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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 03/01/2024 10:06am • 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. ___ ATF rules not updated to allow migrants to purchase firearms Palestinian-American woman who faces trial in Israeli military court is released on bail 02/29/2024 04:20pm • OFER PRISON, West Bank (AP) — A U.S. citizen who was dragged out of her home and detained by Israeli authorities for over three weeks was released on bail Thursday to wait out the remainder of her trial in the West Bank, the latest in a case attracting international attention for prosecuting an Am Here's where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House 02/28/2024 07:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — From allegations of plotting to overturn a lost election to illegally stowing classified documents at his Florida estate, former President Donald Trump faces four criminal indictments in four different cities as he vies to reclaim the White House. The cases, totaling 91 felony co HOA Changes for 2024 That Homeowners Should Know 02/28/2024 07:00pm • Around 30% of all homeowners in the United States live in some type of common-interest housing governed by a community or homeowners association. This can include condos, co-ops, HOA communities, timeshares or mobile home parks. That's roughly 75.5 million people who are required to follow specific Two Chinese bloggers in exile warn that police are interrogating their followers 02/26/2024 08:22pm • SHANGHAI (AP) — Two prominent Chinese bloggers in exile said police were investigating their millions of followers on international social media platforms, in an escalation of Beijing’s attempts to clamp down on critical speech even outside of the country’s borders. Former state broadcaster C Deleted texts helped convince jurors man killed trans woman because of gender ID, foreperson says 02/26/2024 05:28pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When jurors first began weighing the fate of a man charged with murdering the transgender woman he’d been seeing secretly, they had little problem concluding that he fired the gun, the jury foreperson said. The most difficult task was determining that he was driven by hate, Editorial Roundup: United States 02/26/2024 04:55pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Feb. 22 The Washington Post on the Biden impeachment inquiry Until this month, House Republicans referred to information provided by a “highly credible” FBI informant as the core of their case to impeach President Biden. This week, Bye-bye, birdie: Maine's chickadee makes way for state tree and North Star on new license plate 02/26/2024 04:19pm • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Bye-bye birdie: Maine's chickadee is making way for other images on a new license plate unveiled Monday that gives homage to an old flag growing in popularity and reappearing on hats, tote bags and T-shirts. The plate features a tall green pine — the state tree — and the Coleman Hawkins scores 30, No. 12 Illinois rallies for a 95-85 win over Iowa 02/24/2024 06:24pm • CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Coleman Hawkins scored 30 points and No. 12 Illinois rallied from a seven-point deficit in the second half to beat Iowa 95-85 on Saturday. Terrance Shannon Jr. and Justin Harmon each scored 12 points and Dain Dainja had eight rebounds for the Illini (20-7, 11-5 Big Ten). Nic Man guilty in Black transgender woman's killing in 1st federal hate crime trial over gender identity 02/24/2024 12:49pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman after the exposure of their secret sexual relationship in the nation’s first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity. After deliberating for roughly four hours, jurors convict Trump's lawyers call for dismissal of classified documents case, citing presidential immunity 02/23/2024 07:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump urged a Florida judge to dismiss the criminal case charging him with illegally retaining classified documents, claiming in part that presidential immunity protects him from prosecution even as that sweeping argument has so far in failed in federal co Magician says political consultant hired him to create AI robocall ahead of New Hampshire primary 02/23/2024 07:30pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Orleans street magician said Friday that a Democratic consultant who worked for Dean Phillips’ presidential campaign hired him to create the audio for what authorities have said may be the first known attempt to use artificial intelligence to interfere with a U.S. elec NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 02/23/2024 04:51pm • 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. ___ Executive Order 9066 authorized Japanese detention during World War Reddit strikes $60M deal allowing Google to train AI models on its posts, unveils IPO plans 02/22/2024 06:43pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit has struck a deal with Google that allows the search giant to use posts from the online discussion site for training its artificial intelligence models and to improve services such as Google Search. The arrangement, announced Thursday and valued at roughly $60 million, Florida lawmakers pass ban on social media for kids under 16 despite constitutional concerns 02/22/2024 05:51pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A bill to create one of the nation's most restrictive bans on minors' use of social media is heading to Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has expressed concerns about the legislation to keep children under the age of 16 off popular platforms regardless of parental