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AP Race Call: Republican Nick Begich wins election to U.S. House in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District, beating incumbent Mary Peltola

Republican Nick Begich won election to a U.S. House seat representing Alaska on Wednesday, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and flipping a seat for the GOP. Begich, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, was among the opponents Peltola defeated in 2022. Peltola, who is Yup’ik, was the first Alaska Native in Congress. Earlier

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Class action lawsuit on AI-related discrimination reaches final settlement

Associated Press/Report for America A federal judge has signed off on a settlement agreement Wednesday in a class action lawsuit alleging that an algorithm designed to score rental applicants discriminated on the basis of race and income. Plaintiffs argue that the algorithm designed by SafeRent Solutions unfairly discriminated against Black and Hispanic applicants with housing

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Philadelphia loses lawsuit that sought greater power for the city to regulate firearms

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s high court says Philadelphia can’t impose stricter firearms regulations than are authorized under state law. The Democratic majority Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday to uphold dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the city, family members of gun violence victims and the nonprofit group CeaseFirePA. The plaintiffs had

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Nvidia is Wall Street’s most valuable company. How it got there, by the numbers

Nvidia has once again turned out quarterly results that exceeded Wall Street’s forecasts. The company has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power artificial intelligence applications. Revenue nearly doubled in the latest quarter from the same period a year earlier, Nvidia said Wednesday. The company expects further strong revenue growth in

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Coachella line-up released: Travis Scott, Lady Gaga, Green Day, and Post Malone to headline

The Coachella 2025 line-up was officially released on Wednesday, confirming reports that Travis Scott, Lady Gaga, Green Day, and Post Malone will headline. The presale will begin on Friday at 11:00 a.m. PT. You can register now for access at coachella.com. just dance 🕺🌵 register now for access to passes at https://t.co/EJt4E49wMb presale begins Friday,

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Roki Sasaki’s posting likely will extend into 2025 signing period, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says

AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Roki Sasaki’s posting will likely extend into the 2025 international signing period, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Wednesday, allowing teams as much as $7,555,500 to sign the prized Japanese pitcher. “It kind of looks like the way it’s going to shake out, that the signing there, just because

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Australia’s parliament considers legislation banning social media for under 16s

Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Legislation for the world’s first legal ban on children under 16 using social media has been introduced in Australia’s Parliament. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram are among the restricted platforms that could be fined up to $33 million for systemic failures to prevent

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Ukraine fires British-French Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for first time, say reports

By Lauren Kent, Allegra Goodwin and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine launched the British-French-made Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia for the first time on Wednesday, according to a Russian military blog and Reuters, a day after Ukraine fired US-made ATACMS missiles into Russia. Ukraine’s use of the UK-supplied missiles to hit Russian

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