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OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company

AP Business Writers OpenAI’s history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the San Francisco company looks to more fully convert itself into a for-profit corporation accountable to shareholders. The artificial intelligence company’s board is considering a decision that would change it into

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Appeals court sends back part of Dakota Access oil pipeline protester’s excessive force lawsuit

Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An appeals court has sent back part of a lawsuit brought by a protester of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, who alleged law enforcement officers used excessive force. Oklahoma resident Eric Poemoceah filed the lawsuit in 2020 against Morton County, two county sheriffs and other officers. He alleged a

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Cryptocurrency exchange network accused of helping Russia hit with sanctions

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A network of people and virtual currency exchanges associated with harboring Russian cybercrime have been hit with sanctions in a government-wide crackdown on cybercrime. The announcement could assist Russia ahead of President Joe Biden’s Thursday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The State Department is offering a $10 million reward

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Justice probe finds pervasive abuse and discrimination by police in small Mississippi city

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report detailing a slew of civil rights abuses by law enforcement in one of America’s poorest counties. The Lexington Police Department “has created a system

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Republican Wisconsin congressman falsely suggests city clerk was lying about absentee ballots

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The mailing of about 2,200 duplicate absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital city of Madison has led a Republican member of Congress to falsely suggest that the clerk was lying about the presence of barcodes on the ballots themselves. An initial statement on Monday from Madison Clerk Maribeth

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Pakistani police are responsible for killing a doctor held in a blasphemy claim, the government says

Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s government says its investigation shows that police had orchestrated the killing of a doctor accused of blasphemy while he was held in custody last week. The interior minister in Sindh province says officers then lied about the circumstances of the man’s  death, claiming he was killed in a

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Serbia-Albania joint bid with political history set to win hosting of soccer’s Under-21 Euros

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Serbia and Albania are set to co-host the men’s Under-21 European Championship in 2027 in a soccer project that aims to overcome political tensions. UEFA says only the Serbia-Albania bid met a deadline this week to file detailed plans for the 16-team tournament. Belgium and Turkey had declared interest earlier in

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Court throws out manslaughter charge against clerk in Detroit gas station shooting

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has thrown out a manslaughter charge against a Detroit gas station clerk who locked the door before an angry customer shot three bystanders, killing one. Prosecutors say clerk Al-Hassan Aiyash’s actions contributed to the tragedy. But the appeals court said Wednesday that an involuntary manslaughter

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US health authorities need to play a larger role in cannabis policy, a new report says

AP Medical Writer With more Americans using ever-stronger marijuana, a federal advisory panel is calling for a public health approach that’s a big departure from “Just Say No.” Thursday’s report proposes a health-focused strategy with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention taking a larger role in cannabis policy than ever before. “We’d like the

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A top government scientist engaged in research misconduct, NIH finds

A National Institutes of Health investigation has found research misconduct by a top neuroscientist. In a statement Thursday, NIH said the findings involve images in two studies coauthored by Dr. Eliezer Masliah, the National Institute on Aging’s longtime neuroscience chief. NIH said images or “figure panels” representing different experimental results were reused or relabeled in

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