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The commonwealth of Pennsylvania is suing Character AI to stop the artificial intelligence platform’s chatbots from representing themselves as licensed medical professionals and providing medical advice. According to a lawsuit, a Character AI chatbot falsely claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist in Pennsylvania and provided an invalid license number. The state accused the company of violating the Medical Practice Act, which regulates the medical profession and defines license requirements. “We will not allow companies to deploy AI tools that mislead people into believing they are receiving advice from a licensed medical professional,” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a statement.The lawsuit describes…

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailMatt Smith, Kpler director of commodity research, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the state of energy prices, impact of rising jet fuel costs on travel, whether the shortage in jet fuel will lead to more flight cancellations, and more.

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 5, 2026 8:20 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Ontario judge is expected to deliver his ruling Tuesday in the case of two women accused of killing a boy they were trying to adopt and confining his brother. Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney are charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 12-year-old boy.The pair are also charged with multiple offences, including forcible confinement, related to the boy’s younger brother. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so…

A review into England’s worst Six Nations campaign in 50 years has backed Steve Borthwick to keep his coaching job to the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia.England reached 12 successive Test wins when it thumped Wales in the first round in February. But it lost its remaining four games, including an historic first defeat to Italy, and finished fifth.Borthwick’s team was guilty of indiscipline, over-kicking and not being clinical. After four Six Nations under Borthwick, England has yet to win in Scotland, Ireland or France.The England Rugby Football Union wouldn’t detail the team’s issues because of “performance confidentiality in…

Pete Crow-Armstrong scored the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning in what was a thrilling comeback win for his Chicago Cubs on Monday night, but it wasn’t necessarily a smooth sequence.As the Cubs trailed the visiting Cincinnati Reds 4-3 in the final frame, Crow-Armstrong led things off with a triple. Nico Hoerner then stepped to the plate with one out and hit a fly ball to left field.With Crow-Armstrong being among the fastest players in baseball, he was sent to home plate on what turned into a sacrifice fly and crossed the dish standing, but he should…

PARIS: The son of Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday (May 5) demanded France’s help in seeking independently verified proof of his mother’s life after she was transferred to house arrest, her lawyers said.The country’s chief-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing on Thursday ordered the 80-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner to be moved, five years after putting her into detention in a coup.But her son, Kim Aris, says he has still not heard from his mother, who remains massively popular inside Myanmar.”I implore France to join my call so that we may obtain independently verified proof of life, and…

The incident in London comes after the UK’s national threat level was raised to severe last week.Published On 5 May 20265 May 2026British counterterrorism police are investigating an arson attack at a former synagogue in London, the lates in a wave of attacks targeting the Jewish community in the United Kingdom’s capital.Officers said they responded to the incident early on Tuesday in the Tower Hamlets borough.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listPolice said no one was injured in the arson attack but confirmed the fire was deliberately set, adding that a set of gates and a lock at the…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine are holding a news conference Tuesday morning as the ceasefire in the Iran war faces serious tests. U.S. Navy destroyers on Monday fended off a sustained barrage of Iranian missiles, attack drones and small boats as they helped two commercial vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz.”Iran cannot be allowed to block innocent countries and their goods from an international waterway,” Hegseth said at the news conference. Hegseth noted that Project Freedom, the U.S. guiding of the commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, is “separate and distinct from Operation Epic…

Russia’s largest regulated exchange is making news with a move on Ripple. Moscow Exchange (MOEX) is set to publish an official XRP index as part of a crypto expansion that also covers SOL, TRX, and BNB, using global price feeds to anchor regulated exposure. MOEX’s crypto index rollout will have XRP among the flagship offerings. The exchange is leveraging global price feeds built for institutional-grade benchmarking. Futures contracts are also planned, targeting an October 13 launch date, meaning the index publication next week serves as the foundation for a much larger derivatives play. JUST IN: Moscow Exchange goes live with…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: PayPal — Shares gained nearly 3% after PayPal reported first quarter earnings of $1.34 per share, on an adjusted basis, on revenues of $8.35 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG had expected per-share earnings of $1.27 on revenues of $8.05 billion. Anheuser-Busch InBev — The Budweiser parent surged more than 7% after the company reported a quarterly earnings and revenue beat. Anheuser-Busch earned 97 cents per share on revenue of $15.27 billion. Analysts expected a profit of 89 cents per share on revenue of $14.87 billion, per LSEG. Pfizer — The pharma…