News & Entertainment by Email (2024)

Rajiv Garg is an optimist.

An associate professor at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, Garg has studied artificial intelligence for over 25 years. As the field becomes increasingly sophisticated, he believes ...Read more

The interim CEO of Wichita’s largest abortion clinic resigned Friday, and the clinic’s board hired a national healthcare consultant in hopes of reopening this summer.

Trust Women Wichita has not offered abortions for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — UCLA commencement ceremonies kicked off Friday with at least one event marked by student speakers who delivered searing criticism of the university’s handling of pro-Palestinian protests and controversial...Read more

Cyril Ramaphosa was reelected as South Africa’s president, hours after his African National Congress agreed a power-sharing deal with business-friendly opposition parties.

Ramaphosa won 283 of the votes cast by members ...Read more

PARKLAND, Fla. — Exactly six years after the Parkland mass shooting shook South Florida and the nation, crews started to demolish the high school building where the tragedy unfolded.

But instead of a dramatic boom of a ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Democratic Party has launched two billboards in Baltimore to highlight former President Donald Trump’s new support of Republican Larry Hogan — the latest sign, slightly more than 24 hours ...Read more

After a year of dominance, El Niño’s wrath has come to end — but it’s climate-churning counterpart, La Niña, is hot on its heels and could signal a return to dryness for California.

El Niño is the warm phase of ...Read more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The thousands of Donald Trump supporters who gathered Friday in West Palm Beach for a combination campaign rally and birthday celebration all seemed to support his wish — to win another term as ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has called off an upcoming exhibition by painter Kehinde Wiley in light of recent allegations of sexual misconduct made against the artist by several men. The Joslyn ...Read more

A Southwest Airlines Co. passenger flight in April came within 400 feet of slamming into the ocean off the coast of Hawaii after weather conditions forced pilots to bypass a landing attempt.

The Boeing Co. 737 Max 8 jet ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper took out his veto stamp to oppose a bill that would require more teenagers facing criminal charges to be tried initially as adults.

House Bill 834 requires 16- and 17-year-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Panic buttons in some Los Angeles shuttle buses connect to no one, plexiglass shields around drivers were not intended to stop physical attacks, and union officials representing drivers say other safety ...Read more

BOSTON — State officials “delayed” the opening of an overflow shelter at a former prison site in Norfolk until the end of June, town officials said in a statement.

It was not immediately clear what caused officials ...Read more

In a recent interview with “CBS Mornings,” R.E.M. joked that it would take a “comet” and “super glue” for them to get back together. The interview, the quartet’s first in 30 years, aired hours ahead of their ...Read more

ATLANTA — A Los Angeles production company is suing Lil Uzi Vert for more than $500,000 in unpaid bills, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in a U.S. District Court in Atlanta.

Lil Uzi Vert, born Symere Bysil Woods,...Read more

Parts of Northern California will see a higher risk for wildfires this weekend as dry, hot and windy weather sweeps the region.

On Friday, the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for much of the Sacramento ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A group whose leaders have been aligned with Republican causes has asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether Angela Alsobrooks improperly used funds from her state campaign account to ...Read more

Chris Martin briefly paused a Coldplay concert in Greece after a man draped in an Israeli flag tried to rush the stage but instead wound up falling and taking down lighting equipment.

"Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop," ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Friday it would not prosecute Attorney General Merrick B. Garland after the House held him in contempt of Congress earlier this week over a subpoena dispute.

House Republicans, ...Read more

Kate Middleton, currently undergoing chemotherapy for cancer she was diagnosed with earlier this year, will resume her royal duties this weekend.

The Princess of Wales, 42, who first went public with her diagnosis in ...Read more