• XI IN THE U.S. : President Donald Trump prepares to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington.
• NEW MEXICO: Flood alerts have been issued as rain pounds the region from separate storms.
• GAS PRICES: Regular gas this morning stands at an average $4.49 a gallon, up from $2.94 at the start of the Iran war.
• TRACKING NOR’EASTER: Rain, wind and coastal flooding expected to hit the East Coast.
• IRAN WAR: President Trump revealed his team held three hours of talks with Iranian officials in New York.
• DOLLY PARTON: Her nephew Bryan Seaver is now responding to the lawsuit and confirming the restraining order against him.
• CANCER STUDY: A new report from the CDC has found cancer rates in the U.S are falling.
• TYLENOL: Study found that taking Tylenol during pregnancy is not linked to neuro-developmental disorders.
• RUBIX CUBE: 6-year-old Chinese girl set a new women’s world record by solving rubik’s cubes.

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will brief the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, a U.N. spokesperson confirmed to ABC News.

The address comes amid a growing global debate over how to rein in increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology.

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Millions are on alert from North Carolina to the Northeast for rain, high wind, and waves from brewing Nor’easter.

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Amazon blocked Meta’s personal artificial intelligence agent, Muse, from going to its platform.

The AI agent offers help with day-to-day tasks like schedules, shopping and, in the company’s words, turning “long-term goals into action plans.”

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Converse has discontinued an advertisement following public backlash last week over what critics said appeared to be Ku Klux Klan symbolism and lynching in the shoe and apparel company’s ad campaign.

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