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In recent years, many brands have cut down on the number of smaller screen sizes in their flagship TV lineups. This is especially true if you’re shopping for a 40-, 42-, or 43-inch TV. But while there aren’t as many options as there used to be, you can still find some great models if you know what to look for. With that in mind, I’ve used my expertise to select the best 43-inch TVs available.My picks are informed by more than a decade of experience reviewing home entertainment products, and I’ve included models for different needs. At this screen size…

When John Karadell was admitted to the hospital after a stroke, his doctors quickly pushed for him to begin an intensive form of rehabilitation — the sooner the better.“Almost immediately they started telling me that the No. 1 most important thing now is to as quickly as possible get me into what they call acute rehab,” said Karadell, 58, of Howell, Michigan. “They used words like, ‘This is crucial. This is essential to your recovery.’”But after 11 days in a hospital bed with no word on when he’d be transferred to the facility, Karadell said he learned his health insurer,…

You have to teach people how to treat you.Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, thinks that idea applies to AI, too.LeCun said on Thursday that two directives could be made of AI to protect humans from future harm: “submission to humans” and “empathy.”He made the suggestion in response to a CNN interview with Geoffrey Hinton, considered the “godfather of AI,” on Thursday on LinkedIn. In the interview, Hinton said we need to build “maternal instincts” or something similar into AI.Otherwise, humans are “going to be history.”Hinton said people have been focused on making AI “more intelligent, but intelligence is just…

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Robert MacIntyre seized on a softer Caves Valley after a two-hour storm delay and rode the best putting round of his year with six straight birdies to post an 8-under 62 for a three-shot lead over Tommy Fleetwood in the BMW Championship on Thursday.MacIntyre finished it off with a 5-foot birdie putt on 18th hole, and that was the easiest of his final six birdies. He holed a 65-foot birdie putt on the 12th and followed that from 40 feet.And he kept right on going until he matched his low round on the PGA Tour…

Costco will not sell the abortion pill mifepristone at its pharmacy locations, the shopping club told CBS News.The wholesaler said its decision not to sell the prescription medication was based on a “lack of demand from our members and other patients.””They generally have the drug dispensed by their medical providers,” Costco said in a statement to CBS News.Costco’s position on the abortion pill, which was first reported by Bloomberg, was praised by a conservative religious coalition, called the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), an anti-abortion advocacy group that had urged Costco not to sell mifepristone.”We applaud Costco for doing the right…

The Trump administration continues to meddle with semiconductor giant Intel. The U.S. government is reportedly in discussions to take a stake in Intel, according to reporting from Bloomberg. This deal would be structured to help the company expand its U.S. manufacturing efforts, including its much-delayed Ohio chip factory. This news comes less than a week after President Donald Trump insisted that Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan resign because of perceived conflicts of interest. While Trump didn’t provide a reason, this came after Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton wrote to Intel’s board asking about Tan’s alleged ties to China. Tan met with…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife Penny Knight have pledged to donate $2 billion to Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute, the school announced Thursday, describing it as the largest single gift to a U.S. university.“This gift is an unprecedented investment in the millions of lives burdened with cancer, especially patients and families here in Oregon,” OHSU President Shereef Elnahal said in a statement.The donation will help ensure patients have access to various resources, including psychological, genetic and financial counseling, symptom management, nutritional support and survivorship care, the university statement said.“We couldn’t be…

Taylor Swift is sharing an update on her dad Scott Swift’s and mom Andrea Swift’s health.The pop superstar opened up about her parents in Wednesday’s podcast episode of “New Heights,” which is hosted by Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce and his older brother Jason Kelce.Taylor Swift opens up about 1st date with Travis Kelce and his ‘wild romantic gesture’Swift said her 73-year-old father is recovering following what she described as a “really intense” heart surgery in Florida earlier this summer.”He’s doing good,” Swift said. “He is doing incredibly well. My dad had an interesting summer. He actually had a quintuple bypass…

A 60-year-old man spent three weeks being treated at a hospital after replacing table salt with sodium bromide following consultation with the popular artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT.Three physicians published a report on the case in the Annals of Internal Medicine earlier this month. According to the report, the man had no prior psychiatric history when he arrived at the hospital “expressing concern that his neighbor was poisoning him.”The man shared that he had been distilling his own water at home, and the report noted he seemed “paranoid” about water he was offered. Bromism, or high levels of bromide, was considered…

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced.The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in a news release on Aug. 13 that the individual, an adult, has been infected with Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba.Naegleria fowleri is a type of amoeba that can cause a rare, but nearly always fatal brain infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Typically, fewer than 10 people a year get PAM in the United States, according to the CDC. Last month, a 12-year-old boy died from…