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LISC says insurance, utilities and inflation are squeezing affordable housing, as 374,497 units near expiry and starts drop in 2026.

Serena Williams' doubles campaign at Queen's is in doubt after Victoria Mboko suffers a knee injury in her singles match against Karolina Pliskova.

Jonathan Hall KC tells the BBC it was "absolutely legitimate" to talk about immigration in relation to national security.

The US president warns Iran "will have to pay the price" for taking too long to agree a deal, after Tehran vows retaliation to any attacks.

Ben Stokes will miss England’s second Test against New Zealand at The Oval following an incident in a London nightclub, with Joe Root stepping up as interim captain.

Police Scotland said members of the public were attacked "because of the colour of their skin" on Tuesday evening.

New research suggests that AI memory systems can degrade model performance and encourage sycophantic tendencies.

Rocket Companies has priced the issuance of $1.5 billion in senior notes in an oversubscribed transaction, with proceeds to refinance an existing term loan.

Backed by Alexis Ohanian’s 776 and Kindred Ventures, Zest uses transaction data and AI to generate restaurant recommendations based on users’ real dining habits and the places they frequent.

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What happened when livestreaming vigilantes ambushed an innocent man.

Cybersecurity researchers are complaining that Anthropic's new model Fable has guardrails that are too strict for any cybersecurity work.

New York Assembly passed a listings bill May 29, requiring concurrent public marketing or a signed opt out, with fines up to $5,000.

BLS said May CPI rose 4.2% y/y and 0.5% m/m, with energy driving most of the gain, as core inflation rose 2.9% y/y and 0.2% m/m.

While Silicon Valley continues pushing aggressively into large language models and consumer-facing AI products, many European companies are focused on applying AI to complex systems already embedded into everyday life.

Belfast police say a refugee charged with the attempted murder of a man on Monday initially entered the country from the Republic of Ireland.

A night of disorder in Belfast saw people forced to flee their homes, in protests that followed a knife attack in the north of the city.

AI coding agent startup Niteshift has raised a $7 million seed round from a who's who of angels. It's betting companies will want power over, not lock-in with model makers.

Figure Technology Solutions will acquire Kiavi in a $717 million deal that increases its exposure to residential investor loans and the first-lien market, the companies announced Wednesday.