The government turned to the world to respond to twin quakes. But years of shrinking budgets and political repression weakened its ability to rescue countless people trapped in rubble.
Gun-friendly Wyoming has a “stand your ground” statute that allows people to use force to defend themselves. So why is a trans woman being prosecuted after being shoved to the ground?
These officials oversee or help administer elections in counties across the nation where competitive House and Senate races will determine control of Congress.
ABC News' Danny New explains the annual event where people travel from all over the U.S. to sprint in an inflatable dinosaur costume and try to win a giant trophy.
Top AI architects say their technology has arrived at a threshold once confined to science fiction: the singularity, or the moment machines begin accelerating their own evolution. Why it matters: If these moguls are right, we may be entering the most consequential technological transition in human history — the opening stages of an "intelligence explosion " that transforms civilization faster than humanity can understand or control. Driving the news: Google jolted the tech world Wednesday by announcing a sweeping rupture in the brain trust that built its modern AI empire, as its leaders signaled that artificial general intelligence (AGI ) is within reach. - DeepMind founder and CEO Demis Hassabis , who has declared we're "standing…