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A man who was arrested on suspicion of racially abusing Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo during the opening match of the Premier League season has been banned from every football stadium in the UK as part of his bail conditions. The Cherries’ Friday game against Liverpool at Anfield was briefly halted in the 29th minute after Semenyo flagged it up to …

Astronomers at the Pan-STARRS Observatory in Hawaii made history in 2017 when they detected ‘Oumuamua, the first interstellar object (ISO) ever observed. Two years later, the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov became the second ISO ever observed. And on July 1st, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Rio Hurtado detected a third interstellar object in our Solar System, the …

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said he intends to investigate whether Meta’s generative AI products exploit, deceive, or harm children, after leaked internal documents showed the company’s chatbots were allowed to have “romantic” and “sensual” chats with children.  “Is there anything – ANYTHING – Big Tech won’t do for a quick buck?” Hawley wrote in a post on X announcing the …

U.S. Senator Hawley launches probe into Meta AI policies  Reuters Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info  Reuters Meta faces backlash over AI policy that lets bots have ‘sensual’ conversations with children  The Guardian Sen. Hawley to probe Meta AI bot policies for children following damning report  CNBC Hawley opens probe into Meta after reports of …

US senators call for Meta probe after Reuters report on its AI policies  Reuters Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info  Reuters Hawley calls for congressional probe into Meta chatbots  The Hill Leaked Meta AI rules show chatbots were allowed to have romantic chats with kids  TechCrunch Meta Is Under Fire for AI Guidelines on ‘Sensual’ …

Don Van Natta Jr. Close Don Van Natta Jr. ESPN Senior Writer Host and co-executive producer of the new ESPN series, “Backstory” Member of three Pulitzer Prize-winning teams for national, explanatory and public service journalism Author of three books, including New York Times best-selling “First Off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers, and Cheaters from Taft to Bush” 24-year newspaper career …

HOUSTON (AP) — Nine people, including a former mayor and city council member and the chief of staff to a state representative, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to felony charges brought forth in a rural Texas county by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton as part of a widening elections investigation that is being criticized by Latino rights activists as being …

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has delivered its closest and most detailed view yet of the Sun’s atmosphere, revealing the chaotic origins of the solar wind and space weather events that ripple across the solar system. The findings, based on a historic flyby in December 2024, reported by SciTechDaily, are reshaping scientists’ understanding of how the Sun’s activity can disrupt satellites, …

OBERHOFEN, Switzerland (AP) — Two Olympic gold medalist ski jumpers and three staffers on the powerful Norway men’s team were charged with ethics violations Monday after an investigation into alleged tampering with ski suits at the world championships. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation said star ski jumpers Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang, two coaches and a member of …