Bill Gates Sounds the Alarm as AI’s Rapid Advance Raises Risks for Jobs, Children and Society

Bill Gates, one of the technology industry’s most prominent optimists, is dramatically changing his tone on artificial intelligence. After years of emphasizing AI’s potential to improve healthcare, education, productivity and scientific discovery, the Microsoft co-founder now warns that the technology is advancing so quickly that governments and societies may not be prepared for the disruption […]
Federal Judge Blocks Ohio’s Citizenship-Proof Voting Rule Ahead of Midterms

A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Ohio law requiring residents to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote at motor vehicle offices, delivering a setback to Republican efforts to tighten voter-registration requirements ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections. The decision adds Ohio to a growing national legal battle over how […]
A California Sanctuary Becomes a Global Lifeline for the World’s Endangered Gibbons

Hidden in the dry hills of California’s Santa Clarita Valley, north of Los Angeles, an unusual conservation center has spent half a century protecting some of the world’s rarest primates. The Gibbon Conservation Center, founded in 1976, has evolved from a small collection of animals into an internationally recognized institution devoted exclusively to gibbon conservation, […]