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CHICAGO President Biden broached the elephant in the room or rather, several blocks away from the stageduring his speech at the Democratic National Convention. Well keep working to bring hostages home and end the war in Gaza and bring peace and security to the Middle East, Biden declared. Those folks down the street have a

going around — This years summer COVID wave is big; FDA may green-light COVID shots early Wastewater SARS-CoV-2 levels suggest the summer surge is high and peaking right now. Beth Mole – Aug 19, 2024 11:53 pm UTC EnlargeGetty | Thomas Trutschel reader comments 79 With the country experiencing a relatively large summer wave of

close video Priceline CEO: I wouldnt call it a slowdown, but there is a ‘softness’ in consumer spending Priceline CEO Brett Keller breaks down leisure spending in the United States on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ The travel industry is warning that U.S. consumers are pulling back on their excursions.  "The desire to travel is ingrained in

LAZARUS STRIKES AGAIN — Windows 0-day was exploited by North Korea to install advanced rootkit FudModule rootkit burrows deep into Windows, where it can bypass key security defenses. Dan Goodin – Aug 19, 2024 11:37 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 36 A Windows zero-day vulnerability recently patched by Microsoft was exploited by hackers working

When the hardware is really about software — Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And its only getting worse. TV software is getting loaded with ads, changing what it means to own a TV set. Scharon Harding – Aug 19, 2024 11:00 am UTC EnlargeAurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 559 The

San Francisco officials filed a landmark lawsuit against popular deepfake websites that use artificial intelligence to undress images of clothed women and girls. The city attorneys office is suing 16 of the most viewed AI undressing sites which were collectively visited more than 200 million times in just the first half of 2024, the suit

CBS News boss Wendy McMahon is putting her mark on “CBS Mornings” — just weeks after Norah O’Donnell’s surprise exit from the network’s “Evening News” program, The Post has learned. The third-place morning show, co-hosted by Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson, will launch a third hour in select markets and on the CBS

Gov. Kathy Hochul will soon decide whether to approve a controversial bill that would force oil, natural-gas and coal companies to fork over billions of dollars to the state for contributing to climate change. Backers liken the plan — the proposed Climate Change Superfund — to the federal Superfund program that has been trying to

The Kamala Harris campaign’s cozy ties with Big Tech have sparked worries that Google will be allowed to wiggle out of a proposed breakup of its search empire if she is elected president, The Post has learned. Harris is close to Paul Weiss the white-shoe law firm leading Googles defense in another major antitrust case targeting its

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM Aug 19 2024 A recent study in JAMA Network Open examined the risk of persistence of adolescent depressive symptoms into young adulthood. Study:  Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence and Young Adulthood . Image Credit: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.com The American adolescent mental health crisis Since 2010, the prevalence