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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 04/28/2023 06:17pm • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ No, Fauci didn’t say face masks were a ‘failu Data Doctors: When should you upgrade to Windows 11? 04/28/2023 05:16pm • Q: With Windows 10 being discontinued, should I upgrade to Windows 11 now? A: Windows 10 isn’t being discontinued, but it’s coming up to its "End of Life' in Microsoft's support life cycle. It’s hard to believe that Windows 10 will be 10 years old when Microsoft discontinues support for Suns, Mercury unveil local media deal with RSNs struggling 04/28/2023 05:08pm • PHOENIX (AP) — The NBA's Phoenix Suns and WNBA's Phoenix Mercury announced a media rights deal on Friday that could pave the way for local sports broadcasts following the much-publicized struggles of regional sports networks. The Suns have partnered with Gray Television Inc., which includes three Avs quiet about Nichushkin's absence after police report 04/28/2023 04:27pm • SEATTLE (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche did not comment Friday on either the status of forward Valeri Nichushkin, who has been away from the team for a few days, or on a police report about an incident at the team hotel in Seattle last weekend. Colorado coach Jared Bednar again said Friday that Nic What to know about tick, Lyme season following a mild winter 04/28/2023 03:53pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After a mild winter in the U.S., will there be an uptick in ticks this year? Researchers say it is hard to predict how the tick season will play out. This year’s mild winter and early snow melt, though, could mean more ticks earlier than usual and a wider spread of Lyme di Bill allows DeSantis to run for president while governor 04/28/2023 03:15pm • Republican Ron DeSantis would not have to resign as Florida governor in order to run for president if he chooses under a bill given final approval Friday in by the GOP-dominated state Legislature. The measure, attached to a much broader elections bill, would carve out an exemption to Florida law req Is my money safe? What you need to know about bank failures 04/28/2023 12:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Recent turmoil in the banking industry may have you worried about your money. The collapses earlier this year of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, which catered mostly to the tech industry, were the second- and third-biggest bank failures in U.S. history. Now there are conce Fire and crash for Gasly deepen Alpine's slump in F1 04/28/2023 12:38pm • BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — No one was busier than the Alpine pit crew at Baku City Circuit on Friday. After spending much of the day fixing Pierre Gasly's fire-damaged car, they soon had a crash to deal with. The twin setbacks — one car failure, one driver error — mirror Alpine's all-round proble Russian missile and drone attack in Ukraine kills 23 people 04/28/2023 11:38am • UMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine early Friday, killing at least 23 people, almost all of them when two missiles slammed into an apartment building in a terrifying nighttime attack, officials said. Three children were among the dead. The missi Kicked off Medicaid: Millions at risk as states trim rolls 04/28/2023 11:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Days out from a surgery and with a young son undergoing chemotherapy, Kyle McHenry was scrambling to figure out if his Florida family will still be covered by Medicaid come Monday. One form on the state's website said coverage for their sick 5-year-old son, Ryder, had been denied NYC transit agency ends Twitter alerts, says it's unreliable 04/28/2023 07:15am • New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which for 14 years has provided real-time information on service outages, delays and other important transit updates for its 1.3 million Twitter followers, will no longer do so. The MTA said Thursday that “Twitter is no longer reliable for providi Hong Kong's economy is recovering, but its freedoms are not 04/28/2023 04:24am • HONG KONG (AP) — Like most people in Hong Kong, taxi driver Leung Tat-chong says it feels like the city is recovering after years of protests, crackdowns and pandemic restrictions, while it also has changed forever. He’s earning almost as much as he did before the pandemic. But, Leung said, the Eagles draft Georgia's Carter, who had role in fatal crash 04/28/2023 12:56am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Carter said the Philadelphia Eagles never really asked him about his role in a fatal car crash. The Eagles just wanted to learn more about the Georgia defensive tackle's “love of the game.” “Just getting to know my personality and stuff like that,” Carter said. Th Culture war clash gives Kansas new medication abortion law 04/28/2023 12:15am • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas clinics will be required to tell patients that medication abortions can be stopped using a drug regimen that the providers consider ineffective and potentially dangerous after a key legislative vote Thursday in the nation's ongoing partisan culture war. The Republican-co Paredes drives in 5 as Rays pound Cease, White Sox 14-5 04/27/2023 11:11pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Isaac Paredes had a career-high five RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays handed the Chicago White Sox their eighth straight loss with a 14-5 victory on Thursday night. Brandon Lowe homered, tripled and drove in three runs for Tampa Bay in the opener of a four-game series. Lowe, Yandy Díaz