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Haley pushes forward after Trump's allies in Nevada ensured her loss to 'none of these candidates' 02/07/2024 01:51pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Even without Donald Trump on Nevada's Republican ballot, Nikki Haley was denied her first victory. The indignity of a distant second-place finish behind “none of these candidates” was a fresh blow for Haley, facilitated by the staunch Trump allies who lead Nevada's GOP. They h Russian upper house approves bill to confiscate assets of those convicted of discrediting the army 02/07/2024 06:55am • MOSCOW (AP) — After a brief discussion, the upper house of Russia’s parliament on Wednesday unanimously endorsed a bill that would allow authorities to confiscate money, valuables and other assets from people convicted of spreading “deliberately false information” about the country’s milit Nikki Haley is trounced by the 'none of these candidates' option in Nevada's Republican primary 02/07/2024 06:28am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nikki Haley was swamped in Nevada's symbolic Republican presidential primary as GOP voters resoundingly picked the “none of these candidates” option on the ballot in a repudiation of the former U.N. ambassador who is the last remaining major rival to front-runner Donald Trump. A man extradited from Scotland continues to claim he's not the person charged in 2 Utah rape cases 02/06/2024 06:38pm • A man accused of faking his own death and fleeing the U.S. to avoid rape charges continued to deny he is the man identified in the case during an online court appearance from jail Tuesday. Nicholas Rossi, 36, made the appearance after missing two January court dates with no explanation. After Utah 4 Meta says it will label AI-generated images on Facebook and Instagram 02/06/2024 05:52pm • Facebook and Instagram users will start seeing labels on AI-generated images that appear on their social media feeds, part of a broader tech industry initiative to sort between what’s real and not. Meta said Tuesday it's working with industry partners on technical standards that will make it easie A Russian court orders the arrest of a bestselling writer over his support for Ukraine 02/06/2024 06:44am • MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court ordered the arrest Tuesday of a bestselling detective novelist and dissident on charges of “justifying terrorism,” two months after he was pranked by two pro-Kremlin activists into expressing support for Ukraine on a phone call. Moscow's Basmanny District Court ord Japan's Toyota raises its profit outlook after solid earnings helped by a weak yen 02/06/2024 02:39am • TOKYO (AP) — Toyota raised its full fiscal year profit forecast Tuesday after reporting its profit in the October to December quarter nearly doubled from the year before. Toyota Motor Corp.’s third quarter profit totaled 1.36 trillion yen ($9 billion), up from 727.9 billion yen in the same peri Officials tout Super Bowl plans to crimp counterfeiting, ground drones, curb human trafficking 02/06/2024 01:26am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Amid warnings about counterfeit goods, human trafficking and illegal drones at the Super Bowl in Las Vegas, federal, state and local security officials said Monday they're preparing for a busy week in the air, at airports, at Allegiant Stadium and in merchandise shops as crowds ar Philly sheriff's campaign takes down bogus 'news' stories posted to site that were generated by AI 02/05/2024 07:35pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The campaign team behind Philadelphia's embattled sheriff acknowledged Monday that a series of positive “news” stories posted to their site were generated by ChatGPT. Sheriff Rochelle Bilal's campaign removed more than 30 stories created by a consultant using the generativ US-backed Syrian fighters liberate Yazidi woman who was raped and forced to marry extremists 02/05/2024 02:29pm • BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria have liberated a Yazidi woman who had been held for a decade by the Islamic State group, where she was raped and forced to marry extremists, the Syrian Democratic Forces said Monday. The 24-year-old woman along with her son and daughter were resc Oversight board urges Meta to rethink its policy on manipulated media in high-stakes election year 02/05/2024 01:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta's policies regarding manipulated media as “incoherent" and insufficient to address the flood of online disinformation that already has begun to target elections across the globe this year. The quasi-independent board on Monday Tensions run high in New Zealand ahead of national day over government's relationship with Maori 02/04/2024 11:13pm • WAITANGI, New Zealand (AP) — In a fiery exchange at the birthplace of modern New Zealand, Indigenous leaders on Monday strongly criticized the government's approach to Maori, ahead of the country’s national day. The holiday, known as Waitangi Day, is held on Feb. 6 to mark the anniversary of the Caitlin Clark drops 38 points for No. 3 Iowa vs upset-minded Maryland and sellout crowd of 17,950 02/04/2024 08:15am • COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Caitlin Clark faked the defender off her feet, took a dribble to her left and then released a 3-pointer. It was no surprise when the ball dropped in, and Iowa was ahead to stay. “That was probably the loudest the crowd was at that point, all night,” Clark said of the s Lawsuit says Tennessee hospital shouldn't have discharged woman who died, police should have helped 02/02/2024 09:31pm • KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal lawsuit says a woman who died last February shouldn't have been discharged from a Tennessee hospital, forced to leave despite her pleas for more help and unassisted by security guards and police during a medical emergency. The son of 60-year-old Lisa Edwards on Th Lawsuit accuses DC property management company of discriminating against potential tenants 02/02/2024 09:00pm • Two Northwest D.C. apartment complexes discriminated against potential residents by having minimum credit score and income requirements and creating barriers for some people with criminal records and past evictions, according to a lawsuit filed in D.C. Superior Court on Thursday. The lawsuit, fil