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Nation New Hampshire Ex-youth detention counselor on trial MANCHESTER — A sexual assault trial started Monday for a New Hampshire man whose arrest more than seven years ago kicked off one of the biggest youth detention scandals in U.S. history. Former youth counselor Jeffrey Buskey, 60, of Litchfield, faces allegations involving four boys held at the Youth Development Center in Manchester in the late 1990s. District of Columbia Ex-CIA director subpoenaed WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director John Brennan has been subpoenaed to testify before a Florida grand jury in a ...

Ticker: AI stocks drop, but rest of Wall Street holds steady

Local Business

AI stocks slid worldwide after leaders of the industry warned a slowdown is needed for the safety of humanity. Another climb in oil prices, meanwhile, briefly sent the yield on the 10-year Treasury to 5% on Monday for the first time since 2023. Despite all the downers, gains for many stocks outside AI helped limit Wall Street’s losses. The S&P 500 fell 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 0.6%. Brent crude’s price settled at $105.68 per barrel after nearing $110 in the morning. The afternoon’s retracement for oil prices pull the ...

Briefcase: WTAJ to launch new weeknight program

Local Business

WTAJ-TV has debuted a new local news and discussion program, Daily News Wrap, airing weeknights at 7 p.m. on WTAJ and WTAJ+. Hosted by WTAJ anchor Paula McKenna, Daily News Wrap takes viewers beyond the headlines by providing context, conversation and insight into the day’s biggest local stories. The program features discussions with WTAJ journalists and special guests, offering a deeper look at the issues, events and developments impacting communities across central Pennsylvania. The 30-minute program recaps major local news stories, explores developing issues and provides analysis ...

Trump calls data center concerns a ‘conspiracy’

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out against concerns about rogue artificial intelligence, claiming that any efforts to limit the technology are part of a “SICK conspiracy.” “AI taking over the World, destroying Humanity, and all other things bad, is a HOAX,” ...

The American road trip and the automobile that created it

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — There’s something about the American road trip. It brings to mind visions of cars the size of boats, the glory days before seat-belt laws and pit stops at the world’s largest fill-in-the-blank. It has been memorialized in books like Jack Kerouac’s “On the ...

Africa’s biggest oil refinery opens to public ownership

International News

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote opened his refinery to public ownership Monday with plans to raise $1.6 billion from retail investors across the continent in Africa’s biggest initial public offering, or IPO. Dangote, Africa’s richest man, dubbed the IPO one “for ...