
The USA TODAY Excerpt episode examined the growing wave of small private college closures after Sterling College in Vermont shut in May. A Huron…
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Nigeria rolls out university UniPods to commercialize research
The federal ministry of education, working with UNDP and Tech4Dev, plans to deploy about 41 University Innovation Pods (UniPods) across Nigerian…
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Hon Hai raises 2026 capex to expand AI production
Taiwan-based Hon Hai (Foxconn) told investors it will focus 2026 capital expenditure on expanding artificial intelligence production, strengthening…
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U.S. aid cuts slash maternal and child health services
The Associated Press reports that U.S. funding cuts and the dissolution of USAID led to canceled maternal, neonatal and nutrition programs in Nepal…
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PFL finalizes Tampa lineup with Cyborg defending featherweight title
The Professional Fighters League finalized the Aug. 22 PFL Tampa card at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Florida, with Cris Cyborg defending…
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Trial begins over kids online safety lawsuit against Meta
Jury selection began Wednesday in a California federal court for a consolidated 2023 lawsuit that accuses Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram…
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Nigeria rescues hundreds of kidnapped villagers
Authorities freed 308 people, including 163 from Woro, after the February attack on the village near the Benin border, in what the government…
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