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Facial recognition helped crack alleged student murder by illegal migrant – new bill could ban it: ret. cop

Facial recognition helped identify the suspect in Sheridan Gorman's alleged murder, but a new Illinois bill could ban the tool, a retired detective warns.

Navy shipyard workers approve a contract deal with Bath Iron Works, ending weeklong strike

Hundreds of striking employees at one of the U.S. Navy’s biggest shipbuilding contractors have voted to approve a deal with Bath Iron Works, ending a weeklong strike.

Helicopter crashes into ocean off Hawaii coast, leaving multiple dead and injured

Three people were killed and two others injured Thursday when a helicopter operated by Airborne Aviation crashed into the ocean off Kauai, Hawaii.

Pro-Iranian group claims credit for hack of FBI Director Kash Patel's personal account

A pro-Iranian hacking group is claiming to have hacked an account of FBI Director Kash Patel and has posted online what appear to be years-old photographs of him, along with a work resume and other personal documents.

UFC brings cage-match bout to the White House, home of a president who favors cage-match politics

President Donald Trump is hosting a UFC fight on White House grounds to celebrate his 80th birthday and the nation’s 250th anniversary.

Facial recognition helped crack alleged student murder by illegal migrant – new bill could ban it: ret. cop

Facial recognition helped identify the suspect in Sheridan Gorman's alleged murder, but a new Illinois bill could ban the tool, a retired detective warns.

Navy shipyard workers approve a contract deal with Bath Iron Works, ending weeklong strike

Hundreds of striking employees at one of the U.S. Navy’s biggest shipbuilding contractors have voted to approve a deal with Bath Iron Works, ending a weeklong strike.

Around the world

Mexico's navy searches for 2 missing sailboats carrying 9 people to Cuba with aid

Mexico’s Navy is searching for two missing sailboats carrying nine people and humanitarian aid on a route to Cuba.

Russian man who assaulted woman during Barron Trump FaceTime call sentenced to 4 years

Russian MMA fighter Matvei Rumiantsev was sentenced to four years for assaulting a woman in London in an attack Barron Trump witnessed on FaceTime.

Iran-backed Houthis open third front against Israel as Tehran seeks leverage ahead of talks

Houthis launched ballistic and cruise missiles at Israel, which says it intercepted the strike. Analysts say Iran is pressuring the Houthis to show leverage in U.S. talks.

French police thwart a suspected bombing outside a Bank of America building in Paris

French authorities say that police have stopped a suspected bombing outside a Bank of America building in Paris.

Mexico says a third of 130,000 missing people might be alive, fueling criticism from families

Mexico’s government says it has identified signs of life for as many as a third of the country’s 130,000 registered missing people.

Meet Iran's hardline speaker who threatened to burn US forces

Iranian parliament speaker Ghalibaf has threatened U.S. forces while reportedly being eyed by the Trump administration as a potential Iran talks channel.

UK arrests 2 over 'antisemitic arson attack' as police investigate possible Iran link

U.K. police arrested two men allegedly behind an antisemitic arson attack on Jewish ambulances in London that Prime Minister Keir Starmer called "horrifying.

Technology

Zoom sees human conversation as its edge in the agentic AI era

AI agents in the workplace are increasingly able to retrieve information, coordinate tasks, and even act on a user’s behalf. But important decisions still typically happen through human interaction.

Palo Alto updates security platform to discover AI agents

As CISOs worry about AI agent sprawl, Palo Alto Networks has announced an update to its Prisma AIRS security platform and enterprise browser to include the ability to discover AI agents, models, and connections across the entire IT environment, to scan agents for vulnerabilities, and to allow admins

Robot plays tennis with humans in real time

A humanoid robot rallies tennis shots with a human player in real time, using AI to track and respond without scripts or remote control.

On the pleasures and dangers of open source Python

Announced at JavaOne, Project Detroit proposes to break down the walls between Java, Python, and JavaScript.

He suddenly couldn't speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery

The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year says doctors still don't know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station.

How the Meta and YouTube child safety rulings end Big Tech invincibility

For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators, and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people’s mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, sexual exploitation, and suicide. For the first time, juries in two states took their side.

Oracle adds pre-built agents to Private Agent Factory in AI Database 26ai

Oracle has added new prebuilt agents to Private Agent Factory, its no-code framework for building containerized, data-centric agents within AI Database 26ai. These agents include a Database Knowledge Agent, a Structured Data Analysis Agent, and a Deep Data Research Agent.

Sports News

Ilia Malinin bounces back from Olympic nightmare with 3rd straight world figure skating title

Ilia Malinin reeled off one huge jump after another, and a backflip for good measure, to retain his world championship title for the third year running.

MLB top prospect shares hilarious moment with veteran who robbed his home run after four-hit MLB debut

Detroit Tigers prospect Kevin McGonigle was robbed of his first MLB home run by Jackson Merrill, then responded with a game-winning two-run single in a 5-2 win.

Cam Newton views adding 18th regular-season game as 'good business,' questions how preseason games will work

Cam Newton said an NFL 18th regular-season game would further dilute preseason, calling the league's expansion push simply "good business" for the sport.

Senegal parades Africa Cup trophy in Paris as it appeals CAF decision to strip title

Senegal keeps celebrating its Africa Cup title even after African soccer officials stripped it away and awarded it to Morocco.

Ilia Malinin bounces back from Olympic nightmare with 3rd straight world figure skating title

Ilia Malinin reeled off one huge jump after another, and a backflip for good measure, to retain his world championship title for the third year running.

MLB top prospect shares hilarious moment with veteran who robbed his home run after four-hit MLB debut

Detroit Tigers prospect Kevin McGonigle was robbed of his first MLB home run by Jackson Merrill, then responded with a game-winning two-run single in a 5-2 win.

Cam Newton views adding 18th regular-season game as 'good business,' questions how preseason games will work

Cam Newton said an NFL 18th regular-season game would further dilute preseason, calling the league's expansion push simply "good business" for the sport.

Politics News

CPAC activists embrace Paxton as MAGA's choice for Texas Senate over Cornyn

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has positioned himself as the grassroots favorite in the runoff election to determine the party's Senate nominee.

Trump's conflicting messages sow confusion over the Iran war

President Donald Trump describes the war with Iran as a success, even as his message about the conflict keeps shifting.

Watchdog blasts BBC, CNN, NYT for applying 'war crime' label almost exclusively to US, Israel in Iran conflict

A media watchdog claims 88% of war crime references in Iran conflict coverage by CNN, BBC and others targeted the U.S. or Israel, with none aimed at Iran.

Minn. lawmakers move toward repeal of César Chavez

Following allegations that the late labor leader sexually abused women and girls, state lawmakers said they would work quickly to repeal a Minnesota law honoring César Chavez.

Dem senators dodge crucial question on illegal alien accused of killing Chicago college student

After Sheridan Gorman's killing, several Democratic senators declined to clearly say whether the illegal immigrant charged in the case should have been deported

NASA races to build moon base as US challenges China in new space race

NASA races to build a $20 billion lunar base as China and Russia advance moon ambitions, with experts warning China holds the advantage in space.

House Republicans pass rival DHS plan, setting up Senate fight as shutdown set to become longest in history

House Republicans passed a two-month DHS funding extension, but the 42-day partial government shutdown remains far from over amid continued gridlock.