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2 men arrested in Cincinnati nightclub shooting are facing federal charges
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two men arrested March 2 in connection with a weekend shooting that wounded nine people inside a Cincinnati nightclub now face federal charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the southern district of Ohio said last week.
Franeek Cobb, 24, and Derrick Long, 29, each face federal charges for illegally p ... (full story)
Woman detained in investigation of 2 girls' bodies buried in suitcases, Cleveland police say
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland police expect to charge a 28-year-old woman in the investigation into the remains of two girls found buried in suitcases earlier last week, a department spokesperson said Thursday.
Sgt. Wilfredo Diaz said police detained the woman March 4 after detectives completed intial interviews and examined ... (full story)
Navigating conversations with children about war, conflict and other traumatic events
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Children living through the latest war in the Middle East or seeing images of the conflict may need help making sense of events that many adults find unnerving. Exposure to war, even if it is indirect, can affect how kids think, feel and behave, according to mental health experts.
Child psychologists and development specialists ... (full story)
Dueling documentaries illuminate the promise and perils of artificial intelligence
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artificial intelligence's dystopian specter has spawned a pair of documentaries dissecting a technology that's depicted in the films as a ravenous parasite devouring humanity's knowledge, creativity and empathy.
The films, “Deepfaking Sam Altman” and “The AI Doc," examine the iss ... (full story)
The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds
Climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are, a new study said.
Researchers studied hundreds of scientific studies and hazard assessments, calculating that about 90% ... (full story)