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Greece, birthplace of democracy, seeks to put humanity ahead of AI in updated constitution
ATHENS, Greece — Greece is preparing major constitutional changes, including an amendment requiring that artificial intelligence serve human society. Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined the proposed revisions on Thursday, casting them as necessary to safeguard future generations given global concerns about AI’s risks to democratic governance and humanity itself....
Clarence Thomas becomes the second longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history
WASHINGTON — The first baby boomer on the Supreme Court hit a milestone on Thursday, becoming the second-longest serving justice in history at a time when his influence has never seemed greater. Once an outlier on the nation’s highest court, Justice Clarence Thomas has become a towering figure in the...
Wembanyama and Spurs rebound to hand Timberwolves largest postseason defeat, 133-95, to even series
SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama had 19 points and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs handed Minnesota the worst postseason loss in franchise history, beating the Timberwolves, 133-95, on Wednesday night to even their Western Conference semifinal series at one game apiece. Stephon Castle had 21 points, and De’Aaron...
Ducks beat Golden Knights 3-1 and send series back to Anaheim at 1-1
LAS VEGAS — Beckett Sennecke, Leo Carlsson and Jansen Harkins scored, Lukas Dostal came 5.6 seconds from his first career playoff shutout and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Vegas Golden Knights, 3-1, on Wednesday night to even their series at a game apiece. The Ducks head home with the chance...
Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court is not political
HERSHEY — Supreme Court justices are not “political actors,” Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday, insisting unpopular court decisions are based solely on the law. “I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed...
Justice Department can keep 2020 election ballots seized from Georgia’s Fulton County, judge rules
ATLANTA — The federal government doesn’t have to return the 2020 election ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta, a judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee’s decision came after lawyers for the county had argued that the ballots and...
Jalen Brunson helps Knicks grab closer-than-normal win vs. 76ers
NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson scored 26 points and helped New York seize control of a close game after a run of blowouts, leading the Knicks to a 108-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Playing without the injured...
Revived power play lifts Sabres past Canadiens in Round 2 series opener
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bowen Byram and Ryan McLeod scored on consecutive power-play opportunities in reviving Buffalo’s anemic special-teams unit, and the Sabres defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 4-2, in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series on Wednesday night. Josh Doan and Jordan Greenway also scored for Buffalo, which is making...
FBI searches Virginia Senate leader’s office as part of corruption probe
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The FBI searched the Virginia state Senate leader’s hometown office and her neighboring cannabis shop Wednesday, bringing into public view what was described as a yearslong corruption investigation. The searches at Democratic Sen. L. Louise Lucas’ office and cannabis business are part of what two people familiar...
Avalanche’s depth turns into 14-goal statement in 1st 2 games against Wild
DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche both deep and dynamic, and that unusual combination has the Minnesota Wild searching for answers to their opponent’s offensive onslaught. “It’s one game at a time,” Wild forward Matt Boldy said after the Avalanche’s 5-2 win Tuesday night put Minnesota in a 2-0 hole in...
Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo won’t run Preakness
Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will not run in the Preakness Stakes next weekend, trainer Cherie DeVaux announced Wednesday. DeVaux and owners decided to skip the Preakness and set their sights on the Belmont Stakes on June 6 at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York. DeVaux, who became the...
Judge releases note that cellmate says he found after Jeffrey Epstein’s suspected suicide try
NEW YORK — A note Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claimed he found after the millionaire sex offender’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was made public Wednesday, years after being sealed and locked in a courthouse vault as part of an unrelated legal dispute. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas in White...
Trump, hoping for an eventual Supreme Court victory, seeks to halt $83M payment in sexual abuse case
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s lawyer, hoping for an eventual Supreme Court victory, has asked a federal appeals court in New York to temporarily block a longtime columnist from collecting an $83 million defamation award. The lawyer, Justin D. Smith, told the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in...
Israel strikes Beirut suburbs for 1st time since ceasefire was announced
WASHINGTON — Israel struck Beirut’s southern suburbs Wednesday for the first time since a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group was announced on April 17. Fighting has continued since then in southern Lebanon. The last attacks in Beirut were before that, on April 8, when a series of...
IRS may owe you a refund for coronavirus-era fines. Here’s how to apply
WASHINGTON — Tens of millions of taxpayers who were penalized by the IRS during the coronavirus pandemic for failing to pay their taxes or filing late may qualify for a refund or termination of the penalties they incurred during that period. However, the relief is not automatic or guaranteed, and...
The WNBA’s 30th season brings 2 new teams, a transformational CBA and another title chase for Aces
The WNBA is poised for a historic 30th season after a transformational new collective bargaining agreement was reached in March. Now the league can focus on the play on the court, which will feature the Las Vegas Aces looking for a fourth championship in five years, the return of Caitlin...
NFL and the NFL Referees Association are moving closer toward a new deal, AP source says
The NFL and its officials are moving closer toward a new agreement that avoids a work stoppage. After a lengthy stalemate, negotiations have reached a point where the NFL Referees Association is planning to have a ratification vote this week, a person with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated...
CNN founder Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer, has died at age 87
NEW YORK — Ted Turner, the brash and outspoken television pioneer who created a media empire and transformed the news business by creating CNN and introducing the 24-hour cable news cycle, died Wednesday. He was 87. He died surrounded by his family, according to Turner Enterprises, the company that oversees...
Russia snubs Ukraine’s unilateral ceasefire, firing dozens of drones
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired dozens of drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, disregarding a unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv that began at midnight. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Ukraine hadn’t abided by its own ceasefire, saying that air defenses shot down 53 Ukrainian drones...
Trump’s Indiana wins show his power over GOP with more primaries and redistricting debates ahead
Five months ago, President Donald Trump was stinging from one of the first political defeats of his second term as Republican state senators defied him on redistricting in Indiana. Now he has proved he can still punish wayward party members after he endorsed a slate of challengers who defeated almost...
Howard Lutnick’s testimony about Epstein draws praise from GOP chair and derision from DemocratsVideo
WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared Wednesday before a House committee investigating sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, trying to explain to lawmakers his contact with the financier after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl. The Cabinet member was the latest powerful political figure to appear before...
Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Canary Islands after 3 are evacuated
PRAIA, Cape Verde — Two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated Wednesday from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak, the U.N. health agency said. The ship then departed Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board — isolated in their cabins —...
Cosmetic interventions are booming. Many say ethical conversations are lagging
LOS ANGELES — Shula Jassell is insecure about the size of her chin and has periodically considered getting filler to make it bigger. But when the 25-year-old from Southern California gives serious thought to the idea of repeatedly having to get the cosmetic procedure — it only lasts about a...
Trump again assails Pope Leo, potentially complicating Rubio’s visit to the Vatican this week
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Pope Leo XIV, potentially complicating a fence-mending visit that Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to make this week to the Vatican. In an interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt, Trump said the first American-born pontiff is helping Iran and...
Some iPhone owners could get up to $95 payment after Apple agrees to settle case for $250 million
LONDON — Owners of some iPhones are in line to get cash payments of up to $95 from Apple after the company on Tuesday reached a $250 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit for false advertising of its artificial intelligence capabilities. Apple trumpeted new AI features for its virtual assistant...
