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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A Google engineer claims that one of the tech company’s unreleased artificial intelligence programs advanced so much that it has achieved a level of consciousness. Google and many in the AI community quickly shut down the engineer’s claims, but the mere idea is sparking fascinating conversations — and stoking fears —

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Claudia Dominguez and Ray Sanchez, CNN Yellowstone National Park will remain closed to visitors through at least Wednesday due to dangerous flooding conditions, which have prompted park evacuations and left some in surrounding communities trapped without safe drinking water, officials say. A Montana helicopter company transported about 40 people on Monday and

By Jamiel Lynch and Tina Burnside, CNN Another member of Haiti’s delegation to the Special Olympics USA Games has gone missing in Florida, according to a spokesperson for the games, marking the seventh Haitian member to not be seen in the past week. Louis Jacques Wilguens, 25, went missing Saturday, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office

By Raja Razek and Faith Karimi, CNN Nancy Crampton-Brophy, author of the essay “How to Murder Your Husband,” was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the murder of her husband. Crampton-Brophy, 71, was convicted in May of second-degree murder in the June 2018 death of her husband, chef Daniel Brophy, who was gunned down

By Amir Vera and Raja Razek, CNN A 47-year-old woman died Saturday after she fell in to the Colorado River, according a news release from the National Park Service. Sheetal Patel, of Chicago, had hiked into the canyon to meet the river trip at Phantom Ranch and was beginning a multi-day boating trip Saturday. She

By Joe Sutton, CNN A man who fired his weapon into a room where children were attending a summer camp just outside Dallas was shot and killed by police on Monday, according to authorities. The Duncanville Police Department identified the gunman Tuesday as Brandon Keith Ned, 42, of Dallas. Further information about the suspect will

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Watergate, the 1970s political scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Timeline June 17, 1972 – Five men are arrested after breaking into Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. White House press secretary Ron Ziegler describes the incident as

By Holly Yan, CNN When “a little army” of men with shields and other riot gear was spotted near a Pride parade in Idaho on Saturday, authorities soon linked the men to a relatively new White nationalist group and charged them with conspiracy to riot. “It is clear to us based on the gear that

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Just imagine what a relief it would be if you could use the same charging cable for all of your devices — your phone, laptop, earbuds, camera, tablet, portable speaker, etc. Well, in a huge step to reduce cable clutter and waste, European regulators say that Apple and other smartphone makers

By Amir Vera, Michelle Watson and Michelle Krupa, CNN A Maryland sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Sunday night while chasing a fugitive, according to authorities. Deputy 1st Class Glenn Hilliard was fatally shot around 8:25 p.m. outside an apartment complex in Pittsville, according to a news release from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office. Pittsville

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Yellowstone National Park has renamed one of its mountains to honor Native Americans instead of the US Army captain who massacred them. Once named after Gustavus Doane, Mount Doane has been renamed First Peoples Mountain, the National Park Service (NPS) announced on Thursday. The 10,551-foot peak stands east of Yellowstone Lake

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN After an alarmed 911 caller reported a group dressed like a “little army” getting into a moving truck, police in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, arrested 31 men believed to be linked to a White nationalist group, who had plans to riot at a weekend Pride event, authorities said. The large group —

By Raja Razek, CNN Two people are dead and four are injured, with one in critical condition, after a shooting at a nightclub early Sunday morning in Gary, Indiana, according to police. A 34-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman were the fatal victims, Gary police said in release. The other three wounded victims appear to

By Amir Vera, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted about $339,300 worth of suspected fentanyl at the Hidalgo International Bridge in Texas this week, according to a CBP news release. A vehicle attempted to make entry into the United States from Mexico Wednesday, but was selected for inspection, the release said. Through the