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Anti-Muslim Twitter feed in Spain: 'A recipe for disaster' 05/05/2023 03:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The person who operates the Twitter account claims to be an Islamic fundamentalist living in Spain, empathizing with violent extremists and longing for the days, more than six centuries ago, when Muslims ruled the country. The views are as fake as the account, part of a loose and Could AI pen 'Casablanca'? Screenwriters take aim at ChatGPT 05/05/2023 09:44am • NEW YORK (AP) — When Greg Brockman, the president and co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, was recently extolling the capabilities of artificial intelligence, he turned to “Game of Thrones.” Imagine, he said, if you could use AI to rewrite the ending of that not-so-popular finale. Maybe even pu Indonesia works to rescue 20 trafficking victims in Myanmar 05/05/2023 07:58am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian officials said Friday they were working to rescue dozens of their nationals who were trafficked to Myanmar to work as cyber scammers, amid an increase in human trafficking cases in Southeast Asia. At least 20 Indonesian job seekers are trapped in Myawaddy towns Mexican brand counterfeiting reaches new heights: Coca-Cola 05/04/2023 05:26pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has long had a problem with piracy and brand counterfeiting, but this week it reached a new height: fake Coca-Cola. As with so many products in Mexico, “the Real Thing” may not be that at all. Mexico City prosecutors said late Wednesday they had raided a property in a As deadline passes, Brazil aims to seize unregistered guns 05/04/2023 03:51pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Jonathan Schmidt just made the deadline, arriving at Federal Police headquarters in the center of Rio de Janeiro with a travel bag carrying a golden pistol and seven rifles, one peeking out of the zipper. “I’m in love with guns," said Schmidt. “I’d have over 2,000 if the g Two Virginia men accused of setting up fake law firms to defraud homeowners 05/04/2023 11:14am • Two Northern Virginia men have been indicted on fraud and conspiracy charges after federal prosecutors say they launched bogus law firms falsely promising to help homeowners avoid foreclosure and instead pocketed fees for their personal benefit. In an indictment unsealed Wednesday, David Maresca, Montana politician's girlfriend thwarts 'swatting' attempt at Maryland home 05/03/2023 09:49pm • Police in Maryland got a heads up from a person who said that her Montgomery County address would soon be familiar to them. Somebody just attempted to SWAT me for my reporting on transgender legislation and events. Thankfully, I've worked closely with the police in my community anticipating this Making it clear: Maryland's governor signs bill that would help prevent fraudulent sign language interpreters 05/03/2023 08:52pm • When he testified in favor of the bill that would require American Sign Language interpreters to be licensed in Maryland, Kelby Brick, director of the Governor's Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, told lawmakers about an incident that made global headlines. At the funeral for former South Af Real or not, reported Kremlin drone attack unsettles Russia 05/03/2023 04:08pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — As Russian officials tell it, two Ukrainian drones flew into the very heart of Moscow under the cover of darkness, reaching the Kremlin before they were shot down at the last minute. A cloud of questions hangs over the claim. Why did the Kremlin announcement come about 12 Bolsonaro home searched as Brazil probes fake vaccine cards 05/03/2023 03:27pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police searched former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home and seized his phone Wednesday in what they said was an investigation into alleged falsification of COVID-19 vaccine cards. Several other locations also were searched and a half dozen people faced a Attacks on delivery drivers add fears among gig workers 05/03/2023 11:41am • NEW YORK (AP) — A homeowner fired shots at a couple's car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making an Instacart delivery. A Florida man was charged with killing and dismembering an Uber Eats delivery driver who brought food to his home. A woman was kidnapped and sexually assaulte Next frontier in France's protests: Fake Olympic volunteers 05/03/2023 08:51am • PARIS (AP) — Retired and with time to kill, Bernard Gauvain wants to be a volunteer at the 2024 Olympics — but a bad one. His intention is not to help out, but to gum up the Olympic machine by refusing to turn up for work. If others do likewise in sufficient numbers, he hopes they'll sting the V Dissident pulled off plane by Belarus gets 8 years in prison 05/03/2023 07:28am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus convicted a dissident journalist who was arrested after being pulled off a commercial flight that was diverted to the country and sentenced him Wednesday to eight years in prison. Raman Pratasevich's dramatic arrest in May 2021 elicited outrage in the Wes Bauer a celebrity in Japan despite sexual assault claims 05/02/2023 10:40am • YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Trevor Bauer will pitch his first official game for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars on Wednesday and, to promote the start, a local department store is to unveil a seven-story poster of the former Cy Young Award winner on its facade. Bauer was unwanted this season by Major League 8 Red Flags to Help You Spot a Rental Scam 05/01/2023 08:00pm • With just about every rental search beginning online these days, it's a given that con artists will try to take advantage of eager consumers. Combine fake listings with rental brokers looking to pull bait-and-switch operations with rentals of lower quality or higher rent, and you'll have a hard time