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Deliberations are underway in the double murder trial of rapper Jamell “YNW Melly” Demons, the Miramar rapper accused of the apparently unprovoked murders of two of his friends after an overnight recording session in Fort Lauderdale in 2018.

NEW YORK — Investigators around the country are checking their cold case files for ties to the accused Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays took hold of the American League East on the second day of the season. They remained in first place for 97 straight days until Thursday night.

LAS VEGAS — When and how the Tropicana hotel will be torn down is still up in the air as Bally’s Corp. executives wait for the Oakland Athletics to finalize their Las Vegas ballpark plans.

NEW YORK — The Liberty are about to endure one of the toughest stretches of the season, just as the team’s most glaring shortcoming is growing into a real problem.

LAS VEGAS — A late addition to Thursday's itinerary at Mountain West football media days was a midday gathering of the conference's 12 head coaches for a group photo.

A man died after collapsing at Death Valley National Park in California as temperatures ticked above 120 degrees.

An internal policy memo drafted by OpenAI shows the company supports the idea of requiring government licenses from anyone who wants to develop advanced artificial intelligence systems. The document also suggests the company is willing to pull back the curtain on the data it uses to train image generators.

The top U.S. consumer financial watchdog is sharpening his focus on lenders’ use of artificial intelligence when making credit decisions, signaling that fresh restrictions loom for financial firms.