A 16-year-old employee at a poultry processor was killed after being pulled into a chicken deboning machine. The proposed fine for the Mississippi plant: $212,000

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A photo of a chicken processing line. A Mississippi poultry processor is facing more than $200,000 in fines after two employees were killed at the facility in a little more than two years.

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A former OpenAI exec says AI could be the last technology humans ever invent

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A blue sculpture of the letters AI, decorated with the outline of a human face, is displayed at the Artificial Intelligence Pavilion of Zhangjiang Future Park.
Zack Kass, a former executive of OpenAI, told BI he is an eternal optimist about AI's ability to help solve our problems, but the world has to be willing to endure some unpleasant costs to achieve the technology's potential.

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The woman who inspired 'Mean Girls' now helps adults in corporate America deal with high school-level drama

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Rosalind Wiseman attends the opening night of "Mean Girls" on Broadway at August Wilson Theatre on April 8, 2018 in New York City.

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Russia is recruiting 30,000 new soldiers a month, enough to replace the ones thrown into the meat grinder in Ukraine, war analysts say

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Russia conscript soldiers lined up for military training.
Russians conscripted as part of the mobilization in Rostov on October 31, 2022.

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Someone tried 'swatting' the White House. It sort of worked.

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A firetruck is parked outside of the White House in Washington, Dec. 19, 2007
A firetruck is parked outside of the White House in Washington, Dec. 19, 2007.

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Russia will defeat Ukraine if the West abandons it, a former NATO commander says

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Former NATO commander Philip Breedlove (left) and a Ukrainian soldier (right).
"If the West abandons Ukraine, it will fight valiantly, but tens of thousands of more Ukrainians will die," former NATO commander Philip Breedlove told Newsweek.

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Even wealthy Los Angeles residents are moving to (slightly) cheaper cities and mansions out of state

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Los Angeles luxury homebuyers are eyeing other locations where their money can go father.

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Reactionary Christians are pushing the country toward authoritarianism — and a Trump 2024 win, ethics professor warns

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Community faith leaders gather with candles in their hands for a prayer vigil in front of the US Capitol.
Community faith leaders gather for a prayer vigil on the second anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol in Washington, DC. Speakers called for an end to Christian nationalism and denounced political violence.

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2 cicada broods are popping up together for the first time in 221 years — and they'll meet in Illinois

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A Native woman launched a forensics nonprofit to address missing and murdered Indigenous people after her relative went missing and was never found

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Roxanne White yells "Say Her Name" while marching with family members of Ashley HeavyRunner Loring in an attempt to raise awareness of her disappearance on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana, Saturday, July 14, 20
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