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April 17, 2025

Trump administration cuts ‘Safety’ from AI Safety Institute
The Trump administration says it’s reforming a Biden-era artificial intelligence safety institute, renaming and reformulating one of the only federal government departments dedicated to oversight of the burgeoning technology. Commerce Secret Howard Lutnick said in a news release Tuesday that the Trump administration would transform the former U.S. AI Safety Institute — which former President…
Senate Democrats’ campaign chief says ‘every state’s on the table’ in fight for majority
Democrats will have to win some red states if they have any hope of taking control of the Senate next year, and the senator tasked with leading that effort believes President Donald Trump has given them an opening after he won those states easily months ago. “I look at the map, and every state’s on…
‘Agroterrorism’ arrest in US spurs calls to bring back China Initiative
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities have charged two Chinese nationals with smuggling into the U.S. a fungus that could cause significant damage to crops of wheat, barley, maize and rice and has been described as a “potential agroterrorism weapon.” Tuesday’s announcement has triggered calls here to revive the China Initiative, which was established by the U.S.…
Puerto Rican coquí frogs are loud. Islanders want to keep it that way.
For many Puerto Ricans, the nightly chirping of “coh-KEE” — the sound of a tiny frog known as the coquí — is like a national lullaby. But for one purported tourist, the noise felt more like a nightmare, according to a now-deleted Reddit post from May on the Puerto Rico Travel thread. The post, titled…
Toyota Industries buyout is undervalued: UK asset manager
LONDON — Minority shareholders are set to lose out on Toyota group’s bid for Toyota Industries because the tender offer is at a “really low price,” according to the co-founder of British investment firm Zennor Asset Management. “Toyota Motor is getting a different deal, a much better deal, than other shareholders,” said David Mitchinson, a founding partner…
Parents are charged after their son, 7, is struck dead in a car accident
The grieving parents of a 7-year-old child who died hours after being hit by a car were charged with involunt manslaughter after allowing him and his brother, 10, to walk home unaccompanied by an adult from a nearby grocery store. Jessica Ivey and Samuele Jenkins were charged two days after their son Legend died from…
Japan turns to Thai and Vietnamese rice as prices soar
BANGKOK/HANOI/TOKYO — Rice imports from Southeast Asia are ramping up in Japan, providing a more-affordable source of the staple grain as persistently tight domestic supply keeps prices high. Vietnam’s Tan Long Group plans to bring over 20,000 metric tons of rice to Japan this year, more than quadruple last year’s total and equivalent to the…
Trump administration accuses Columbia University of violating anti-discrimination laws
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U.S. judge issues order stopping the deportation of Boulder suspect’s family
BOULDER, Colo. — A federal judge issued an order Wednesday to prevent the deportation of the wife and five children of an Egyptian man charged in the firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado. U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher granted a request from the family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman to halt deportation proceedings of his wife…