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Universities of Wisconsin regents cite disputes over AI and other topics in president's firing

Leaders on the board that oversees the Universities of Wisconsin say that the fired president of the system was slow to address pressing issues like artificial intelligence and feared upsetting policymakers, faculty and staff

Officials charge 21 people in hospice fraud exceeding $250 million

California officials say they uncovered a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud the state for hospice services paid for with a government insurance program

Judge rejects plea agreement in case of missing Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay

A federal judge in Phoenix has rejected a plea agreement that would have allowed a man who acknowledged beating a Navajo elder and leaving her for dead to avoid more prison time

1 dead and 2 missing after parking garage collapses in Philadelphia

Officials say one person is dead and two others are missing after a parking garage under construction in Philadelphia collapsed

Neighbor fatally shoots alleged gunman after 2 women shot in domestic dispute

A Washington state man allegedly shot two female relatives in a domestic dispute before a neighbor intervened and fatally shot him, police said.

Child among 4 dead as accused arsonist allegedly drank beer during chaos

Roman Amatitla is charged with murder and arson after allegedly setting a random Queens building fire that killed four, including a 3-year-old girl.

Coast Guard seizes over 4,500 pounds of cocaine worth $34M from suspected narco-terrorist vessel on Easter

DHS says the Coast Guard recovered more than 4,500 pounds of cocaine off the coast of Ecuador as part of Operation Pacific Viper counter-drug efforts.

Venezuelan lawmakers approve a sweeping mining bill to lure foreign investors

Venezuelan lawmakers have approved a bill to regulate mining as the country seeks to attract leery foreign investors to a once-private industry that has long been exploited by criminal groups with ties to the government

Inflation may jump by most in nearly four years as gas prices spike

Inflation probably rose to 3.4% in March compared with a year ago, economists estimate, which would be a sharp increase from February's 2.4% increase

Artemis II nears end of historic mission with splashdown off California coast

Artemis II is set to splash down off San Diego as Navy crews prepare to recover the Orion capsule and the four astronauts inside, drawing crowds along the coast.

GOP's best shot at California governor's office in decades mired in angry internal debate

SEEMA MEHTA

Republicans, who last won the California governor's office in 2006, angrily spar in their best opportunity to win the seat in two decades.

Arellano: Pope Leo's brave stance against Trump

GUSTAVO ARELLANO

Rather than cower before a despot who makes the Pharaoh in the Old Testament seem as stable and kind as St. Francis, the first American pope has resisted Trump like a protester at a "No Kings" rally.

Chabria: Wipe out a 'civilization'? Minor stuff compared with what just happened in AI

ANITA CHABRIA

A real strike on civilization as we know it occurred in Silicon Valley, where a new AI super-brain was locked up because it's too powerful — and unpredictable.

American couple's Bahamas dinghy was ill-equipped for conditions night of wife's disappearance: friend

A friend says Brian and Lynette Hooker's 8-foot dinghy was undersized and underpowered for the rough conditions the night she vanished in the Bahamas.

Artemis II crew closes in on Earth as mission ends with Pacific splashdown and more top headlines

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