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Pope Leo urges world to 'slow down' on AI in fervent first manifesto

Joshua McElwee Reuters

He also apologized for the church's role in slavery, and repudiated a doctrine used since the fifth century to justify some wars.

U.S. tax officials consider adding citizenship question to tax forms

Jacob Bogage REUTERS

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is debating requiring taxpayers to disclose their citizenship status on next year's tax forms, according to three people familiar with the situation.

Pope Leo’s first encyclical tackles artificial intelligence

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On Monday, Pope Leo XIV unveiled his broad vision for the relationship between artificial intelligence and humanity in his first encyclical, a major papal letter addressed to bishops of the Roman Catholic Church. The document was presented alongside Chris Olah from Anthropic, in what appeare…

Something weird and worrying is happening with rain, study finds

Doyle Rice USA Today

New research shows that though the world sees more rain overall, it's getting drier at the same time. How can that be?

In new battle with Catholic Church, feds want to take Jesus-topped border mountain

Trevor Hughes and Lauren Villagran USA TODAY

Federal officials are trying to seize from the Roman Catholic Church a border mountain topped with a massive statue of Jesus, saying they need it for the border wall.

A powerful El Niño is set to reshape global weather in 2026

Dinah Voyles Pulver USA Today

Previous El Niños fueled wildfires, caused extreme flooding and mega droughts, prompted widespread coral bleaching and disrupted marine life migrations and foraging.

Record Global Temperatures Feared As El Niño Grows

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El Niño is rapidly developing in the Pacific Ocean and may become a rare, historically strong “Super” El Niño by fall or winter, according to the NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. The updated forecast shows an 82% chance of El Niño forming between May and July, with the event likely to persi…