Memorial Day weekend severe weather kills 21, as storms move east

Following recent Midwest tornadoes, destructive storms caused deaths and damaged homes in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kentucky over Memorial Day weekend.

A series of powerful storms swept over the Central and Southern U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, killing at least 21 people and leaving a wide trail of destroyed homes, businesses and power outages.

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Tornadoes and Storms Leave 18 Dead and 600,000 Without Power

Severe weather was shifting east to threaten much of the Eastern United States on Monday, after powerful storms over the weekend left at least 19 dead.

What Is Memorial Day? A Brief History and Why It’s Celebrated.

The holiday marks the unofficial start of summer and honors those who have died in the nation’s wars. Here’s how it all began.

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He has vowed to shred President Biden’s E.V. policies and has threatened that “You won’t be able to sell those cars.”

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Former OpenAI execs call out the company's lack of transparency

Former OpenAI board members are calling for greater government regulation of the company as CEO Sam Altman's leadership comes under fire.

Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley — two of several former employees who made up the cast of characters that ousted Altman in November — say their decision to push the leader out and "salvage" OpenAI's regulatory structure was spurred by "long-standing patterns of behavior exhibited by Mr Altman," which "undermined the board’s oversight of key decisions...

Elon Musk raises $6 billion for his AI startup xAI

Musk’s AI startup is now valued at $24 billion after raising funding from investors Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital.

(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI raised $6 billion in series B funding, reaching a post-money valuation of $24 billion as investors bet big on challengers to companies like OpenAI in the intensifying AI race.

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