NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of Casandra “Cassie” Ventura says she paid Sean “Diddy” Combs $20,000 in 2011 when he demanded the money because he was mad that her daughter had started dating someone else. Regina Ventura testified Tuesday that she made the payment after reading an email from her daughter that said Combs…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy. Companies that want to market their vaccines to those Americans will need to conduct large, new studies, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. It’s a major shift in FDA’s approach to updating…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and a key financial supporter of President Donald Trump, says he’ll be spending less on political campaigns. He disclosed his decision via videoconference during a Bloomberg forum in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. It could be a setback for Republicans before next year’s midterm elections.…… MORE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Elon Musk promised hundreds of thousands of self-driving Teslas will be on the road requiring no human intervention by the end of next year. That vow came in a CNBC interview. The billionaire also committed to being CEO of Tesla in five years’ time at a video appearance earlier…… MORE
Google on Tuesday unleashed another wave of artificial intelligence technology to accelerate a year-old makeover of its search engine that is changing the way people get information and curtailing the flow of internet traffic to websites. The next phase outlined at Google’s annual developers conference includes releasing a new “AI mode” option in the United…… MORE