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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools in areas from special education to civil rights enforcement and after-school programs.The Trump administration started laying off 466 Education Department staffers on Friday amid mass firings across the government meant to pressure Democratic lawmakers over the federal shutdown. The layoffs would cut the agency’s workforce by nearly a fifth and leave it reduced by more than half its size when President Donald Trump took…
NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” has come to a close — but the show must go on.Swift, who is fresh off the release of her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” has more news to share. “Good Morning America” revealed Monday morning that she’ll have two new projects at Disney+. That’s a six-episode, behind-the-scenes docuseries about her landmark “Eras Tour” titled “Taylor Swift ‘ The Eras Tour ‘ The End of an Era.” The first two episodes of her docuseries will premiere Dec. 12.And that is not to be confused with the second, titled “Taylor…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a landmark bill on Monday that regulates AI companion chatbots, making it the first state in the nation to require AI chatbot operators to implement safety protocols for AI companions. The law, SB 243, is designed to protect children and vulnerable users from some of the harms associated with AI companion chatbot use. It holds companies — from the big labs like Meta and OpenAI to more focused companion startups like Character AI and Replika — legally accountable if their chatbots fail to meet the law’s standards. SB 243 was introduced in January by state…
American Airlines is readying for the use of its new Airbus 321XLR aircraft to fly transatlantic routes in 2026. The XLRs are an ultra-long-range version of the A321neo, with a range of up to 4,700 nautical miles. In September, the airline flew a series of 42 flights between Philadelphia and Edinburgh, Scotland in an A321neo with a group of check pilots, who will be trained and qualified to operate over the North Atlantic. After that, these pilots will in turn train American’s A320 line pilots on the territory, initially from its New York base. Several flights involved Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors, so the initial eight check…
Get ready for one of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025’s most electrifying moments — literally. Chris Barman, CEO of Slate Auto, is rolling one of her company’s brand-new electric trucks onto the Disrupt Stage before anyone else in the world sees it on the road. Be in the room for this live EV unveiling on the main stage. Save up to $624 this week when you register before October 17. Bringing a team? Save an additional 15–30% on group passes. How Slate is reinventing the commercial EV market — live on stage Barman will give attendees an insider’s look at how Slate…
LELAND, Miss. (AP) — FBI agents are seeking the public’s help identifying four people seen near a mass shooting in a Mississippi Delta town that left six killed and more than a dozen injured over the weekend.The FBI’s Jackson Field Office late Sunday released photos of the four — one female and three males — shown in surveillance video and identified in an FBI poster as “unknown suspects.” Authorities have not disclosed a possible motive for the shooting in Leland, but the FBI said the gunfire appears to have been “sparked by a disagreement among several individuals.”The shooting, which came…
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 19-25:Oct. 19: Artist Peter Max is 88. Actor John Lithgow is 80. Singer Jeannie C. Riley is 80. Singer Patrick Simmons of The Doobie Brothers is 77. Actor Annie Golden (“Orange Is the New Black”) is 74. Talk show host Charlie Chase is 73. Singer Jennifer Holliday is 65. TV host Ty Pennington (“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”) is 61. Singer-guitarist Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd and the Monsters is 60. Actor Jon Favreau is 59. “South Park” co-creator Trey Parker is 56. Comedian Chris Kattan (“Saturday Night Live”) is 55. Singer…
India’s Golden Triangle circuit is like essential reading for first-time visitors to the subcontinent; the popular destination track visiting New Delhi, Agra and Jaipur provides an introductory course to the sights, sounds and tastes of the country, and within close enough distance to one another that it’s easily navigable by private transfers or quick flights. In Old Delhi, you can sample local flavors on a guided street food experience in the Chandni Chowk area, as well as visit UNESCO sites like the Red Fort. In Jaipur, visiting the Pink City’s famous Hawa Mahal, or “palace of the winds,” along with…
In the latest bid by a Silicon Valley defense firm to assert its own solution for the Army’s mixed-reality ambitions, Anduril Industries on Monday unveiled “EagleEye,” a helmeted computing system that seeks to turn soldiers into AI-augmented warfighters. The launch is notable given that the initiative is led by Anduri’s co-founder Palmer Luckey, who previously started the pioneering VR company, Oculus, which was acquired by Meta. Anduril describes EagleEye as a modular “family of systems” built atop its Lattice software that puts command-and-control tools, sensor feeds, and AI directly into a soldier’s field of vision. The company claims the system…
Ponant Explorations Group, which operates smaller ships ranging from four to 165 staterooms and suites, is partnering with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the world’s largest independent ocean science organization. This is the first of its kind partnership for WHOI. “At Ponant Explorations Group, we’re committed to advancing knowledge of the oceans and scientific research as part of our broader mission to explore responsibly and travel with care,” said Samuel Chamberlain, CEO, Ponant Explorations Group Americas. “By empowering scientists with access to some of the world’s most remote regions, we’re helping to deepen understanding of the planet we all share. This…