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A local politician lost his election by one vote after he decided not to vote for himself

A Washington State council candidate lost by 246 votes to 247 after deciding not to vote for himself because he felt it was "kind of narcissistic."

Klarna is freezing hiring and turning to AI tools such as ChatGPT to pick up the slack

Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski has said the Swedish fintech is no longer hiring new staff beyond its engineering department.

Former U.S. official arrested in Miami on charge of being unregistered agent for Cuba

Manuel Rocha, 73, an ex-career U.S. diplomat, will appear in Miami federal court Monday on a charge of secretly working for Cuba.

I traveled to over 7 countries in 2023. Here are 4 of the most affordable cities I visited.

Places like Hanoi, Vietnam, and Chiang Mai, Thailand, offered great accommodation options, activities, and cuisine that didn't break my budget.

Greg Cote Show podcast: Greg & wife in musical(ish) duet, couple with 555 Christmas trees, CFP final 4

On new Greg Cote Show podcast: Greg and embarrassed wife Earleen in a first-ever musical(ish) duet of a new holiday song. Plus a couple with 555 Christmas trees in their house, Greg’s pet cemetery, CFP final four & more

AI is more likely to become as clever as a dog in the next few years than mimic a human, industry godfather says

AI godfather Yann LeCun said that training AI on language models and text will not be enough to create advanced human-like AI systems.

OpenAI is paying out $51 million to a chip startup that Sam Altman personally invested in, report says

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly invested $1 million of his own money into the chip startup Rain AI.

Billie Eilish says she was outed in a red carpet interview: 'I like boys and girls — who cares'

Billie Eilish said she was outed during an interview on the red carpet at Variety's "Hitmakers" event.

Traffic alert: Dense fog is reducing visibility during South Florida morning rush hour

A dense fog advisory is in effect until 9 a.m. Monday at these locations.

Google researchers say they got OpenAI's ChatGPT to reveal some of its training data with just one word

The researchers said certain keywords forced ChatGPT to reveal sections of its training data, including unspecified personal information.

The White House unveils new rules to try and keep China out of the US EV market

The US government announced plans to make it more difficult for US-made electric vehicles with Chinese parts to qualify for tax breaks.

Constantly on the nod, chinstrap penguins catch seconds-long bursts of sleep 10,000 times per day

So named because of the narrow band on their heads, these penguins catch slumber every second they can

Former US ambassador charged with spying for Cuba, Muslim-Americans abandon Biden and more top headlines

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12-year-old girl invents life-saving fire detector

Kurt 'CyberGuy' Knutsson: 12-year-old girl invents a life-saving fire detector

Curtains for Moms for Liberty: The fallout of a rape charge shows the far-right group is floundering

Gov. Ron DeSantis bet big on the book banners, but after electoral losses, even he's pushing them out the door

Few States Block Gun Purchases After Emergency Mental Health Hospitalizations

This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here.The perpetrator of the October 25 shooting in Lewiston, Maine, who killed 18 people and wounded 13 others, was admitted to a psychiatric facility in New York state for two weeks this past summer. He was still able to legally buy guns afterward, officials have said. It’s unclear whether his stay at the facility was voluntary or involuntary—a key distincti

Will Trump’s Attacks on Biden Work? Only if the Democrats Allow It

Donald Trump reassured his adoring supporters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, over the weekend that he will assume a new role: democracy’s defender.“If Joe Biden wants to make this race a question of which candidate will defend our democracy and protect our freedoms, and I say to crooked Joe—and he is crooked, the most corrupt president we’ve ever had—we will win that fight and we’re going to win it very big,” Trump said on Saturday. “Joe Biden is not the defender of American democracy. Joe Biden is the

The Next Supreme Court Danger: Trashing One-Third of the Tax Code

“If men were angels,” James Madison wrote in Federalist 51, “no government would be necessary.” Similarly, if men were angels, we wouldn’t have to tax unrealized capital gains. It’s really awkward to tax an increase in the value of an investment that has not been cashed out. Doing so removes capital from the economy, and, if the value of the investment later falls, the justification for the tax may vanish. Also, a rise in an investment’s value doesn’t (usually) enable consumption the way cash in

A former burglar who was jailed for 10 years reveals how she used to target homes — and why alarm systems don't work

Jennifer Gomez was in prison between 2011 and 2020 for burglary. She told her TikTok followers some of the things she used to look out for to see if a house would be profitable to hit or not.

Japanese, US military divers discover wreckage, remains in search for Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan

U.S. and Japanese military divers searching for the U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that was carrying eight crew members when it crashed last week have discovered wreckage and remains.

"Part Mussolini, part Berlusconi, part Putin": Historian on Trump's planned "legal revolution"

"It is clear that a second Trump term will be quite different from the first"

Nick Cannon says he spends around $200,000 a year taking his 11 kids to Disneyland. Here's how he makes and spends his millions.

Nick Cannon said on "The Breakfast Club" radio show that he has to go to Disneyland at least once a month for his children's birthdays and holidays.

The best looks celebrities wore to the 2023 Academy Museum Gala

Celebrities including Kendall Jenner, Keke Palmer, and Addison Rae walked the carpet at the Academy Museum Gala.

Celebrity cook Ina Garten didn't start family because her childhood 'was nothing I wanted to recreate'

Ina Garten, also known by her moniker, "Barefoot Contessa," is opening up about why she and her husband, Jeffrey, chose not to have children.

Shaping morality: How weight loss drugs challenge the myth of thinness as a virtue