King County crisis center tax: What do you want to know?
Voters will have the opportunity to decide on April 25 whether to approve a new property tax to fund five new mental and behavioral health crisis centers.
Day: March 20, 2023
Generative AI’s Next Frontier Is Video
AI has made remarkable progress with still images. For months, services like Dall-E and Stable Diffusion have been creating beautiful, arresting and sometimes unsettling pictures. Now, a startup called Runway AI is taking the next step: AI-generated vi…
Northrop Grumman to Begin Building MESA Sensor for USAF E-7As
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on March 20 that it will begin producing the company’s Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) sensor for the U.S. Air Force E-7A Wedgetail by Boeing [BA]. The Air Force’s fiscal 2024 budget includes $681 …
IMF approves critical $3B bailout package for Sri Lanka
The International Monetary Fund says its executive board has approved a nearly $3 billion bailout program for Sri Lanka over four years to help salvage the country’s bankrupt economy.
Firing squad executions to return in Idaho after lawmakers pass controversial bill
‘There can be about 10 seconds of extreme pain before death at times, but I find it to be, in my personal view, more humane than lethal injection,’ lawmaker says
Bracing for impact, US political world waits for Donald Trump indictment
Facing possible charges over alleged hush money paid to an adult film star, Donald Trump has launched a pre-emptive strike to control the narrative, rally supporters, and play the victim.
Police: Dentist used rush order cyanide to poison wife
Investigators say a Colorado dentist intent on killing his wife put poison in her protein shakes before finally succeeding with a rush order dose of potassium cyanide powder he said he needed to perform surgery.
Putin welcomes ‘dear friend’ Xi for hours of talks at Kremlin
Russian president says meeting shows neither leader will accept US attempts to weaken them