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Judge reviews $1.5B Anthropic settlement proposal with authors over pirated books for AI training
A federal judge has begun reviewing a landmark class-action settlement agreement between the artificial intelligence company Anthropic and book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot.
Private funeral service held for Italian designer Giorgio Armani in church near his birthplace
Family members and close friends attended a private funeral service on Monday for Giorgio Armani in a 14th-century Italian church located within a medieval hamlet near the legendary fashion designer's native city of Piacenza.
Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds
For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic bacterium, which forms the foundation of the marine food web and helps regulate the planet's climate, will decline sharply as seas heat up.
As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds
Global warming in the United States is amping up the country's sweet tooth, a new study found.
Star Trek plans packed lineup for the franchise’s 60th anniversary, with Lego sets and YouTube show
Not many franchises have fueled society's timeless fascination with the boundless possibilities of a utopian future like "Star Trek."
Rick Davies, co-founder and singer of Supertramp, dies at 81
Rick Davies, the co-founder, singer and songwriter of British band Supertramp, has died after a long battle with cancer, the band said Monday. He was 81.
FAA extends ban on U.S. commercial flights to Haiti’s capital because of risk from gangs
A Federal Aviation Administration ban on U.S. commercial flights to Haiti's capital that expired Monday has been extended to March 7, 2026 because of the risk that powerful gangs might attack flights with drones and small arms.
Army awards $195 million contract as competition for augmented reality headset heats up
The Army late last week awarded a $195 million contract to the startup firm Rivet to build an artificial intelligence-powered, augmented-reality headset that proponents say will give soldiers vastly improved capabilities on the battlefield.
Musk’s SpaceX spends $17 billion to acquire spectrum licenses from EchoStar
Elon Musk's SpaceX has reached a deal worth about $17 billion with EchoStar for spectrum licenses that it will use to beef up its Starlink satellite network.
Police in Nepal open fire on protesters outside parliament, killing 17
Police in Kathmandu opened fire Monday on protesters demonstrating against a government ban on social media, killing at least 17 people and wounding 145, officials said.
Florida’s plan to drop school vaccine rule won’t start for 90 days, won’t cover all diseases
Florida's plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won't take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio and measles, the health department said Sunday.
Florida surgeon general defends plan to end vaccine mandates
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo defended Sunday his plan to eliminate all state vaccination requirements, casting it as an "issue of right and wrong," despite pushback from public-health experts and President Trump.
Congo has announced a new Ebola outbreak. Here’s what to know
Congo's authorities announced earlier this week a new Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than a dozen people in a southern province.
Judge shoots down Northern Virginia schools’ lawsuit to keep transgender bathrooms
A federal judge on Friday rejected lawsuits by Fairfax County and Arlington County school boards over their transgender bathroom use policies, saying their challenge to losing federal grant money belongs in claims court instead.
Trump delivers warning to Florida about the dangers of nixing school vaccine requirements
President Trump expressed skepticism over Florida's plan to end vaccine mandates for schoolchildren, which would make it the first state in the nation to do so.
Giorgio Armani leaves a legacy as ‘the master of luxury ready-to-wear’
For Giorgio Armani, it was always the clothes. And his clothes all started with the fabrics.
