Daniela Rus, Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, joins Yahoo Finance’s Kristin Myers to discuss the development of a new robotic system that neutralizes aerosolized forms of the coronavirus.
The House Ethics Committee released the report summarizing the investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who vacated his seat in November.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was hospitalized Sunday after he was thrown off a horse, injuring his spleen and fracturing a vertebrae and seven ribs, officials said.
Hundreds walked in silence in Croatia's capital on Monday, seeking action after a pupil was killed and three other children were wounded in a knife attack at a school in Zagreb. Organized by teachers' unions, the march asked authorities do more to ensure that schools in Croatia are safe for children. "We need support from government institutions, school teams, media, civil society organizations and all the people who are involved," about 50 teachers' groups and other organizations said in a joint statement.
Elisabeth Borne, only the second woman to serve as French prime minister, is making a surprise return to frontline politics as education minister less than a year after losing a job that she never wished to relinquish."It's as if commentators were saying to themselves, 'We've just had a woman prime minister for 20 months, that's it, we're back to normal life'," she told RTL. Even when she handed over office to Attal on January 9, Borne had made clear her resentment over sexism in French politics
Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is expected to come within 3.8 million miles of the sun.
The House Ethics Committee’s report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., includes evidence he paid women for sex, including one who was underage.
Microsoft has been working on adding internal and third-party artificial intelligence models to power its flagship AI product Microsoft 365 Copilot, in a bid to diversify from the current underlying technology from OpenAI and reduce costs, sources familiar with the effort told Reuters. It is the latest effort by Microsoft, which is a major backer of OpenAI, to lessen its dependence on the AI startup - a departure from recent years when Microsoft touted its early access to OpenAI's models. When Microsoft announced 365 Copilot in March 2023, a major selling point was that it used OpenAI's GPT-4 model.
The bird flu outbreak has taken concerning turns, with more than 60 human cases confirmed. Experts outlined four signs that the virus is going in the wrong direction.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose party looks set to lose power early next year, is under increasing pressure from his own legislators to step down.
Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Monday to state charges in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Guatemalan authorities on Monday recovered several minors taken from a care center by members of an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect under investigation for alleged child sexual abuse.Some of the children were found the same day, and others were recovered by police and officials early Monday amid scuffles with adult sect members on a street in the capital, according to an AFP photographer.
Victims' families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions on Monday, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences. Biden converted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The inmates include people who were convicted in the slayings of police, military officers and federal prisoners and guards.
Lava began bubbling Monday through the crust of one of the world's most active volcanoes — Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island. The eruption was confined to the volcano's summit caldera, in a remote, closed area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the Hawaii Volcano Observatory reported.
A search operation for up to 16 people missing after a deadly bridge collapse in Brazil was being complicated by the possible presence of acid in the water, authorities said Monday.Rescue officials were working on the "hypothesis" that 16 people were missing from the collapse, police said.
The Gondola at Winter Park Resort in Colorado experienced a malfunction and stopped around noon Saturday, leaving visitors suspended mid-air.
Here is what to know after President Joe Biden signed an executive order making Christmas Eve a federal holiday in 2024.
Former D.C. police Lt. Shane Lamond covered up his communications with Enrique Tarrio, a federal judge found.
Germany's far-right AfD party on Monday held what it called a "memorial" rally for victims of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market that has newly inflamed debate on migrant and security policy.German Christmas markets -- among the country's most iconic and beloved festive events -- have been specially secured since a jihadist attacker rammed a truck through one in Berlin in 2016, killing 13 people.
Elon Musk wants Democrats involved in his nascent Department of Government Efficiency. Aaron Bean is charged with making that happen.
As Biden confirms his final judicial nominees before his single term in office ends, he is on track to have appointed the most federal judges of color of any president.
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