{"id":33278,"date":"2024-01-24T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/wednesday-headlines-crude-awakening#id33068"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T16:48:00","slug":"wednesday-headlines-crude-awakening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wednesday-headlines-crude-awakening\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday headlines: Crude awakening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the past year, the Pentagon has successfully tested a wide range of autonomous weapons, and while there&#39;s more to come, international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/technology\/2024\/01\/pentagon-already-testing-tomorrows-ai-powered-swarm-drones-ships\/393528\/\">consensus remains iffy.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Defense One<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The US is currently on pace to produce more oil&mdash;13.3 million barrels of a day&mdash;than any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/12\/19\/business\/us-production-oil-reserves-crude\/index.html\">country in history.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ CNN<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In Ukraine, Radio Boiling Over in Kharkiv gives residents a megaphone to broadcast their fears and anger as they face daily bombardment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/20\/world\/europe\/kharkiv-ukraine-russia-radio-station.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\">from Russian missiles.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The New York Times [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The best approach to teaching empathy may be through literature, art, music, and other humanities.&#8221; Why defunding liberal arts is bad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/01\/24\/humanities-liberal-arts-funding-medical-education-health-care\/\">for health care.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ STAT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In all of 2022 there were 941 cases in Europe. 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