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NATO chief Mark Rutte shows he's a 'Trump whisperer' with Greenland diplomacy 01/22/2026 10:55am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — For days it seemed there was no way out of the latest standoff between Europe and the United States: U.S. President Donald Trump insisted he must have Greenland — and would settle for nothing short of total ownership. Even after he dropped the threat of force in a s What you need to know about Grok and the controversies surrounding it 01/15/2026 05:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk's Grok keeps getting into trouble, and this time, more of the world's governments are trying to intervene. First launched in 2023, Grok is Musk’s attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini in building an AI assistant powered by a large lan One Tech Tip: Californians have a new privacy tool for deleting their data 01/15/2026 01:00am • New year, new privacy rules. At least for Californians. Since Jan. 1, residents of the Golden State can use a new tool to request removal of their personal information held by more than 500 data brokers. The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP, is a simple-to-use tool that lets people sub Ex-lawmaker who advocated protecting kids gets 17 years in prison for sharing child sex abuse videos 01/14/2026 02:59pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former Republican lawmaker in South Carolina was sentenced Wednesday to 17 1/2 years in prison for sending hundreds of videos of children being sexually abused to people across the country on social media around the same time he was advocating for laws meant to protect kids Former CEO charged with embezzling $5.2M from a camp for sick kids co-founded by Paul Newman 01/13/2026 06:04pm • The former CEO of a camp for kids with serious medical conditions has been been charged with 15 felonies after prosecutors said he embezzled more than $5 million over seven years from the nonprofit co-founded by Paul Newman. Christopher L. Butler, 49, of Porter Ranch, California, is expected to be Microsoft's Brad Smith pushes Big Tech to 'pay our way' for AI data centers amid rising opposition 01/13/2026 09:42am • It won’t be easy for Big Tech companies to win the hearts and minds of Americans who are angered about massive artificial intelligence data centers sprouting up in their neighborhoods, straining electricity grids and drawing on local reservoirs. Microsoft is trying anyway. The software giant's pr Former Navy sailor sentenced to 16 years for selling information about ships to Chinese intelligence 01/12/2026 11:56pm • A former U.S. Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in prison, prosecutors said. A federal judge in San Diego sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months. A Poor communities threatened by aging sewers see crucial aid slashed under Trump 01/09/2026 09:10am • CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Yvette Lyles thought of the modest brick ranch home as a Christmas present for her family. It was close to a state park where she and her kids could picnic, fish and enjoy the outdoors. A place to make memories. But she soon learned her southern Illinois community had At CES, auto and tech companies transform cars into proactive companions 01/07/2026 11:11pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a vision of the near future shared at CES, a girl slides into the back seat of her parents' car and the cabin instantly comes alive. The vehicle recognizes her, knows it’s her birthday and cues up her favorite song without a word spoken. “Think of the car as having a soul a NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani defends tenant official facing backlash for 'white supremacy' posts 01/07/2026 02:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is standing behind a newly-appointed housing official as she faces backlash for years-old social media posts, including messages that called for the seizure of private property and linked homeownership to white supremacy. Cea Weaver, a longtime te Violent crime fell in 2025 for a third straight year in New Orleans, where Guard troops now patrol 01/06/2026 11:46am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Violent crime in New Orleans declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, police officials announced Monday as National Guard troops begin patrolling the city on President Donald Trump's orders. The crime figures were released less than a week after armed troops arrived in New Mavericks, Rockets headed to China in October to play pair of preseason games 01/05/2026 09:36am • The NBA is going back to China next season, as expected, announcing Monday that the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets will play a pair of preseason games at the gambling hub of Macao in October. The games, like the preseason ones this season between Brooklyn and Phoenix, will be played at Macao†Data Doctors: Tips for freeing up Gmail storage space 01/02/2026 07:20pm • Q: What’s the best way to free up space in my Gmail account? A: If your Gmail account is warning you that storage is full — or worse, rejecting new messages — you’re running into a common problem: your Google account only includes 15GB of free space, and that total is shared across Gmail, Pakistan summons UK diplomat over a threat to army chief during a rally 12/26/2025 12:07pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan summoned Britain’s deputy high commissioner on Friday after a viral video showed a woman at a rally in a northern English city saying the Pakistani army chief would die in a possible attack. The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs called Matt Cannell to demand an inve Korean prosecutors seek 10-year sentence for ousted President Yoon in first martial law trial 12/26/2025 04:34am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An independent counsel on Friday demanded a 10-year prison term for South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol in the first of seven criminal cases related to his ill-fated attempt to impose martial law in 2024 and other allegations stemming from his time in office. T