WASHINGTON DC — A congressional spending bill containing a hotly contested ban on hemp products with THC has cleared a procedural Senate vote, teeing up consideration of final passage, expected within days. But one GOP senator has a plan to strike the provision. The Senate agreed to advance the minibus appropriations package in a 60-40 vote
COLUMBUS - The statewide sale of “intoxicating hemp” products can continue until Dec. 2, a Columbus judge ruled. Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Carl Aveni again hampered Gov. Mike DeWine’s attempts to ban the sale of hemp products. Earlier, DeWine declared an adulterated consumer product emergency for consumable items containing intoxicating hemp — products
LANSING - Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of the workplace. However, while 72% of U.S. hiring managers say their company uses AI – up from 66% last fall – 55% admit their company doesn’t have the resources or training to help employees use it effectively. This leaves a significant skills gap. According to a
NEW YORK - Scientists say they can explain dark matter by positing a particle that links to a fifth dimension.While the “warped extra dimension” (WED) is a trademark of a popular physics model first introduced in 1999, this research, published in The European Physical Journal C, is the first to cohesively use the theory to explain the long-lasting dark matter problem
WASHINGTON - If you're planning on flying for Thanksgiving, you may want to review your travel plans. On Nov. 5, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that 40 major airports - including Detroit Metropolitan Airport - will see a 10 percent cut in flights. Duffy warned earlier in the week that the cuts could come as
DETROIT - In recent weeks, automakers and other companies in the vehicle space are pulling back their investments in electric vehicles, including laying off workers in multiple states. The moves come in the wake of Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which repealed incentives for consumers to buy electric cars. GM in particular is set
LANSING – The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) and the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District announced the launch of the $16 million Early Childhood Educator Wage Initiative. The initiative will provide monthly stipends – $200 for part-time and $300 for full-time teachers and assistant teachers – while supporting regional efforts to address
DETROIT - Companies are clamoring to extract highly valuable resources from the Moon, as Islamabad-based Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies research assistant Mustafa Bilal wrote in a new opinion piece for SpaceNews. Case in point, Helsinki-based cryogenics company Bluefors signed an agreement with space commercialization startup Interlune last month, agreeing to purchase up to ten thousand liters of lunar
DETROIT - AI chatbots may be developing their own "survival drive" by refusing commands to shut themselves down, an AI safety company has claimed. The research, conducted by scientists at Palisade Research, assigned tasks to popular artificial intelligence (AI) models before instructing them to shut themselves off, Live Science reported. But, as a study published Sept.
ANN ARBOR – Washtenaw Community College will host Race to Talent to help employers grow their workforce through on-the-job skills training and education partnerships. The free event will be from 9-11 a.m. on Friday, November 14, in the Morris Lawrence Building (Room 101) on the WCC campus, 4800 E. Huron River Drive. Co-sponsored by WCC
