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Movie Review: ‘Joy Ride’ is a cheerfully gross-out comedy that soars, thanks to a terrific cast 07/06/2023 06:24pm • If you’re like me, there comes a moment of truth in raunchy film comedies when you decide whether to fully join in the fun — or ride it out on the fence. It often comes in a key early comic scene. Can they pull it off? If so you’ll be putty in their hands for two hours, ready to chuckle along Former New York Mayor de Blasio and wife announce separation, but not divorce 07/05/2023 12:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, are separating but not divorcing after 29 years of a marriage that helped lift de Blasio into the mayor's job. McCray, 68, confirmed the separation in a text to The Associated Press after The New York Times publish The top 10 best new TV series of 2023 07/03/2023 09:16am • Are you looking for a new show to watch now that “Succession,” “Barry" and “Ted Lasso" are over? WTOP's Jason Fraley counted down the best new TV series so far in 2023 . There's one rule -- the show must have aired episodes of its first season this year, so you unfortunately won't find Bogus online reviews are targeted by US regulators with new, proposed bans 06/30/2023 01:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are looking to crack down on fake reviews and other deceptive internet practices. The Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule Friday that would ban paying for reviews, suppressing honest reviews, selling fake social media engagement and more. Businesses wo Aces pull away for 98-81 victory over Liberty in the first meeting of star-studded WNBA teams 06/30/2023 01:05am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 18 points and the Las Vegas Aces routed the New York Liberty 98-81 on Thursday night in the first meeting between two of the top teams in the WNBA. It was the seventh consecutive win for the Aces (14-1), who have been nearly unstoppable this season on offense, a Collier makes go-ahead jumper in overtime, Lynx beat Storm 99-97 06/30/2023 12:49am • SEATTLE (AP) — Napheesa Collier made a go-ahead jumper with 1.8 seconds left in overtime and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Seattle Storm 99-97 on Thursday night to spoil Jewell Loyd's first career 40-point game. After Collier won a jump ball with 19 seconds left in overtime, rookie Diamond Miller ma How AI Could Spark the Next Financial Crisis 06/29/2023 08:00pm • The prospect of artificial intelligence has long been visible at the edges of the cultural horizon. For decades, the promises and pitfalls of AI have been entertained in sci-fi films and literature, serving as captivating thought experiments for how a digital intelligence could help or hurt humanity Nebraska lawmaker sues conservative PAC for defamation, says online attacks led to threats 06/29/2023 04:09pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska lawmaker is suing a conservative political action committee for defamation, saying the group targeted her with online attacks that led to violent threats against her and her transgender child. Omaha Sen. Megan Hunt sued the Nebraska Freedom Coalition and three of its Migrants in Mexico fall victim to rampant scams on their way to the US 06/29/2023 01:00pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Latin American migrants making their often-arduous journey to the United States frequently fall victim to scams that can amount to thousands of dollars in losses paid to fraudulent businesses that spread disinformation and prey on the vulnerable. The scammers range from human tr 2 more Connecticut officers fired for mistreating Randy Cox after he was paralyzed in a police van 06/28/2023 08:30pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two more Connecticut police officers were fired Wednesday for what officials called their misconduct and lack of compassion in how they treated Richard “Randy” Cox after he was paralyzed in the back of a police van last year. New Haven police commissioners voted 5-0 to d BBC News effort tries to popularize new reporting methods, boost transparency 06/28/2023 04:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The BBC is more aggressively bringing “open source” reporting and efforts to expose disinformation to its day-to-day reporting, a move that signals a potential shift in journalism's embrace of new technology. The just-announced creation of a new BBC Verify unit is also an attem Dozens in 16 states charged with health care fraud schemes, including $1.9B in bogus claims 06/28/2023 03:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged dozens of people in several health care fraud and prescription drug schemes, including one totaling $1.9 billion and a doctor accused of ordering fake ankle braces for a patient whose leg had been amputated, officials said Wednesday. The scheme Man who tried to have his child-porn victim killed is headed to prison 06/28/2023 09:15am • CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison after exchanging sexually explicit videos and images with a 13-year-old New York girl and later paying $20,000 in bitcoin to have her killed, eventually calling it off. John Michael Musbach, 34, of Had 4 things you need to know about marijuana retail sales in Maryland 06/28/2023 04:45am • On July 1, Maryland joins D.C. and Virginia in legalizing recreational marijuana — but unlike those other jurisdictions, a regulated and functional retail market for marijuana will also open up. "It's going to be extremely busy," said Brandon Barksdale, the co-CEO of Remedy, a marijuana dispens California man gets prison for nearly $9M phony cow manure-to-green energy investment scheme 06/27/2023 09:09pm • FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A California man is going to prison for running a cow dung-to-green energy scheme that authorities say was a load of manure. Ray Brewer, 66, of Porterville was sentenced Monday to six years and nine months in federal prison in a years-long scam that bilked investors out of