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Politico’s Union Journalists Win Key Ruling In Battle Against Lazy, Undercooked AI

1 hour 11 minutes ago
The rushed integration of half-cooked automation into the already broken U.S. journalism industry simply isn’t going very well. There have been just countless examples where affluent media owners rushed to embrace automation and LLMs (usually to cut corners and undermine labor) with disastrous impact, resulting in lots of plagiarism, completely false headlines, and a giant, completely avoidable mess. Earlier this year, we […]
Karl Bode

Unemployment rose in half the states in September

1 hour 35 minutes ago
September unemployment rates rose in 25 states and fell in 21 compared with last year, the government reported Dec. 11 in a shutdown-delayed analysis. The largest increase compared with September 2024 was in Oregon, where the rate rose from 4.2% to 5.2%, followed by the District of Columbia, increasing from 5.3% to 6.2% and Delaware, […]
Tim Henderson

Perryville house fire claims lives of two children

1 hour 39 minutes ago
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- A house fire on Bruce Street in Perryville has claimed the lives of two children, leaving a family in mourning. The Perryville Fire Department responded to the blaze shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday, where they found the children trapped on the second floor of the home. Firefighters battled heavy smoke to reach [...]
Joe Millitzer

Missouri doctors warn CDC vaccine change could put newborns at risk for Hepatitis B

2 hours 40 minutes ago
Early in her career, Dr. Kanika Cunningham cared for a pregnant patient who didn’t know she had Hepatitis B when she went into labor. When the infection was discovered during delivery, Cunningham was able to treat the newborn and prevent the infection from spreading. “
It broke my heart because she was afraid to seek care […]
Anna Spoerre