LONDON — The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters and misfits — all on display at an exhibition that is opening in London just in time for Halloween. But you know what really scares him? Artificial intelligence. Burton said Wednesday that seeing a website that had used AI to blend…
For the past month, New York City has been inviting teenagers to participate in one of the biggest experiments in the country aimed at helping struggling adolescents: a program offering free online therapy to all residents ages 13 to 17. The city has entered a three-year, $26 million contract with Talkspace, one of the largest…
Bray School Lab effort gets underway at W&M WILLIAMSBURG — The College of William & Mary is launching a research initiative that is focused on a school that educated enslaved and free Black children in the 18th century. William & Mary says the Bray School is likely the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for African Americans….
Mountain Valley Pipeline drops plan for blanket permit ROANOKE — Mountain Valley Pipeline says it will abandon its plan to use a blanket permit to cross nearly 500 streams and wetlands. The Roanoke Times reported Tuesday that the pipeline project will instead apply for individual approvals for each open-cut crossing. That will make for a…
Man charged in shooting at Loudoun Walmart STERLING — Police say a man has been arrested on 11 felony charges following a shooting last weekend that left a sheriff’s deputy and two civilians hurt at a Walmart store. The Loudoun Sheriff’s Office said Steven E. Thodos of Sterling was facing multiple charges, including two counts…
A bill to govern training and use of non-lethal weapons by police to control protests hit close to home for Del. Cliff Hayes, D-Chesapeake, whose 20-year-old cousin was critically wounded by a “bean bag” round fired at him mistakenly during an anti-racism protest in Texas at the end of May. He told his colleagues Thursday…
VCU Prof. Utsey: Long-term care providers face unique challenges While protests over police treatment of Blacks raged in Richmond in early June, Cheryl said she “felt like an invisible person” in management meetings at Morningside of Bellgrade, an assisted living facility in Chesterfield County that had been ravaged by a COVID-19 outbreak during the spring….
Gov. Ralph Northam expects Virginia to receive up to $2.7 billion less in revenues than previously projected for the two-year state budget because of the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but he expects to avoid laying off state employees or cutting essential public services. Northam is preparing to lay out the new revenue forecast…
Three top leaders at the College of William & Mary are taking pay cuts, and the school is instituting a voluntary furlough program in an effort to increase financial flexibility amid COVID-19. The moves underscore that as students prepare to return to campus, colleges and universities across the state are juggling financial pressures as they…
From staff reports A Henrico County office of the Department of Motor Vehicles will be open by appointment as of Aug. 17. The office is at 9237 Quioccasin Road. Amid COVID-19, DMV is rolling out the reopening of offices across the state where customers can sign up for tasks that ordinarily require an in-person visit….
