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FILE - This April 25, 2019, file photo shows the thumbs-up "Like" logo on a sign at Facebook headqu...
TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer

Facebook says it will pay $1B over 3 years to news industry

Facebook, following in Google’s footsteps, says it plans to invest $1 billion to support the news industry over the next three years.
5 years ago
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Mark Jackson

Ban on transgender athletes in Utah girls’ sports stalls

A State Senate Committee did not advance a bill to the full floor of the Utah Senate that would prevent transgender athletes from competing against girls in school sports. 
5 years ago
FILE - Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the PNC Champi...
Stella Chan, Cheri Mossburg and Steve Almasy, CNN

Tiger Woods is awake and recovering from surgery after serious accident

Golf legend Tiger Woods is awake and recovering from surgery, according to a statement posted early Wednesday on his official Twitter account.
5 years ago
This illustration provided by NASA shows a diagram added over the parachute deployed during the des...
MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

Mars rover’s giant parachute carried secret message

The huge parachute used by NASA's Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message. Systems engineer Ian Clark used a binary code to spell out “Dare Mighty Things” in the orange and white strips of the 70-foot parachute.
5 years ago
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STEFANIE DAZIO and DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press

Tiger Woods seriously injured in California car crash

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says Woods was alone in the vehicle and had to be extricated from it Tuesday.
5 years ago
Following COVID-19 pandemic safety guidelines, masked competitors in the 75th annual Yuma County Sp...
BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press

National Spelling Bee to return in mostly virtual format

The Scripps National Spelling Bee will return this year in a mostly virtual format. Last year's bee was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
5 years ago
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JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press

Not to be sniffed at: Agony of post-COVID-19 loss of smell

A year into the coronavirus pandemic, doctors are striving to better understand and treat patients who lose their sense of smell.
5 years ago
FILE - This March 29, 2018, file photo shows the Facebook logo on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite,...
ROD McGUIRK Associated Press

Facebook says it will lift its Australian news ban soon

Facebook says it will lift its ban on Australians sharing news after reaching a deal with Australia’s government on legislation that would make digital giants pay for journalism.
5 years ago
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MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press

Wife of drug kingpin El Chapo arrested on US drug charges

The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been arrested in the United States and is accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plot his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015.
5 years ago
FILE - In this April 17, 2013 file photo, Thomas Bangalter, left, and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, ...
MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer

Grammy-winning duo Daft Punk break up after 28 years

Grammy-winning French duo Daft Punk have announced they're breaking up after 28 years. The electronic performers shared the news Monday in an 8-minute video called “Epilogue.”
5 years ago
This Feb. 13, 2021 photo provided by Erik Stevens shows a bear track in the Alaska in the backcount...
MARK THIESSEN Associated Press

Alaska woman using outhouse attacked by bear, from below

An Alaska woman had the scare of a lifetime last weekend when using an outhouse in the backcountry. She was attacked by a bear, from below.
5 years ago
DeAndré Upshaw shows a $5,000 bill from Griddy on his cell phone for his 900-square-foot apartment...
JOSEPH PISANI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Writers

Why some Texans are getting sky-high energy bills

After unusual icy weather left millions of Texans without power, some are facing another crisis: Sky-high electricity bills.
5 years ago
This Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 photo provided by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital shows Hayle...
MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

Bone cancer survivor to join billionaire on SpaceX flight

A bone cancer survivor who's now a physician assistant will join a billionaire on SpaceX's first private spaceflight this fall. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital announced Monday that Hayley Arceneaux will serve as its ambassador in space.
5 years ago
Tennessee races to repair broken water mains in storm's wake...
ADRIAN SANZ Associated Press

Tennessee races to repair broken water mains in storm’s wake

Workers in Tennessee raced Sunday to fix water mains that failed in freezing temperatures, and COVID-19 vaccine shipments resumed as the South carried on with efforts to recover from the winter weather that paralyzed parts of the nation.
5 years ago
Officials: 2 dead in Texas as subfreezing cold sweeps US...
PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press

Officials: 2 dead in Texas as subfreezing cold sweeps US

A sprawling blast of winter weather across the U.S. is likely to blame for the deaths of two people in Texas,
6 years ago
In this image from video provided by the House Financial Services Committee, Keith Gill, a GameStop...
MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writer

“Mr. Kitty” goes virtually to Washington over GameStop saga

The social media movement that made a beloved icon of GameStop enthusiast Keith Gill continued to rally behind the YouTube personality known as Roaring Kitty as he testified to Congress on Thursday about his role in last month’s stock frenzy.
6 years ago
This photo made available by NASA shows the first image sent by the Perseverance rover showing the ...
MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

A NASA rover has landed on Mars in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red planet.
6 years ago
In this illustration made available by NASA, the Perseverance rover casts off its spacecraft's crui...
MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

NASA rover streaks toward a landing on Mars

A NASA rover is hurtling toward a landing on Mars in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red planet.
6 years ago
Thousands of Atlantic green sea turtles and Kemp's ridley sea turtles suffering from cold stun are ...
The Associated Press

Thousands of cold-stunned sea turtles being rescued in Texas

People have taken thousands of cold-stunned sea turtles to a convention center in South Texas in hopes of saving them during the unusually chilly weather.
6 years ago
An Australian Broadcasting Corporation page on Facebook is displayed without posts in Sydney, Thurs...
ROD McGUIRK Associated Press

In surprise move, Facebook blocks news access in Australia

Australia’s government has condemned Facebook for its surprise move to prevent Australians from sharing news that also blocked some government communications and commercial pages. Australian officials say Facebook retaliated after the House of Representatives passed a law that would make Facebook and Google pay for Australian journalism.
6 years ago
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HOPE YEN

Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol riot

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Congress will establish an independent, Sept. 11-style commission to look into the insurrection that took place at the U.S. Capitol
6 years ago
Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN

A suspect is dead after 12-year-old shoots at intruders during attempted robbery, police say

A 12-year-old shot at two intruders who broke into his 73-year-old grandmother's house early on Saturday demanding money and shot her in the leg.
6 years ago
FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, people receive a COVID-19 vaccine at the Martin Luther Kin...
SUDHIN THANAWALA and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press

Average new US virus cases below 100K for 1st time in months

Average daily new coronavirus cases in the United States have dipped below 100,000 in recent days for the first time in months.
6 years ago
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the...
COLLEEN LONG Associated Press

Impeachment isn’t the final word on Capitol unrest for Trump

Donald Trump’s acquittal at his second impeachment trial may not be the final word on whether he’s to blame for the deadly Capitol riot.
6 years ago