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Solar eclipse playlist: 20 songs to rock out to on your cosmic adventure 04/03/2024 10:55am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The total solar eclipse is quickly approaching. While you prepare to hit the road towards the path of total darkness or anticipate hours of traffic coming out of your watch party, you'll need something to listen to. And we've got your back. Across 20 tracks, here's a comprehensi 9 Sites That Help You Find Legit Remote Jobs 04/02/2024 08:00pm • Virtual job positions continue to increase in popularity. If you value becoming a remote worker or staying one, you can find countless companies hiring to fill work-from-home positions. With so many people seeking remote work, beware of work-from-home sites that promote fake job ads and other scams. George Carlin estate settles with podcasters over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI 04/02/2024 07:55pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estate of George Carlin has agreed to a settlement with the media company it sued over a fake hourlong comedy special that purportedly used artificial intelligence to recreate the late standup comic’s style and material. In the settlement agreement filed with a federal cou Aid organizations suspend operations in Gaza after World Central Kitchen workers' deaths 04/02/2024 05:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Several humanitarian aid organizations suspended operations in Gaza on Tuesday after Israeli airstrikes killed seven World Central Kitchen workers. The nonprofits, including World Central Kitchen, said they now need to determine whether their workers can safely provide aid in the r Here's how to protect yourself from common scams this tax season 04/02/2024 05:29am • NEW YORK (AP) — Tax season can come with several headaches, from gathering documents to finding the time to sit down and file. But one pain that you want to avoid is falling for a tax scam. Year-round, scammers look for ways to trick people into giving them money or personal information. There Alex Murdaugh gets 40 years in federal prison for stealing from clients and his law firm 04/02/2024 02:51am • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — For maybe the last time, Alex Murdaugh, in a prison jumpsuit instead of the suit he used to wear, shuffled into a courtroom Monday in South Carolina and was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. Murdaugh was punished — this time in federal court — for stealing from c Reston firm warns robocall tax scams are getting more sophisticated 04/01/2024 12:50pm • It is tax season, and the robocall tax scams are in full swing. Reston, Virginia-based Transaction Network Services, which regularly analyzes more than 1.5 billion daily call events across hundreds of carrier networks to identify robocall trends, said residents in the D.C. metro have already rece Get ready! T-Minus 7 days to the total solar eclipse 04/01/2024 09:54am • The April 8 solar eclipse will be visible in the entire contiguous United States, weather permitting. People along the path of totality, stretching from Texas to Maine, will have the chance to see a total solar eclipse; outside this path, a partial solar eclipse will be visible. (Courtesy NASA) In Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time — with a focus on seniors 04/01/2024 04:10am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Their days often began at the crack of dawn. They’d head out to a church, a temple, a park and set up a stall. They’d seek out seniors in particular, those who are perhaps the most vulnerable citizens of the information-saturated society that has enveloped them. To get pe In Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time — with a focus on seniors 04/01/2024 04:09am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Their days often began at the crack of dawn. They’d head out to a church, a temple, a park and set up a stall. They’d seek out seniors in particular, those who are perhaps the most vulnerable citizens of the information-saturated society that has enveloped them. To get pe US-funded Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns under new security law 03/29/2024 08:51pm • HONG KONG (AP) — The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia said Friday that its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening concerns about the city’s media freedoms. Bay Fang, the president of RFA, said in a statement that it will n Strange sight: Fake money flies around Maryland highway 03/29/2024 01:49pm • Drivers in Charles County, Maryland, were treated to an odd sight Friday morning: What looked like a large amount of money flying around the middle of a busy roadway in Waldorf — and it ended up sparking several calls to authorities. The reporters in the WTOP Traffic Center are used to call Persistent rumor of Putin’s death elicits nonchalant international response 03/28/2024 07:48pm • For months, rumors have swirled about Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the heart of all the gossip is a key question. Is he still alive? (Screenshot courtesy Telegram) A claim by a mysterious Russian Telegram channel called General SVR, run by a prominent Russian political analyst, Judge rejects officers' bid to erase charges in the case of a man paralyzed after police van ride 03/28/2024 05:44pm • NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Four former Connecticut police officers accused of mocking and mistreating a man after he was paralyzed in the back of a police van in 2022 were denied bids Thursday to enter a program that could have erased criminal charges against them and let them avoid trial. A judge re Michigan GOP lawmaker falsely claims that buses carrying March Madness teams are 'illegal invaders' 03/28/2024 04:22pm • FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan state lawmaker involved in former President Donald Trump’s election denials is being widely criticized after the Republican made false claims that buses carrying college athletes to Detroit for March Madness were shuttling illegal migrant “invaders”