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ChatGPT helps write this mayor’s speeches. Now he wants a thousand city workers using AI
Before the mayor of San Jose, California, arrives at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new business, his aides ask ChatGPT to help draft some talking points. “Elected officials do a tremendous ...
Lin-Manuel Miranda will turn ‘Hamilton’ 10th anniversary into a fundraiser for immigration services
Lin-Manuel Miranda plans to use the 10th anniversary Broadway performance of his award-winning cultural phenomenon “Hamilton” as a fundraiser for a coalition of nonprofits providing immigration ...
US applications for jobless benefits fall for fifth straight week, hitting lowest level since April
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in three months, a sign that the U.S. labor market remains sturdy despite fears over ...
Retail sales up a surprising 0.6% in June after a May pullback by consumers
After an earlier pullback, consumers picked up their spending in June despite anxiety over tariffs and the state of the U.S. economy. Retail sales rose a better-than-expected ...
Trump says Coca-Cola will use real sugar. The company isn’t confirming that
Make American Coke Great Again? President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship soft drink in the U.S.
The Latest: Senate passes $9 billion in spending cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid
ET, the Senate passed about $9 billion in federal spending cuts requested by President Donald Trump, including deep reductions to public broadcasting and foreign aid, moving ...
Keeping animals of all sizes, from cats to horses, cool during record heat
With record temperatures hitting the U.S., pet owners have to protect their four-legged family members from dangers like heat stroke and dehydration. But keeping an ...
Star-crossed singer Connie Francis, whose hits included ‘Pretty Little Baby’ dead at 87
Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include “Pretty Little Baby” and who would later serve as an ironic title for a personal life filled ...
Alvarado, Kentucky’s first Hispanic state legislator, echoes Trump in launching a congressional bid
Republican Ralph Alvarado, who made history as Kentucky’s first Hispanic state legislator but then left to become Tennessee’s top public health leader, reentered Bluegrass State ...
Britain will lower its voting age to 16 in a bid to strengthen democracy
Britain will lower the voting age from 18 to 16 by the next national election as part of measures to increase democratic ...
Just 1 in 4 US adults say Trump’s policies have helped them, a new AP-NORC poll finds
Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump’s policies have helped them since he took office, ...
PepsiCo posts better-than-expected second quarter despite lower US sales
PepsiCo reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue in the second quarter despite sluggish North American sales. Sales of Frito-Lay and other snacks fell 1% in North America during the ...