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Saints seek 3rd straight win over rebuilding Panthers in season opener 09/05/2024 03:47pm • Carolina (2-15) at New Orleans (9-8) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, Fox. BetMGM NFL Odds: Saints by 4. Series record: Saints lead 30-28. Last meeting: Saints beat Panthers 28-6 on Dec. 10, 2023, in New Orleans. Panthers offense: overall (32), rush (20), pass (32), scoring (t-31). Panthers defense: overall (4) 2 Nigerian brothers sentenced for sextortion that led to teen's death 09/05/2024 03:16pm • MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Two brothers from Nigeria were sentenced to 17 1/2 years in federal prison Thursday after pleading guilty to sexually extorting teenage boys and young men across the U.S., including a 17-year-old from Michigan who took his own life. A federal judge sentenced Samuel Ogoshi, Indonesia deports an ex-Philippine town mayor accused in Manila of cybercrimes 09/05/2024 10:48am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia on Thursday deported a dismissed Philippine town mayor accused in Manila of helping establish an illegal online gaming and scam center and evading an investigation by the Philippine Senate. Alice Guo, 34, will continue her legal process in Manila, according to a With charges and sanctions, US takes aim at Russian disinformation ahead of November election 09/04/2024 09:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration seized Kremlin-run websites and charged two Russian state media employees in its most sweeping effort yet to push back against what it says are Russian attempts to spread disinformation ahead of the November presidential election. The measures, which in a North Carolina musician arrested, accused of Artificial Intelligence-assisted fraud caper 09/04/2024 06:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A North Carolina musician was arrested and charged Wednesday with using artificial intelligence to create hundreds of thousands of songs that he streamed billions of times to collect over $10 million in royalty payments, authorities in New York said. Michael Smith, 52, of Cornelius ‘Fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin will compete on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ amid deportation battle 09/04/2024 05:37pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anna Sorokin, the con artist who was convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely building a reputation as a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey, has found her newest venture: “Dancing With the Stars.” Described as the “notorious ankle bracel A missing 13-year-old wound up in adult jail after lying about her name and age, a prosecutor says 09/04/2024 04:18pm • ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — A 13-year-old Pittsburgh-area girl who was reported missing early last month spent time with adult inmates at a Pennsylvania jail after she lied to authorities about her age and identity following a shoplifting arrest, a prosecutor said. Someone at the Beaver County jail even Editorial Roundup: United States 09/03/2024 06:28pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 30 The Washington Post says as EV sales stall, focus on hybrids The recent announcement by Ford Motor Co. that it was abandoning plans to roll out a large electric SUV seems like another warning flag that the early electric v Man arrested at Trump rally in Pennsylvania wanted to hang a protest banner, police say 09/03/2024 05:33pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man arrested last week at a Pennsylvania rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had hoped to hang a banner to protest Trump's policies, Johnstown's police chief said Tuesday. Authorities announced that misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and resisti No such thing as free money: TikTok trend leads to huge consequences 09/03/2024 02:55pm • There is no such thing as free money, and people who tried the latest viral trend on the social media platform TikTok are learning that lesson the hard way. People were reportedly going to Chase ATMs, depositing checks and immediately withdrawing the cash. The checks were fake, however, meanin Prosecutors probe allegations of fake voter rolls in Switzerland's vaunted direct democracy 09/03/2024 02:37pm • GENEVA (AP) — Swiss federal prosecutors said Tuesday they have ordered house searches and interrogations as part of an investigation into possible electoral fraud after an advocacy group unearthed thousands of fake signatures on voter rolls. The allegation that malfeasance that could have skewed r It’s not just you. More weird spam is popping up on Facebook 09/03/2024 01:17pm • New York (CNN) — If a strange photo has recently stopped you in your tracks while scrolling your Facebook feed, you’re not alone. Users who once came to Facebook to connect with friends and family are increasingly complaining of random, spammy, junk content — much of it apparently generated China-linked 'Spamouflage' network mimics Americans online to sway US political debate 09/03/2024 12:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — When he first emerged on social media, the user known as Harlan claimed to be a New Yorker and an Army veteran who supported Donald Trump for president. Harlan said he was 29, and his profile picture showed a smiling, handsome young man. A few months later, Harlan underwent a tr Fake engineer: A top South African railway official is sentenced to prison for forged qualifications 09/03/2024 10:58am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A former top official at South Africa's state-owned passenger railway company received a 15-year concurrent prison sentence on Tuesday for faking his engineering qualifications and other cases of fraud. Daniel Mtimkulu, 49, resigned as the head of engineering at the Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge's decision to block X nationwide 09/03/2024 12:05am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court panel on Monday unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X nationwide, according to the court’s website. The broader support among justices undermines the effort by Musk and his