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Month: September 2023

Tech CEO honored by Forbes was fatally attacked at a Baltimore apartment complex, police say

BALTIMORE (AP) — The founder of a successful Baltimore tech startup was discovered dead after being reported missing on Monday. Baltimore police said 26-year-old Pava LaPere had suffered from blunt force trauma. Authorities announced a suspect in the case Tuesday evening. They said police were searching for 32-year-old Jason Billingsley. LaPere graduated from Johns Hopkins

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Washington State’s Cameron Ward adding his name to list of Pac-12’s high-profile quarterbacks

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Washington State coach Jake Dickert believes Cougars quarterback Cameron Ward deserves national recognition. That’s a tall order even in just the Pac-12, which has Oregon’s Bo Nix, Washington’s Michael Penix Jr., Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders and USC’s Caleb Williams grabbing all the attention. But Ward is showing there’s room

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San Diego County Supervisors declare humanitarian crisis on federal response to migrant issue

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors today unanimously declared the lack of federal resources for asylum seekers a humanitarian crisis, along with making several recommendations. The vote follows recent public concern over migrants being dropped in the San Diego County area by U.S. border agents.   As proposed by Supervisors Jim Desmond and board Chairwoman

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India and Canada steer clear, in UN speeches, of their dispute over Sikh separatist leader’s killing

By KRUTIKA PATHI and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Indian and Canadian diplomats didn’t directly address their countries’ row over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader, but they obliquely underscored some key talking points as they addressed world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said

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Family of woman found dead in the woods in Orlando sues sheriff and deputies for allegedly not properly investigating her disappearance

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — The family of a 19-year-old woman found dead in the woods near her Orlando, Florida, apartment is suing the Orange County sheriff’s office and two deputies for negligence and civil rights violations over their handling of the 2021 case, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Miya Marcano, a Valencia

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Apple exec defends the decision to make Google its default search engine on iPhones and Macs

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Apple executive defended the tech giant’s decision to make Google the default search engine on Apple iPhones and Macs, saying there was no “valid alternative.’’ Testifying in the biggest antitrust trial in a quarter century, Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, said

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Defendant in Michigan fake elector case seeks dismissal of charges over attorney general’s comments

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan Republican who is accused of taking part in a fake elector scheme filed a motion Tuesday asking for eight criminal charges to be dismissed after the state Attorney General Dana Nessel said the group had been “brainwashed” and legit believe” that former President Donald

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Delaware trooper facing felony charges involving assaults on teens after doorbell prank at his house

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware state trooper is facing several felony charges involving a brutal assault on a teenager who targeted the trooper’s house in a prank. An indictment issued Monday against Trooper Dempsey R. Walters includes the first use by prosecutors of a new felony deprivation of civil

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Louisiana’s struggle with influx of salt water prompts a request for Biden to declare an emergency

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Salt water flowing from the Gulf of Mexico into the drought-stricken Mississippi River is prompting Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards to ask President Joe Biden to declare a state of emergency. Louisiana is seeking help as the salty inflows threaten drinking water supplies. A letter

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Descubren en Tailandia una especie de tarántula azul eléctrica

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Según una nueva investigación, se descubrió en Tailandia una especie de tarántula azul eléctrica “hipnotizadora”. Un grupo de investigadores tailandeses encontró la araña durante una expedición a la provincia de Phang-Nga, en el sur de Tailandia, para investigar la diversidad y distribución de las tarántulas en el país. “Encontramos una

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