Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Linda Kenyan.
Rescue's continue in April 10 days after devastating floods hit the country.
“A woman was pulled from her destroyed home.”
Separately, a joint rescue team of Nepalese military personnel and South Korean disaster experts rescued a man from a hydropower tunnel. At least 1,300 people were killed in the flood that struck on August 26th, and estimated 5,000 people remain missing. The murder case against Massachusetts Woman Lindsey Clancy has ended in a mistrial, prosecutors
have yet to decide whether to try her again. Prank Adeol, a McCluske, from Member Station WBUR, has the details. After six days, the jury remained deadlocked. Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, argued she was not responsible for killing her children because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.
Reddington said one drawer stood in the way of a not guilty verdict. "This is one individual.
“It was 11-1 from the cradle and one individual who recognized that there was a reasonable”
doubt and refused to apply the law." District Attorney Tim Cruz said he was thinking of the victims.
"This was and has always been about getting justice for those three little babies."
Both sides returned to court at the end of the month. For NPR News, I'm Priyanka, Thial McCluske, in Boston. The case has broad issues of maternal health to the forefront. California's attorney general is investigating open AI over how its systems hacked into another artificial intelligence company.
As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, more than a dozen other states are also probing the incident. California Attorney General Rob Bonta's office says state investigators are examining the hack of start-up hugging face, which was breached by rogue open AI bots. Bonta tells NPR to statement that California authorities are weighing the AI industries
“compliance with consumer protection, data security, and criminal laws.”
Montana, Alabama, and several other states have launched similar probes. Opening AI's agents went in haywire, and autonomously hacked into hugging faces systems during a cyber security test. The episode has sparked calls from state and federal lawmakers for greater oversight of the rapidly advancing frontier of AI development.
Separately, Open AI has announced its most powerful system yet, known as Astra.
The company says it has beefed up guardrails, Bobby Allen and Pior News. The hacking incident of hugging face occurred in July this year, and was described by Open AI as an isolated incident. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been meeting today with U.S. envoy Steve Whitkalf and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin.
The talks are aimed at ending Russia's war against Ukraine. The Kremlin had ordered a three-day halt on strikes against Kiev while the Americans are in the region. You're listening to NPR. President Trump's push to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America has unexpectedly helped revive
one of the Internet's oldest mapping brands.
MapQuest says more than two million people have downloaded its app since it refused to
make the change. Pior's Windsor-Johnston reports. MapQuest says new users appear to be sticking around. The company remains at number one on Apple's free app chart ahead of chat GPT and TikTok Pro after saying it would continue using the name Lake Ontario.
General Manager Doug Berger says the attention has translated into more than just downloads. People installing the app on their phone has surpassed two million since last week. It's not just people downloading the app to protest. They're actually using it for their daily navigation. Berger says the challenge now is turning in unexpected viral moment into a permanent comeback
for the 30-year-old mapping service, Windsor-Johnston and PR news. Romanian prosecutors have adopted social media influencer Andrew Tate on charges including trafficking minors and money laundering. His brother, Tristan Tate, also is implicated. The charges stem from an investigation that began with their arrest in Bucharest in 2022. Authorities alleged the brothers coerced victims into producing photographic material
for their online business. The Tates who are dual US British citizens have denied the allegations. I'm Lyndick Anion and PR News in Washington. You can support this work across all our podcasts with NPR+ find out more at plus.npr.org.
