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The White House is pleading with Big Tech to shut off the firehose of sexually abusive AI deepfakes—'if you’re a teenage girl, if you’re a gay kid, these are problems that people are experiencing right now'

“As generative AI broke on the scene, everyone was speculating about where the first real harms would come. And I think we have the answer."

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Europe fines Oreo-maker Mondelez $366 million for stopping its products from being sold between countries

The European Commission said Mondelez tried to avoid that cross-border trade because that could lead to lower prices.

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BuzzFeed has a new activist investor: Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy

Ramaswamy acquired a 7.7% stake in BuzzFeed and believes its stock is undervalued. He is looking to speak with the company's board and management, per...

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Average age of cars, trucks and SUVs in the U.S. hits record 12.6 years as people hang on to old vehicles because new ones cost so much

With an average U.S. new-vehicle selling price of just over $45,000 last month, many can't afford to buy new.

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Vermont governor stings bee supporters by vetoing ban on widely used pesticide

“This would put Vermont farmers at a significant disadvantage,” Gov. Phil Scott wrote.

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Cyberattacks against America's critical water supplies are dire and getting worse—'systems are not doing what they are supposed to be doing'

About 70% of utilities inspected by federal officials over the last year violated standards meant to prevent breaches or other intrusions, the EPA...

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Trump’s Truth Social company lost more than $300 million in its first quarter as a public company

At this early stage in the Company’s development, TMTG remains focused on long-term product development, rather than quarterly revenue,” Trump...

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Owners of California mushroom farms where farmworker killed 7 will pay more than $450,000 in back wages and damages to 62 workers

The owners of California Terra Gardens and Concord Farms in Half Moon Bay will also pay $70,000 in civil penalties for illegally deducting money from...

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The damaged ship that caused Baltimore's deadly bridge collapse has been escorted back to port—a major milestone in the recovery effort

Nearly two months have passed since the Dali crashed into the bridge, killing six construction workers and halting most traffic through the Port of...

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Michael Cohen says he stole tens of thousands of dollars from Trump's company

While being pressed by defense attorney Todd Blanche, Cohen admitted that he pocketed cash that was supposed to be reimbursement.

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Minnesota passes new driver pay minimums

The House agreement announced Saturday after a day of negotiations would set a minimum pay rate at $1.28 per mile and 31 cents per minute.

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America’s first Black astronaut candidate gets to space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket and beats William Shatner as oldest person in the final frontier

Ed Dwight was an Air Force pilot when President John F. Kennedy championed him as a candidate for NASA’s early astronaut corps. But he wasn’t...

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Disneyland character and parade performers vote to unionize by wide margin, setting up Actors’ Equity to represent 1,700 workers

A union website tracking the balloting among cast members indicated passage by 78.7% (953 votes) in favor and 21.3% (258 votes) opposed.

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The Rev. Billy Graham is immortalized temporally with statue at US Capitol

A bronzed sculpture of the late Rev. Billy Graham standing in the U.S. Capitol on behalf of his native North Carolina was unveiled at a Thursday...

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Gantz says he'll quit unless Netanyahu shifts to a new Gaza plan

Benny Gantz, an Israeli opposition leader in the country's three-man war cabinet, said Saturday that if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't...

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6 Penn students among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during attempt to occupy building

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A half-dozen University of Pennsylvania students were among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during an attempt to occupy a...

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Giuliani becomes final defendant served indictment among 18 accused in Arizona fake electors case

Arizona's attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state's fake elector case alongside 17 other...

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Paul McCartney is Britain's 1st billionaire musician, according to annual rich list

Paul McCartney is a billionaire Beatle.

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Pacific Coast Highway reopens after rockslide deluge

Total losses to Big Sur businesses since the slide were exceeding $1 million a day, an official said.

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New York, choked by traffic, plans to charge drivers $15 for entering the city—but a legal battle from angry locals is brewing

The lawsuits argue mass transit, as well as small businesses, will take a disproportionate financial hit.

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Major North Carolina political donor convicted again

A federal jury convicted insurance magnate Greg Lindberg and former consultant John Gray of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds and...

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Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

The plan approved by Attorney General Merrick Garland would not legalize marijuana outright for recreational use.

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Las Vegas' legendary Mirage casino is closing to make room for a 700-foot tall Hard Rock hotel that's shaped like a guitar

It will be the second time this year that a Strip casino shutters.

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Actor and model Angie Harmon is suing Instacart and a former shopper who killed her dog—'I think Instacart is beyond responsible for all of this'

Instacart says the shopper has since been permanently banned from its platform.

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Inside the brutal reality of prison labor

Nationwide, hundreds of thousands of prisoners are put to work every year, some of whom are seriously injured or killed after being given dangerous...

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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning power-generating wind turbines offshore or near the state’s coastline

It takes effect July 1 and would also boost expansion of natural gas, reduce regulation on gas pipelines in the state and increase protections...

