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Fierce earthquake rattles Taiwan, killing 9 and injuring more than 1,000

By JOHNSON LAI, CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) โ€” The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan Wednesday morning, killing nine people, stranding dozens at quarries and a national park, and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings. The quake, which injured more than 1,000, struck just

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Canadian authorities have seized 598 stolen vehicles at Montreal port

MONTREAL (AP) โ€” Canadian authorities say they prevented nearly 600 stolen vehicles from being exported overseas after searching 390 shipping containers at the Port of Montreal. Around three-quarters of the 598 seized vehicles, with an estimated value of $34.5 million Canadian (US$25.5 million), were stolen in the neighboring province of Ontario. ย Ontario Provincial Police deputy

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Biden prepared to express frustrations to Netanyahu in phone call Thursday

By MJ Lee and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuโ€™s phone call on Thursday will mark the two leadersโ€™ first phone call since an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza. In the aftermath of those deaths, Biden is โ€œangryโ€ and โ€œincreasingly frustratedโ€

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Idaho lawmakers pass bills targeting LGBTQ+ citizens. Protesters toss paper hearts in protest

BOISE, Idaho (AP) โ€” Idaho lawmakers have passed a series of bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents this year, including two this week that redefine gender as being synonymous with sex and prevent public employees from being required to use someoneโ€™s preferred pronouns. KTVB-TV reports that in response, protesters on Tuesday sent more than 48,000 colorful paper

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Armed teen with mental health issues shot to death by sheriffโ€™s deputies in Southern California

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) โ€” Southern California sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 17-year-old boy with mental health issues after he armed himself with a knife and locked himself inside a bathroom at a home, authorities said Wednesday. The teen was being transferred from a hospital, where he had been treated after cutting himself, to a

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Armed teen with mental health issues shot to death by sheriffโ€™s deputies in Southern California

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) โ€” Southern California sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 17-year-old boy with mental health issues after he armed himself with a knife and locked himself inside a bathroom at a home, authorities said Wednesday. The teen was being transferred from a hospital, where he had been treated after cutting himself, to a

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NYC’s AI chatbot was caught telling businesses to break the law. The city isn’t taking it down

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) โ€” An artificial intelligence-powered chatbot meant to help small business owners in New York City has come under fire for dispensing bizarre advice that misstates local policies and advises companies to violate the law. Mayor Eric Adams acknowledged Tuesday that its answers were โ€œwrong in some areas,โ€

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Mexican cartel not only forced vendors to buy chicken at inflated prices, they sold them bad birds

MEXICO CITY (AP) โ€” A Mexican drug cartel not only forced vendors to buy chicken at wildly inflated prices โ€” they sold them chicken โ€œnot fit for human consumption.โ€ Prosecutors in the State of Mexico concluded a months-long investigation this week that found the hyper-violent Familia Michoacana cartel had been forcing small stores and market

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