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Jun 12 2026WEATHER

Midwest storms leave thousands in the dark while East braces for heat

A deadly storm system tore through the Midwest this week, leaving behind a trail of downed power lines, crumbled buildings, and one fatality. In Des Moines, Iowa, a 54-year-old man lost his life when a tree collapsed on him at a park shelter. Meanwhile, Illinois faced its own crisis as a tornado dam

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Jun 12 2026BUSINESS

A fresh face takes the finance lead as AI chips heat up

A big shift is happening in chipmaking circles. Marvell, a company that builds the invisible brains inside data centers, just named Adobe’s finance chief Dan Durn as its new money manager starting mid-June. The outgoing finance boss, Meintjes, isn’t leaving right away; he’ll stick around in a guidin

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Jun 12 2026TECHNOLOGY

How Bad Data Kills AI Projects—and Why Startups Are Racing to Fix It

Many companies rush into AI without realizing their biggest challenge isn’t the technology itself—it’s the messy data behind it. Studies show over a third of AI experiments flop because the data feeding them is messy, outdated, or scattered across forgotten spreadsheets and broken pipelines. The pro

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Jun 12 2026TECHNOLOGY

DXC Teams Up With AI to Boost Big Businesses

Tech giant DXC is betting big on artificial intelligence, teaming up with AI specialist Anthropic to upgrade how industries like banking and insurance handle their daily work. Instead of just offering generic AI tools, the company plans to train thousands of its engineers to build specialized AI sol

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Jun 12 2026CRIME

Court rules Saudi spy case took wrong turn in trial location

A man once trusted to shape Twitter's voice in the Middle East found himself in the middle of a legal storm after allegedly sharing secrets with a foreign government. Ahmad Abouammo, who worked at Twitter between 2013 and 2015, faced accusations of leaking private information about two Saudi critics

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Jun 12 2026POLITICS

Midterm elections set to break spending records

Next year's U. S. midterm elections are expected to cost $11. 6 billion in political ads, crushing previous records. This surge mostly comes from tight Senate races where small margins could flip control of Congress. Ohio, Texas, and Maine are leading the spending race, with Ohio alone reaching $749

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Jun 12 2026HEALTH

Why some quit-smoking programs reach people better than others

Food insecurity is a tough daily fight, yet quitting smoking can feel even tougher for those who live with it. A new look at an earlier study shows how people dealing with both issues were invited to try a phone-based quit-smoking program. Some got the invite face-to-face and others saw it online. T

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Jun 12 2026CRIME

Life behind bars for severe crimes against a child

A Missouri court just handed down a harsh sentence to a man from Salem. After a jury found him guilty of multiple serious crimes involving a minor, the judge decided on nine life terms in a row. The crimes spanned from mid-2018 to early 2021, covering a wide range of abusive acts. The man was convi

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Jun 12 2026CRIME

How 36-year-old DNA tech helped solve a 1990 kidnapping case

A man from Long Beach now faces charges after police used new DNA evidence to connect him to a robbery and assault that happened over three decades ago in Oxnard. Back in 1990, an 18-year-old woman was taken by force from her car at gunpoint by two suspects. She was robbed, dragged down an embankmen

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Jun 12 2026ENTERTAINMENT

Behind the Scenes: Scarpetta Season 2 Wraps Fast

The second season of Scarpetta wrapped up filming in Tennessee faster than expected. Jamie Lee Curtis, playing Dorothy Farinelli, shared a photo with Ariana DeBose on set and announced her final day of shooting. The two previously worked together in Freaky Friday, which Curtis jokingly mentioned in

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