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Microsoft employees protest at 50th anniversary party over Israel contract

A pro-Palestinian protest by Microsoft employees interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration Friday, the latest backlash over the tech industry’s work to supply artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military. The protest began as Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman was presenting product updates and a long-term vision for the company’s AI assistant product, Copilot, to

Trump administration rolls back forest protections in bid to ramp up logging

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration acted to roll back environmental safeguards around future logging projects on more than half of U.S. national forests under an emergency designation announced Friday that cites dangers from wildfires. Whether the move will boost lumber supplies as Trump envisioned in an executive order last month remains to

Mexico confirms country’s first human case of bird flu in a 3-year-old girl

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A 3-year-old girl from the western state of Durango is Mexico’s first confirmed human case of bird flu, health officials said Friday. Type A H5N1 influenza has been spreading through animals and some people in the United States. There have been 70 cases in that country since during the past year,

Nearly half of National Weather Service offices have 20% vacancy rates, and experts say it’s a risk

WASHINGTON (AP) — After Trump administration job cuts, nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates — twice that of just a decade ago — as severe weather chugs across the nation’s heartland, according to data obtained by The Associated Press. Detailed vacancy data for all 122 weather field offices show

Duke’s Cooper Flagg named AP men’s college basketball player of the year :: WRALSportsFan.com

By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer The Associated Press named Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg its men’s college basketball player of the year. Flagg becomes just the fourth freshman to win the award, joining fellow Blue Devil, Zion Williamson (2019) along with Kentucky’s Anthony Davis (2012) and Texas’ Kevin Durant (2007). Each went either

Chemical industry seeks exemptions from US pollution rules as part of Trump administration offer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Industry groups representing hundreds of chemical and petrochemical manufacturers are seeking blanket exemptions from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene. The request by the American Chemistry Council and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers comes as the Trump administration offers industrial polluters a chance

Player Profile: Dionte Neal, 2026 WR/PG, Reidsville

Dionte Neal is a wide receiver and point guard prospect from Reidsville High School in Reidsville, Rockingham County. Positions: WR/PG Height: 5’9 Weight: 160 Graduating Class: 2026 Latest Update Apr. 4, 3:08 p.m. – On Thursday, Neal received dual offers from the Appalachian State University football and basketball programs. App State’s basketball program originally offered

Nigeria has received more than 1 million vaccines to fight an ongoing meningitis outbreak

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria has received more than 1 million vaccines from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat a meningitis outbreak in the northern part of the country, the government said on Friday. At least 74 people have died from the disease, with more than 800 cases reported across 23 of Nigeria’s 36 states,

The key players back from last year’s NCHSAA East regional finalists

In the month of April, HSOT Insiders will receive daily articles to preview the 2025 high school football season in North Carolina. Today, we’re going to take a look at the defending N.C. High School Athletic Association eastern regional runners-up and the players who they are set to return next season. Get Caught Up on

Microsoft’s AI division head wants to create a lasting relationship between chatbots and their users

Fifty years after the founding of Microsoft, the CEO of its artificial intelligence division has a big task: develop a new product line as integral to daily life as the software giant’s past innovations. “We’re really trying to land this idea that everybody is going to have their own personalized AI companion,” said Mustafa Suleyman