Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died on Tuesday morning aged 84, according to a statement released by his family.
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The final battle of the Revolutionary War–the surrender at Yorktown, Virginia–marked the end of the lengthy war between the British and the new United States. A peninsula near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Yorktown was the final fortification for Charles Cornwallis’s band of British troops and Hessian mercenaries. The American victory at Saratoga achieved by General Horatio Gates in October 1777 was a pivotal moment in the American Revolution because it further convinced the French to formally ally with the American colonists, providing critical military and financial support. The aid provided by the Marquis de Lafayette and the troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau proved necessary for the victory won by Washington’s…
Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Oxford, Stanford, Columbia and NYU are calling for guardrails on certain infectious disease datasets that could enable AI to design deadly viruses . Why it matters: Once high-risk biological data hits the open web, it can't be recalled — and regulation won't matter if the knowledge itself is already widely distributed. Driving the news: An international group of more than 100 researchers has endorsed a framework to govern certain biological data the same way we handle sensitive health records. - The debate comes as the Trump administration pushes an aggressive "move fast" AI agenda. - The White House's Genesis Mission — announced in late 2025 — aims to build AI systems trained on massive scientific…
An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force who formed a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.”
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Greg Kelly comments on the latest from Iran, the history of the United States' relationship with Iran and more on "Greg Kelly Reports.
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Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito are the U.S.' best shot at winning women's figure skating gold since 2002 — and of closing out these Games on a high note.
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The idea of an "analog bag," filled with hobbies like reading, journaling and puzzles, is gaining popularity online.
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U.S. and Iran to meet in Geneva for second round of nuclear talks, nine people charged in Texas ICE detention center shooting go on trial, a look at the AI race between the U.S. and China.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Lisa Fontes, an expert in coercive control and sexual violence, about Gisèle Pelicot's case and the effects of chemical submission.
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As a civil rights activist, he joined the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama, and Memphis. He later launched two historic presidential campaigns.