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US unemployment claims dip to 206,000 as layoffs remain rare

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly fewer Americans filed for unemployment claims last week as jobless claims remain at historically low levels and layoffs are still relatively rare. Filings for benefits dipped to 206,000 last week from a revised 207,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out week-to-week volatility, also fell modestly to 206,000. Claims for jobless benefits are a proxy for layoffs, and economists watch them because they can be a sign of where the job market is headed. For the past year, claims have mostly ...

Little Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos’ version of a grape shriveling into a raisin under the sun. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Research reported Thursday that Mercury’s shrinkage may be 30% greater than previously believed — a loss in diameter of as much as 14 miles. That’s significant for a planet barely 3,000 miles across. Mercury’s rough surface, continually reshaped by debris hurled from impact craters, may have hidden the true extent of the ...

On the record: Newton Falls

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WHAT: Village council meeting Sept 2 PRESENT: Brian Kropp, Brian Axiotis, Julie Stimpert and Kevin Reufner ABSENT: Bob Burke and Mayor David Hanson Council: • Authorized Village Manager Jeremy Shaffer to enter into a contract with a paving contractor for street repairs and water main repairs at a cost not to exceed $40,000. Streets that need repaired are South Canal Street, sections of North Canal Street, Arlington Road and North Center Street. Water break repairs need to be made on sections of Ridge Road, Liberty Street, North Center, Warren Road and Ophelia Street. • Heard ...

Journalists recall day of Sept. 11 attacks

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NEW YORK (AP) — Karen Matthews was getting her 3-year-old daughter ready for preschool in her Manhattan apartment on Sept. 11, 2001, when she heard a loud boom, unlike anything she’d ever heard before. Holding her child, she went outside. Around her, people stared up at a gash in the north tower of the World Trade Center, smoke billowing from the building just blocks from her home. “What did you see? What did you see?” people were asking one another. Matthews, an Associated Press reporter, began asking the same question, fumbling to get out her notebook and record what people ...

Anthropic says it blocked misuse of its AI that could have supported biological weapons

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Anthropic said Thursday it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance, and research that could have led to biological weapons. As AI models grow more powerful, elaborate cyberattacks no longer require sophisticated skills and even lone individuals can create threats that would not have been possible even a year ago, Anthropic said. The company said it has added stronger safeguards in its latest models to restrict biological research that could also be used to make weapons. “The cases we share ...