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A gunman was stopped before enacting his alleged plan to kill President Trump and other
top officials, but some questions have been raised over the level of security at Saturday's White House Correspondence Dinner, and PR's Jacqueline Diaz has more. The accused gunman behind Saturday's thwarted attack on the White House Correspondence
“Dinner managed to run some 60 years before being tackled by Secret Service.”
Nicole Allen was armed with knives and at least two guns. He was stopped a one-floor above where the event was being held, acting the Attorney General Todd Blanche is defending the Secret Service for their work. Law enforcement did not fail. They did exactly what they are trained to do.
While Blanche defended the security precautions he did say this event is evidence, President Trump's White House Ballroom should be built. This event, however, was put on and hosted by the Correspondence Association. Though it would not be held at the White House, regardless. Jacqueline Diaz and PR News
Hundreds of Google employees sent a letter to the company's chief executive over how the
Pentagon could use its powerful artificial intelligence systems and how it shouldn't.
As PR's a Bobby Allen reports, it comes as the Defense Department looks to ramp up the use of AI and battlefield settings.
“Within 600 Google employees wrote to CEO Sundar Pachai that quote, "We want to see AI”
benefit humanity, not see it being used in inhumane or extremely harmful ways." The demand comes as Pentagon leaders have pressed tech companies to harness AI for all lawful uses, a category Google workers' fear, will mean its tools will be deployed for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. Anthropic, the maker of Claude has been locked in a legal standoff with the Trump administration.
Over the company's refusal to give defense officials access to its technology without guardrails. Google letter urges the company to reject any contracts that involve classified work, which the employees say could violate human rights. Google and the Pentagon did not return requests for comment. Bobby Allen and PR News
Georgia got some much-needed rainfall over the weekend, but not nearly enough to put out two wildfires that have burned more than 50,000 acres in the southern part of the state. Emily Jones of Membersation W. A. B. E. reports Dozens of homes have been destroyed and scores of people have had to evacuate. Many are clamoring to get back home.
“Brantley County Manager Joey Cacen says officials are allowing some people to return home,”
but they should be ready to evacuate again if necessary. "Just understand that safety is the biggest concern that this whole group is worried about, trying to make sure that we get folks back in their homes as soon as possible, but safely as possible." Fire officials say they're expecting more wind later in the week, which could spread
the fire farther. For NPR News, I'm Emily Jones in Atlanta. King Charles arrived in Washington today for a four-day state visit celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S., the trip comes amid strain ties over several issues, including the Iran War. It's NPR.
Virginia's Supreme Court is considering whether an amendment to the state constitution approved by voters that allows the legislature to draw new congressional maps is legal. The arguments come as Democrats hope to win four more congressional seats in Virginia under the map. It's an attempt to counter President Trump's push for Republican states to draw new maps ahead of this year's midterm elections.
Colorectal cancer is now the most lethal among young adults, part of the challenges people that aid that age are least likely to discuss their bowel functions as NPR's U.K. Naguchi reports. Dr. Neil Perriek at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut noticed something about human behavior. So we love talk about pooping until about the age of 12.
And then there's this radio silence. He says this demographics discomfort with bodily functions is a reason many don't mention seeing blood or other changes in their stool. We'd normalize this, so it comes up at dinner table. That he says would save lives by getting more people to seek screenings or diagnostic tests.
You Kina Kuchi and PR news.
The first man to finish a marathon in less than two hours, Sebastian Sawa says he hopes
the testing regime he underwent before the London marathon on Sunday will prove he competed clean. The 29-year-old Kenyan pulled off the feet that was long considered unthinkable. Finishing in one hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds, there have been several doping cases involving Kenyan runners in recent years.
So Sawa says he knew he would come under suspicion. The US stock market's record-breaking rally slowed today after the uncertainty rose about what will happen next in the Iran War. Every day, NPR reports stories that keep you informed without fear or favor. That's the promise of a free press in a democracy.
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