The shortages, which have been going on for years, have typically affected only low-cost generics rather than profitable brand-name drugs.

Librarians are defending the rights of readers and writers in the battle raging across the US over censorship, book challenges and book bans. That conflict has even changed how librarians are trained.

It’s difficult to see how artificial intelligence systems work, and to see whose interests they work for. Regulation could make AI more trustworthy. Until then, user beware.

Either way, experts think OpenAI should be less opaque about its AI model architecture.

AI models won’t be siloed in the future.

Lying flat on your back may in fact reduce psychological defensiveness.

Russia’s move, which it followed by bombing the key port city of Odesa and threatening to attack any ship sailing for Ukraine, sent global food prices skyrocketing.

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The violence is further destabilizing the region.

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Texas, Florida, Iowa and other states have passed new laws backed by trucking industry lobbyists that can limit crash victims’ ability to bring lawsuits or cap the compensation plaintiffs can win.

The recent transformation of the state’s election laws explicitly enabled citizens to file unlimited challenges to other voters’ registrations. Experts warn that election officials’ handling of some of those challenges may clash with federal law.

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The latest round of anti-government protests in Kenya has been scheduled after tax hikes add to soaring cost of living.

Job Tawengwa has lived on the road for about 25 years in his job defusing unexploded ordnances.