According to sources cited by Reuters, the FTC has sent Instacart owner Maplebear a civil investigative demand related to its AI-driven pricing tool, Eversight. The probe was reportedly initiated following a Consumer Reports study that found the grocery delivery platform showed different prices to different shoppers for the same products....
UN elects former Iraqi President Barham Salih as head of refugee agency
The United Nations General Assembly has approved former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the next head of the U.N. refugee agency, its first from the Middle East since the late 1970s
US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion
The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, including medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones
Five new defendants have been charged in connection with a Minnesota housing services fraud scheme
Five new defendants have been charged in connection with a Minnesota housing services fraud scheme
Arizona jury sentences man to death in string of killings in metro Phoenix during 2017
A jury has sentenced a man to death in six murders in metro Phoenix in 2017, but was undecided on the punishment for his convictions in the killings of his mother and stepfather
What to know about the Arizona serial killings that resulted in the death penalty
An Arizona man has been sentenced to death in a string of fatal shootings in metro Phoenix in 2017
Hurricane-force wind downs power lines, fans wildfires in Colorado with more on way
Work crews are mopping up but bracing for more after hurricane-force wind downed power lines and fanned wildfires along the Colorado Front Range and onto the Great Plains
Alleged leader of Tren de Aragua, labeled as a terrorist group, charged in New York but on the lam
An alleged leader of the Tren de Aragua gang labeled by the United States as a terrorist organization has been charged in a New York federal court with racketeering conspiracy and terrorism-related charges
We’re all at risk if Trump dismantles this legendary lab
You may not know it, but you’ve benefited from the National Center for Atmospheric Research. For more than half a century, the federally funded lab has been instrumental in the development of weather models that have improved the forecasting of extreme events like hurricanes, thus saving lives. Your go-to weather...
Here’s the global playbook being used to crack down on climate protest
A new study published this month in the journal Environmental Politics reveals that efforts to repress climate and environmental protest are growing worldwide through a combination of new legislation, novel uses of existing legal processes, police actions, vilification of activists, and both violence and killings. The authors contend that acts...