Pentagon, tech industry at odds Both sides wary of the other's trustworthiness QUEENIE WONGTribune News Service Mar 24, 2026 Mar 24, 2026 0 Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addresses the audience as part of a session on AI during the World economic Forum on Jan. 23, 2025, in Davos, Switzerland. FABRICE COFFRINI, GETTY IMAGES Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save QUEENIE WONGTribune News Service ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEkAmpCE:7:4:2= :?E6==:86?46 A@H6C9@FD6 p?E9C@A:4VD 32EE=6 H:E9 E96 !6?E28@? 92D DA2C<65 D@>6 D@F=\D62C49:?8 E92E 4@F=5 C6D92A6 E96 E649 D64E@CVD 4@>A=:42E65 C6=2E:@?D9:A H:E9 H2C 2?5 E96 (9:E6 w@FD6]k^AmkAmp?E9C@A:4 :D E96 $2? uC2?4:D4@\32D65 DE2CEFA 369:?5 E96 492E3@E r=2F56 2?5 D@>6 @7 E96 >@DE A@H6C7F= px @? E96 >2C<6E] x? :ED ?68@E:2E:@?D H:E9 E96 >:=:E2CJ[ :E 92D 56>2?565 8F2C5C2:=D @? 9@H :ED E649?@=@8J :D FD65]k^AmkAm%96 >:=:E2CJ D2:5 :E C67FD65 E@ 36 369@=56? 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The Madness, Copper Penny Grill still coming to Marion, owners say McDowell County man wins $100,000 in scratch-off prize Update: Gas leak in Marion Monday morning cleared; road reopened Marion man gets multiple drug charges after SWAT Team search Carolina Panthers QB Bryce Young bonds with WRs on 4-wheelers, horseback Pedestrian hit by train, killed in downtown Hickory Thursday McDowell EMS, 38 other agencies get slice of $10 million in state funding Insider: Panthers reportedly have visions of Jonathon Brooks becoming lead RB over Hubbard What was happening in McDowell County in June 250 years ago? 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Related to this story Most Popular Lake James beach day, music highlight free things to around McDowell County area this weekend The Barefoot Baby Foundation and Centro Unido Latin America will host a free family beach day at Lake James State Park. Should McDowell County's sales tax increase? Voters to decide this fall The McDowell County Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed to call for a referendum to raise the sales tax to 7%. The Madness holds soft opening of the new Marion restaurant The new restaurant/bar is located at the Larry D. Miller Business Complex, where Burrito Bros. used to operate. Opening soon? The Madness, Copper Penny Grill still coming to Marion, owners say Despite some delays, two new restaurants for Marion – The Madness and The Copper Penny Grill – are still in the works to open soon. McDowell County man wins $100,000 in scratch-off prize He bought his lucky 200X The Cash ticket from Mt. Vernon Cubbard on Hudlow Road in Forest City
Lake James beach day, music highlight free things to around McDowell County area this weekend The Barefoot Baby Foundation and Centro Unido Latin America will host a free family beach day at Lake James State Park.Â
Should McDowell County's sales tax increase? Voters to decide this fall The McDowell County Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed to call for a referendum to raise the sales tax to 7%.
The Madness holds soft opening of the new Marion restaurant The new restaurant/bar is located at the Larry D. Miller Business Complex, where Burrito Bros. used to operate.
Opening soon? The Madness, Copper Penny Grill still coming to Marion, owners say Despite some delays, two new restaurants for Marion – The Madness and The Copper Penny Grill – are still in the works to open soon.
McDowell County man wins $100,000 in scratch-off prize He bought his lucky 200X The Cash ticket from Mt. Vernon Cubbard on Hudlow Road in Forest City
