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Woman killed in crash as officer responds to threat at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home
ROME, Ga. (AP) — A motorist was killed as police responded to a bomb threat at the Georgia home of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, authorities said. A police officer on the local bomb squad was traveling to the scene when he collided with another car on Monday, Rome police said in a statement. Greene […]
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Boy dies after falling through the ice at an upstate New York lake
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died after falling through the ice at a lake in upstate New York and an 11-year-old girl who tried to save him was hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said. The two children were at Washington Park Lake in Albany at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday when the boy tried […]
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US officials to investigate labor and human rights abuses in Nicaragua
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is opening an investigation into labor and human rights abuses in Nicaragua, a U.S. official said Tuesday, impacting relations with a country the U.S. has a free trade deal with amid growing concerns over President Daniel Ortega’s increasingly authoritarian rule. The investigation being opened by the U.S. Trade Representative […]
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Justice Department ignored some policies when seizing reporters’ phone records, watchdog finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records of reporters as part of media leak investigations during the Trump administration, according to a new watchdog report being released as the aggressive practice of hunting for journalists’ sources could again be resurrected. The report Tuesday from the Justice […]
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OpenAI releases AI video generator Sora but limits how it depicts people
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI has publicly released its new artificial intelligence video generator Sora but the company won’t let most users depict people as it monitors for patterns of misuse. Users of a premium version of OpenAI’s flagship product ChatGPT can now use Sora to instantly create AI-generated videos based on written commands. Among […]
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Women’s monument planned for Ohio Statehouse grounds receives anonymous $1 million donation
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The organization spearheading installation of a monument to women’s suffrage at the Ohio Statehouse has received a $1 million contribution toward the project from an anonymous donor, the group announced Monday. Charles Moses, who chairs the Capitol Square Foundation, called the donation to support construction of the Ohio Women’s Monument “transformational.” […]
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