Sheila Oliver, New Jersey’s lieutenant governor and a prominent Black leader, dies at 71
Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who rose to become one of New Jersey’s most prominent Black leaders and passionately advocated for revitalizing cities and against gun violence, died Tuesday after a sudden illness.
Thermo Fisher Scientific settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine
The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of improperly profiting from her cells.
Rex Heuermann, the architect accused of killing 3 women found at Gilgo Beach, is due back in court
The architect accused of murdering at least three women and leaving their bodies along a remote stretch of coastline near Long Island’s Gilgo Beach is due back in court.
The first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape
The largest solar panel recycling plant in North America has opened in Yuma, Arizona, just as the flow of used and spent solar panels sharply ramps up.
Wisconsin’s high court, which almost overturned Biden’s win in the state, flips to liberal control
Wisconsin Democrats are celebrating the beginning of a new era for the state Supreme Court as it flips from conservative to liberal control for the first time in 15 years.
Jill Biden says exercise including spin classes and jogging helps her find ‘inner strength’
Jill Biden says exercise helps her find “inner strength.”.
Chatbots sometimes make things up. Not everyone thinks AI’s hallucination problem is fixable
Spend enough time with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots and it doesn’t take long for them to spout falsehoods.
$1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawing offers shot at 7th largest prize ever
A estimated $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot will again be up for grabs, giving lottery players a chance to snap an unlucky streak that has stretched on for months.
Lawyers in case of fatal shooting on Alec Baldwin movie set spar over whether to dismiss charges
Prosecutors are urging a judge in Santa Fe, New Mexico, not to throw out involuntary manslaughter charges against a movie weapons supervisor in the 2021 shooting death of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal for the film “Rust.”.
A judge is set to hear the last day of testimony in the Oxford High School shooter’s sentencing
A Michigan judge is expected to hear the third and final day of testimony Tuesday at a unique sentencing hearing for the Oxford High School shooter.