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Virginia Daybook 07/17/2023 04:31pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Monday, Jul. 17. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. To see your Daybooks and events for Virginia and other Stat How to Invest Money to Make Money 07/16/2023 08:00pm • Several behavioral patterns emerge among investors again and again, in my experience as an advisor. One happens with people who understand the need to diversify to reduce risk and, over time, increase the chances of a better return. However, despite that "head knowledge," plenty of those investors s How a Reston-based charity is helping kids battling cancer stay connected with friends and family 07/16/2023 07:15am • Hopecam, a nonprofit charity organization from Reston, Virginia, is marking its 20th anniversary of helping young pediatric cancer patients keep in touch with their friends and classmates. Founded in 2003, Hopecam connects children with their loved ones over video calls. The program now reaches k Efforts to deceive are a top concern among state election officials heading into 2024 07/15/2023 07:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Efforts to deceive the public about voting and elections remain a top concern for state election officials as they dig into preparations for the 2024 election. Misinformation and the emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools to create false and misleading content were A new bar in Dubai is offering 'gourmet water' infused with minerals to 'suit your mood' 07/15/2023 02:03am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� First, it was the banana-randomberry-wheat grass smoothies. Then the cold brew, triple-shot, something-milk lattes, the German-word craft beers, the small-batch, barrel-aged Prohibition cocktails. Now a new bar in Dubai, the Middle Eastern hub of all things cutti GOP attorneys general shift the battle over affirmative action to the workplace 07/14/2023 06:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Thirteen Republican state attorneys general are cautioning CEOs of the 100 biggest U.S. companies on the legal consequences for using race as a factor in hiring and employment practices, demonstrating how the Supreme Court���s recent ruling dismantling affirmative action in higher ORBIE Leadership Award recipient Aaron Weis on building well-rounded teams and what���s next in tech 07/14/2023 06:00am • This year���s Leadership Award recipient for the 2023 Capital ORBIE Awards has had a career full of achievements. He���s a sought-after global IT professional who works quickly to right things in organizations that need help. He���s helped lead companies through initial public offerings and built hi Stock market today: Asian shares buoyed by Wall Street's winning week as inflation eases 07/14/2023 12:31am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Asian shares surged Friday after Wall Street's winning streak barreled into a fourth day, buoyed by the latest signal that inflation may be easing. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.2% in morning trading to 32,493.82. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.9% to 7,309.50. South Korea ChatGPT-maker OpenAI signs deal with AP to license news stories 07/13/2023 11:38pm • ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and The Associated Press said Thursday that they've made a deal for the artificial intelligence company to license AP's archive of news stories. ���The arrangement sees OpenAI licensing part of AP���s text archive, while AP will leverage OpenAI���s technology and product expe Little-known but efficient, a different way to heat and cool your house 07/13/2023 08:07am • Summers are famously humid in New York State, but life in the Maioli household has gotten more comfortable since the couple installed a new heating and cooling system ��� one that isn't well known yet in the U.S. ���My wife is pretty happy because in the summer we can keep it to as cold as we like, Google rolls out AI chatbot Bard to Europe and Brazil and adds more features 07/13/2023 07:30am • LONDON (AP) ��� Google said Thursday that it's rolling out its AI-powered chatbot Bard across Europe and in Brazil, expanding its availability to hundreds of millions more users. The company also said it's adding more features to Bard as it scrambles to keep up with rival Microsoft ��� which uses O Chinese hackers breached State Dept., other government email on eve of Blinken visit, officials say 07/12/2023 10:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� State-backed Chinese hackers foiled Microsoft's cloud-based security in hacking the email accounts of officials at multiple U.S. agencies that deal with China ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to Beijing last month, officials said Wednesday. The surgical, targeted Dentist accused of poisoning wife searched online for ways to get away with murder, police say 07/12/2023 08:58pm • CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) ��� Shortly after beginning an affair, a Colorado dentist accused of killing his wife searched online for answers to questions such as ���is arsenic detectable in an autopsy?��� and ���how to make murder look like a heart attack," police said. Days later, James Craig's wife, A Insider Secrets to Booking Cheap Airfare 07/12/2023 08:00pm • Gas and other oil product prices have come down and stabilized in 2023, a welcomed relief after the price volatility in 2022. In June of 2022, the average price per gallon of regular gas hit a high of $5.01, while this year it's sitting around $3.50. Even as gas prices drop, you may still consider c Lawsuit by Buffalo supermarket shooting victims pins blame on Facebook, Amazon and other tech giants 07/12/2023 06:32pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) ��� Tech and social media giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google bear responsibility for radicalizing the Buffalo supermarket shooter, who was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online, the victim���s relatives said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. ���They were the