Crews on Friday are anticipated to continue assessing the immense wreckage in the Patapsco River before being able to clear the fast-moving waterway following the collapse of a major Baltimore bridge earlier this week that killed six people and shut down a vital shipping port. A 1‚000-ton crane‚ the largest on the Eastern Seaboard‚ was scheduled to arrive Thursday evening‚ said Maryland Gov. Wes Moore at a news conference. However‚ before crews can begin removing the crumpled piles of steel and...

Microsoft Corp. is trying to make it harder for people to trick artificial intelligence chatbots into doing weird things. New safety features are being built into Azure AI Studio which lets developers build customized AI assistants using their own data‚ the Redmond‚ Washington-based company said in a blog post on Thursday. The tools include “prompt shields‚” which are designed to detect and block deliberate attempts — also known as prompt injection attacks or jailbreaks — to make an AI model...

Prior to October 7‚ there were roughly two million Arab citizens of Israel but no Jewish citizens in Gaza. Gazans in 2006 voted in Hamas to rule them. It summarily executed its Palestinian Authority rivals. Hamas canceled all future scheduled elections. It established a dictatorship and diverted hundreds of billions of dollars in international aid to build a vast underground labyrinth of military installations. "Collateral damage" Hamas began the war by deliberately targeting civilians....

Inflation rose in line with expectations in February‚ likely keeping the Federal Reserve on hold before it can start considering interest rate cuts‚ according to a measure the central bank considers its more important barometer. The personal consumption expenditures price index excluding food and energy increased 2.8% on a 12-month basis and was up 0.3% from a month ago‚ the Commerce Department reported Friday.. Both numbers matched the Dow Jones estimates. Including volatile...

Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted a multi-million dollar‚ star-studded fundraiser Thursday for President Biden while he was holding a discussion with Presidents Obama and Clinton  Comedian Stephen Colbert was moderating the discussion at Radio City Music Hall in New York City when protesters began yelling from the crowd. “I want to point out that we are 10 minutes in‚ and I have asked one question. I want to do a quick lightning round here. Do any of you have plans to sell...

President Biden participated in a star-studded fundraiser with former Democratic Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton on Thursday in New York City in an event expected to raise more than $25 million for the president's re-election campaign. Thursday's New York City fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall was hosted by actress Mindy Kaling and featured performances by several musical guests and artists‚ including Queen Latifah‚ Lizzo‚ Ben Platt‚ Cynthia Erivo and Lea Michele. The event was...

One of the nation’s most prominent news outlets has found itself in an embarrassing mess over the hiring — and quick firing — of someone who isn’t even a journalist in the first place. Among other things‚ NBC News’ brief employment of former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel has illustrated the role of political contributors in television news‚ and the frustration many executives feel in adequately representing the GOP point of view in the Donald Trump...

Rep. Jim Jordan‚ R-Ohio‚ opened an investigation on Thursday into the recently announced National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center‚ Breitbart reported. Last Saturday‚ the Justice Department announced an initial funding of $750 million for the center which aims to "provide our partners across the country with valuable resources to keep firearms out of the hands of individuals who pose a threat to themselves or others‚" said Attorney General Merrick Garland....

Several waves of protesters disrupted President Biden’s grandiose fundraiser Thursday at Radio City Music Hall‚ where he kicked it with former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton to raise cash and enthusiasm for his 2024 re-election bid.  One demonstrator‚ a woman blowing a whistle‚ holding a “War pig” sign and warning of “nuclear war with Russia‚” was removed from the lavish New York City event‚ dubbed a “grassroots fundraiser”...

The Francis Scott Key Bridge near Baltimore collapsed after being hit by a cargo ship in the early morning on March 26. Although all evidence points to an accident‚ conspiracy theorists spread the baseless claim that it was intentionally caused by a “cyber-attack.” Officials have dismissed the claim. A cargo ship ran into the Francis Scott Key Bridge near Baltimore at about 1:30 a.m. on March 26‚ sending the center stretch of the 1.6-mile bridge into the Patapsco River...