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New Jersey gambling revenue up nearly 14%, but most casinos still trail pre-pandemic levels 07/14/2023 03:34pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) �� New Jersey's casinos, horse tracks that take sports bets, and the online partners of both those types of gambling won more than $457 million in June, an increase of nearly 14% from a year earlier. But the key metric for Atlantic City's nine casinos �� the amount of mone

Online, 'unalive' means death or suicide. Experts say it might help kids discuss those things 07/14/2023 09:56am • When Emily Litman was in middle school, kids whose parents grounded them would blithely lament: ��I just want to die." Now she's a middle school teacher in New Jersey, and when her students' phones and TikTok access are taken away, their out-loud whining has a 21st-century digital twist: ��I feel

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

Andrew Tate sues his accusers in human trafficking case 07/13/2023 04:44pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) �� Controversial social media personality Andrew Tate and his brother are suing a Florida woman, saying she falsely accused them of imprisoning her in Romania, leading to their arrest there on human trafficking charges. The widely followed former professional kickboxer an

Mississippi man accused of making antisemitic calls to Pennsylvania businesses and synagogues 07/13/2023 04:19pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) �� A Mississippi man was arrested on felony charges accusing him of targeting Pennsylvanian synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses by calling them �� some as many as 15 times �� and making antisemitic threats. Donavon Parish, 28, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was charged on June

Phone of man who killed 3 at Indiana mall had Hitler photos, `extremely graphic' videos of killings 07/13/2023 03:32pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) �� The cellphone of a 20-year-old man who fatally shot three people last year at an Indianapolis-area mall contained photos of Adolf Hitler, Nazi propaganda, firearms and ��extremely graphic" videos of previous mass killings, police said Thursday. Police said the FBI found nothin

In ��Oppenheimer,�� Christopher Nolan builds a thrilling, serious blockbuster for adults 07/13/2023 01:55pm • NEW YORK (AP) �� Christopher Nolan has never been one to take the easy or straightforward route while making a movie. He shoots on large-format film with large, cumbersome cameras to get the best possible cinematic image. He prefers practical effects over computer-generated ones and real locations

In ��Oppenheimer,�� Christopher Nolan builds a thrilling, serious blockbuster for adults 07/13/2023 09:43am • NEW YORK (AP) �� Christopher Nolan has never been one to take the easy or straightforward route. He shoots on large-format film with cumbersome cameras. He prefers practical effects and real locations �� even when that means recreating an atomic explosion in the harsh winds of the New Mexico dese

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

Influencer arrested over TikTok video satirizing wealthy Emiratis in Dubai shows limits on freedoms 07/13/2023 01:07am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) �� An online influencer has been arrested in Dubai over a satirical TikTok video in which he portrays a brash Emirati on a spending spree inside a luxury car showroom. The comedic sketch, in which he tosses stacks of bills at bewildered employees and offers to buy

How to Write a Recommendation Letter (With Templates and Samples) 07/12/2023 08:00pm • In today's job search climate, applicants are looking for ways to stand out from the crowd more than ever. Because hiring managers can use the internet to research candidates and wade through their personal and professional history easily, they can be more selective about whom they interview. It's t

3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say 07/12/2023 05:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) �� Three large tax preparation firms sent ��extraordinarily sensitive�� information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years, a group of congressional Democrats reported on Wednesday. They say some of that data was the

In '20 Days in Mariupol' documentary, the horrors of war are illuminated 07/12/2023 09:34am • Associated Press video journalist Mstyslav Chernov had just broken out of Mariupol after covering the first 20 days of the Russian invasion of the Ukrainian city and was feeling guilty about leaving. He and his colleagues, photographer Evgeniy Maloletka and producer Vasilisa Stepanenko, had been the

Bulgari apologizes to China for listing Taiwan as a country after online backlash 07/12/2023 06:28am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) �� Bulgari has become the latest international brand to apologize to China after listing Taiwan as a country on its website. China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its territory, and both the government and Chinese internet users have a history of scolding or boycotting international

'Why am I getting threats... seriously, your porn?': Va. state senator sparks outrage with age-verification law 07/12/2023 04:32am • A new age-verification law in Virginia has turned the porn industry in the Commonwealth on its head �� disrupting tens of thousands of users from their adult content and causing PornHub to retaliate by ending its services in the state. Virginia State Sen. Bill Stanley wrote the legislation that