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By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Our capacity to care about others may have very, very ancient origins, a new study suggests. It might have been deep-rooted in prehistoric animals that lived millions of years ago, before fish and mammals like us diverged on the tree of life, according to researchers who
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for a one-time supporter of former President Donald Trump who has been caught up in a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory demanded Thursday that Fox News and host Tucker Carlson retract and apologize for repeated “falsehoods” about the man’s supposed intentions. The action taken
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By Mallika Kallingal and Danny Freeman, CNN Police in Philadelphia are searching for four gunmen who opened fire on three teenagers Monday afternoon. Two of the three teenagers shot are in critical condition in the hospital, police said. Video released by authorities shows four masked suspects firing what police described as more than 60 rounds
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Four cisgender women from Connecticut are urging a federal appeals court to give them another shot at their challenge to the state’s trans-inclusive sports policy after it agreed earlier this year to reconsider whether the former high school athletes had the legal right to bring the suit. A three-judge panel of
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Creighton’s players watched in disbelief last weekend as North Carolina State and Baylor pulled out oxygen masks in Denver’s high altitude. The Bluejays were in such good condition they didn’t even need them to catch their breath. Now coach Greg McDermott will find out if
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Unions for service workers at Walt Disney World reached a tentative deal with the company on Thursday that would raise the starting minimum wage from $15 to $18 an hour by the end of the year in a pact that could set the basement for starting
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Phil Mattingly, CNN The US and Canada have struck a deal on changes to a decades-old asylum agreement that would restrict certain migrants from seeking protections in Canada, two Canadian officials told CNN, marking a significant change in how Canada accepts asylum seekers. While discussions have been ongoing for years, the
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Sandra Palmer was recently selected to be in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Palmer won 19 times on the LPGA TOUR A 19-time winner on the LPGA TOUR, including two majors, Palmer will be inducted as part of the 2024 class. Sandra Palmer is headed to the World Golf Hall of Fame next summer,
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN The governor of Utah signed a controversial bill on Thursday that will require minors to obtain the consent of a guardian before joining social media platforms, marking the most aggressive step yet by state or federal lawmakers to protect kids online. As part of the bill, called the Utah Social
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN North Carolina is set to become the 40th state to expand Medicaid to low-income adults after the GOP-led state legislature dropped its long-standing opposition to the Obamacare provision. The expansion bill, which also includes benefits to the state’s hospitals, received final legislative approval on Thursday. Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat who
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By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified Thursday at a congressional hearing over concerns about user data collected by the popular video-sharing app and potential Chinese spying. Under his helm, TikTok reached 150 million users in the U.S., the majority of them teens and young adults who are attracted to the
Continue Reading By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified Thursday at a congressional hearing over concerns about user data collected by the popular video-sharing app and potential Chinese spying. Under his helm, TikTok reached 150 million users in the U.S., the majority of them teens and young adults who are attracted to the
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called “the most important piece of evidence” at trial Thursday. Steve Owens, Paltrow’s attorney, asked one of the man’s daughters,
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Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — It’s a fair assumption that Father Time will catch up with Justin Verlander one of these days. The three-time AL Cy Young Award winner is putting up quite a fight. The 40-year-old Verlander signed with the New York Mets during the offseason and looks like
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Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN About 32,000 hourly workers at Disney World will get raises equal to $3 an hour by the end of the year, and most will get raises of about 37% of their current pay by 2026 under a tentative five-year labor deal reached with a group of unions on
Continue Reading By ALEXANDER TURNBULL, NICOLAS GARRIGA and ELAINE GANLEY The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French unions called for new nationwide strikes and protests next week, coinciding with King Charles III’s planned visit to France, after more than 1 million people demonstrated throughout the country Thursday against unpopular pension reforms. The Interior Ministry said the march
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A nearly six-hour grilling of TikTok’s CEO by lawmakers brought the platform’s 150 million U.S. users no closer to an answer as to whether the app will be wiped from their devices. U.S. lawmakers on Thursday pressed Shou Zi Chew over data security and
Continue Reading CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. (AP) — CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. (AP) — Torrid Holdings Inc. (CURV) on Thursday reported a loss of $3.8 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. The City Of Industry, California-based company said it had a loss of 4 cents per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of
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