US appeals court voids Biden-era electric vehicle fuel economy rule
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday voided a Biden administration-era rule that changed the calculation of the petroleum-equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles, a victory for 13 Republican state attorneys general who said
Attorney generals warn OpenAI and other tech companies to improve chatbot safety
The attorneys general of California and Delaware on Friday warned OpenAI they have “serious concerns” about the safety of its flagship chatbot, ChatGPT, especially for children and teens. The two state officials, who have unique powers to
Louisiana governor pays fine and discloses $13K in unreported free trips in deal to end ethics probe
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry agreed Friday to pay a $900 fine for failing to disclose a free plane ride to Hawaii and other free flights, ending a yearslong ethics investigation into his
San Francisco Bay Area commuter trains shut down due to computer issue
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area residents were scrambling Friday for alternate routes after a regional commuter rail system shut down all its trains due to a computer issue, a second systemwide closure for the
A death row inmate says judges are ruled by Satan as he tries to avoid execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As a judge considers arguments from prosecutors and defense attorneys over whether delusional beliefs about the legal system are enough to keep a South Carolina prisoner from being executed, the inmate himself decided
2 people die in small plane crash near suburban Denver airport
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) — Two people died when a small plane crashed and caught on fire near a suburban Denver airport on Friday, officials said. The crash happened just south of Centennial Airport and was initially
White House review of biofuel waiver plan pits farmers against refiners
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -The White House is reviewing a high-stakes rule that could reshape the balance of interests between oil refiners and farmers by determining how – or even whether – to redistribute huge volumes of
US State Department revamps foreign service test for diplomats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of State on Friday announced changes to its foreign service test, including dropping its situational judgement section and personal narrative essay requirement. Updates to the test, which include a new logic and
WHO chief says the mpox outbreak in Africa is no longer a global health emergency
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization no longer considers the mpox outbreak in Africa to be an international health emergency, the U.N. agency’s director said Friday. The new form of mpox emerged in early 2024 in
Philadelphia’s mass transit agency says it’ll comply with order to restore deep service cuts
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Philadelphia’s public transit agency said Friday that it will restore services that it eliminated after a judge ordered it to undo the two-week-old cuts that were challenged in court as discriminatory toward poor
