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Month: June 2024

Apple expected to enter AI race with ambitions to overtake the early leaders

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference on Monday is expected to herald the company’s move into generative artificial intelligence, marking its late arrival to a technological frontier that’s expected to be as revolutionary as the invention of the iPhone. The widely anticipated display of AI

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Hunter Biden’s gun trial enters its final stretch after deeply personal testimony about his drug use

By CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, RANDALL CHASE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The criminal trial of President Joe Biden’s son heads into its final stretch Monday as the defense tries to chip away at prosecutors’ case laying bare some of the darkest moments of Hunter Biden’s drug-fueled past. Hunter Biden’s

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Martha’s Vineyard is about to run out of pot. That’s led to a lawsuit and a scramble by regulators

By NICK PERRY Associated Press VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) — Martha’s Vineyard is about to run out of pot. One dispensary is already out entirely and the other is selling its remaining supplies. The problem boils down to location. Although Massachusetts voters opted to legalize marijuana more than seven years ago, the state’s Cannabis Control

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Lewiston survivors consider looming election as gun control comes to forefront after mass shooting

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Voters in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District will consider the political future of three-term Rep. Jared Golden in one of the nation’s most closely watched congressional elections. Golden is a Democrat with a history of supporting gun rights who has long bucked his party on the issue.

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What to stream this week: ‘House of the Dragon,’ ‘Origin,’ Snoopy and Paul McCartney

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include an album from Paul McCartney & Wings, Jake Gyllenhaal starring in his first TV role as a prosecutor accused of murder in “Presumed Innocent,” and actor Andrew McCarthy sets out to reconnect with some of this fellow Brat Pack alum. “Origin,” Ava DuVernay’s stirringly

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Missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels strike 2 ships in the Gulf of Aden, US military says

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have struck two ships in the Gulf of Aden, the latest assaults on shipping in the region. One anti-ship ballistic cruise missile hit the Antigua- and Barbuda-flagged cargo ship Norderney forward station late Saturday, starting a fire that those on

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Investigation underway after ship collides with underwater object, takes on water in Lake Superior, US Coast Guard says

By Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — US and Canadian officials are investigating after a 689-foot ship collided with an underwater object and began taking on water in Lake Superior, the US Coast Guard says. The agency responded after the bulk carrier Michipicoten sent a report at 6:53 a.m. Saturday that it was experiencing flooding as

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