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Surgical castration, 'Don't Say Gay' and absentee regulations. New laws go into effect in Louisiana 08/01/2024 06:08pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A slew of Louisiana legislation, including a first-of-its-kind law that allows judges to impose the punishment of surgical castration for offenders guilty of certain sex crimes against children, went into effect Thursday. Between new Republican Gov. Jeff Landry and a GOP s Stock market today: Worries about the economy hit Wall Street, and the Dow drops nearly 500 points 08/01/2024 05:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Just a day after rallying on hopes that the Federal Reserve is about to cut interest rates, U.S. stocks tumbled Thursday after weak data raised worries the Fed may have missed its window to do so before undercutting the economy’s growth. The S&P 500 sank 1.4% after a report Edge rusher Matthew Judon returns to Patriots practice 08/01/2024 04:23pm • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots continue to be active in re-signing or extending the contracts of players going into the 2024 season. With defensive tackle Davon Godchaux becoming the latest player to agree to a new deal, the focus turns to edge rusher Matthew Judon and whether h Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks 08/01/2024 03:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans largely opposed the measure, arguing they would be in position to get a better deal next year. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., dared The Snoop Olympics: Paris proving a boon to NBC after interest waned in Tokyo and Beijing Games 08/01/2024 02:58pm • Less than a week into the Paris Olympics, NBC Universal executives are climbing atop the medal stand. The event has been a significant success for the company broadcasting and streaming it in the United States. NBC already has set a record for advertising revenue, viewership is up significantly and Who's in the massive prisoner swap between Russia and the West? 08/01/2024 02:21pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — One spent over 5½ years behind bars in Russia while other, higher-profile detainees were released ahead of him. Another was jailed for only a few months. They include journalists, veteran political activists and those simply opposed to the war in Ukraine. The youngest is 1 'He had everyone fooled': Former FBI agent sentenced to life for child rape in Alabama 08/01/2024 01:26pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former FBI agent was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl while serving as an Alabama state trooper. Alabama's state police hired Christopher Bauer even after he was kicked out of the FBI amid earlier claims he raped a co-worker Man suspected in fatal July 4 shooting of 6-year-old boy in Prince George's Co. arrested in South America 08/01/2024 12:30pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, say a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy during a neighborhood Fourth of July party has been arrested in Guyana — and authorities are still trying to track down at least one other suspect. Rakeem Gilgeours, 33, has been charged wi Inmate sentenced to more than 4 years in prison killing of Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger 08/01/2024 12:27pm • CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — An inmate was sentenced to more than four years Thursday for his role in the 2018 fatal bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in a troubled West Virginia federal prison. Massachusetts gangster Paul J. DeCologero was sentenced in federal court a What polling shows about the top VP contenders for Kamala Harris 08/01/2024 08:45am • As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that several of the top contenders for the role are largely unknown to Americans. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly stands out as one with more name recognition Meet the Olympics superfan who spent her savings to get to her 7th Games 08/01/2024 12:34am • PARIS (AP) — Covered with pins and adornments, Vivianne Robinson is hard to miss in the streets of Paris. The Olympics superfan has attended seven Summer Games over the span of 40 years. But this trip to Paris came at a hefty price — $10,000 to be precise. Robinson, 66 and from Los Angeles, maxe Massachusetts businesses with at least 24 employees must disclose salary range for new jobs 07/31/2024 07:27pm • BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts businesses with more than 25 employees must disclose salary ranges when posting jobs, under a new bill signed into law Wednesday that puts the commonwealth in line with 10 other states that already require pay transparency. The new law also protects a worker’s right t Georgia superintendent says Black studies course breaks law against divisive racial teachings 07/31/2024 07:25pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's state superintendent of schools said Wednesday that he believes a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies violates the state's law against teaching divisive racial concepts, explaining that is why he won’t recommend it become an approved state course. U US tops South Sudan 103-86 at Paris Olympics, earns spot in men's basketball quarterfinals 07/31/2024 06:58pm • VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — In the rematch, the U.S. had an easier time with South Sudan than it did when the teams first met a couple of weeks ago. Easier. Not easy. The U.S. clinched a trip to the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics by beating South Sudan 103-86 on Wednesday night — a g MrBeast, YouTube's biggest star, acknowledges past 'inappropriate language' as controversies swirl 07/31/2024 06:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) — MrBeast, YouTube's biggest star and a philanthropic force with nearly unrivaled influence among young audiences, acknowledged Wednesday that he used “inappropriate language” in his early online days, as numerous controversies bubbled up around him and a former collaborator. MrB