Despite lots of hype, "voice AI" has so far largely been a euphemism for a request-response loop. You speak, a cloud server ...

City and plaintiffs square off in federal court over whether Oakland has met long‑standing police reform benchmarks.

Updates to National Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM 2.5 have been tied up in court since 2024. Trade groups, which sued over the rule, are pushing the Trump administration to follow through with ...

The Pentagon is overhauling its broken military moving system to centralize control, modernize technology and restore trust ...

Opinion: With millions of aging septic systems leaking pollution, lawmakers face an urgent choice: protect public health or ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — The Tri-County Human Trafficking Task Force held its first meeting of the year Tuesday, as a recent statewide report offers a clearer picture of how often human trafficking ...

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The monster winter storm that New York City and the Tri-State Area have been bracing for is here, as heavy snow and sleet ...

Septic-to-sewer conversion is the policy, but until enough sewage treatment plants are built, there will be septic systems ...

In the video, China’s former agriculture minister, Tang Renjian, tearfully recounted the transgressions for which he was given a death sentence. The timing of the choreographed spectacle delivered a ...

I had access to Dispatch pre-release on Steam, but never got around to finishing it. I'm over episodic releases and early ...

While the U.S. chases breakthroughs, China is betting on scale, speed, and real-world adoption—and that may prove decisive in ...