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AI is being used to send some households impacted by Helene and Milton $1,000 cash relief payments

Oct. 25, 2024 16:58 PM EDT

Nearly 1,000 hurricane-impacted households in North Carolina and Florida will benefit this week from a new disaster aid program that employs a model not commonly used by philanthropy in the United States: Giving people rapid, direct cash payments. The nonprofit GiveDirectly plans to...

Families of Americans detained in China share their pain and urge US to get them home

Sep. 18, 2024 17:54 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The families of four Americans detained in China said Wednesday that their loved ones are suffering both physically and mentally, urging the U.S. government to take action to bring them home. Appearing before the Congressional-Executive Commission of China, the...