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As social media guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of impact on elections 12/26/2023 03:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly three years after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the false election conspiracy theories that drove the violent attack remain prevalent on social media and cable news: suitcases filled with ballots, late-night ballot dumps, dead people voting. Experts warn it will likely b Apple seeks a path to getting 2 of its best watches back on shelves during a bitter patent dispute 12/26/2023 01:59pm • Apple filed an emergency motion seeking court permission to begin selling two of its most popular watches again until a final decision on its broader appeal in a bitter patent dispute is decided. The company cut off sales right before the Christmas holiday and in a motion filed Tuesday, Apple said i Falcons' successful switch to QB Heinicke may not help in decision on coach Smith 12/26/2023 01:11pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons' best offensive showing of the season may not provide much clarity in team owner Arthur Blank's decision on coach Arthur Smith's future. Smith's third quarterback change of the season, benching Desmond Ridder for the second time and starting Taylor Heinicke in Su A guesthouse blaze in Romania leaves 6 people dead and several others missing 12/26/2023 12:21pm • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A massive fire at a guesthouse on Tuesday morning in Romania left six people dead, including at least one child, authorities said. Emergency intervention teams were deployed to the blaze in the village of Tohani in Prahova county, where 26 people were staying at the guest Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene targeted by failed Christmas swatting attempt 12/26/2023 11:40am • Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was the target of a swatting attempt at her Georgia residence on Christmas morning, the congresswoman and local police said, marking the latest instance of someone calling in a fake emergency to draw armed officers or SWAT teams to her home. The Rome Polic For a new generation of indie rock acts, country music is king 12/26/2023 11:30am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer-songwriter Mitski’s “My Love Mine All Mine,” plays out like a whispered dirge. The song is gothic lounge music for a listener who only has about two minutes to have their heart broken — a silky soft slow burn stacked with a choir, organ, bass and most critically, The right to protest is under threat in Britain, undermining a pillar of democracy 12/26/2023 08:45am • LONDON (AP) — For holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors of their right to acquit defendants, a retiree faces up to two years in prison. For hanging a banner reading “Just Stop Oil” off a bridge, an engineer got a three-year prison sentence. Just for walking slowly down the stree 276 Indians stuck in a French airport for days for a human trafficking probe arrive in India 12/26/2023 07:50am • MUMBAI, India (AP) — A charter plane that was grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation arrived in India with 276 Indians aboard Tuesday, authorities said. The passengers had been heading to Nicaragua but were instead blocked inside a rural French airport for four days in an excepti Apple is no longer selling the newest Apple Watch in America after the White House declines to overturn ban 12/26/2023 07:00am • New York (CNN) — The clock has wound down on the newest Apple Watch after the White House declined to issue a last-minute, emergency action to keep the best-selling smartwatch on store shelves.The Biden White House had until the end of Christmas day to overturn a US International Trade Commi Toyota small car maker Daihatsu shuts down Japan factories during probe of bogus safety tests 12/26/2023 05:23am • TOKYO (AP) — Daihatsu, a unit of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp., has shut down production lines at all its four factories in Japan while transport ministry officials investigate improper tests for safety certifications. The shutdown as of Tuesday comes a week after Daihatsu Motor Co. annou Egypt floats plan to end Israel-Hamas war. The proposal gets a cool reception 12/25/2023 10:04pm • CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas on Monday gave cool public receptions to an Egyptian proposal to end their bitter war. But the longstanding enemies stopped short of rejecting the plan altogether, raising the possibility of a new round of diplomacy to halt a devastating Israeli offensive in the Gaza 7 of the Best Long-Term Stocks to Buy 12/25/2023 07:00pm • After the last few years of pandemic and geopolitical unrest, there's no telling what 2024 will bring. And if you start trying to guess what 2025 or even 2035 will be like, chances are even less likely that your predictions will be correct. Interestingly enough, however, a lot of investment research 1 driver seriously injured after 4 crashes along I-295, DC officials say 12/25/2023 01:20pm • D.C. officials responded to a string of Christmas morning accidents along a stretch of Interstate 295. D.C. Fire and EMS and the D.C. Department of Transportation told WTOP that four separate car crashes happened between 11:40 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 1 a.m. on Christmas Day. The first two mi Fire breaks out on Russian nuclear ship Sevmorput but is quickly extinguished, authorities say 12/25/2023 03:10am • MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's emergencies ministry said a fire broke out on a nuclear-powered container ship and icebreaker in the northern port of Murmansk but was quickly extinguished. The ministry said in statements on Telegram that the fire occurred late Sunday in a cabin of the Sevmorput vessel and Brazil's federal police arrest top criminal leader Zinho after negotiations 12/24/2023 10:09pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's federal police said one of the country's top criminal leaders surrendered Sunday after negotiations with local authorities. Luiz Antônio da Silva Braga, better known as Zinho, is the top leader of the largest militia group in the state of Rio de Janeiro. He had 12 a