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One of the highlights of the 2024 Paris Olympics was, for me, the sight at the opening ceremony of the floating cauldron held aloft by a giant glowing balloon. So I was thrilled to learn on a recent visit that the vasque — the cauldron — is still making regular appearances two years later, showing up all summer long in the nighttime Paris sky.

Will artificial intelligence light a fire under the U.S. economy in the coming years? That's been a big question in the field of economics, and now Anthropic — the company behind the popular Claude AI assistant — is taking a stab at helping people find their own answers. The company has created an interactive tool that lets users test their assumptions about how productive — or disruptive — the AI boom might be.

In May, we posted a story about the rapid and devastating spread of measles in Bangladesh. The headline: More than 500 children have died in an outbreak that the world is virtually ignoring. We asked the reporter who covered the story to tell us what has transpired since then. There was optimism early on about bringing the measles outbreak in Bangladesh under control.

The Trump administration is proposing major changes to how the U.S. government produces census results for the next national head count in 2030. While the plan faces likely legal challenges, such changes would affect the population numbers used to determine each state's share of representatives in Congress and votes in the Electoral College, redraw maps of voting districts for all levels of government and distribute federal funding for public services.

The Browns begin the season Sunday in Jacksonville with many questions, but one maybe more important than wins and losses: Can the team at least be watchable? Ideastream’s sports commentator Terry Pluto has used that word to describe the status of the team in recent years. For Pluto, watchability is about more than winning. “Fans turn to your games to kind of step away from problems on the job, problems in their family, health problems, whatever it is," Pluto said.

MIAMI — Flight data suggest an Amazon cargo plane tried to abort an unsteady landing at Miami International Airport before smashing into a van and killing five people inside, according to information investigators released Tuesday. National Transportation Safety Board investigators will interview the pilot and co-pilot on Wednesday as they try to determine why the jet overran the runway while landing Sunday.

WASHINGTON — A member of the Georgia National Guard deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of President Donald Trump's task force to fight crime has been arrested for pulling a gun on a fellow Guard member in an alleged dispute over regulation haircuts. Zion Mitchell, 21, was arrested earlier this month and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm while committing a crime of violence or dangerous crime — both felonies — in connection with an Aug.

What happens when new technologies are sold to public schools as indispensable learning tools? Today’s tech titans didn’t invent the sales pitch with their Chromebooks, iPhones and laptops. Back in the day, Thomas Edison hailed his moving pictures as superior to books in helping students learn. A new book explores just what happens when technology and education collide. Guest: Natasha Singer, New York Times journalist/author,

Should we argue with the people we love? For Priya Parker, author of a book published in September, The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict, the answer is yes. While many people dread conflict, it's not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it's necessary if we want to be in close, authentic relationships, says Parker. So when you have a moment of misalignment with someone, try thinking of it as a signal. There's something here to talk about.

Should we argue with the people we love? For Priya Parker, author of a book published in September, The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict, the answer is yes. While many people dread conflict, it's not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it's necessary if we want to be in close, authentic relationships, says Parker. So when you have a moment of misalignment with someone, try thinking of it as a signal. There's something here to talk about.