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October 16, 2024

South Korea’s presidential candidates pledge to nurture AI economy
SEOUL — South Korea’s presidential candidates have pledged to nurture an artificial intelligence economy, promising to develop the country’s own large language model (LLM) to let people use generative AI services for free. Lee Jae-myung of the liberal opposition Democratic Party said that, if he wins the June 3 election, his administration would support South…
RFK Jr. on chemicals, sick kids and that swim in contaminated water
As the Trump administration pushes for deep cuts in federal health agencies, Robert F Kennedy Jr. has produced a 72-page summ on the environmental toxins, chemicals and ultraprocessed foods he said are causing an “existential crisis” in the United States. In an interview Thursday afternoon with Tom Llamas, senior national correspondent for NBC News and…
Biden-era Pepsi price discrimination lawsuit dropped by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission voted to dismiss a lawsuit filed in the last days of the Biden administration that accused PepsiCo of offering sweetheart pricing to big retailers. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson dissented to the suit when it was filed in Janu, when he was one of the regulator’s commissioners. Now the agency’s leader, Ferguson…
Memorial Day weekend on track to break travel records
Summer’s unofficial kickoff is here and Americans are wasting no time getting out of town. From crowded airports to congested highways, Memorial Day travel is heating up, thanks in part to a dip in gas prices. A record 45.1 million people are expected to travel between Thursday May 22 and Monday May 26, breaking the…
Supreme Court grants Trump request to fire certain independent agency members, says Federal Reserve is different
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday granted a Trump administration request that allows the president to fire members of independent federal agencies while suggesting that its legal reasoning would not apply to the Federal Reserve. The move to pause a lower court ruling formalizes a tempor decision along similar lines on April 9 that…
Malaysian retailer Eco-Shop rises over 10% in market debut after $91m IPO
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s leading fixed-price retail chain Eco-Shop debuted on Bursa Malaysia on Friday at 1.25 ringgit per share, up 10.6% from its initial public offering price. The retailer sold 347 million new shares at 1.13 ringgit per share through the IPO deal, allowing the company to raise 392.1 million ringgit ($91.6 million). The…
57-year-old stowaway who flew from New York to Paris found guilty
A jury on Thursday convicted a woman who sneaked onto a flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass by slipping past security and airline gate agents at John F. Kennedy International Airport last year. The short trial of Svetlana Dali concluded with a guilty finding on a stowaway charge by jurors in…
Mahmoud Khalil and his attorneys tell judge his life, his family’s would be at risk if he’s deported
Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil should be protected from deportation, which could put his life at risk, his attorneys argued Thursday. Ahead of a critical court hearing before an immigration judge in Louisiana that focused on whether Khalil was entitled to relief from deportation, including through asylum, Khalil met and held his newborn son for…
Kellen Moore happy tush push remains legal but undecided whether Saints will use it
The Tush Push was saved Wednesday, falling two votes short of the 24 required for a ban. The Saints, who have former Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore as their head coach, were among the 10 teams that voted against the proposal to eliminate the play. “It’s a play that obviously has drawn a lot of…