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A Suffolk County pilot program is using "agentic AI" to answer calls phoned to the Consumer Affairs Division, one of the first ways artificial intelligence has been integrated into municipal ...

The California Housing Finance Authority is relaunching its Dream For All program on Feb. 24, which offers first-time homebuyers up to 20% of a home's purchasing price to assist with closing and ...

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Plane spotters were abuzz earlier this week when the Air Force’s newest electronic warfare jet was observed in European skies. Some speculated that the EA-37B Compass Call’s ...

The creator of Call the Midwife has said the most recent chapter of the BBC period drama "very much brings an era to an end". Season 15 has seen Nonnatus House under immense pressure after Sister ...

Minnie Driver celebrated her 56th birthday on January 31, and there is no denying that she looks better than ever. The actress often stuns fans with her youthful looks during her red carpet ...

Laura Linney is ringing in her 62nd birthday, as the star continues to maintain her youthful appearance and personality. It turns out that the actress' mindset when it comes to age, is to absolutely ...

WORO, Nigeria (AP) — Weeks after residents of two Nigerian villages ignored a letter from militants announcing they would come to spread their extreme form of Islam, gunmen arrived on motorbikes and ...

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, brokered the call and President Trump directly questioned frontline agents on the inquiry, The Times has learned. By William K. Rashbaum Devlin ...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard put President Donald Trump on the phone with some of the FBI agents who conducted a controversial search of an elections office in Fulton County, ...

Savannah Guthrie was supposed to fly to Italy on Monday for NBC’s much-anticipated coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics. But instead, Guthrie spent a heart-wrenching day in Tucson, Arizona, supporting ...

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