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LULAC, the nation’s oldest Latino civil rights organization, is one of several Texas groups targeted in a voter fraud investigation led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to information obtained by CBS News.In a letter first obtained by CBS News, LULAC called on the Department of Justice to investigate Paxton’s office for violations of the Voting Rights Act, accusing the group of running an illegal investigation under the guise of voter fraud. “These actions reflect a troubling history of voter suppression and intimidation that has long targeted both Black and Latino communities in states like Texas, where demographic changes…

The first AI bill is on the way in California, sparking infighting among a group of AI pioneers.The AI ​​safety bill, SB 1047, would impose additional accountability on developers who spend more than $100 million building AI models, including requirements for safety testing, implementing safeguards, and allowing state attorneys general to take action against developers of AI models that cause “significant harm,” such as accidents resulting in multiple deaths and injuries or more than $500 million in damages.Companies would have to agree to third-party audits and install kill switches that allow the technology to be turned off at any time.…

American singer Mariah Carey said in a statement that her mother, Patricia, and sister, Alison, died over the weekend.”My heart is broken after losing my mother this past weekend,” Carey said Monday. “Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister also passed away on the same day.”The singer said he was happy to be able to spend time with his mother in the week before her death and asked that his privacy be respected.No further details about the cause of death have been released.Patricia, 87, was an Irish-American former opera singer and vocal coach.The five-time Grammy Award-winning singer detailed…

BOSTON (AP) — Former Blue Jays and current Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen has not only played for both teams in the same game, he’s become the first in major league history to do so.He played for both teams in the same innings.In a statistical oddity made possible by two of the strangest things on earth — baseball’s rule book and New England weather — Jansen became the only player in history to appear on both sides of a baseball box score when he started for Toronto in June before being traded to the Red Sox, and then took the…

DETROIT (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday marked the third anniversary of a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. soldiers, linking Vice President Kamala Harris to the chaotic withdrawal from the Afghanistan war and calling the attack a “disgrace.”Republican presidential candidate Trump laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery in memory of Sergeant Nicole Gee, Staff Sergeant Darin Huber and Staff Sergeant Ryan Knaus, who were killed in the suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26, 2021. He then traveled to Michigan, where he spoke at a conference of the National Guard Association.”The humiliation in…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots waived 14 players today in preparation for tomorrow’s mandatory cut to the 53-man roster limit. The Patriots waived the following players: LS Tucker Addington, WR Kawan Baker, DE William Bradley King, DT Josiah Bronson, LB Steele Chambers, RB DeShawn Fenwick, CB Azizi Hahn, T Zuri Henry, DE Christian McCarroll, TE LaMichael Petway, DT Sam Roberts, C Charles Turner, CB Mikey Victor and TE Jacob Warren. Addington, 27, signed with New England on August 5, 2024. He was signed from the practice squad to the 53-man roster on December 23, 2022 following a season-ending…

Walmart and a Dutch manufacturer are voluntarily recalling apple juice sold under Walmart’s “Great Value” brand due to high levels of arsenic.The recalled products were sold in East Coast states, the southern U.S., the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, according to a notice updated Friday on the Food and Drug Administration’s website. They were sold in eight-ounce sizes in packs of six plastic bottles.According to the notice, the arsenic levels were about 13 ppb, just above the 10 ppb that the FDA considers safe for ingestion. The FDA designated the recall a Class II recall, meaning it may cause…

SAN ANTONIO — Raids on the homes of several South Texas Democrats in what the state attorney general said is an ongoing investigation into election integrity have set off a showdown with the nation’s oldest Latino civil rights organization.The August 20 attack targeted Tejano Democratic Party Chairman Manuel Medina, several members of the League of Latin American Citizens, a state legislative candidate, and a local mayor.Lidia Martinez, a LULAC volunteer and voter registration worker, questioned why all of her belongings were searched. NBCThe attack sparked anger and accusations of voter suppression in a state with a long history of discrimination…

Traders work on the morning trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 23, 2024.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to a record high on Monday, reversing selling pressure from early August as traders waited for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.The 30-stock index was last up 112 points, or 0.3%, after rising more than 200 points, or 0.6%, at one point. The S&P 500 was down 0.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite was down 0.7%.Traders appear to be shifting money out of tech stocks and into other areas. Energy stocks in…

The captain of the luxury yacht that sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily last week, killing British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and six others, is under investigation for manslaughter and shipwreck, Italian media reported.The 56-metre (184-foot) superyacht, Basian, with 22 passengers on board, sank in the early hours of August 19 off the coast of Porticello, a fishing village near Palermo, after being hit by a downburst, a type of storm-related wind gust.The victims included Mr Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah. Fifteen people survived, including Mr Lynch’s wife, who owned Bayesian.On Sunday, prosecutors questioned the captain…