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WWII-era munitions found under water in survey of Southern California industrial waste dump site 01/05/2024 11:37pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Underwater dump sites off the Los Angeles coast contain World War II-era munitions including anti-submarine weapons and smoke devices, marine researchers announced Friday. A survey of the known offshore sites in April managed to identify munitions by using high-definition video UN agency says it is handling code of conduct violations by staffer for anti-Israel posts internally 01/05/2024 10:35pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. agency promoting equality for women said Friday that violations of the U.N. Code of Conduct requiring impartiality by a mid-level manager, who reportedly supported pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli posts on social media, are being dealt with internally. Last month, th Radio reporter fired over comedy act reinstated after an arbitrator finds his jokes 'funny' 01/05/2024 06:52pm • A reporter who was fired for his standup comedy has been reinstated to his job at a Philadelphia-based public radio station through an arbitrator, who agreed that his jokes were, in some part, funny. Jad Sleiman, 34, is to be fully reinstated to his position with WHYY, a Philadelphia-based NPR stati Official suggests Polish president check social media security after odd tweet from private account 01/05/2024 09:21am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's minister of digital affairs suggested Friday that President Andrzej Duda check the security of access to his social accounts after a bizarre tweet went out that was almost immediately removed. The tweet published Thursday on Duda's private account said: “Tell him t Nice defender Atal gets 8-month suspended sentence for sharing antisemitic message online 01/03/2024 06:33pm • NICE, France (AP) — Nice defender Youcef Atal was given an eight-month suspended prison sentence and fined 45,000 euros ($49,000) on Wednesday for sharing an antisemitic message online. French media reports said he was found guilty of inciting hatred for having shared an antisemitic message in Oct WTOP's Neal Augenstein: My 2024 resolution, living with stage 4 lung cancer 01/01/2024 05:27am • 2023 was a great year for me, despite starting it with stage 4 lung cancer. By now you know, after one-pill-a-day targeted therapy, and a robotic-assisted lobectomy, I've been cancer-free since the end of April. But, what's in store for 2024? In a few weeks I'll have a new type of test for Data Doctors: How to recycle your tech properly 12/29/2023 03:28pm • Q: What do I need to do to my smart TV before I get rid of it and where can I take it? A: It's that time of year when many households are replacing older technology with the latest and greatest, leading to important questions of data privacy and proper disposal. Resetting your smart TV Smart TV Disney says in lawsuit that DeSantis-appointed government is failing to release public records 12/26/2023 03:42pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney has filed a lawsuit claiming that the oversight government for Walt Disney World, which was taken over by appointees of Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this year, has failed to release documents and properly preserve records in violation of Florida public records law. Disney Star forward Osimhen signs Napoli contract extension to 2026 and more than doubles his salary 12/23/2023 10:10am • NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Napoli’s star forward Victor Osimhen signed a contract extension Saturday tying him to the Serie A champion until 2026. Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis posted pictures of him and Osimhen smiling and signing paperwork and shaking hands, along with the word “done.” Fairfax Co. concludes investigation into student data breach 12/21/2023 10:21pm • An investigation into how Fairfax County Public Schools accidentally shared other students' private information with a parent during a fall meeting has concluded, Superintendent Michelle Reid said in a letter to families Thursday. The external review, conducted by the law firm Woods Rogers, found Study shows AI image-generators being trained on explicit photos of children 12/20/2023 08:19pm • Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies to take action to address a harmful flaw in the technology they built. Those same images have made it easier for AI systems t Sen. Ben Cardin says police investigating alleged sex tape linked to ex-staffer 12/18/2023 09:18pm • Washington — Sen. Ben Cardin said Capitol Police are investigating after news reports linked one of his former aides to a sex tape that was allegedly filmed in a Capitol Hill hearing room. The Maryland Democrat told reporters Monday that he was "angry" and "disappointed" by the incident.& Your autograph, Mr. Caro? Ahead of 50th anniversary, 'Power Broker' author feels like a movie star 12/18/2023 10:36am • NEW YORK (AP) — Since the release a year ago of the acclaimed documentary “Turn Every Page,” Robert Caro has been feeling a bit like a movie star. “I walk up Broadway and kids recognize me,” the historian and author of “The Power Broker” says. “If I linger a bit, they start talking The Republican leading the probe of Hunter Biden has his own shell company and complicated friends 12/15/2023 01:22pm • TOMPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rep. James Comer, a multimillionaire farmer, boasts of being one of the largest landholders near his rural Kentucky hometown, and he has meticulously documented nearly all of his landholdings on congressional financial disclosure documents – roughly 1,600 acres (645 hec Berkshire can't use bribery allegations against Haslam in Pilot truck stop chain accounting dispute 12/13/2023 06:31pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway will not be allowed to use allegations that billionaire Jimmy Haslam tried to bribe employees at the Pilot truck stop chain to inflate the company’s value as Berkshire defends itself in a dispute over the company’s accounting practices,