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German parliament approves plans to relax strict restrictions on family names 05/17/2024 09:12am • BERLIN (AP) ��� The German parliament on Friday approved plans to relax strict restrictions on family names ��� clearing the way, among other things, for couples to take double-barreled surnames and pass them on to their children. The reform of Germany's rigid rules is due to take effect at the begi OpenAI, Reddit teaming in deal that will bring Reddit's content to ChatGPT 05/17/2024 08:02am • OpenAI and Reddit are teaming up in a deal that will bring the social media platform's content to ChatGPT. Share of Reddit surged more than 10% before the market open on Friday. Reddit said in a blog post that the agreement will give OpenAI access to its data application programming interface, which Taiwan���s foreign minister says China and Russia are supporting each other's ���expansionism��� 05/17/2024 07:57am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� Russia and China are helping each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan���s outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said in an interview with The Associated Press. His AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Oregon's primaries 05/17/2024 07:54am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Oregon has multiple hotly contested primaries on Tuesday, as well as some that will set the stage for high-profile races in November. Oregon's 5th Congressional District is home to one of the top Democratic primaries in the country. It pits Jamie McLeod-Skinner against Janelle By AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Georgia's state primaries 05/17/2024 07:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Voters head back to the polls in Georgia on Tuesday, two months after helping Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump secure their parties' nominations for president. This time, voters will choose nominees for the U.S. House and the state legislature, as well as decide whe AP PHOTOS: For the first time India's elderly and disabled are able to vote from home 05/17/2024 07:19am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Vijay Lakshmi, 85, stood beaming at the entrance of her house as she welcomed a team dispatched by the Election Commission of India. They were here to collect her vote. The team visiting Vijay lakshmi���s neighbourhood comprised of 5 people in total, including a policeman and a ca How DC-area educators envision the AP African American Studies course evolving 05/17/2024 05:35am • Students who take the Advanced Placement African American Studies course will learn about the Tulsa Race Massacre and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, but other topics, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, are optional, according to the College Board's framework for the course. The fo Brazil picked by FIFA to get soccer's 2027 Women's World Cup, a first for South America 05/17/2024 03:49am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Brazil will host the 2027 Women���s World Cup after a vote of FIFA���s full membership chose the South American bid over a joint proposal from Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. The FIFA Congress on Friday voted 119-78 for Brazil in the reduced field of two candidates to host the 202 Team captain and two other players arrested over alleged soccer match-fixing in Australia 05/17/2024 03:21am • SYDNEY (AP) ��� Australian professional soccer was rocked Friday by accusations that the captain of A-League club Macarthur FC paid two younger teammates up to 10,000 Australian dollars ($6,600) to deliberately receive yellow cards in a scheme set up by a South American gambling connection. The play Latinos found jobs and cheap housing in a Pennsylvania city but political power has proven elusive 05/17/2024 01:17am • HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) ��� Latinos seeking jobs and affordable housing have transformed Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in recent decades, but a federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to their local school board is unfairly shutting them out of power. Nearly two-thirds of students in the Haz Cash takes blame after Rays lose track of mound visits and are forced to change pitchers in 9th 05/17/2024 12:53am • BOSTON (AP) ��� Rays reliever Jason Adam was forced out of Thursday night's game at Fenway Park in the ninth inning when pitching coach Kyle Snyder headed to the mound with Tampa Bay out of visits. After a long delay, Erasmo Ram��rez entered with two runners on and retired Romy Gonz��lez on a game-e PEN America, facing criticism over its response to the Mideast war, gathers for annual gala 05/17/2024 12:39am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Like a political convention held amidst an intra-party rift, Thursday night's PEN America gala was a call for unity, dialogue and a renewed sense of mission at a time when PEN's priorities have been called into question. ���Our assembly is disassembling,��� PEN America CEO Suzanne The latest hot spot for illegal border crossings is San Diego. But routes change quickly 05/17/2024 12:17am • JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) ��� On many nights, hundreds of migrants squeeze through poles in a border wall or climb over on metal ladders. They gather in a buffer zone between two walls with views of the night lights of Tijuana, Mexico, waiting hours for Border Patrol agents while volunteers d Rays forced to change pitchers in 9th after losing track of mound visits, beat Red Sox 7-5 05/17/2024 12:08am • BOSTON (AP) ��� Erasmo Ram��rez retired Romy Gonz��lez on a game-ending groundout with two on after the Rays were forced to remove Jason Adam because they lost track of mound visits, and Tampa Bay beat the Boston Red Sox 7-5 on Thursday night. ���Hundred percent on me. I let the mound visits slip in Taiwan is selling more to the US than China in major shift away from Beijing 05/17/2024 12:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Whether it's tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China ��� the world's No. 2 economy that threatens to take the democratically ruled island by force if necessary. That has translated to the world���s biggest maker of comput