70 m. ago Merle Haggard reflects on hopping freight trains and becoming a musician

Haggard, who died in 2016, spoke to Fresh Air in 1995 about his love of trains. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car. Now that coach is part of the Virginia Scenic Railway.

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70 m. ago Jennifer Higdon won't apologize for writing accessible music

As one of the most-performed living composers, the Pulitzer winner insists that her music communicate to everyone — from farmers to children to the classical music intelligentsia.

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6 h. ago Good Samaritans save Florida mother, two small children from attempted kidnapper in dramatic video

Quick-thinking bystanders saved a woman and her two children from a dangerous situation outside a Florida DMV, and ultimately helped police arrest the suspect.

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6 h. ago Will Campbell: ‘I’m going to fight and die to protect’ Drake Maye

"Eliot Wolf came to my practice about Week 5 of the season, and I told him, this is where I wanted to be." The post Will Campbell: ‘I’m going to fight and die to protect’ Drake Maye appeared first on Boston.com.

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7 h. ago The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They’re Closing.

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color. Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.

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8 h. ago Mother of 4 falls to her death while hiking at state park with her kids

A mother hiking with three of her children and family members died on Wednesday after falling 50 to 75 feet at the Purgatory Chasm State Reservation in Massachusetts.

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10 h. ago Why Did a Charity Tied to Casey DeSantis Suddenly Get a $10 Million Boost?

The Hope Florida Foundation quietly gave the money to two nonprofit political committees that helped Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies defeat a ballot measure.

Economics

10 h. ago Trump world fires back at Politico over report White House may lift sanctions on Russian assets

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff denied a Politico report that they may end Russian energy sanctions to help end the war in Ukraine.

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11 h. ago Steve McMichael, Hall of Fame Tackle for Champion Bears, Dies at 67

He was a ferocious part of a dominant defense that swept the 1985 Chicago team to victory in the Super Bowl. After 15 N.F.L. seasons, he became a pro wrestler.

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11 h. ago Hamptons Beekeeper Is Charged With Concealing a Genocidal Past in Rwanda

Faustin Nsabumukunzi lived quietly in New York. In his home country, prosecutors say, he helped author one of the 20th century’s bloodiest episodes.

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12 h. ago Bryan Woo shuts down Red Sox, helps Mariners close road trip with 4

Red Sox starter Garrett Crochet (2-2) allowed four runs on five hits, five walks, and a balk, striking out nine in five innings. The post Bryan Woo shuts down Red Sox, helps Mariners close road trip with 4-3 win appeared first on Boston.com.

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13 h. ago Combining electrical and force signals boosts prosthetic hand accuracy

Combining two different kinds of signals could help engineers build prosthetic limbs that better reproduce natural movements, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis. The work, published April 10 in PLOS One, shows that a combination of electromyography and force myography is more accurate at predicting hand movements than either method by itself.

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14 h. ago Evernote founder’s video startup mmhmm becomes Airtime, launches new products

Evernote founder Phil Libin is ready to liven up your video meetings. The entrepreneur’s video startup, mmhmm, launched in 2020 amid the pandemic, on Thursday unveiled its latest product: a video toolkit for online meetings called Airtime. The suite includes two related tools: a virtual camera that helps you appear more polished on video calls, […]

Technology

14 h. ago Woman says ChatGPT saved her life by helping detect cancer, which doctors missed

Lauren Bannon, a North Carolina mother, says ChatGPT saved her life by flagging her medical condition after doctors missed it. She shares how the AI chatbot led to her cancer diagnosis.

Science

14 h. ago OpenAI wants its ‘open’ AI model to call models in the cloud for help

For the first time in roughly five years, OpenAI is gearing up to release an AI system that’s truly “open,” meaning it’ll be available for download at no cost and not gated behind an API. TechCrunch reported on Wednesday that OpenAI is aiming for an early summer launch, and targeting performance superior to open models […]

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14 h. ago OpenAI may be developing its own social platform but who’s it for?

OpenAI is reportedly building its own X-like social network. The project is still in the early stages, but there’s an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation that contains a social feed, The Verge reports. A social app would give OpenAI its own unique, real-time data that X and Meta already use to help train […]

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14 h. ago San Francisco opens a center to help those in mental health crisis

San Francisco opens a center to help those in mental health crisis  CBS News

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15 h. ago David Thomas, Pere Ubu's defiantly original leader, dies at 71

Formed in 1975, Pere Ubu embodied the industrial decay and hardscrabble ethics of Cleveland. Thomas tied together the band's sound with uncompromising vocals that exuded steely menace and unfettered anguish.

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16 h. ago Linda Evangelista left traumatized and in therapy after botched cosmetic procedure permanently damaged body

Linda Evangelista credited therapy for helping her change the way she views her body after CoolSculpting left the model "brutally disfigured."

Events

16 h. ago Review & setlist: ROLE MODEL’s ruby red shoes brought him back to Boston

The New England native had his young, mostly female crowd swooning during his rescheduled show at MGM Music Hall Wednesday night. The post Review & setlist: ROLE MODEL’s ruby red shoes brought him back to Boston appeared first on Boston.com.

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