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Florida’s migrant farming community jolted by bus crash that kills 8, injures dozens more

Florida farms employ more H-2A workers than any other state, about 50,000 a year, according to the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association.

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‘Judge Judy’ sues National Enquirer parent company over misattributed quote in Menendez Brothers story

“When you fabricate stories about me in order to make money for yourselves with no regard for the truth or the reputation I've spent a lifetime...

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Biden wants airlines to tell us about all their hidden fees. They’re suing him to keep them secret

Among the nation's six biggest airlines, only Southwest did not join the legal challenge.

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Arthur Irving, one of Canada’s richest people and heir to a massive oil fortune, has died at 93

Born in 1930, he joined Irving Oil in 1951, where he worked with his father and his two brothers. He became president of the company in 1972 and...

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GM-owned robot taxis will be on the roads again with human safety drivers following a pedestrian-dragging accident and a $1B budget cut

Cruise suspended operations in October when one of its Chevy Bolt autonomous electric vehicles dragged a San Francisco pedestrian roughly 20 feet...

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Booking.com’s parent company is officially a gatekeeper, EU monopoly watchdog says

The European Commission is classing the hotel reservation site as a “core platform service” under the EU's Digital Markets Act.

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Steve Buscemi punched in the face by a stranger on a New York City street

“Steve Buscemi was assaulted in Mid-Town Manhattan, another victim of a random act of violence in the city,” according to a statement Sunday from...

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Nevada’s biggest labor union calls off 48-hour strike on Virgin Hotels Las Vegas with 5-year contract deal in sight

Over 700 workers with Culinary Union Local 226 were off the job at the 1,500-room hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip from Friday morning to...

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Amazon self-driving robotaxi unit Zoox under U.S. investigation after 2 of its vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists

Both crashes happened during the daytime hours, and the motorcyclists suffered minor injuries.

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Workers at the first Apple Store to unionize just voted for the first strike against the iPhone maker’s retail business

No date was set for the strike. The vote followed what the union called “over a year of negotiations with Apple management that yielded...

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First person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant dies nearly 2 months later

Massachusetts General Hospital said it didn't have any indication that the patient died as a result of the transplant.

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Prosecutors seek 40-year sentence for man who broke into Nancy Pelosi's home and attacked her husband with a hammer

“There is nothing about the history and characteristics of the defendant that warrant leniency,” federal prosecutors wrote in court documents.

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Tobacco giant faces shareholders' vote on risks of cigarette litter: Down to Business

DOWN TO BUSINESS - Take a guess on the most-littered single-use plastic item in the world. It’s not the water bottle or the take-out bag but the...

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4 years after removing Confederate names from high school, Virginia county votes to put them back

Shenandoah County's school board voted 5-1 to rename Mountain View High School as Stonewall Jackson High School, and Honey Run Elementary as Ashby...

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Hundreds of Virgin Hotels workers walk off the job as union organizers claim 48-hour strike is under way

The Culinary Union Local 226, the largest in Nevada, said the action marked its first strike in 22 years.

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GM confirms the death of the Chevy Malibu, the last Detroit midsize model

Last year midsize cars made up only 8% of U.S. new vehicle sales, but it was 22% as recently as 2007.

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AstraZeneca pulls its COVID-19 vaccine from European market after history of stumbles

Partial results from its first major trial — which Britain used to authorize the vaccine — were clouded by a manufacturing mistake that...

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Streamer Kai Cenat avoids riot charges after agreeing to pay for damage in Union Square giveaway gone wrong

Cenat and two codefendants agreed to pay more than $57,000 in restitution and apologize on social media for the Aug. 4 mayhem.

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Disney $1.9bn plan to expand Southern California Disneyland theme parks approved by Anaheim

It’s the first time Disney has sought a major change to its California theme parks since the 1990s, when the company obtained approvals to turn...

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Trump Media ejects its auditor after regulators find the firm falsified documents in 'massive fraud'

To settle the charges, accounting firm BF Borgers and owner Benjamin F. Borgers agreed to pay a combined $14 million in civil penalties and agreed to...

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The federal government will provide an additional $400 million for security at places of worship amid threats against Jewish and Muslim communities

Places like synagogues and mosques could apply to use the money to hire security personnel or install cameras.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping begins charm offensive in Europe amid growing uncertainty about future U.S. support for allies

Xi started Sunday in France, whose president wants Europe to have more economic and strategic independence from other world powers.

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Social-media sensation 'Shug' the zebra is recaptured after evading a rodeo clown and horse trainers to spend nearly a week on the run

Local residents and animal control officers corralled "Shug" in the community of Riverbend, about 30 miles east of Seattle.

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Lack of supervision at psychiatric facility led to sexual assaults and a patient's escape to a pond: report

The state hospital has long struggled to address staffing shortages, overcrowding and other security lapses.

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