Love it or hate it, so-called generative artificial intelligence has proved its ability to make at least one type of worker more productive on the job. Using the enhanced AI boosted the productivity of customer service representatives at a Fortune 500 software firm by 14%, according to the first study …

Alex Murdaugh, already sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife and son, was indicted on tax evasion charges, prosecutors in South Carolina said Tuesday. He’s accused of two counts of willful attempt to evade or defeat a tax, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said. Murdaugh …

Richard Riordan, a wealthy Republican businessman who served two terms as Los Angeles mayor and steered the city through the Northridge earthquake and the recovery from the deadly 1992 riots, has died. He was 92. “Mayor Richard Riordan loved Los Angeles, and devoted so much of himself to bettering our …

It’s Tax Day, which can mean frustration, relief — or panic, for the roughly 40 million Americans who wait until the last minute to file their returns. If you have yet to file, head over to the IRS website to finish the deed or ask for an extension. But once …

Prosecutors in Kansas City, Missouri, have filed felony charges against the homeowner accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who was shot when he went to the wrong house to pick up his siblings last week. At a news conference Monday evening, Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson announced two felony …

NPR said it’s quitting Twitter after the social media platform labeled the news organization as “state-affiliated media” last week. Twitter later changed the label to “government-funded media,” but NPR said the labels “undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent.” “We are not putting our journalism …

Washington — The Biden administration has begun to give top leaders in Congress access to documents marked classified that were found at the homes of former President Donald Trump, President Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence, according to three sources familiar with the matter.  The move means the so-called …

Divers discovered a body inside a vehicle submerged in water near Daytona Beach over the weekend, authorities said. The car belonged to Robert Heikka, a teacher from Port Orange, Florida, who went missing in 2020, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. Volunteers from to local search and rescue crews …

As the first restriction-free summer travel season since COVID-19 began approaches, an unprecedented number of Americans are applying for new passports, causing longer-than-usual wait times.  Many people who put travel on pause during the pandemic are now realizing that their passport has expired. The State Department is fielding 500,000 passport …

Multiple suspects have been indicted in connection with the deaths of two gay men who were robbed and drugged after leaving gay bars in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen last year, prosecutors said. The exact number of people indicted was unclear, as court documents obtained by CBS News were heavily …