19+ hour, 51+ min ago   (360+ words) NEW YORK — The chief executive of Anthropic said Saturday the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without it, Dario Amodei warned that AI could be capable within six to 12 months of…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1184+ words) WASHINGTON — President Trump is brushing aside growing concern among leading scientists and bipartisan lawmakers that artificial intelligence could soon pose an existential threat to humanity, fueling anxiety in Washington and Silicon Valley that the president may not fully grasp the…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (424+ words) Barry Melrose, a hockey player-turned-coach who led the Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final before going on to a long career in broadcasting the sport, has died. He was 70. ESPN announced Melrose’s death Wednesday after his wife informed the network....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (889+ words) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would strip private schools and colleges of their tax-exempt status if they provide targeted help to students based on their race, a significant escalation in the White House’s campaign to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1361+ words) The Trump administration is considering trading a parcel of Yosemite National Park to a private commercial developer, according to administration officials, members of Congress and documents reviewed by The Times. The proposed deal would allow the developer to build a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (387+ words) After the Trump administration paid California offshore wind developers to abandon their leases and pursue oil and gas development instead, the state is fighting back. In a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the California Northern District, state Attorney…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1740+ words) WASHINGTON — For the last six months, President Trump has attempted to control the narrative of the Iran war. As days, weeks and months passed, he repeatedly said that an agreement to end the conflict was close at hand and that…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (168+ words) Los Angeles Times To the editor: While the good news is that cinephiles are returning to the theaters to see films such as “The Odyssey,” the bad news is that theater sound systems could be making them deaf…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (323+ words) Law enforcement has released the identity of an elderly man shot and killed by San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies Friday after he opened fire on tree trimmers who’d been working near his home, county officials said. Paul Ronald Selby, 78, shot…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1709+ words) Let’s talk about Cuba. (Disclaimer: I know I’ve already riled up a bunch of people just by bringing up the island nation. So I want to make something very clear: I am going to be talking about the people living…...