Teacher who survived Bend shooting tried to close door, ‘but the shooter was already there’
Becky Drury was shot and seriously wounded by the gunman, who killed three children and another teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Oregon.
Inside Iowa’s critical midterm Senate race
NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas interviews Democrat Josh Turek, Republican Ashley Hinson and voters in Iowa.
Meta to pay $25B in New Mexico case over misleading Facebook users
A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay a $25B civil penalty for misleading Facebook users about privacy and hate speech, Bloomberg reported. A
Electronic Arts to cut 400 jobs and shut down Mass Effect studio BioWare
Electronic Arts will close BioWare, the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, and cut about 400 jobs, roughly 3% of staff, Bloomberg reported. The
US orders departure of personnel from Saudi Arabia, citing Houthi threat
US State Department says Iran-aligned Houthis have ‘increasingly engaged in hostilities’ against Saudi Arabia.
Canadian publisher drops writer Thelyson Orelien over AI use in novel
Publisher Boreal says investigations confirmed the Haitian-Canadian Thelyson Orelien used AI in his breakthrough novel.
Video shows Israeli settler assaulting Palestinian child
An Israeli settler was filmed shouting at and assaulting a Palestinian child during an attack on a family east of Yatta.
‘Betrayed by my body’: The taboo health issue women are talking about on social media
Women are sharing their experiences with chronic urinary tract infections on social media in an effort to break the stigma surrounding UTIs.
Diabetes and ADHD drugs to be tested on Alzheimer’s patients in new study
Drugs will be tested simultaneously, which it’s hoped will speed up the process of finding new treatments for this common type of dementia.
Daughter of woman killed by partner ‘refuses to be another victim’
Keeley McKee’s mother Leanne was killed by her partner in 2003, weeks before the couple were due to marry.
Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations
The penalty, one of the largest levied against a tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled
Anthropic Joins the A.I. Agent Race With Claude Duet
The tool, which is not yet widely available, will compete with OpenAI’s dots and Meta’s Muse. It is built for work and not personal errands.
Why is a peat fire so bad? BBC is in Indonesia to find out
The BBC’s Liza Tambunan is in central Kalimantan, to explain what peat is and why Indonesia is facing its worst wildfire season in a decade.
Japan is known for world-class events – but the Asian Games were chaotic
Hotel chaos, transport mishaps and diplomatic blunders cast a spotlight on organisers and the firm hired to deliver the games.