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Church failed to explain mistake to justify setting aside a binding appraisal award paid by insurer
The Supreme Court of Ohio on July 23 upheld a trial court’s decision to dismiss a church’s lawsuit challenging its insurer’s refusal to pay more than the amount the parties' appraisers agreed to during a binding appraisal procedure that the church had initiated under its policy. The Court ruled that the church&rsqu ... (full story)
Sports
LeBron James is heading to the Philadelphia 76ers, saying it will be his 'last decision'
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — LeBron James’ first final decision was that he would retire. Weeks of deep reflection led him to change his mind, however, with all the familiar options in front of him to extend his career; a third trip with Cleveland, a second stop in Miami, maybe even stay in California for a high-profile union in ... (full story)
Jets' Glenn, Bucs' Bowles and Bengals' Taylor among NFL coaches facing hot-seat pressure
The heat is on several NFL coaches — and it has nothing to do with the soon-to-be steamy dog days of training camp.
The regular season is still more than six weeks away, but some coaches already face questions about their job security.
For a few, such as the New York Jets’ Aaron Glenn, Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowl ... (full story)
State
Today in History: August 3, deadly Walmart shooting in El Paso
Today is Monday, Aug. 3, the 215th day of 2026. There are 150 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On August 3, 2019, a gunman opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 23 people; after surrendering, the gunman told detectives he targeted “Mexicans” and had outlined the plot ... (full story)
For some, so-called 'Skynet Day' came too close to sci-fi after a rogue agent hacked into a startup
To be fair, James Cameron did warn us.
Long before OpenAI broke out of its test corral and hacked into Hugging Face, before the internet and Sam Altman were even born, Cameron wrote a screenplay about an autonomous artificial intelligence system that triggers a nuclear apocalypse.
That system, “Skynet,” was solid ... (full story)
Cheaper, open and intelligent: Chinese AI models gain ground, as they make inroads in the US
HONG KONG (AP) — China has a hot new product in the United States: artificial intelligence.
San Francisco-based Raffi Krikorian, the chief technology officer at Mozilla, which runs the Firefox browser, switched to Chinese AI startup Moonshot’s Kimi K3 for many of his day-to-day activities within days of the new, powe ... (full story)
Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years
What’s for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack’s house, it’s whatever is on sale.
Jack, 50, scouts an app for deals at her local supermarket before she buys groceries. When she reaches the store, she looks in the weekly circular for coupons she might have missed. If shelf prices look too high, she tries to find lower ... (full story)