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Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft corporate vice president of modern Llife, search, and devices speaks during an event introducing a new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge at Microsoft in Redmond, Wash., earlier this month.

Microsoft's new AI chatbot has been saying some 'crazy and unhinged things'

After Microsoft's powerful AI chatbot verbally attacked people, and even compared one person to Hitler, the company has decided to rein in the technology until it works out the kinks.

Not only does Paramore speak to the apathy of the times without sweeping grief under the rug, but <em>This Is Why</em> finds a new equilibrium among its members.

On 'This Is Why,' Paramore emerges from our collective fever dream

For a world hell-bent on erasing the memory of the last three years, Paramore approaches hard times with a refreshing sense of self.

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan listens as New York Governor Kathy Hochul shares her proposal to create 800,000 units of new housing over the next 10 years.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul brings housing pitch to Albany Barn collective

Taking her housing plan to the people, New York Governor Kathy Hochul visited the Albany Barn Wednesday.

Pastor Andy Wood (right) and his wife, Stacie Wood, meet with a congregant on Oct. 16, 2022, at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. Stacie Wood was listed as a teaching pastor for the church, which was ousted from the Southern Baptist Convention over female leadership.

What's next for the Southern Baptist Convention after it ousted 5 woman-led churches?

The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee ousted the churches for having female pastors. What's behind the decision is unclear, but the move has been criticized inside and outside the SBC.

Jen Coghlan outside the home where she grew up in Perry, Iowa. Her father, Henry Ruhl, plans to leave the house to her, but Coghlan expects she'll have to sell it after he dies to settle a $226,611 from Medicaid for the care of her mother, who died in 2022. Coghlan says the family didn't realize that her mother was on Medicaid.

They could lose the house — to Medicaid

Depending on where they lived, demands for repayment can drain the assets that a patient on Medicaid leaves behind after they die. Iowa aggressively collects "clawback" funds.

Adrian Hale reads a children's book to a classroom.

A champion of Rochester's kids, Adrian Hale, appointed to state Board of Regents

Hale, long seen as a public education success story, will represent Rochester on a state board overseeing New York's education department.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks to a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on Thursday.

U.S. and Russia's top diplomats meet for the first time since the Ukraine war began

Relations between the two countries have collapsed over the Ukraine war, with the U.S. slapping thousands of sanctions on Russia, and militarily, economically and diplomatically supporting Ukraine.

Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez studies past criminal cases his office has prosecuted, inside the county courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas.

These Texas DAs refused to prosecute abortion. Republican lawmakers want them stopped

The Texas GOP is pushing a bill that would punish district attorneys who set a policy not to prosecute certain crimes. It comes after many said they wouldn't prosecute abortion cases following Dobbs.

A Saudi man visits an arts exhibition by late US artist Andy Warhol at the Maraya concert hall in the ruins of AlUla, a UNESCO World Heritage site in northwestern Saudi Arabia, on February 19, 2023.

Saudi Arabia's art scene is exploding, but who benefits?

Saudi Arabia is making a major push to become an arts and entertainment destination, but is the effort succeeding in overcoming the kingdom's conservative image?

Glen Lake Elementary Principal Jeff Radel, students Caleigh Brace, Hadley Mangan, Raqiya Hajik, teacher Betsy Julien; and student John Buettner, (front) pose for a portrait during a visit to Landscape Structures in Delano, Minn.

These students raised hundreds of thousands to make their playground accessible

When a grant for accessible playground equipment didn't cover all the costs, the students at a Minnesota elementary school launched a fundraising campaign.

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