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A digitally manipulated Fred Astaire appeared in a Dirt Devil commercial in 1997, a decade after the entertainer died. As researchers raise the alarm about the potential commercial exploitation of AI deadbots, they point out that the deceased have been promoting products on screen for decades.

AI 'deadbots' are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization

The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.

Whistleblower says Trump officials copied millions of Social Security numbers

A whistleblower complaint says the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by former members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.

Altogether, saltwater and freshwater recreational fishing in Florida generate an economic impact of nearly $14 billion annually, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Environmental groups sue EPA over Florida’s outdated water quality criteria

Plaintiffs call Florida’s water quality criteria “woefully" outdated. It was last updated in 1992.

One year of RFK Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again: What's changed?

MAHA has been pushing for everything from changes to vaccines, food safety rules and a promise to end what it calls the chronic disease epidemic.

DNC chair says he's tired of Democrats bringing 'pencil to a knife fight'

Day 1 of the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting saw party chair Ken Martin detail how the party is pushing back on Trump administration policies and trying to win back voters.

Some face serious criminal charges for minor violations in Trump's D.C. crime crackdown

The U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. is pressing for maximum charges for those arrested in President Trump's crackdown on crime in the capital.

The history behind Washington, D.C.'s unique relationship with the federal government

President Trump's takeover of Washington, D.C.'s metro police department and deployment of the National Guard is controversial yet possible under the D.C. Home Rule Act of 1973.

How Democrats plan to use federal Medicaid cuts in midterm messaging

About a quarter of Michiganders are enrolled in the program, and Democrats are hoping the issue gives them an edge in battleground districts.

Trump says he's firing Fed's Lisa Cook. Can he?

President Trump says he is firing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, but Cook insists she's not leaving and he has no authority to get rid of her.

This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the "Quela" drilling location in the "Murray Buttes" area on lower Mount Sharp. Key features on the skyline of this panorama are the dark mesa called "M12" to the left of the rover's mast and pale, upper Mount Sharp to the right of the mast. The top of M12 stands about 23 feet (7 meters) above the base of the sloping piles of rocks just behind Curiosity. The scene combines approximately 60 images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end of the rover's robotic arm. Most of the component images were taken on Sept. 17, 2016, during the 1,463rd Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars. Two component images of the drill-hole area in front of the rover were taken on Sol 1466 (Sept. 20) to show the hole created by collecting a drilled sample at Quela on Sol 1464 (Sept. 18).

Finding signs of life on rocky planets and distant ocean worlds

Scientists are on the hunt for signs of life on Mars and the icy moons of Saturn and Venus.

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