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News brief: 5th Jan. 6 hearing, Afghanistan quake, G7 and NATO preview

The Jan. 6 hearing will outline pressure on the DOJ to help overturn the election. The death toll continues to climb after the earthquake in Afghanistan. President Biden will attend the G7 summit.

AI company Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion dollars to hundreds of thousands of authors in a landmark copyright infringement settlement. But some authors have mixed feelings about the outcome.

Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5B Anthropic copyright infringement ruling

Some say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models.

Gov. Jared Polis speaks in support of a $5.4 billion transportation proposal at the state Capitol.

From Guns To Gas: 5 Ways The 2021 Legislative Session Could Affect Your Life

Colorado lawmakers ended a tumultuous, impactful session Tuesday night after passing dozens of new laws that are poised to change everything from how the state pays for roads to who can purchase guns.

Bollywood Raises Eyebrows With 'Sex And The City'-Style Rom-Com

India's smash hit Veere Di Wedding breaks lots of taboos — and is stirring up debate about its depiction of women.

Water from the Flint River flows through the Hamilton Dam. In 2014, the city switched from Detroit's water system to the Flint River, setting the stage for a crisis that sickened residents and cost the mayor and other officials their jobs.

5 Years After Flint's Crisis Began, Is The Water Safe?

"In some ways we're better," says activist Melissa Mays. "In other ways, we're forever poisoned, damaged, traumatized ... that's not gonna ever be better."

Firefighters try to keep a wildfire from jumping a street near Oroville, Calif., on Saturday. Evening winds drove the fire through several neighborhoods, leveling homes in its path.

Large Wildfires Force Evacuations In California; 5,000 Firefighters Deployed

One blaze forced people to flee cabins in the Los Padres National Forest and briefly stranded some 90 children and 50 counselors near a lake.

People remove Sargassum in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in April, 2022. Researchers expect this year will bring another massive bloom, choking local ecosystems and tourism economies.

Meet the sargassum belt, a 5,000-mile-long snake of seaweed circling Florida

Since 2011, a fleet of seaweed patches double the size of the contiguous U.S. has cycled from West Africa to Florida, threatening beaches from Martinique to Miami. This year, it could grow bigger.

Janice Keihanaikukauakahihulihe'ekahaunaele holds her old Hawaii drivers license that lacked the space for her full name.

Hawaiian Woman Gets IDs That Fit Her 36-Character Last Name

Janice Keihanaikukauakahihulihe'ekahaunaele had pressed the state for cards with her full name. Now she's got a new driver's license and an official state identification card.

Winners of the 2018 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship (from left) are Jennifer Pahlka, Harish Hande, Jess Ladd, Lesley Marincola, Anushka Ratnayake and Barbara Pierce Bush.

Advice From 5 Women And A Guy Who Won $1.25 Million To Do Good

The winners of the 2018 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship share surprising lessons on life, leadership and gender in the workplace.

U.K. Allows Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei To Help Build 5G Network Over U.S. Objection

Despite U.S. pressure, the British government has decided to allow the Chinese telecom company Huawei to supply some of the equipment for the U.K.'s 5G network.

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