Futures for major US stock indexes have fallen, with the S&P 500 dropping 0.7% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declining 0.2%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq slid 1.6%. This comes as calls grow for a slowdown in artificial intelligence development.
Oil and gasoline prices are climbing due to intensified military activity by the Houthis, an Iranian proxy, at a key energy transit point in the Middle East.
OpenAI's CEO has expressed support for slowing down AI development to ensure safety, and the company will not pursue an initial public stock offering this year. Further details on these developments are available.
Drivers on the far Northwest Side will see some changes to their commute because of a new ramp closure. The Interstate 10 east entrance ramp south of the Loop 1604 interchange permanently closed at 5 a.m. Monday as construction continues on the Loop 1604 North Expansion Project. ...
Bob Mackie, the fashion designer whose visually provocative Hollywood style defined glamour for the 1970s — including putting Carol Burnett in some of her kookiest getups and Cher in her raciest ones — died Monday. He was 87. “He lived his 87 years to the fullest, fulfilling his ...
The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees is planning to propose adding President Donald Trump’s name to the facility’s exterior in recognition of his saving the building from its “precarious fiscal position,” according to a new court filing in a suit aimed at blocking the addition of...