AI & Robotics

Back in January of 2020, we brought you news of a pizza-making robot from a Seattle-based company called Picnic. The system was small enough to fit in any commercial kitchen without...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria started requiring a “vaccine passport” Sunday to enter a broad range of public venues, in a bid to boost the country's low inoculation rate and...

CAIRO (AP) — The bodies of 27 Europe-bound migrants, including a baby and two women, have washed ashore in western Libya, the country’s Red Crescent said.The bodies were found late...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli forces clashed with Palestinians in the West Bank in an area that has seen a recent uptick in friction, the Israeli military and Palestinian...

HOUMA, La. (AP) — A Houma man who died trying to save three children from drowning off Grand Isle has been honored with a prestigious award for heroism.Terrell Miller, Sr.,...

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) — A song created in collaboration with Philadelphia conservative Billboard-topping rapper Christopher “Topher” Townsend will be featured in a Denzel Washington-directed movie titled “A Journal for Jordan”...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Workers at state-regulated utilities in Arizona can't be fired for refusing to be vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a policy a state commission adopted this month.The...

WINCHESTER, Ky. (AP) — Former Winchester Sun publisher Betty Berryman, the first female president of the Kentucky Press Association, died Saturday morning, the newspaper reported.Berryman, who served as publisher of...

As 2021 started, many American university students were still taking classes by video link because of restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the availability of vaccines meant that students...