From flu-ridden sea lions to elephant die-offs, mass mortality events are becoming more common. We understand very little about their repercussions.

Two 10-year-old children were found working at a Louisville McDonald's restaurant — sometimes until 2 a.m. — the US Department of Labor said Tuesday.

SOUTHLAKE, Texas (TND) — A Texas meteorologist is going viral after a social media post from "iWeatherNet," which he founded and operates, drew incredible backlash across the internet. Chris Robbins' "iWeatherNet" Facebook account, which has over 116,000 followers and covers weather events in Dallas, Fort Worth and also Atlanta, Georgia, posted on Monday morning a warning, but not of the weather-related variety. A child just rang my doorbell," the post read. "Folks you do NOT ring doorbells in 2023. My 6 was loaded. Keep your kids away." The post was signed "Chris," indicating Robbins wrote and posted it himself. The post has since been repeatedly edited as backlash flowed in, but some internet users were able to screenshot the original and upload it on social media themselves. So you're willing to shoot someone just because they rang your doorbell?" Facebook user Stefani Seeley replied to the post. "Stand your ground isn't meant for that and the way you're nearly threatening anyone, specifically kids, is disgusting and why some people shouldn't have guns." I'm not f***ing around," Robbins wrote in reply, according to a screenshot Seeley later uploaded to Twitter.

The industry sure thinks so. The White House denies it. Who’s right?

The activists face 20 years in prison for handing out flyers that identified a cop they said was linked to the killing of a protester in the Atlanta forest.

Troubling video footage captures the moment a 30-year-old commuter is knocked out by a mentally ill man and held in a chokehold until he dies on the F train.

Twitter chief Elon Musk has "threatened" to reassign National Public Radio's Twitter account to another company, the U.S.-based broadcaster said on Tuesday.

JPMorgan Chase's move to acquire most of First Republic Bank's assets this week hasn't stemmed investor concerns about the financial prospects for other regional lenders. The stock prices of Comerica, PacWest Bancorp, Western Alliance Bank and Zions Bank shares fell sharply Tuesday as attention shifted to other financial players that could be at risk of the startling bank runs that have taken down First Republic, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in recent weeks. "Wall Street is quickly hitting the sell button as banking turmoil appears it is not going away anytime soon and is ready to focus on the next weakest link — potentially distressed lenders with tremendous exposure to commercial real estate," Edward Moya, a senior market analyst at Oanda, said in a research note. Shares of Los Angeles-based PacWest, with $44 billon in assets, plunged 28%, while $65 billion Western Alliance tumbled 15%. The KBW regional bank index fell 5.5% on the day and is down 28% this year.

The White House is trying to persuade Congress to pass a 30% tax on the electricity used in cryptocurrency mining in the next federal budget in order to minimize the nascent industry’s impact on climate change.

Attendees say many people did not mask, socially distance or take other precautions recommended earlier in the pandemic.

The Texas Senate on Tuesday passed legislation to allow Gov. Greg Abbott precedent-setting power to overturn elections in Harris County, in order to punish local officials for running out of ballot paper at some polling sites last year. The legislation, which passed the Senate 19-12, would give Abbott’s appointed secretary of state the authority to order an entirely new election in Harris County if the county ever again runs out of paper at 2 percent or more of its polling sites for over an hour.

After a video emerged showing Crowder berating his pregnant wife, a report alleges that the conservative YouTube star harassed his employees.

Balaji Srinivasan, the former chief technology officer of Coinbase Global Inc., said he closed out what appeared to be a losing bet that Bitcoin would rise to $1 million within 90 days.  Srinivasan said he gave $1 million to two organizations, including Bitcoin Core development team at researcher Chaincode Labs, as well as paying $500,000 to someone who goes by James Medlock on Twitter, and who won the wager. The goal of the bet, Srinivasan reiterated in a Twitter post and a short video Tuesday, was to show that fiat currencies such as the dollar are in trouble, and that those troubles will push Bitcoin’s price up. At $28,710, Bitcoin is about 10% up from when Srinivasan accepted the bet on March 17. It wasn’t immediately clear what were the terms of the wager. Medlock and Srinivasan didn’t return requests for comment.

A Google Drive left public on the American College of Pediatricians’ website exposed detailed financial records, sensitive member details, and more.

Adam Conover went there during his interview with CNN host Sara Sidner.

The only common link in all this furious, often contradictory activity is the rank scent of desperation. The copyright squabbles, the clamoring for artist catalogs, and the prevalence of familiar samples are all part of the same story, and they mimic the consolidation of IP that happened in film over the past 20 years. Just as in the multiplex, the only properties that play on a global scale are the universally known ones—Super Mario Bros., live-action Disney remakes, movies based on sneakers and dolls and board games— and no one involved feels all that much like taking chances.

The Arizona senator attempts to explain herself.

The Post spoke to ten former employees who claim Crowder ran an “abusive” company, where he often screamed at his employees — including his own father.

For at least a decade, Elon Musk has tried to steer the development of artificial intelligence—only to be outmaneuvered by rivals and former allies. He has now stepped up his efforts after the success of OpenAI, an organization he co-founded but then left after a power struggle. Mr. Musk has warned for years that poorly built artificial intelligence could have catastrophic effects on humanity. Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT became a viral sensation last November, Mr. Musk has denounced it as politically correct and warned it could lead AI to become too powerful for humans to control. He has called his new effort TruthGPT, and billed it as a truth-seeking artificial intelligence model that will one day comprehend the universe. On March 9, he incorporated a company called X.AI in Nevada, laying the formal groundwork. So far, he has struggled to define a precise vision for his startup and is still in the process of assembling a team, said people familiar with the matter. Musk’s representatives have said X.AI intends to raise cash at some point from investors, the people said.

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg that 7,800 back-office jobs could be replaced with AI in the next five years.