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New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash
NEW YORK (AP) — A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns, including the maker's ties to a company that produces hyper realistic sex bots.
The Salama ... (full story)
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Lawsuit claims US civil rights agency has halted all federal-sector class complaints
NEW YORK (AP) — A labor union and two female prison employees filed a lawsuit July 28 accusing a U.S. civil rights agency of unlawfully halting their sexual harassment case as part of wider order to indefinitely suspend proceedings in all federal-sector class claims.
The lawsuit claims that the Equal Employment Opportunity ... (full story)
Today in History: August 7, Twin Tower tightrope walk
Today is Friday, Aug. 7, the 219th day of 2026. There are 146 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Aug. 7, 1974, French high-wire artist Philippe Petit performed an unapproved tightrope walk between the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York, over 1,300 feet above the ground; the event was chronicled in the ... (full story)
Wisconsin appeals court overturns ruling that had restored collective bargaining power
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court on July 29 restored a 2011 anti-union law that abolished collective bargaining rights, in a setback for unions and public workers. Unions are expected to appeal, sending the case to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which is controlled by liberal justices.
The enactment of a 2011 a ... (full story)
Whaling Museum goes viral for ‘worst aquarium ever’ T-shirts, totes
New Bedford is considered the home of whaling’s history in America — and now, home to the worst aquarium ever.
In 2020, a Google user left a one-star review of the New Bedford Whaling Museum coining that phrase. Last fall, the museum began selling shirts and hoodies with the review on the back and a whale skeleton on ... (full story)