January 20, 2023
ountless artists have taken inspiration from “The Starry Night” since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889. Now artificial intelligence systems are doing the same, training themselves on a vast collection of digitized artworks to produce new images …
January 20, 2023
The Hartford Names Dominioni Head of Northeast Sales and Underwriting for Middle and Large Commercial The Hartford has appointed Hank Dominioni head of sales and underwriting for its middle and large commercial businesses’ northeast division. Dominioni will lead sales and …
January 20, 2023
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts construction company and a former employee have been charged with illegally dumping thousands of tons of contaminated fill in Providence during a highway construction project, the Rhode Island attorney general’s office said Wednesday. Barletta …
January 20, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is stepping in, at the request of Alabama officials, to help extinguish an underground landfill fire that has been burning in the state for nearly two months, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday. The Alabama Department …
January 20, 2023
When New York’s first licensed recreational marijuana outlet opened last month, the chief of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management, Chris Alexander, proudly hoisted a tin of watermelon-flavored gummies above the crowd. Outside the Manhattan shop, he displayed another purchase …
January 20, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday awarded $100 million for beach erosion projects and other restoration efforts in 16 coastal counties damaged by Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole. The Republican announced the funding at a news conference in Daytona Beach …
January 20, 2023
U.S. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, is improving after sustained serious injuries when he fell 25 feet off a ladder while cutting tree limbs at his home on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The 44-year-old congressman, in office since 2019, fell from the …
January 20, 2023
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — When a 6-year-old shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in this shipbuilding city near Virginia’s coast, the community reacted with collective shock. But the sentiment has percolated into rage from parents and particularly from teachers, …
January 20, 2023
A cyberattack on a Norwegian shipping services firm ensnared about 70 companies and 1,000 ships. Oslo-based DNV, one of the world’s top ship-classification firms, suffered a ransomware cyberattack on Jan. 7, it said in a statement on its website. The …
January 20, 2023
The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to fix a date by which new trucks and buses sold in Europe must have zero carbon dioxide emissions. The European Commission is set to propose tougher CO2 standards …