3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (915+ words) It’s disconcerting to envision human thought becoming redundant or deemed inferior due to advancements in artificial intelligence. But for all its ills, AI cannot be ignored or wished away. It’s here to stay, and I want my students to understand…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (512+ words) New subpoenas being issued to former government officials represent an escalation in the year-long investigation as the Justice Department pursues a loosely defined theory that members of the intelligence community who scrutinized Trump over the last decade, including over Russian…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (549+ words) Increasingly popular art therapy programs, including two in the Twin Cities, are helping Minnesota teens prevent and treat mental health problems. One such program is The Art of Being Me, a joint program of the Boys and Girls Clubs of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (438+ words) New York’s attempt to make fossil fuel-producing industries pay into a $75 billion fund to repair the damage wrought by climate change was struck down by a federal judge, who said the sweeping law reaches beyond a state’s responsibility and into…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (175+ words) The report includes allegations that Chavez-DeRemer “engaged in an inappropriate relationship” with a member of her security detail and violated travel regulations by combining personal and official travel. It also accuses her of violating the department’s alcohol policies, directing staff…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (672+ words) For more than a century, the Pilot and the Victory Chimes — two historic schooners with towering sails — have between them served the country in wartime, hosted the likes of Jacques Cousteau and graced the Maine state quarter. But an inlet…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (214+ words) To call budding country star Cody Johnson a traditionalist is only half right. Musically, the description applies. The 39-year-old Texan is clearly a devotee of an old-fashioned fiddle-and-steel-guitar-laden sound that you could have found emanating from the stage of Nashville’s…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (427+ words) Before air conditioning spread across the United States, before temperatures increased and the world heated up, people in the Southwest sweltered. Dry heat and minimal relief were day-to-day life, and many had to get a little creative. Some slept outdoors…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (823+ words) “The first thing that went through my mind was that I probably looked like I was trying way too hard and maybe seemed too uptight,” McEwen, a student at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio, said. With virtual interviews and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1094+ words) Well, bad news: Bedbug infestations are increasing. This is the time of year when they tend to be at their worst. And some scientists think the reviled pests might be capable of spreading an antibiotic-resistant infection called MRSA. For centuries,…...