Rob Perez, a Washington, D.C.-based content creator and Navy veteran, is running an extra mile for each day of the government shutdown. He talks viewers through a different aspect of the shutdown while he runs, such as how it affects federal workers. About 1.4 million government employees have been furloughed or are working without pay. Mr. Perez ran 22 miles Wednesday to mark the 22nd day of the shutdown.

That’s a popular sport and eating fish whose stocks have rebounded in recent years. “South Carolina knows its waters, its fishermen, and its economy better than any federal agency ever will,” the state’s attorney general wrote in a letter to the U.S. Commerce Department. The state joins Florida and Georgia in a growing effort to localize regulation. Leaders blame bureaucratic inaction and flawed data for limiting access to the species.

Clarke Casey and Michelle Anne Ng, from Newfoundland and Singapore respectively, first corresponded in 1983 as children. They haven’t stopped. At their first meeting in Canada, the besties sifted through decades of letters, laughing and reminiscing. The friendship will continue until “we grow old together,” Ms. Ng told CBC. “Nothing’s going to stop us from writing to each other.”

Instead of a Web search, it can scan a user’s files and anticipate what else users might want to know. And rather than merely displaying information, it uses data to accomplish tasks. The software could help OpenAI earn ad revenue from Web search, but challenges remain. Still in startup phase and losing money despite ChatGPT’s success, OpenAI must compete with Google, which dominates search and is also transforming it with AI. Privacy concerns remain an issue.