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President Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One on Friday. On Saturday, he signed into law a bipartisan spending package that averted a partial governmental shutdown.

Biden signs a $1.2 trillion funding package, averting a partial government shutdown

The compromise funding package will keep the federal government running through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.

Firefighters work against the advancing Lake Fire in Los Olivos, Calif., on Saturday, July 6, 2024.

California’s wildfires are burning far more land so far this year than in 2023

Cal Fire Chief Joe Tyler said the agency and its partners are equipped with with fire trucks, bulldozers, and newly introduced Blackhawk helicopters that can fly at night.

Republicans are using religious language to describe the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

Trump assassination attempt lays bare deep religious divisions in the U.S.

Donald Trump and his supporters have said it was God who saved him from the assassination attempt over the weekend. But some are deeply troubled by such language.

As deepfake generation technology improves and leaves ever-fewer telltale signs that humans can rely on, computational methods for detection are becoming the norm. But technological solutions are no silver bullet for the problem of detecting AI-generated voices.

Using AI to detect AI-generated deepfakes can work for audio — but not always

Now that people can easily create real-sounding voices with artificial intelligence, detection technologies are racing to catch deepfake audio, but it's a tough game of whack-a-mole.

Tango's Fur-Ever Friends Weekend at Sesame Place San Diego

Get ready for Tango's Fur-Ever Friends Weekend on Saturday, Feb. 24 & Sunday, Feb. 25! Join Tango and all her Sesame Street pals to learn about pet adoption, engage in a scavenger hunt, participate in a special storytime and dance parties, plus snag fun photo opps and enjoy all the park’s year-round fun including rides, daily live character shows, an award-winning parade, and more. During the weekend, and in partnership with Petco and Petco Love, Sesame Place will host the Pet Adoption event on February 24 and 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guests will be able to meet adoptable pets to welcome into their home from local partner agencies and will learn more about the pet adoption process. The Pet Adoption Event is free to attend and does not require paid admission into Sesame Place. To learn more about Pet Adoption Weekend and to register in advance, please visit www.SesamePlaceSanDiego.com/Petco. Sesame Place San Diego on Facebook / Instagram

Members of the Lebanese army and the Italian contingent of the UNIFIL peacekeeping force inspect a house destroyed by an Israeli attack during a patrol in Yarine on June 10, 2024.

U.N. peacekeepers take cover as Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel trade attacks

“The situation is really quite volatile,” Capt. Alessandro Crepy, with the Italian contingent of the peacekeeping group UNIFIL, says of the fighting between forces in Israel and Lebanon.

Special counsel Robert Hur testifies alongside a video of President Biden to the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

Special counsel Hur defended Biden classified documents probe before Congress

Special counsel Hur defended his work in the Biden classified documents probe in a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley arrives at a campaign event at the Olympic Theater in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday. The state's caucuses will be held on Monday.

$300 million worth of ads have hit voters ahead of the first GOP primary contests

Super PACs play an outsized role in this election's ad-buying spree so far. Nikki Haley and groups supporting her have spent the most, while she's become Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis' biggest target.

Sha'Carri Richardson, of the United States, spreads her arms as she crosses the line to win the women's 100-meter final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Sha'Carri Richardson stamps a comeback with a 100-meter world title

Two years after missing the Olympics for testing positive for marijuana, the American sprinter became the fastest woman in the world.

Better FAFSA Better Future Webinar

U.S. Department of Education's office of Federal Student Aid presents a webinar. This will be another opportunity to ask questions of Federal Student Aid staff about the 2024–25 FAFSA form. These webinars, presented in question-and-answer format, will focus on your questions about the recent launch of the 2024–25 FAFSA form, as you work with students and families. Participants will ask questions by typing them into the chat during the webinar. You do not need to register. Participation will be available on a first come, first-served basis and we can accommodate up to 20,000 attendees in each session. A video recording and transcript of the webinar will be available the week following each live session. Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, 10-11 a.m. (1–2 p.m. ET) - Link to Join Webinar: Microsoft Teams Link for Better FAFSA® Better Future Q&A – Session 2 Webinar Feb. 22, 2024 Sign up for these sessions at https://forms.office.com/g/b5UL643gFx Federal Student Aid on Facebook

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