Abstract: This paper presents a novel neural network-based optimization framework, NNDE, to solve the traveling salesman problem (TSP). The core idea is to use a radial basis function network (RBFN) ...

The trial of a former NYPD officer accused of assaulting two men inside Manhattan Central Booking is coming to an end, and the jury will soon have to weigh a complex legal question: When does a police ...

Federal agents deployed during the Trump administration’s law enforcement surge in American cities have shot two Christian clergy members in the head with chemicals or projectiles. One was meditating ...

A West Haven police officer is on administrative leave and is facing charges after an incident during an arrest in July. The incident involved Officer Richard Naccarato, and was reported to the police ...

“Death of a Salesman” premiered on Broadway in 1949 and has been revived many times over the years, most recently in 2022 with Wendell Pierce and Sharon D. Clarke in the lead roles. The original ...

State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to a different reality. By Bianca Pallaro and Jan Ransom New York State prison ...

The judge accused the Trump administration of "widespread misrepresentations." A federal judge on Thursday issued an extraordinary rebuke of the Department of Homeland Security's immigration ...

A federal appeals court has blocked a lower-court ruling that sought to limit how immigration agents can use force during Chicago-area enforcement operations, calling the judge’s order "overbroad" and ...

Security forces in Nepal used disproportionate force against youth-led protests on September 8, 2025, indiscriminately firing on protesters multiple times. On a second day of violence, people, some ...

OpenAI says ChatGPT will now ditch the em dashes if you tell it to. The telltale sign that supposedly signals text written by AI has popped up everywhere in recent months, including in school papers, ...

What’s happened? A recent study by Comparitech analyzed over 2 billion leaked passwords from 2025 and found that many of the most common ones are shockingly weak. Among the worst offenders are ...