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CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Raul Castro’s grandson in Havana, US and Cuban officials say

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raúl Castro’s grandson during...

Pope decries rise of AI-directed warfare, saying it leads to a spiral of annihilation

Pope Leo XIV denounced how investments in artificial intelligence and high-tech weaponry were...

Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as a ship is seized and another is sunk

Tensions are escalating again near the Strait of Hormuz after a ship anchored off the United Arab...

One Tiny Owl: Otherworldly Photos From California’s Woolsey Fire

The Los Angeles Times’ Wally Skalij discusses how he made the often surreal images, and how covering wars in Iraq and Kosovo prepared him to cover mass shootings and other tragedies in the U.S.

FDA Finds Hazards Lurking In Parsley, Cilantro, Guacamole

The Food and Drug Administration has started testing randomly selected fresh herbs and prepared guacamole. So far, the agency has found dangerous bacteria in 3-6 percent of the samples it tested.