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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A study of how three popular artificial intelligence chatbots respond to queries about suicide found that they generally avoid answering questions that pose the highest risk to the user, such as for specific how-to guidance. But they are inconsistent in their replies to less extreme prompts that could still harm people.The study in the medical journal Psychiatric Services, published Tuesday by the American Psychiatric Association, found a need for “further refinement” in OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude. It came on the same day that the parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine sued OpenAI and its…

If you spend any time gardening, you probably understand what I mean when I say it feels good — despite the lifting, sweating and straining involved. Yes, exercise is good for our bodies, but there’s something about digging in the dirt while listening to a bird soundtrack that lifts my spirits. Even the scent of the soil and mulch makes me happy.As it turns out, there are scientific reasons for this.In fact, there’s an entire field called horticultural therapy that’s dedicated to using “plant-based and garden-based activities to support people who have identified treatment needs,” according to Karen Haney, a…

When Lyndsey Meade was injured playing soccer in college, a Pilates-inspired workout helped her heal. Inspired by that experience, she earned a certification to teach mat Pilates and began teaching for a local studio in Miami in 2020. Soon, she was dreaming of running her own studio. In February 2025, she decided the time was finally right to open BODY Hot Pilates in Aventura, Fla. She joined forces with friends Genevieve and Daniel Ross, a husband-and-wife team who had started a successful Pilates studio in the area at which Lyndsey previously worked, and her husband Chris Meade, an entrepreneur who…

We are almost face-to-face with Labor Day, but there’s still a sliver of summer left. And we should not waste these last days telling each other how quickly the season has flown by.Let’s spend the rest of summer and early fall eating all of the ripe, rainbow-hued produce that is spilling over at the farmer’s markets and (if we’re lucky) in our gardens. Tomatoes, eggplants, zucchini, herbs, string beans and — to some folks’ minds — the pick of the season: fresh sweet corn.Do you have an avid corn lover in your world? The kind of person who will eat…

LONDON (AP) — Revellers are parading in colorful costumes through the streets of Notting Hill, in west London, for the annual carnival which started in 1966 and is one of the largest festival celebrations of its kind in Europe celebrating Caribbean culture. The two-day street event attracts around 2 million revellers, musicians and dancers with around 7,000 police officers and staff on duty each day. __ Revellers take part in the parade during the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, Europe’s biggest street party and one of the largest carnivals in the world.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Revellers take…

Sabrina Carpenter’s seventh studio album, “Man’s Best Friend,” and Marvel’s “Thunderbolts” starring Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.Also among the streaming offerings worth your time, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Some of the West’s biggest musicians are getting the K-pop treatment in the TV series “KPopped,” video game maker Sega tries to revive the Shinobi franchise and there’s Season 2 of “With Love, Meghan,” a lifestyle series from the Duchess of Sussex. New movies to stream from Aug. 25-31— Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts”…

VILNIUS (AP) — Cute and adorable Welsh corgis, widely known for their association with the British royal family, are in fact a breed of passionate racers.That’s at least according to the 120 teams from around Europe taking part in the Corgi Race Vilnius, in Lithuania’s capital, which drew an international bunch of furballs and their owners from countries including Poland, Latvia, Germany, Austria and Italy. Thousands of Lithuanians gathered in the capital’s largest park on Saturday to watch the events — a solo sprint, a contest for the “mightiest voice,” costume challenges, and group racing.The event culminated Sunday with the…

POIANA, Romania (AP) — History buffs dressed as Roman soldiers and Dacian warriors clashed in front of a crowd in a reenactment of a struggle culminating in the Roman conquest of land in present-day Romania. Constantin “The Castor” Lapusneanu, a well-known Romanian tattoo artist and the man behind the Getodava historical reenactment festival, told The Associated Press that he was motivated by a “love of our ancient land and ancestors” and a desire to transmit that heritage to future generations. The event in northeastern Romania drew historical reenactment groups from elsewhere in Central Europe including Slovakia and the Czech Republic.…

Menopause can usher in a host of disruptive symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats and sleep problems. Hormone therapy promises relief.But many women wonder about taking it. That’s because the treatment, subject of a recent expert panel convened by the Food and Drug Administration, has long been shrouded in uncertainty.It was once used routinely. But in 2002, research testing one type was stopped early because of concerns about increased risks of breast cancer and blood clots. Concerns lingered even though later studies showed the benefits of today’s hormone therapies outweigh the risks for many women.“There is still a lot of…

MOUNT GRETNA, Pa. (AP) — It takes a 54-page pamphlet to list all the classes, concerts, outdoor recreation and other self-improvement and entertainment going on at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua in Mount Gretna this summer.The area springs to life every June, July and August, when a year-round population of about 1,000 more than doubles and thousands more crowd in for big events. The picturesque front porches that define the town are abuzz with energetic cottagers who punctuate their days with cooking lessons, nature walks, yoga, professorial lectures, music and plays. In short, it’s kind of a summer camp for the sort…