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The New York Times is fighting off Wordle look-alikes with copyright takedown notices 03/12/2024 08:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The New York Times is fighting off Wordle ���clones��� ��� arguing that numerous games inspired by the mega-popular word-guessing game infringe on its copyright protections. Hundreds of copycats have emerged since Wordle skyrocketed to internet fame less than three years ago. And n Viral video of Biden effigy beating prompts calls for top Kansas Republican leaders to resign 03/12/2024 06:48pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� Two top Kansas Republican Party officials are facing internal calls to resign over a viral online video showing people at a fundraiser kicking and beating a mannequin wearing a mask of Joe Biden, underscoring the national GOP���s deep divisions and its struggles to win over vot Website warning of cyberattack in Georgia���s largest county removed after it confused some voters 03/12/2024 06:24pm • Warnings of an ���unexpected IT outage��� Tuesday on the election website of Georgia���s most populous county prompted alarm on social media about potential problems with the state���s presidential primary, concerns election officials quickly dispelled. A red banner atop county webpages warning of a Loudoun Co. restricts company that supplied propane to Sterling house that exploded 03/12/2024 04:10pm • As the investigation continues into the cause of a deadly explosion of a Northern Virginia house, authorities are blocking some propane deliveries by the company that supplied gas to the Loudoun County home. The Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Fire Marshal's Office said in a statement that it is w Russian skater's doping case leaves WADA uneasy and targeting new rules before next Winter Olympics 03/12/2024 12:23pm • LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) ��� The doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva left a ���very unpleasant��� taste with the World Anti-Doping Agency, which is unhappy that the teenager was the only one punished with a ban while her coaches and entourage have not been sanctioned. WADA now wan Biden's budget proposal for a second term offers tax breaks for families and lower health care costs 03/11/2024 10:27pm • MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) ��� President Joe Biden on Monday released a budget proposal aimed at getting voters' attention: It would offer tax breaks for families, lower health care costs, smaller deficits and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations. Unlikely to pass the House and Senate to become l 'Oppenheimer' crew keeps it low key, other winners revel at Vanity Fair's Oscar after-party 03/11/2024 09:55pm • BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ��� Christopher Nolan stood as staid and nonchalant as ever as crowds surrounded him and music pulsed. His celebration was limited to casually holding a best directing Oscar, his first, and one of seven on the night for his film. The ���Oppenheimer��� crowd were hardly t Minnesota court affirms rejection of teaching license for ex-officer who shot Philando Castile 03/11/2024 02:50pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ��� A Minnesota board was justified when it rejected a substitute teaching license for a former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in 2016, an appeals court ruled Monday. The Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed the findings of the Minnesota Profess White House visits U.Va. in push for cancer navigators to aid newly-diagnosed patients 03/11/2024 12:01pm • Hearing the words "you have cancer," can be overwhelming for a patient, often prompting questions about what's next ��� and what a family can do to assist. Cancer navigators can help provide guidance and support to patients and their families on what appointments need to be made, and which tests 10 Best Online Outlet Stores That Save You Money 03/10/2024 08:00pm • Everyone loves a bargain, and outlet stores promise name-brand goods at deep discounts. Originally intended to sell overstocked goods or items with minor defects, outlet stores have turned into shopping destinations, and now they can be found online as well. Many brands, from high-end designers like Md. author empowers women through tech, pushing 'a code of self-respect' 03/10/2024 04:16am • For young girls, learning to program computers has become a way to eventually get more of them into technology careers. But Jasmeet Kaur, a cybersecurity expert turned author, said computer programming, or coding, should be for all women ��� and she's on a mission to accomplish that. Kaur's ne West Virginia Legislature ends session with pay raises, tax cut and failure of social issue bills 03/10/2024 03:43am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� West Virginia's Republican-dominated state Legislature on Saturday concluded a 60-day session marked by budget disputes and controversial social issue bills that advanced but ultimately didn't go anywhere. Lawmakers conferenced behind closed doors Saturday to reach an agre UN chief: Legal equality for women could take 300 years as backlash rises against women's rights 03/09/2024 12:11am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Legal equality for women could take centuries as the fight for gender equality is becoming an uphill struggle against widespread discrimination and gross human human rights abuses, the United Nations chief said on International Women���s Day. Secretary-General Antonio Guterre Microsoft says it hasn't been able to shake Russian state hackers 03/08/2024 07:40pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Microsoft said Friday it's still trying to evict the elite Russian government hackers who broke into the email accounts of senior company executives in November and who it said have been trying to breach customer networks with stolen access data. The hackers from Russia's SVR foreig Indiana lawmakers pass bill defining antisemitism, with compromises 03/08/2024 06:27pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Indiana lawmakers came to a compromise Friday to pass a bill defining antisemitism in state education code. The bill ��� meant to address antisemitism on college campuses ��� stalled this month amid persistent disagreement between lawmakers in the legislative session���s final