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Why Google's Gemini Spark AI agent could be a game changer -- AI tools that autonomously perform tasks for users mark a major step forward from chatbots, according to tech experts.
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Consumers are still spending, but cracks are starting to show -- Shoppers continue to open their pocketbooks, boosting retailers like Walmart, even as inflation jumps to its highest level in three years.17 minutes ago
Summer air travel could be rough. Here's how travelers can prepare. -- A new report finds that on-time flight arrivals are at their worst level since 2014, with fuel costs and weather adding to summer travel risks.17 minutes ago
World Cup expected to generate more in sports bets than the Super Bowl -- Americans are expected to wager more than $3 billion amid the expansion of legalized sports betting in the U.S. -- May 2117 minutes ago
Navy's acting secretary says Taiwan arms sale put on "pause" over Iran war -- The acting secretary of the U.S. Navy said Thursday that arm sales to Taiwan had been put on "pause" to ensure that the American military had sufficient munitions for its Iran operations.6 hours ago
Epstein island trespasser says he was hog-tied, thrown into "dungeon" -- Little St. James in the Virgin Islands has attracted seekers lured by tales of Jeffrey Epstein's private island.12 hours ago
U.S. doctor with Ebola feared he "wasn't going to make it" before evacuation -- Dr. Peter Stafford was working with the missionary group Serge in Congo when he was infected with Ebola.17 hours ago
Divers killed in Maldives cave may have taken wrong tunnel: "No way out" -- Finnish divers found the Italians in a corridor with a dead end inside the cave complex, Italy's la Repubblica daily reported.21 hours ago
Ukraine ups security as Russia holds nuclear strike drills with Belarus -- Russia says "nuclear munitions" sent to Belarus for joint drills in the country that Moscow used as a launchpad for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.21 hours ago
Record 274 climbers scale Nepal's side of Mount Everest in single day -- A record 274 climbers scaled the Nepal side of Mount Everest in a single day, officials said. They took advantage of clear weather.22 hours ago
Live - Iran mulls latest U.S. proposal as Trump says war is in "final stages" Iran says it's considering the latest U.S. peace offer, as President Trump says he's willing to wait "a couple of days" for a response. 2H ago13 hours ago
U.S.-bound flight diverted over passenger from Congo amid Ebola restrictions -- An Air France flight from Paris to Detroit was forced to divert to Montreal due to U.S. flight restrictions linked to the Ebola outbreak.19 hours ago
U.S. intel community analyzing how Cuba might respond to military action -- These kinds of intelligence forecasts attempt not only to show the immediate consequences of an American action, but the chain of reactions that may follow. -- May 2010 hours ago
Spy plane "dangerously intercepted" by Russian jets over Black Sea -- The Russian jets intercepted the U.K. aircraft with one jet flying as close as 19 feet to the British plane's nose, officials said. -- May 2016 hours ago
U.S. indicts Cuba's Ra l Castro for murder over downing of planes in 1996 -- Former Cuban leader Ra l Castro was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes in 1996 - an escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against the Cuban government. -- May 214 hours ago
Netanyahu rebukes Israeli minister for treatment of Gaza flotilla activists -- Italy and France have summoned the Israeli ambassadors in their respective capitals after Itamar Ben-Gvir, his national security minister, posted the video. -- May 2016 hours ago
Deadly measles outbreak in Bangladesh fuels concern over risks for U.S. -- A CBS News medical correspondent and doctor says her "biggest concern for the World Cup is actually measles. It's not hantavirus, it is not Ebola." -- May 2018 hours ago
2 HUMPBACK WHALES SWAM RECORD-BREAKING DISTANCE, PHOTOS REVEAL -- The pictures represent the longest-distance ever seen between two pictures of the same humpback whale, researchers said. -- May 2019 hours ago
Rubio offers Cubans "new path" in video address -- Ra l Castro and five others have been indicted by a U.S. grand jury in Florida, according to court filings made public Wednesday. -- May 2017 hours ago