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An AI-based drone that speeds up the detection and monitoring of wildfires is presented in Germany

EBERSWALDE, Germany (AP) — A company that specializes in early wildfire detection has developed a new, AI-based drone it says will help speed up the detection, location and monitoring of fires. The Silvaguard drone by Dryard Networks…
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A new Chili’s near Scranton will be a throwback to 'The Office,' 'awesome blossom' and all

SCRANTON (AP) -- It has been nearly two decades since the workplace mockumentary "The Office” first set an episode inside a Chili's, where Michael Scott handed out Dundie awards to his ever-tolerant employees, including trophies for the…
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Pilot and 2 young daughters survive the night on airplane wing after crashing into icy Alaska lake

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A pilot and his two young daughters survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then…
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Trump's portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was 'distorted'

DENVER (AP) — A painting of Donald Trump hanging with other presidential portraits at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed that his was “purposefully distorted,” according to a letter obtained…
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Hallelujah! A day to celebrate the Pope's release from the hospital — and his beloved gelato

ROME (AP) — "Hallelujah!” That's what countless Catholics exclaimed as Pope Francis left the hospital Sunday after more than a month fighting pneumonia. It's also the name of a new gelato flavor. Hallelujah gelato made its debut…
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Amtrak CEO abruptly resigns from the nation's passenger railroad

NEW YORK (AP) — Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner abruptly resigned from his top post at the U.S. passenger railroad this week. Wednesday's announcement signaled that the leadership change came down to Amtrak maintaining support from…
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Newly released JFK assassination files reveal more about CIA but don't yet point to conspiracies

DALLAS (AP) — Newly released documents related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963 gave curious readers more details Wednesday into Cold War-era covert U.S. operations in other nations but didn't initially lend credence to long-circulating…
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Google to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in the biggest deal in company's history

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has struck a deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in what would be the tech giant's biggest-ever acquisition at the same time it's facing a potential breakup of its…
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NCAA agrees to lift name, image and likeness recruitment ban

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NCAA will abandon a rule that stopped athletes from negotiating potentially lucrative name, image and likeness deals before enrolling in a specific college, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said Monday…
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NASA's stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts. The four newcomers — representing…
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