An Israeli TV reporter lost his ability to speak clearly. AI is helping him get back on air
JERUSALEM (AP) — A renowned Israeli TV journalist who lost his ability to speak clearly because of ALS is returning to the air using artificial-intelligence software that recreates his widely recognized gravelly voice. Moshe Nussbaum has been connecting with audiences for more than 40 years. But after being diagnosed two years ago with a progressive disease that attacks nerve cells, he had to greatly scale back his on-air work. Nussbaum will be making a comeback soon using an AI program that has been trained to speak with his voice. He will be filmed as if he were presenting and his lips will be technologically adjusted to match the words. He calls the technology a magic trick that has incredible meaning for everyone with disabilities.
CNN defamation trial comes at a rough time for legacy media — and for the struggling network
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is on trial for libel this week before a jury in Florida, and it comes at a particularly inopportune time for legacy media. The media is already the frequent target of criticism by President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters. Now it will face scrutiny over its operations — and a lawyer for the plaintiff suggested jurors should send a message. At issue is a Navy veteran who helped rescue Afghans at the time of the Taliban takeover in 2021, and how he was included in a story that CNN did about a “black market” of people who faced steep charges to be extracted from the country.
Why Greenland? Remote but resource-rich island occupies a key position in a warming world
Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking shape all over the planet. Experts say the remote, icy and mostly pristine island is where worsening climate change, scarce resources, tense geopolitics and new trade patterns all intersect. Since his first term in office, President-elect Donald Trump has expressed interest in acquiring Greenland, which is an semiautonomous territory of Denmark, a longtime U.S. ally and a founding member of NATO. It is also home to a large U.S. military base.
Elk on a shelf: Colorado wildlife officials rescue elk tangled in rope on ice climbing route
LAKE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Wildlife officials have rescued a bull elk by lowering it down a cliff after the animal became entangled in a rope at a popular ice climbing area in southwestern Colorado. A group of ice climbers in Lake City encountered the distressed elk Friday, and a Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologist darted the ungulate with a tranquilizer. The team cut the rope away from the elk’s antlers but needed to get the animal down from the climbing wall. That’s when the climbers came to the rescue by helping rig a system to lower the 700-pound animal to the base of the route.
Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86. Peter Yarrow died Tuesday at his home in New York. That’s according to publicist Ken Sunshine. Peter, Paul and Mary rose to overnight fame in 1962 when they blended their voices in stunning harmonies as they sang out against war and social injustice. Among their many hits were Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind,” Pete Seeger’s “If I Had a Hammer” and Yarrow’s own “Puff the Magic Dragon.” After a 1970 breakup they reunited eight years later, continuing their partnership until Mary Travers’ death in 2009.
Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Greenland with a message from his dad: ‘We’re going to treat you well’
President-elect Donald Trump has told residents of Greenland that “we’re going to treat you well” as his oldest son visited the mineral-rich Danish territory that’s home to a large U.S. military base. Trump later told a news conference he wouldn’t rule out using military force to take control of Greenland, saying that “we need it for national security.” The comment, and the visit by Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday, heightened speculation that the incoming U.S. administration could seek to acquire the strategic territory in the Arctic. Greenland’s government described the visit as a private one. And Denmark said “Greenland is not for sale.”
Trump says he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico. Can he do that?
President-elect Donald Trump says that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said has a “beautiful ring to it.” Tuesday’s remarks are his latest suggestion to redraw the map of the Western Hemisphere. He has repeatedly referred to Canada as the “51st State” and demanded that Denmark consider ceding Greenland or Panama return the Panama Canal. The Gulf of Mexico is often referred to as the United States’ “Third Coast” due to its coastline across five southeastern states. Mexicans use a Spanish version of the same name for the gulf: “El Golfo de México.”
NASA proposes cheaper, quicker way to get Mars rocks and soil to Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars. Administrator Bill Nelson presented two options on Tuesday, less than two weeks before stepping down as NASA’s chief. Nelson says he pulled the plug on the original plan after costs soared to $11 billion and the delay in getting anything back from Mars before 2040. NASA asked industry and others to come up with better options to ensure Mars samples arrive here in the 2030s, ahead of astronauts venturing to the red planet. NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has collected more than two dozen samples since its 2021 landing.
2 bodies are found in the landing gear of JetBlue plane at Florida airport
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say two bodies have been found in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue aircraft at a South Florida airport. The airline says the bodies were discovered in the wheel well area during a routine post-flight inspection on Monday night at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The names of the people found and other details were not immediately released Tuesday. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office says its homicide and crime scene units are investigating. The aircraft arrived in Fort Lauderdale shortly after 11 p.m. from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
San Diego State University frat members charged after pledge set on fire at party, prosecutors say
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Four fraternity members at San Diego State University are facing felony charges in connection with a skit performed at party in which a pledge was set on fire. The San Diego County District Attorney’s office said the four all pleaded not guilty on Monday. Caden Cooper, 22; Lucas Cowling, 20; Christopher Serrano, 20; and Lars Larsen, 19, were all charged with at least one felony. Prosecutors say Cowling, Serrano, and Larsen pre-planned the skit during which Serrano would set Larsen on fire. Larsen spent weeks in the hospital for treatment of third-degree burns, mostly to his legs. At least a half a dozen SDSU fraternities have been put on probation over the past two years for violating university policies.
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