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Scientists have used machine learning to help robots learn how to do new tasks even in changing conditions. Malte Mueller/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Malte Mueller/Getty Images Imagine a robot that could do your laundry, make your bed, cook your dinner, or stock the dairy section at your local grocery store. Humans have long

Environmental crisis in Russian city after drone attack on refinery NewsFeed People in the Russian city of Tuapse are worried about the toxic effects of a huge oil refinery fire that’s been burning for days after a Ukrainian drone attack. Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapavalova is there. Published On 24 Apr 2026

Deagreez/iStockphoto/Getty Images Myra Cheng, a computer science PhD student at Stanford University, has spent a lot of time listening to undergraduates on campus. "They would tell me about how a lot of their peers are using AI for relationship advice, to draft breakup texts, to navigate these kinds of social relationships with your friend or

A view of My Khe beach in 2019 in Da Nang, Vietnam. Some Americans who moved to Vietnam or Thailand say they now have less stress and can afford more than they could in the U.S. Linh Pham/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Linh Pham/Getty Images Chad Dunn used to spend his days on the

Texas Democratic Senate candidate Texas state Rep. James Talarico waves to the crowd before speaking Mar. 4 in Austin. Talarico raised $27m in the first quarter of 2026, leading a pack of Democrats who outraised Republicans in several key Senate matchups. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Stay up to date with our

​​Distraught girls cling to their father, Luis, as ICE detains him following an immigration hearing in New York City on Aug. 26, 2025. Luis was the sole breadwinner for his family. Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press, iWitness for Miami Herald hide caption toggle caption Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press, iWitness for Miami Herald The Photo of the Year is

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, is seen at a hearing on April 16. Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images Senate Republicans introduced a budget resolution Tuesday to fund immigration enforcement agencies, the first step in a lengthy budgetary process to end a record-breaking partial shutdown

The city of Logan, Utah, a college and dairy farming town, is seen from the hillside on the Utah State University campus, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Hannah Schoenbaum/AP hide caption toggle caption Hannah Schoenbaum/AP LOGAN, Utah — President Donald Trump's administration took the unusual step this week of sending a government plane to Cuba to

Kanawha County Commission Emergency Management Director C.W. Sigman speaks at a news conference Wednesday in Charleston, W.Va. John Raby/AP hide caption toggle caption John Raby/AP INSTITUTE, W.Va. — A chemical leak at a West Virginia silver recovery business on Wednesday killed two people and sent about 30 others to hospitals, including one in serious condition

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan speaks, as President Trump listens, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club on Dec. 22 in Palm Beach, Fla. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his job, the Pentagon abruptly announced Wednesday, the first head of a military service to depart during