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By JULI MCDONALD Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — More than 2500 UMass Boston graduates will never forget that sweetest commencement surprise: two envelopes from billionaire Rob Hale, $500 to keep and $500 to give. “For us, the greatest joys we’ve had in our life has been the gift of
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., up $2.80 to $127.33. The chipmaker announced a line of artificial intelligence chips. UnitedHealth Group Inc., down $31.45 to $459.86. The insurer said it expects pent-up demand for surgeries to increase costs. Anterix Inc., up $2
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Wilson, Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — A Republican-led effort to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff has failed in a key House vote. The House voted Wednesday on a motion to table – or kill – the resolution, a motion put forward by House Democrats. Enough Republicans crossed the aisle in
Continue Reading CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Regulated sports betting and horse racing should begin across North Carolina in the first half of next year after Gov. Roy Cooper signed legislation that greatly expands gambling within the state’s borders into law. The Democratic governor held a bill-signing ceremony Wednesday at Spectrum Center, home to the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets.
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY MUTASA Click here for updates on this story HUDSON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Danny Thomas of Hudson beat the odds playing the lottery, but he barely beat the clock when it came to collecting his prize. Last week, the Massachusetts State Lottery issued a reminder about expiring lottery prizes. One was a $50,000 Powerball
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer U.S. officials said Wednesday they will require new airline planes to have a second barrier to make it harder for passengers to break into the cockpit when the main door is open. The Federal Aviation Administration rule will apply to commercial planes made after mid-2025. The rule will affect
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly and inaccurately compared his federal indictment to the Hillary Clinton email investigation that ended without charges, claiming unfair treatment. Trump most recently invoked Clinton on Tuesday night during a lie-filled fundraiser at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, hours after his
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Gambling giant MGM Resorts International says it did nothing wrong in its dealings with a New York City man who accuses it of preying on his gambling addiction with repeated cash bonuses intended to keep him gambling. In court papers, MGM says Sam Antar, a
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Based on who you talk to, artificial intelligence (AI) is either going to save the world or destroy it. While Hollywood is in the midst of a writers’ strike, in part due to concern over AI, we have put together a list of some of the films you
Continue ReadingCNN By Jack Bantock and Dan Moriarty, CNN (CNN) — In various households across the Palm Springs area this week, some Californians will have seen the face of a previous Uber driver staring back at them on sports broadcasts and online articles. While many of the passengers Berry Henson has taxied during some 3,000 rides
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Kelly (CNN) — Google wants to make it easier for online shoppers to know how clothing will look on them before making a purchase. The company on Wednesday announced a new virtual try-on feature that uses generative AI, the same technology underpinning a new crop of chatbots and image creation tools, to show
Continue ReadingCNN By Samantha Kelly (CNN) — Google wants to make it easier for online shoppers to know how clothing will look on them before making a purchase. The company on Wednesday announced a new virtual try-on feature that uses generative AI, the same technology underpinning a new crop of chatbots and image creation tools, to
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace (CNN) — New airliners will soon be required to have a second barrier between the passenger cabin and cockpit. The Federal Aviation Administration says it has finalized a rule requiring extra security for cockpits of newly-manufactured commercial aircraft. The secondary cockpit barrier rule will apply to passenger planes manufactured starting in the
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — A number of the UK’s most prominent LGBTQ+ actors, musicians, politicians and athletes have opened up about their experiences with gender identity and sexuality for the latest issue of British Vogue. In celebration of Pride month, which runs from June 1 until June 30 in the UK, the magazine
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By Chris Liakos, Catherine Nicholls and Elinda Labropoulou, CNN (CNN) — At least 78 people died after a migrant boat carrying hundreds of people sank off the Greek coast in the early hours of Wednesday, that country’s Coast Guard said, as fears mount that there could be more fatalities. A total of 104 migrants who
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Global oil demand is projected to peak in the next few years even as some major energy companies announce plans to reinvigorate their fossil fuel businesses. The world’s appetite for oil is still rising, the International Energy Agency said in a report Wednesday, but annual growth is expected
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his economic policies haven’t changed but his finance minister will have leeway to move away from an unconventional approach that many have blamed for a worsening cost-of-living crisis. Erdogan was reelected to a third term last month. He appointed an internationally respected banker who served in
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors have filed a murder charge in the death of a Detroit-area teenager whose remains have not been found despite an extraordinary search at a landfill. More than a dozen Detroit police officers wearing protective suits picked through tons of rotting summer trash last year. The search
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German officials say that an array of climate measures being introduced by the government will bring the country closer but not all the way toward meeting its national goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Germany’s Climate Ministry said Wednesday that measures already in place or
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German officials say that an array of climate measures being introduced by the government will bring the country closer but not all the way toward meeting its national goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Germany’s Climate Ministry said Wednesday that measures already in place or
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