Feb 29, 2024

Democracy in a desert near D.C.

Alex Schroeder/Marketplace

Just an hour’s drive from the nation's capital, a changing media landscape left a community with few options for credible news.

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Democracy in the Desert

How one Virginia county an hour from D.C. became a news desert

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder

Feb 29, 2024

In King George County, Virginia, the closure of local newspapers and struggles of area outlets to cover the community have left residents with few sources of reliable news.

With newspapers like the King George News and the King George Journal no longer in publication, residents of King George County, Virginia, have slim options for reliable local news coverage.

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by Nova Safo

Securities regulators are reportedly investigating whether OpenAI, the ChatGPT artificial intelligence company, misled investors ahead of the brief ouster of the boss, Sam Altman, according to Wall Street Journal reporting.

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