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'Crisis pregnancy centers' sue Massachusetts for campaign targeting their anti-abortion practices 08/29/2024 12:08am • BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey launched a $1 million taxpayer-funded initiative in June designed to discourage people from seeking help from “crisis pregnancy centers” that are typically religiously affiliated and counsel clients against having abortions. The campaign includes a Russia bans 92 more Americans from the country, including journalists 08/28/2024 11:20pm • MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Foreign Ministry announced 92 additions Wednesday to its list of Americans banned from entering the country, including some journalists who formerly worked in Russia, and law enforcement and business people. A ministry statement said the bans were imposed “in response to Brazil top court threatens to suspend X operations in latest twist of ongoing feud 08/28/2024 09:40pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday threatened to shut down the local operations of X, formerly Twitter, unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names a legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours. The order from Justice Alexandre de Moraes is the latest developm California advances landmark legislation to regulate large AI models 08/28/2024 08:40pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Efforts in California to establish first-in-the-nation safety measures for the largest artificial intelligence systems cleared an important vote Wednesday that could pave the way for U.S. regulations on the technology evolving at warp speed. The proposal, aiming to reduc 2 men from Europe charged with 'swatting' plot targeting former US president and members of Congress 08/28/2024 05:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A former U.S. president and several members of Congress were targets of a plot carried out by two European men to intimidate and threaten dozens of people by calling in bogus reports of police emergencies at their homes, according to court records unsealed on Wednesday. Thomasz S Telegram founder Pavel Durov's various citizenships add to the mystery of his detention 08/28/2024 04:33pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Over more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships, something that's only added to the mystery surrounding his detention in France. Those passports provided Pavel Durov protection after he create Defense attorneys in Arizona's fake elector case call prosecutors politically motivated 08/28/2024 01:39pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys representing Republicans accused of scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential race in Arizona argued Tuesday that prosecutors were politically motivated in seeking a grand jury indictment against their clients. Their charges came on the a second day of a he Concert venues call out Yelp for 'empowering' fake and price-gouged concert tickets 08/28/2024 09:49am • If you're looking to buy concert tickets online, Yelp will no longer refer you to a ticket reseller, after a letter from the National Independent Venue Association called on Yelp to stop "empowering the sale of fake and price-gouged tickets." In a letter to Yelp's CEO, NIVA executive director Ste Robert F. Kennedy Jr., West approved for ballot in Wisconsin after attempts to oust them fail 08/27/2024 04:04pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Tuesday to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the presidential ballot, despite his request to be removed, and also rejected a Democratic attempt to oust independent candidate Cornel West. A move by Democratic elections commissioners to keep Review: 'Only Murders in the Building' off to a killer start to Season 4 as the trio travels to Hollywood 08/27/2024 01:33pm • Fourth seasons of sitcoms are often their funniest from "Seinfeld" (The Contest) to "The Office" (The Fun Run), from "The Simpsons" (Mr. Plow) to "Cheers" (the arrival of Woody Harrelson). Maybe we need a little time to get to know the characters. Maybe we need a few seasons to embrace the uniqu Fake online reviews and testimonials are a headache for small businesses. They hope the FTC can help 08/27/2024 12:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Online reviews and testimonials are a key way that small businesses can attract new customers and boost sales of products. But fake reviews and testimonials have been a persistent problem for small businesses, many of whom rely on recommendations for business. Fake reviews can make Rudy Giuliani did nothing illegal in Arizona's fake elector case, his lawyer says 08/26/2024 07:09pm • PHOENIX (AP) — A lawyer for Rudy Giuliani said Monday that the charges against his client in Arizona’s fake elector case should be thrown out because Giuliani did nothing criminal in contesting Joe Biden’s narrow 2020 victory in the state over Donald Trump. An indictment said Giuliani spread f Social platform X edits AI chatbot after election officials warn that it spreads misinformation 08/26/2024 05:52pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The social media platform X has made a change to its AI chatbot after five secretaries of state warned it was spreading election misinformation. Top election officials from Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Washington sent a letter this month to Elon Musk complaining Marketing exec wants to shift Verizon's transactional image into one more tied to people's lives 08/26/2024 09:53am • NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Communications has long enjoyed its position as the leading provider of mobile services in the U.S. But a new trend of price-conscious customers holding onto their old phones has hurt the bottom line for telecom companies seeking to capitalize off the sale of new mobile pho Bryce Young oversees opening-drive TD in brief preseason debut, and Panthers beat Bills 31-26 08/24/2024 06:18pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bryce Young made Panthers coach Dave Canales’ decision easy in determining how long he was going to keep the Panthers' starting offense on the field in their preseason finale at Buffalo on Saturday. All it took to reassure the coach his quarterback was ready, was watchi