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BOSTON (AP) — Amid renewed interest in foraging for edible wild plants, mushrooms and other foodstuffs, experts caution aspiring foragers to prioritize safety, plan carefully and learn proper identification. Here are some things to consider before venturing out to gather food from forests, urban landscapes and elsewhere. Confirm plant identificationIt’s critical to avoid accidental poisoning. If you have even the slightest doubt about a plant’s safety, don’t touch or taste it. Relying solely on photos from a quick online search also can be dangerous, as those are often misidentified, said Iris Phoebe Weaver, a longtime herbalist and foraging instructor in…

As Google’s senior director of product management for developer tools, Ryan J. Salva has a front-row seat to the ways AI tools are changing coding. Formerly of GitHub and Microsoft, he’s now responsible for tools like Gemini CLI and Gemini Code Assist, nudging developers into the new world of agentic programming. His team released new third-party research on Tuesday showing how developers actually use AI tools — and how much progress is left to make. I sat down with Salva to talk about the report and his personal experience with AI coding tools. This interview was edited for length and…

There is a lovely story of friendship, grief and starting over at the heart of “Eleanor the Great.” The film, directed by Scarlett Johansson in her feature debut, gets tangled in a plot contrivance that is, at best, unnecessary and at worst, loathsome.That’s the problem with the elevator pitch mentality, though. A story about a 90-something trying to make friends in a new city might sound a little too simple, a little to straightforward. What if she does so by pretending to be a Holocaust survivor? I’m not kidding.Eleanor is played by June Squibb (the great). At 94-years-old, she has…

A proposed vote by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Retsef Levi is displayed during an Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Sept. 19, 2025. Alyssa Pointer | ReutersNew recommendations last week from an influential vaccine panel handpicked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. broke with long-standing U.S. precedent on Covid shots and childhood immunization.The changes by the group, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, could complicate access in some states and add to public confusion around U.S. vaccine policy.Still, several…

by Mia Taylor Last updated: 3:15 PM ET, Tue September 23, 2025 Perhaps it was budget concerns or maybe it was the shifting political landscape in the United States, but a new report shows that Americans largely stayed close to home this summer, rather than globetrotting.Just 28 percent of Americans traveled abroad for summer 2025, compared with nearly 39 percent of Canadians, according to the Summer 2025 Travel & Connectivity Report from Holafly, an eSim provider. Analysts think the cautiousness among Americans was likely due to economic worries and election-year uncertainty, factors that were not weighing down the more confident…

This is not California state senator Scott Wiener’s first attempt at addressing the dangers of AI. In 2024, Silicon Valley mounted a fierce campaign against his controversial AI safety bill, SB 1047, which would have made tech companies liable for the potential harms of their AI systems. Tech leaders warned that it would stifle America’s AI boom. Governor Gavin Newsom ultimately vetoed the bill, echoing similar concerns, and a popular AI hacker house promptly threw an “SB 1047 Veto Party.” One attendee told me, “Thank god, AI is still legal.” Now Wiener has returned with a new AI safety bill,…

TORONTO (AP) — There are 70-year-olds who want to be like June Squibb when they grow up.Squibb, 95, wasn’t the lead of a movie until she was 94. Now, a year after she turned action star in “Thelma,” Squibb is again the leading lady and face on the poster again, for “Eleanor the Great,” Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut. With it, Squibb is proving, again, that Hollywood stardom needn’t belong to the young.“I think a lot of that is because I never stopped,” Squibb says with a chuckle. “And it never occurred to me at 90 that I was supposed to…

Seasonal hiring in the retail industry is poised to fall to its lowest level since the 2009 recession, an early warning sign that the holiday shopping season could be softer than expected, job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said in a Wednesday report. Challenger is projecting retailers may add under 500,000 positions in the final three months of 2025, marking the smallest seasonal gain in 16 years and an 8% decline from the year-ago period. “Seasonal employers are facing a confluence of factors this year: tariffs loom, inflationary pressures linger, and many companies continue to rely on automation and permanent staff…

by Mia Taylor Last updated: 5:00 PM ET, Tue September 23, 2025 After years of reports about the importance of protecting local communities and the planet when traveling, it seems responsible travel may finally be emerging from its ‘niche’ status and becoming the baseline for globetrotters.A significant 96 percent of global travelers now say responsible tourism is important to them. Moreover, they want their trips to tangibly uplift people and places—rather than just simply avoiding harm, according to a newly released Responsible Tourism Impact Report published by the Aruba Tourism Authority.“Our research showed us that responsible tourism is no longer…

Google Search is bringing its AI Mode feature — its AI-powered search experience — to Spanish-speaking users, the company announced on Tuesday. This expansion will introduce Google’s conversational search interface to a broader market, allowing users to ask questions using natural language queries, engage in back-and-forth conversations, upload images, dig deeper on complex topics, and more. The Spanish-language rollout comes on the heels of Google’s major AI Mode expansion in August, when the company released the feature to 180 more countries worldwide. Previously, it had only been available in the U.S., U.K., and India. During that August rollout, Google also…