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Police: 8 killed in Texas mall shooting, gunman also dead
May 08, 2023 by Sam Parsons
ALLEN, Texas (AP) — A gunman stepped out of a silver sedan and started shooting people at a Dallas-area outlet mall Saturday, killing eight and wounding seven others — three critically — before being killed…
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Ex-Uber security chief sentenced for data-breach cover-up
May 05, 2023 by Sam Parsons
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The former chief security officer for Uber was sentenced to probation Thursday for trying to cover up a 2016 data breach in which hackers accessed tens of millions of customer records…
This May the Fourth, Carrie Fisher gets Walk of Fame star
May 04, 2023 by Sam Parsons
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Fisher is receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a May the Fourth tribute to one of the “Star Wars” franchise's most beloved figures. On Thursday, Fisher —…
'Godfather of AI' leaves Google, warns of tech's dangers
May 03, 2023 by Sam Parsons
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sounding alarms about artificial intelligence has become a popular pastime in the ChatGPT era, taken up by high-profile figures as varied as industrialist Elon Musk, leftist intellectual Noam Chomsky and the 99-year-old…
Why First Republic failed. Are other banks to follow?
May 02, 2023 by Sam Parsons
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- First Republic Bank has become the second large regional bank with assets over $200 billion to fail in just a few weeks. Like Silicon Valley Bank, which was seized by the government on March 10,…
Report: FAA overruled engineers, let Boeing Max keep flying
May 01, 2023 by Sam Parsons
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some engineers for the Federal Aviation Administration wanted to ground the Boeing 737 Max soon after a second deadly crash, but top officials in the agency overruled them, according to a government…
Jerry Springer, politician turned TV ringmaster, dies at 79
Apr 28, 2023 by Sam Parsons
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional guests willing to bare all — sometimes literally — as they brawled and hurled obscenities before…
Feds wrote $128M in duplicate checks to docs, report finds
Apr 27, 2023 by Sam Parsons
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government wrote duplicate checks to doctors who provided care for veterans, costing taxpayers as much as $128 million in extra payments, according to a new watchdog report out this week. In nearly…
Colorado becomes 1st to pass ‘right to repair’ for farmers
Apr 26, 2023 by Sam Parsons
DENVER (AP) — Sitting in front of a hulking red tractor, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday making Colorado the first state to ensure farmers can fix their own tractors and combines with…
Danny Masterson’s rape retrial: Key things to know
Apr 25, 2023 by Sam Parsons
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five months after a deadlocked jury led to a mistrial for actor Danny Masterson, the former star of “That '70s Show" is on trial again in a Los Angeles court. Masterson is accused of…
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