A top artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI for Google is assembling a new team to build large models simulating the entire world.
NBC Washington reporter Derrick Ward, a District native and University of Maryland graduate, died Tuesday from complications stemming from a cardiac arrest. He was 62.
Someone inside Fox News gave Donald Trump’s presidential campaign the questions he would face ahead of a town hall the network produced in January 2024, a forthcoming book alleges, according to excerpts reported by CNN.
A man was arrested Wednesday for trying to bring a machete and knives into the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, police said.
A Minnesota judge has ordered MyPillow to pay nearly $778,000 for unpaid bills and other costs to package delivery service DHL, which had sued the company that’s synonymous with its founder, chief pitchman and election denier Mike Lindell.
Two dogs died on the 1100 block of 19th Street NW in the District earlier this week. The police and power company Pepco are investigating whether the dogs were electrocuted.
Disgraced former Rep. George Santos has requested a delay until August of his sentencing for fraud so that he can use the funds he makes from his new podcast to pay off his fines.
The North Carolina House elected a new speaker for the first time in 10 years on Wednesday, choosing a young lieutenant to now-U.S. Rep. Tim Moore to preside over a Republican-controlled chamber focused on Hurricane Helene but likely needing Democratic help to keep advancing a conservative agenda.
Rep. Richard Hudson reintroduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow people with state-issued concealed carry licenses or permits to transport a handgun to any other state that allows concealed carry.
Israeli soldiers recovered the body of a 53-year-old hostage in an underground tunnel in southern Gaza, the military said Wednesday, and the army was determining if another set of remains belongs to the man’s son.
Formerly homeless and addicted San Franciscans have long accused progressive nonprofit groups’ “housing first” policies of worsening the city’s homelessness problem — and now say a positive change is on the way.
The Tennessee Titans have been granted permission to interview Catherine Hickman by the Cleveland Browns as the team looks for a new general manager, a person familiar with the request told The Associated Press.
President Biden on Wednesday told exhausted firefighters who’ve been battling wildfires in Los Angeles that he had some “good news” for them — he’s become a great-grandfather.
Representatives from the credit reporting and credit union industries filed a lawsuit Wednesday arguing that the Biden administration’s new rule blocking creditors from accessing consumers’ medical debt violates federal law.
A man was arrested by Montgomery County Police over the weekend for trying to attack three people with a machete at a Silver Spring, Maryland, shopping center.
An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee braced Wednesday for the possible arrival of freezing rain and snow even as some other parts of the U.S. hit by the plunging polar vortex this week began to shake off its icy effects.
“Wicked” topped nominations to the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday, landing a leading five nominations including best ensemble, and individual nods for Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey.
A military doctor has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing dozens of soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord who had primarily sought his care for pain management.
President-elect Donald Trump attacked California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday as thousands of acres burned in a blaze that tore through Los Angeles County. Mr. Trump threatened to take on the state’s water policies when he assumes office later this month.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Wednesday announced that the first three bills up for consideration will focus on enforcing immigration laws, standing with Israel and protecting babies that survive an attempted abortion.
President Biden is flirting with handing out preemptive pardons to some of President-elect Donald Trump’s favorite political targets.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm abused American taxpayers with her 2023 publicity-stunt trip road trip in an electric vehicle, an inspector general said Wednesday, dinging her team for overselling their actual expenses on some travel vouchers and choosing expensive hotels when cheaper ones were available.
A top U.S. general gave high marks to Lebanese forces this week for their efforts to stabilize the volatile border region with Israel, marking a potential turning point in the area’s yearlong conflict.
Disney CEO Bob Iger has said he wants to move away from politics, but the conservative legal warriors at the Alliance Defending Freedom would like the entertainment giant to put it in writing.
Ford workers have filed a petition for a union election at the company’s joint-venture battery plant in Kentucky, potentially marking the first major union election in the South this year.
The Pacific Palisades fire has engulfed at least 2,920 acres in Los Angeles County, requiring thousands to evacuate, including several celebrities who live in the area.
Rep. Dusty Johnson plans to introduce legislation that would give President-elect Donald Trump authority to purchase the Panama Canal.
The downfall of conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, impeached and stripped of his powers after his shock martial law decree early last month, is suddenly looking less certain.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded Wednesday to President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to rename the Gulf of Mexico by offering a proposal of her own: Call the U.S. “America Mexicana.”
A Virginia man accused of stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history and using President Biden’s photo for target practice must stay in jail until trial, a federal judge ruled, writing that he has “shown the capacity for extreme danger.”
