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South Carolina man sues police after being shot at 47 times during mental crisis 05/10/2023 04:35pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man is suing a sheriff's office in South Carolina saying deputies shot at him nearly 50 times when he was having a mental health crisis in a parked truck with a shotgun in his lap, even though he says his hands were raised. Trevor Mullinax survived being hit nine times in M California's Feinstein returns to Senate after monthslong absence 05/10/2023 04:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned to the Senate on Wednesday after a two-and-a-half-month absence due to illness, giving majority Democrats a much-needed final vote as they seek to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees and raise the nation’s debt ceiling in the comin Disney board banned X-rated stores and liquor shops from property, overlooking prisons 05/10/2023 04:07pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Before allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis took over, Disney World's governing district, which at the time was controlled by Disney supporters, reached an agreement in February with the company to prohibit a long list of businesses from ever being operated on its property. Forbidden e FDA panel backs over-the-counter sales of birth control pill 05/10/2023 03:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter contraceptive medication. The panel of FDA advisers voted unanimously in favor of drugmaker Sudan doctors syndicate says 25 dead in tribal fighting, as truce talks stall 05/10/2023 01:38pm • CAIRO (AP) — Tribal clashes over several days killed 25 people in southern Sudan, the country's doctors union said Wednesday, raising fears the war between the country's rival top generals — currently centered in the capital — could set off more violence in far-flung provinces. It remained un Oscar nominee Terrence Howard and partner Mira Howard launch talent discovery platform Holly 05/10/2023 01:13pm • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” Hollywood too often suffers from the adage: "it's not what you know, it's who you know." So how do you break into the entertainment biz if you don't have "nepo baby" connections? Oscar nominee Terrence Howard Can you afford to age in place? 05/10/2023 12:24pm • Most older adults ages 50 to 80 say it’s important to stay in their homes for as long as they can, according to the 2022 National Poll on Healthy Aging from the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation at the University of Michigan. But only 1 in 3 said their home “definitely” has the fe Doctor Reddy's: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 05/10/2023 12:21pm • HYDERABAD, India (AP) — HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (RDY) on Wednesday reported net income of $117 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Hyderabad, India-based company said it had profit of 70 cents. The pharmaceutical posted revenue of $766 mi DNA project gives scientists diverse genome for comparison 05/10/2023 12:01pm • For two decades, scientists have been comparing every person’s full set of DNA they study to a template that relies mostly on genetic material from one man affectionately known as “the guy from Buffalo.” But they've long known that this template for comparison, or “reference genome,” has s 1st babies born in Britain using DNA from 3 people 05/10/2023 10:53am • LONDON (AP) — Britain's fertility regulator on Wednesday confirmed the births of the U.K.'s first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people, an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases. The Human Fertilization and Embryology Authori Mass event will let hackers test limits of AI technology 05/10/2023 10:49am • No sooner did ChatGPT get unleashed than hackers started “jailbreaking” the artificial intelligence chatbot — trying to override its safeguards so it could blurt out something unhinged or obscene. But now its maker, OpenAI, and other major AI providers such as Google and Microsoft, are coordi Fears over scores of zoo animals caught in Sudan crossfire 05/10/2023 05:05am • ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — Dozens of zoo animals in Sudan's capital — including an elderly crocodile, parrots and giant lizards — are feared dead after street battles between the country's rival forces made the location unreachable. At least 100 animals, all kept inside enclosures, will have gone mo South Carolina Republicans advance new abortion restrictions 05/09/2023 09:58pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Republicans are pushing new abortion restrictions in a late attempt to curtail access after a near-total ban failed last month. A Senate bill that would ban abortion except in the earliest weeks of pregnancy is moving quickly through the South Carolina House in 8 Best Utility Stocks to Buy for Dividends Now 05/09/2023 08:00pm • Two worries have been looming particularly large for stock market investors recently -- a potential recession and the crisis among regional banks. With those concerns sapping appetite for riskier investments, it's not surprising that the traditional safe-haven sectors of consumer staples, health car Why No School Is a Safety in Medical School Admissions 05/09/2023 08:00pm • Many college applicants are familiar with the concept of safety schools, institutions where their academic competitiveness -- such as overall GPA and SAT or ACT scores -- far exceed the averages for accepted students. Applicants use this designation to apply to schools where they feel confident that