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New Jersey governor considers 5-year extension of internet gambling 06/30/2023 05:36pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ��� A bill to extend internet gambling in New Jersey for another five years is in the hands of Gov. Phil Murphy, following its approval Friday by the state Legislature. The measure was approved by the state Assembly and Senate with minimal opposition from lawmakers, and now goes t 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 What to stream this weekend: 'The Bachelorette,' Idris Elba, The Weeknd, Sarah Snook and 'Jack Ryan' 06/30/2023 11:38am • John Krasinski makes his final bow in season four of ���Tom Clancy���s Jack Ryan,��� a new album from Lucinda Williams and the debut of the mystery video game Crime O���Clock are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Among the offerings worth your time as sel Back Pain Relief and Management 06/29/2023 08:00pm • Back pain is one of the most common ailments among Americans. At least 80% of adults will have some severe low back pain episode in their lifetimes, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Of those who suffer from back pain, about 8% of adults experience persistent or ch 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 Virginia Daybook 06/29/2023 04:29pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Thursday, Jun. 29. 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 St Mid Atlantic Daybook 06/29/2023 04:29pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Thursday, Jun. 29. 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. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 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 How's the weather up there? It'll be harder for Alaska to tell as a longtime program goes off air 06/29/2023 11:00am • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ��� Before Morris Nashoanak heads out for days in search of bearded seals, beluga whales or salmon, he catches the weather on TV. But it's not the weather segment from a local TV station ��� there isn't one. Instead, it's a program designed for those living in rural and largel Recapping the revolt in Russia, through the words of 4 presidents and a mutinous warlord 06/29/2023 12:09am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� Civil war. An evil that must be stopped. Fratricide. A bug about to be squashed. The dramatic weekend rebellion by a mercenary warlord in Russia that challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin was punctuated by dramatic language from the key protagonists ��� and some long si Internet gambling would be given 5 more years under latest change in New Jersey 06/28/2023 08:26pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� Internet gambling in New Jersey would be allowed to take place for at least five more years under the latest proposal by state lawmakers. On Wednesday evening, legislators abandoned a move they made a day earlier to drastically cut the extension of internet casino gambl 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 2,700 people tricked into working for cybercrime syndicates rescued in Philippines 06/28/2023 04:39am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� Philippine police backed by commandos staged a massive raid on Tuesday and said they rescued more than 2,700 workers from China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and more than a dozen other countries who were allegedly swindled into working for fraudulent online gamin New Jersey casinos want 10 more years of internet gambling, but NJ may only approve for 2 more 06/27/2023 06:09pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ��� New Jersey's casinos want to expand the state's tops-in-the-nation internet gambling market for another 10 years, but state lawmakers may only approve it for an additional two years. A state Assembly committee approved a bill Tuesday that originally would have allowed online c Honduras copies El Salvador's playbook in anti-gang crackdown 06/27/2023 05:52pm • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) ��� A crackdown in Honduras on gangs in the nation���s prisons is eerily similar to one carried out last year in neighboring El Salvador by President Nayib Bukele, observers said Tuesday. Like authorities in El Salvador, police in Honduras who launched a prison sweep Mond