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Brazil orders Google to halt campaign against speech bill 05/02/2023 06:24pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� Brazil���s Justice Ministry on Tuesday ordered Google to stop conducting what it called a propaganda campaign against Brazilian legislation aimed at curbing misinformation, or face about $200,000 per hour in fines. The company later Tuesday took down an article the ministry Match Group: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/02/2023 04:27pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� DALLAS (AP) ��� Match Group, Inc. (MTCH) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $120.8 million. The Dallas-based company said it had net income of 42 cents per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Media coalition challenges gag order again in Idaho slayings 05/02/2023 01:27pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� A coalition of 30 news organizations launched another effort Monday to get a gag order lifted in the criminal case of a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death. The coalition, which includes The Associated Press, had asked the Idaho Supreme Court ear Americans fault news media for dividing nation: AP-NORC poll 05/01/2023 02:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� When it comes to the news media and the impact it's having on democracy and political polarization in the United States, Americans are likelier to say it's doing more harm than good. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults say the news media is increasing political polarization in t Review: In 'Homegrown,' Jeffrey Toobin looks at far right 05/01/2023 12:54pm • ���Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism,��� by Jeffrey Toobin (Simon & Schuster) In the nearly three decades that have passed since the Oklahoma City bombing, one of the most chilling aspects of the attack is how Timothy McVeigh was radicalized into the domestic terror Alibaba's Jack Ma turns up in Japan as college professor 05/01/2023 02:33am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Jack Ma, a cofounder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, will be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a research institute run by the prestigious University of Tokyo, the university said Monday. Ma will carry out research in sustainable agriculture and food production, it sa Frederick historian pens book on local history 04/30/2023 09:01am • FREDERICK, Md. (AP) ��� John Ashbury jokes that his memory isn���t what it once was now that he���s reached his 80s. But you wouldn���t know that if you watched him flip through a copy of his recently published book. Every few pages, he stops. His eyes light up. And he begins to rattle off facts and Chinese who reported on COVID to be released after 3 years 04/30/2023 06:18am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Chinese authorities were preparing Sunday to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicizing videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the COVID-19 outbreak, a relative and another person familiar with his case said. Fang Bin and other members of the public Telegram app back on in Brazil after judge lifts suspension 04/29/2023 06:44pm • RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) ��� Internet providers and wireless carriers in Brazil stopped blocking Telegram on Saturday after a federal judge partially revised a ruling suspending the social media app over its failure to surrender data on neo-Nazi activity. However, the judge kept in place a daily Victim's sister tells jurors about quick funeral, remarriage 04/28/2023 09:13pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� The sister of a woman killed in what prosecutors say was a doomsday-focused plot told jurors Friday that her sister's funeral was held so quickly that some family members couldn't attend and that she was devastated when she learned her former brother-in-law remarried just a few A look at who's who in the murder trial of slain kids' mom 04/28/2023 07:48pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� Prosecutors say the mother charged in a triple murder case took part in a complex conspiracy that included unusual spiritual beliefs and efforts to kill those who stood in the way of her goals. Here, a look at the defendants and some of the witnesses in the trial of Lori Vallow Summer Movies: Indy, Barbie, 'Fast X' zooming to theaters 04/28/2023 02:20pm • The stakes are always high in the summer movie season. But even in a schedule that has heavyweights like Indiana Jones, Ariel, Ethan Hunt and Dominic Toretto vying for box office supremacy, the biggest, funniest showdown is happening on July 21. On that fateful Friday, cinephiles will be faced with Q&A: 6lack returns to music after prioritizing mental health 04/28/2023 10:11am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� 6lack was on a hot streak, dishing out Grammy-worthy work and being featured on songs with music���s elite including Elton John, Calvin Harris and J Cole. But while the singer-rapper was riding high, he neglected one important element: His mental health. As a result, 6lack���s r Guardsman in leak case wanted to kill a 'ton of people': US 04/28/2023 07:05am • WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) ��� The Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents kept an arsenal of guns and said on social media that he would like to kill a ���ton of people,��� prosecutors said in arguing Thursday that 21-year-old Jack Teixeira should rem Huawei 1Q revenue edges up, profit margin narrows 04/28/2023 06:35am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Chinese tech giant Huawei reported Friday that its revenue edged up 0.8% from a year earlier in the first three months of 2023 and the company was profitable. Revenue rose to 132.1 billion yuan ($19.1 billion), a company statement said. It said its net profit margin was 2.3%, down