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Video game performers will go on strike over AI concerns

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections. The strike — the second ...

Netanyahu is in Washington

WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week is looming as a fraught one between the two allies, coming at a moment of extreme political flux in the United States and wariness among American leaders about Netanyahu’s history of interjecting ...

Harris faces major test as she looks for a running mate

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on four potential candidates as she races to choose a running mate for her fledgling campaign, fast-tracking a process that usually takes months but must be finalized in only a few weeks. Eric Holder, the former U.S. attorney ...

Last Sunday was the hottest day on Earth in all recorded history

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday. Copernicus’ preliminary data shows that the global average temperature ...

CrowdStrike strikes county services in Essex, Franklin

SARANAC LAKE — The global Microsoft outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike security update led to government departments in Essex and Franklin counties having their services disrupted Friday. Dispatcher Julia Coffman of the Saranac Lake Police Department said that when she came into work ...