Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman unveiled plans Tuesday to create a statewide drug prevention program, saying the youth-focused initiative would fill a hole in the Bluegrass State's fight against an addiction epidemic that has claimed thousands of lives. Coleman presented the plan's details to a state commission, which unanimously approved his request for a $3.6 million investment over two years to implement it. “With over one million Kentuckians under the age of 18, we are going to put every single dollar to good use,” Coleman said.
Forgoing direct competition on large language models, Amazon Web Services wants to train and sell whatever AI models its customers want — and reap the benefits.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Israel to make "fundamental changes" in its operations in the occupied West Bank after the military acknowledged its fire likely killed a US citizen activist there."In our judgement, Israeli security forces need to make some fundamental changes in the way that they operate in the West Bank, including changes to their rules of engagement.
State police in Florida are showing up at the homes of voters who signed a petition to get an abortion rights amendment on the ballot in November as part of a state probe into alleged petition fraud. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has defended police visiting the homes of Floridians who signed the petition. Critics say the investigation is a brazen attempt to intimidate voters in the country’s third-largest state from protecting access to abortion — and that the probe comes long after a deadline to challenge petition signatures has passed.
Eggs sold in three states have been recalled due to possible salmonella contamination. Here's what consumers need to know about symptoms and more.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, joined Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo in raising concerns about costs.
Can Apple's AirPods make hearing aids cool? Experts say they could help destigmatize hearing loss.
Donald Trump’s call for mandating free access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) has puzzled congressional Republicans, drawing a mix of skepticism and opposition.
Americans reported losing $5.6 billion to cryptocurrency scams in 2023, with older Americans hit the hardest, according to the FBI.
88% of Asian Americans in California plan to vote but half aren’t being contacted, a new report from AAPI Data shows
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday denounced an "ideological war" in the South Asian country, ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party.He is the scion of a dynasty that dominated Indian politics for decades and is the son, grandson and great-grandson of former prime ministers, beginning with independence leader Jawaharlal Nehru.?
Sunken Nazi WWII ships have once again emerged in the River Danube, following a blistering summer drought that caused water levels to drop below 5 feet.
Georgia's Fulton County has hired a team of independent monitors to observe its operations for this year's general election after a selection process that highlighted discord between the deeply Democratic county and a Donald Trump-endorsed majority on the State Election Board. The monitoring of Fulton's elections was proposed by State Election Board members earlier this year as they discussed a case against the county that included findings of double-scanning of some ballots during an election recount in 2020 that was closed with a reprimand. The county ultimately chose a monitoring proposal opposed by the Republican partisans who have a 3-2 majority on the State Election Board.
As mpox cases surge in Africa and a new strain spreads, the WHO has declared mpox a global health emergency. Here's what that means and symptoms to watch for.
The strike hit an area that Israel itself had designated as a humanitarian zone for displaced people. Israel said the operation targeted Hamas fighters there.
Tropical Storm Francine is nearing hurricane status as it charges toward the Gulf Coast, where some Louisiana communities have already begun to evacuate and slam closed their floodgates in anticipation of the storm’s likely landfall there on Wednesday.
A group of key House Republicans have written to President Joe Biden urging him to lift the restrictions on the use of US-provided long-range weapons systems and allow Kyiv to strike targets deep inside Russia.
As Mexican senators weigh a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary, it appeared Tuesday that the country’s ruling party may get the votes it needs in the Senate to jam through the proposal. The overhaul championed by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has fueled weeks of protests by judicial employees and law students, who say the plan, which would have all judges elected, would threaten judicial independence and deal a severe blow to the system of checks and balances. Despite the outcry, the plan sailed through the lower chamber of Congress last week, and was passed onto the Senate, where López Obrador's Morena party lacked the necessary supermajority to approve it.
“Safe passage to him and whoever he wants to join him out of Gaza,” Israel’s Coordinator for Hostages and the Missing Gal Hirsch told CNN’s Jessica Dean on Sunday.
Would she be OK being among the youngest in the class? Amid the rise in redshirting, the thought kept me up at night.