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Today in History: September 2, Japan surrenders to end World War II 09/02/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 2, the 246th day of 2024. There are 120 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. Also on this date: In 1666, the Great Fire of London beg Philippine authorities detain more than 160 people over suspected cybercrime operation 09/01/2024 09:22pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� Philippine authorities raided a suspected illegal online gaming and cyberscam complex in a central province and took into custody more than 160 people ��� mostly Chinese and Indonesians ��� who were committing internet-based crimes, officials said Sunday. The raid on Sat Maryland data center conference gets caught up in power line controversy 08/31/2024 10:26pm • Dozens of noisy protesters greeted the business leaders, elected officials, union members and other interested parties who were gathered at Frederick Community College Thursday for a conference on data centers in Maryland. The demonstrators were there to express outrage over a proposed power tran How did we get pumpkin spice everything? 08/31/2024 04:30am • New York (CNN) — Nothing says fall like a pumpkin spice latte. And over the past decade, that sentiment now includes baking pumpkin spice muffins, pouring pumpkin spice booze, lighting a pumpkin spice candle, throwing a pumpkin spice dog treat and, yes, even taking out pumpkin spice trash bags Brazil blocks Musk���s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge 08/31/2024 12:35am • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Brazil started blocking Elon Musk���s social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app after the company refused to comply with a judge���s order. X missed a deadline imposed by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Mor Trump courts conservative male influencers to try to reach younger men 08/31/2024 12:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� At first glance, there's little that a 78-year-old former president and a 23-year-old internet personality might have in common. Donald Trump admitted in a recent appearance on Adin Ross' show that he only ���more or less��� understood livestreaming, the publishing of live video Israel-Hamas war latest: The Israeli military strikes Jenin on Day 3 of its West Bank raid 08/30/2024 09:56pm • The Israeli military struck the West Bank city of Jenin on Friday, the third day of heavy fighting in the Palestinian territory. The Israeli military said it struck Palestinian militants and killed a senior Hamas commander in the city. Such airstrikes, while common over the months-long Israel-Hamas Child abuse images removed from AI image-generator training source, researchers say 08/30/2024 08:10pm • Artificial intelligence researchers said Friday they have deleted more than 2,000 web links to suspected child sexual abuse imagery from a dataset used to train popular AI image-generator tools. The LAION research dataset is a huge index of online images and captions that���s been a source for leadi A Palestinian TikTok star who shared details of Gaza life under siege is killed by Israeli airstrike 08/30/2024 04:41pm • CAIRO (AP) ��� It was another day of war in Gaza, another day of what 19-year-old Palestinian TikTok star Medo Halimy called his ���Tent Life." As he often did in videos documenting life's mundane absurdities in the enclave, Halimy on Monday walked to his local internet cafe ��� rather, a tent with In Senegal���s thriving hip-hop scene, this beatmaker insists women have a seat at the table 08/30/2024 10:59am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� In a classroom at the House of Urban Culture, tucked away in the narrow streets of Dakar, Senegal, Aminata Thiam claps her hands in time with a beat she created on her computer. ���You just have to find the loop that you want. Cut it, duplicate the sample, and then add your How one Brazilian judge could suspend Elon Musk's X 08/30/2024 06:16am • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� It's a showdown between the world's richest man and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice. The justice, Alexandre de Moraes, has threatened to suspend social media giant X nationwide if its billionaire owner Elon Musk doesn't swiftly comply with one of his orders. Musk has responded w Massachusetts man charged after allegedly triggering explosion in his Chicago dorm 08/29/2024 08:05pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� A Massachusetts man has been charged with engaging in a scheme to cover up efforts to develop bomb-making skills after triggering an explosion last year in his dorm at the University of Chicago, federal investigators said Thursday. Aram Brunson, 21, of Newton, is also charged with ma 15 Second-Round Interview Questions: Sample Answers and Advice 08/29/2024 08:00pm • If you've been invited back for a second interview, congratulations. But don't celebrate just yet: For the next round in the interview process, prepare for the hiring team to take a deeper look at your experience and pose behavioral or situational questions to determine how you'd handle certain scen Spain���s leader in Senegal concludes West Africa tour aimed at tackling irregular migration 08/29/2024 02:51pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S��nchez met with Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday to conclude his trip through three West African nations aimed at tackling irregular migration to Spain���s Canary Islands. The two leaders signed agreements to promote tempor Flexible workspace in DC lets you house your business, work, live and play all within steps of one another 08/29/2024 08:50am • The days of working in an office from 9 to 5, Monday through Friday, have dwindled since the pandemic sent workers running from their headquarters and buildings. Meantime, on-demand workspaces have been increasing and evolving. In 2023,��nearly 4 million people used coworking spaces, many