SACRAMENTO — California could soon deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to help reduce traffic jams, make roads safer and provide tax guidance, among other things, under new agreements announced Thursday as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to harness the power of new technologies for public services. The state is...
TikTok to Start Labeling AI-Generated Content as Technology Becomes More Universal
TikTok will begin labeling content created using artificial intelligence when it's been uploaded from outside its own platform in an attempt to combat misinformation. “AI enables incredible creative opportunities, but can confuse or mislead viewers if they don’t know content was AI-generated,” the company said in a prepared statement Thursday....
China and US Resume Cooperation on Deportation as Chinese Immigrants Rush in From Southern Border
WASHINGTON — Beijing and Washington have quietly resumed cooperation on the deportation of Chinese immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, as the two countries are reestablishing and widening contacts following their leaders' meeting in California late last year. Surge in Illegal Immigration After China suspended cooperation in August 2022,...
Candace Parker Joins Adidas After 16-Year WNBA Career
Candace Parker has embarked on a new journey as president of women’s basketball at Adidas. The three-time WNBA champion announced her retirement as a player on April 28 after 16 seasons. On Wednesday, Adidas announced Parker will help create a platform “aimed at influencing and elevating the future of women's...
Boeing 737 Catches Fire and Skids Off the Runway at a Senegal Airport, Injuring 10 People
DAKAR, Senegal — A Boeing 737-300 plane carrying 85 people skidded off a runway at the airport in Senegal's capital, injuring 10 people, according to the transport minister, an airline safety group and footage from a passenger that showed the aircraft on fire. “Our plane just caught fire,” wrote Malian...
Jokic Wins NBA’s MVP Award, His 3rd in 4 Seasons
Nikola Jokic did it all again. And the MVP trophy is his again. Jokic, the Denver Nuggets star from Serbia, was announced Wednesday night as the NBA's Most Valuable Player — his third time winning the award in the past four seasons, a feat that just six other players in...
Pete McCloskey, GOP Congressman Who Once Challenged Nixon, Dies at 96
FRESNO — Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day — has died. He was 96. A fourth-generation Republican "in the mold of Teddy Roosevelt," he often said, McCloskey represented the 12th Congressional District for 15 years, running for president...
Harvey Weinstein Returns to Court Amid NY-CA Prison Debate
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York City courtroom Thursday as authorities consider California's extradition request to serve his pending sentence for a 2022 rape conviction in Los Angeles. Weinstein's Original Sentence The 16-year sentence Weinstein received in 2023 for raping a woman at a 2013 Los Angeles film festival...
Conforto Homers Sparked 6-Run Inning to Beat Rockies 8-6
DENVER — Michael Conforto homered and singled in a six-run second inning that sent the San Francisco Giants past the struggling Colorado Rockies 8-6 on Wednesday night. Blake Sabol and Conforto each finished with three of San Francisco's 13 hits. Jordan Hicks pitched five effective innings and the Giants won...
Teoscar Hernández’s 3 RBIs Propel Dodgers to 7th Straight Win
LOS ANGELES — Teoscar Hernández hit a two-run homer in the sixth, Gavin Stone continued the run of solid Dodgers' pitching starts, and Los Angeles beat the Miami Marlins 3-1 on Wednesday to win its seventh straight and complete an unbeaten homestand. Freddie Freeman got aboard with a two-out double...