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Caden Cox made history at Hocking College in 2021 when he became the first known person with Down syndrome to play and score in a college football game. Now, he is suing the junior college, claiming he was discriminated against, harassed and assaulted. In a lawsuit filed by his mother, Mari Cox, on Thursday, Mr. … Read more

Ever since Senator Joe Manchin III, the conservative West Virginia Democrat, cast the crucial vote last year for the Inflation Reduction Act, delivering President Biden his biggest legislative victory to date, the bill has weighed him down politically. Mr. Manchin’s poll numbers in his solidly Republican and coal-rich state dropped last year after he played … Read more

WASHINGTON: Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT‘s OpenAI, told US Senators on Tuesday that regulating artificial intelligence was essential, after his chatbot stunned the world.“We think that regulatory intervention by governments will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful models,” Altman told a US Senate hearing on the impact of AI. #OpenAI #CEO … Read more

Police found two people, identified by neighbors as a mother and son, dead and decomposed in an apartment in Gravesend, Brooklyn Monday evening. Officials said cops and firefighters arrived at the address on Quentin Road to investigate an apartment after a 911 caller specified that there could be unconscious individuals inside. Once firefighters broke into … Read more

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Summer is near, and Austin’s blue-green algae season is already here. The city said Tuesday that staff has found blue-green algae in Lady Bird Lake and Lake Austin. These algae are presumed to be toxic. PREVIOUS: Toxic algae season underway in Austin The Watershed Protection Department said blue-green algae was found at … Read more

Tuesday, May 16, 2023 3:19PM HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An emergency closure for pavement repairs on the I-45 North northbound connector ramp just past the 610 North Loop Tuesday morning hasn’t shut down all lanes, but you’ll likely want to avoid it anyway. Two lanes are closed, and there is no timeline for those repairs, … Read more

The NFL is taking another big step into streaming by putting one of its playoff games exclusively on a digital platform for the first time. The league and NBCUniversal announced Monday that the Saturday night game on wild card weekend will be on Peacock. The Peacock exclusive game on Jan. 13 would start at 8:15 … Read more

A swarm of bees in Encino, California, Monday led to the injury and hospitalization of two men, one of them a Los Angeles Police Department volunteer. A woman also was stung and drove herself to the hospital for treatment. The swarm was reported and responded to by the Los Angeles Fire Department at 3:47 p.m. … Read more