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Science & Technology

Most teens have used AI to flirt and chat — but still prefer human interaction

Neda Ulaby

A new report from the group Common Sense Media shows teens are experimenting with AI "companions" designed to provide deep conversations and advice.
International

Exit polls show Japan's ruling coalition is likely to lose key election

The Associated Press

Soaring prices, lagging incomes and burdensome social security payments are the top issues for frustrated, cash-strapped voters. Stricter measures targeting foreign residents and visitors have also emerged as a key issue, with a surging right-wing populist party leading the campaign.
National

3 people are still missing from deadly floods in Texas county, down from nearly 100

The Associated Press

Officials in a Texas hill country community pummeled by deadly flooding July 4 said Saturday that just three people remain missing, down from nearly 100, after people who had previously been reported missing have since been accounted for.
Politics

Community radio stations are collateral damage as Congress cuts NPR funding

Frank Langfitt

Congress voted to claw back federal funding to public media. Some of those hit hardest include community radio stations in areas that voted for the president.
International

32 Palestinians killed trying to reach food distribution hubs, Gaza authorities say

The Associated Press

Palestinians were shot dead during a food distribution on Saturday at a center run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, hospital officials said.
National

Police are investigating a man's death after he was pulled into MRI machine

Chandelis Duster

New York police said the 61-year-old man was wearing a large metal chain that caused him to be "drawn into the machine." The FDA warns that MRI scans create a "strong, static magnetic field."