Artificial intelligence-enabled voice cloning tools have made it easier for criminals to mimic strangers' voices and dupe victims into handing over large sums of money. For example, a scammer might ...

Among the world’s ‘poly-crises’, the crisis of water is one of the most urgent. Worldwide, around 2 billion people lacked access to safe drinking water in 2020; and an estimated 1.7 billion did not ...

The most common fraud in the U.S. over the past year was the impostor scam. More than 856,000 instances, collectively draining $2.7 billion nationwide, were reported to the Federal Trade Commission in ...

Note: The NC DOT announced it was building a bridge on Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River area of Haywood County that would allow safe passage of wildlife underneath it. This is a passion topic for ...

After the polls closed in November 2020, Americans witnessed an unprecedented intersection of violent threats and voting. Men carrying rifles stood by with demonstrators outside vote tabulation sites ...

Many local election officials have taken steps to increase election security in response to threats and other incidents since 2020. Steps include installing panic buttons, adding security cameras and ...

Note: The NC DOT announced it was building a bridge on Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River area of Haywood County that would allow safe passage of wildlife underneath it. This is a passion topic for ...

What started as a joke for my husband and me when the pandemic began turned into our safe phrase. I was having intrusive thoughts after the birth of our first child. Those three words told my husband ...

FILE: Police use tear gas and impact munitions to disperse protesters in downtown Portland during demonstrations against systemic racism and police violence on July 4, 2020. Jonathan Levinson / OPB ...