Artificial intelligence startup Character.AI will ban kids from having conversations with chatbots on its platform following growing pressure from lawmakers and a raft of lawsuits alleging the company’s so-called characters are responsible for harms to children. Read More

Hurricane Melissa is barreling northeast toward the Bahamas, after leaving a trail of destruction across Jamaica and the eastern side of Cuba. Read More

Hurricane Melissa thrashed Cuba, unleashing landslides and flooding in the nation’s second-largest city, as the storm tracked northeast toward the Bahamas. Read More

Brazilian police launched their most lethal operation ever in Rio de Janeiro, leaving at least 64 dead as authorities squared off against a major gang in the global tourist destination just ahead of next week’s climate summit. Read More