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Black Americans are underrepresented in residential care communities, AP/CNHI News analysis finds

May 23, 2024, 7:38am Business

Norma Upshaw, 82, was living alone south of Nashville, when her doctor said she needed to start in-home dialysis. Read story

Red Nose Day 2024 fights child poverty with the ‘whimsy’ of a candy castle, monster truck and Legos

May 23, 2024, 7:36am Business

An edible, life-sized cookie of the contest winner and a car-crushing monster truck ride are two of the new prizes up for grabs in the Red Nose Day 2024 campaign, which starts on Thursday. Read story

John Beieler, chief AI officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, speaks at a conference of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance on Thursday, April 4 , 2024, in Arlington, Virginia. U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to embrace the AI revolution, believing they&rsquo;ll otherwise be smothered by exponential data growth as sensor-generated surveillance tech further blankets the planet.

US intelligence agencies’ embrace of generative AI is at once wary and urgent

John Beieler, chief AI officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, speaks at a conference of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance on Thursday, April 4 , 2024, in Arlington, Virginia. U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to embrace the AI revolution, believing they&rsquo;ll otherwise be smothered by exponential data growth as sensor-generated surveillance tech further blankets the planet.

May 23, 2024, 7:35am Business

Long before generative AI’s boom, a Silicon Valley firm contracted to collect and analyze non-classified data on illicit Chinese fentanyl trafficking made a compelling case for its embrace by U.S. intelligence agencies. Read story

FILE - Travelers move through a security checkpoint in Denver International Airport ahead of the Memorial Day holiday on May 26, 2023, in Denver. A record number of Americans are expected to hit the pavement and the air over the 2024 Memorial Day weekend.

Remember last year’s Memorial Day travel jams? Chances are they will be much worse this year

FILE - Travelers move through a security checkpoint in Denver International Airport ahead of the Memorial Day holiday on May 26, 2023, in Denver. A record number of Americans are expected to hit the pavement and the air over the 2024 Memorial Day weekend.

May 23, 2024, 7:34am Business

You didn’t think summer travel would be easy, did you? Read story

Washington state is giving $5 million to a massive aluminum production plant in Spokane. Why?

May 23, 2024, 7:32am Business

The state of Washington will give nearly $5 million to the Kaiser Aluminum plant in Spokane Valley to help replace two 1943-built steam boilers in an effort to reduce the massive facility’s greenhouse gas emissions. Read story

American flags fly on the front of the New York Stock Exchange near the intersection of Broad and Wall Streets on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in New York. Markets on Wall Street were mixed early Wednesday but remain at or above record levels as more results from retailers take center stage amid a dearth of economic news.

Stock market today: Wall Street retreats from its records as worries about high interest rates weigh

American flags fly on the front of the New York Stock Exchange near the intersection of Broad and Wall Streets on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in New York. Markets on Wall Street were mixed early Wednesday but remain at or above record levels as more results from retailers take center stage amid a dearth of economic news.

May 22, 2024, 2:00pm Business

U.S. stock indexes retreated from their records Wednesday as concerns about high interest rates weighed on the market. Read story

FILE - An attendee waves a hat ahead of a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump in Wildwood, N.J., on May 11, 2024. Trump&rsquo;s presidential campaign will begin accepting donations in cryptocurrency, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee&rsquo;s campaign says.

Donald Trump’s campaign says it will begin accepting contributions through cryptocurrency

FILE - An attendee waves a hat ahead of a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump in Wildwood, N.J., on May 11, 2024. Trump&rsquo;s presidential campaign will begin accepting donations in cryptocurrency, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee&rsquo;s campaign says.

May 22, 2024, 8:40am Business

Donald Trump ‘s presidential campaign said Tuesday it would begin accepting donations in cryptocurrency as part of an effort to build what it calls a “crypto army” leading up to Election Day. Read story

FILE - A housing development in Middlesex, Pa., is shown on March 29, 2024. The National Association of Realtors reports on existing home sales for April on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J.

U.S. existing home sales drop 1.9% in April, pushed lower by high rates and high prices

FILE - A housing development in Middlesex, Pa., is shown on March 29, 2024. The National Association of Realtors reports on existing home sales for April on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J.

May 22, 2024, 8:40am Business

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes sank last month, pushed down by high mortgage rates and rising prices. Read story