How AI images of cats and ducks powered the pet-eating rumor mill
The rumor mill about immigrants attacking household pets got its start in thinly sourced anecdotes shared at government meetings and on social media.
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Pittsburgh proposes a $500,000 payment to settle bridge collapse lawsuits
The city of Pittsburgh is seeking approval of a half-million-dollar payment to settle lawsuits over the collapse of a bridge into a ravine in January 2022.
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‘Making peoples' lives hell': When he couldn't pay for cancer treatment, the hospital sued
In North Carolina, a state hard hit by the national crisis of medical debt, Terry Belk has spent 20 years struggling to get free of “this … anvil I’m dragging around.”
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Going once, going twice: Google's millisecond ad auctions are the focus of monopoly claim
An ongoing trial may determine whether Google holds an illegal monopoly on the technology used to buy and sell certain types of advertising on web pages.
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Catch a partial lunar eclipse during September's supermoon
Get ready for a partial lunar eclipse and supermoon. The spectacle will be visible in clear skies across North and South America Tuesday night and in Africa and Europe Wednesday morning. A partial lun...