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The grueling fight over who profits from AI music

Charlotte Isidore

AI can generate songs in seconds. But behind every AI track is a complicated question: Who should get paid? And, how? The fights have started.

Racers a few moments after the start of the derby at Mt. Tabor Park during the 27th Portland Adult Soap Box Derby on Aug. 15 in Portland, Ore.

In Portland, this soap box derby combines downhill speed with extreme pageantry

Deena Prichep

Soap box derbies send motorless cars down a steep incline. At one event, contestants make their cars look like cartoon characters, subway cars, food, and giant animals (among other outlandish shapes).

Many recent grads say AI is making it harder to get a job. Economists aren't so sure

Lee V. Gaines

The unemployment rate for young adults with new degrees is higher than the rate for all workers, according to the New York Fed. Is AI the problem, or is it more complicated?

John Strand speaks during an event at the U.S. Capitol on June 13, 2023. A convicted and pardoned Jan. 6 rioter, Strand is now running for the Republican nomination in Florida's 19th Congressional District.

This crowded Republican primary in Florida has drawn a unique cast of candidates

Maham Javaid

The GOP primary in Florida's 19th District includes candidates who are new to the state, candidates who've run for Congress before and two candidates who have received pardons from President Trump.

A year before she died, Sophie Rottenberg climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. Her mother says her "tiny hand" photos were a signature joke. Mourners were given the toys at her funeral. She was 29.

She told no one about her agony except ChatGPT. What her death reveals about AI risks

Rhitu Chatterjee

A 29-year-old woman confided her suicidal thoughts to an AI chatbot — not to her therapist, not to her parents, not to her best friend. What can AI learn from her death?

Border construction paused at Big Bend National Park after public outcry

Travis Bubenik, Sacha Pfeiffer

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott says he is "pausing all construction activity" on border infrastructure in Big Bend National Park, ahead of a visit to the area this week.

Duane Davis appears in court during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026.

A dispute about fact vs. fiction at the trial over Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing

The Associated Press

A prosecutor said that while few have been willing to speak about the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, Duane "Keffe D" Davis is the "one person who has a hard time being silent."

Loui Ridi, an Ohio-based Palestinian-American landlord of one of the homes besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week, arrives at his parent's home upon return from the U.S., in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026.

Palestinian American returns to his West Bank home, under siege by Israeli settlers

The Associated Press

The Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers traveled to his property on Monday to join other family members who have been defending it.

A SureFire firearm sound suppressor, commonly referred to as a silencer, is displayed during the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas on May 28, 2022. A recent court ruling eased restrictions around the purchase of suppressors.

Part of a key firearms law lapsed following a federal court decision. What happens now?

Jaclyn Diaz

A federal judge's decision in Texas has major implications for the National Firearms Act. What does this mean for certain guns and other weapons?

Testimony begins in the trial of rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing

Steve Futterman

Opening statements began Monday in the murder trial of rapper Tupac Shakur. The man implicated in the 1996 killing in Las Vegas is a former gang member.