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ATLANTA (AP) — PrizePicks says it will expand its operations in Atlanta by hiring an additional 1,000 employees over seven years. The fantasy sports company announced Thursday that it will lease an office building northwest of downtown for its new headquarters. The company is hiring software engineers, analysts, marketers and other positions. PrizePicks was founded
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By Caitlin Danaher and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Denmark has closed one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes over an activated but malfunctioning missile launcher on a Danish navy ship, the country’s military said Thursday. The Niels Juel ship is stationed in Denmark’s Great Belt strait, the main maritime gateway to the Baltic Sea. The booster on a
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A doctor from De Pere becomes the first Democratic candidate in Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District. Kristin Lyerly entered the race Thursday for the open seat created after the surprise retirement of Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher. She launches her candidacy two weeks before Gallagher plans to step
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Johnson has committed to UCLA after leaving crosstown rival Southern California and entering the transfer portal. Johnson posted a photo of himself in a UCLA uniform and included the word “Committed” on his Instagram account Thursday. He averaged 10.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.2 steals this season at USC, where
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer There’s a race underway to build artificial general intelligence, a futuristic vision of machines that are as broadly smart as humans or at least can do many things as well as people can. Achieving such a concept — commonly referred to as AGI — is the driving mission of
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Ellis Island’s museum is getting a 21st-century makeover, more than 100 years after millions of immigrants took their first steps in America there. A new $100-million project aims to revitalize the 125-year-old landmark with immersive and modern exhibits. Recently announced renovations and upgrades at the historic site also
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The No Labels group says it won’t field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization were unable to attract a candidate willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. No Labels CEO Nancy Jacobson
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of actor Jack Nicholson, who has won three Academy Awards and been nominated for 12, the most of any male performer. Personal Birth date: April 22, 1937 Birth place: Neptune, New Jersey Birth name: John Joseph Nicholson Father: Identity not confirmed publicly Mother: June
Continue ReadingDERRY, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say a house explosion in New Hampshire amid a spring storm left one woman dead and a second person injured. Derry Fire Chief Shawn Haggart said his department received reports of an explosion and responded to find a house fully engulfed in flames. One person in the house was killed
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities in New York City say they have disrupted an online fraud operation that stole millions of dollars by duping victims into making phony cryptocurrency investments. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said Thursday that his office seized 21 web domains being used by scammers in so-called
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press Prosecutors and defense lawyers are exploring the possibility of a plea deal for the last of three men charged in the 2002 killing of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, both sides said Thursday, less than six weeks after two co-defendants were convicted. The talks just began, and it’s unclear what
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La organización sin ánimo de lucro World Central Kitchen (WCK) reveló los nombres de los siete trabajadores humanitarios que murieron el lunes en un ataque militar de Israel en Gaza, elogiando sus “hermosas almas”, mientras crece la condena internacional por los hechos. Una persona con doble nacionalidad estadounidense y canadiense,
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El cantautor y recién estrenado cineasta Juan Luis Guerra presentó este lunes en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, la película animada “Capitán Avispa”. La película la escribió el cantautor y la dirige su hijo, Jean Guerra, junto con Jonathan Meléndez. El músico detalló que el largometraje incluye 41 canciones inéditas que
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The federal trial of four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols will be held in the city, a judge ruled Thursday. During a hearing in federal court, U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris denied motions filed
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An early morning traffic accident has shut down a portion of Madison Street in the city of Indio on Thursday. According to Ben Guitron, Indio Police Spokesperson, just before 9:00 am, A Burrtec garbage truck struck a decorative archway, in the area of Madison Street, between Avenue 48 and Avenue 49. The archway was damaged
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others has rejected arguments by the former president that the indictment was seeking to criminalize political speech protected by the First Amendment. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote in his order Thursday that
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bluntly warned Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday that moving ahead with an aid package for Ukraine would be one of “the most egregious things he could do” as she said she was “not backing off at all” over her threat to force a House vote
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves got away with $30 million in cash from a money storage facility in Los Angeles by breaking into the building on Easter Sunday and cracking the safe. Now detectives are seeking to unravel the brazen cash heist, reportedly one of the largest on record in Los Angeles. Police Cmdr. Elaine
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves got away with $30 million in cash from a money storage facility in Los Angeles by breaking into the building on Easter Sunday and cracking the safe. Now detectives are seeking to unravel the brazen cash heist, reportedly one of the largest on record in Los Angeles. Police Cmdr. Elaine
Continue ReadingSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police have arrested two fugitives who escaped a maximum-security prison in February, bringing a 50-day manhunt to an end. Rogério Mendonça and Deibson Nascimento became the first inmates to ever escape from Brazil’s federal penitentiary system. Brazil’s justice ministry said in a statement that the two were arrested in
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