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At age 50, National History Day keeps pushing students to seek difficult truths through research 06/13/2024 11:07am • COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) ��� It wasn't your typical trifold poster board display. High school freshman Alexandra Bui constructed a jumbo mail-order catalog replica from wooden sheets ��� an inventive, oversized way to convey her research on the Sears catalog's impact on getting consumer goods to Black 7 Best Tech ETFs to Buy in 2024 06/12/2024 08:00pm • The technology sector has had a bit of a bumpy ride in the first half of 2024. But despite a minor pullback in April, the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector Index is up 11.3% year to date. This is hardly a surprise with the rise of artificial intelligence and increasing global dependence on technology. Te 10 Best Value Stocks to Buy Now 06/12/2024 08:00pm • The stock market keeps hitting new record highs, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 posting particularly impressive gains. Investors who are nervous about chasing the momentum-heavy growth stocks up at these prices might be wondering where to put their capital to work. Interestingly, outside of the lead Book Review: 'Swole' explores what masculinity could be in a hyperconnected, TikTok-imaged world 06/12/2024 05:54pm • Author Michael Brodeur takes the gym too seriously, and not seriously at all at the same time, in his book ���Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscles��� in an effort to show the readers that the overly online world of hypermasculinity is an illusion and what a man can be is what you make Faking an honest woman: Why Russia, China and Big Tech all use faux females to get clicks 06/12/2024 06:24am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� When disinformation researcher Wen-Ping Liu looked into China's efforts to influence Taiwan's recent election using fake social media accounts, something unusual stood out about the most successful profiles. They were female, or at least that's what they appeared to be. Fake prof History at your fingertips: Learn about Olney's Oakley Cabin on your smartphone 06/11/2024 09:29pm • There's an old log cabin that survived the ravages of time, nestled beneath the towering oak trees along the banks of the Reddy Branch Stream on Brookeville Road in Olney, Maryland. Traffic whizzes by but it seems time stands still at the Oakley Cabin African American Museum and Park, where sever California lawmakers fast-track bill that would require online sellers to verify their identity 06/11/2024 07:49pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� A California bill that would require marketplaces like eBay and Nextdoor to start collecting bank accounts and tax identification numbers from high-volume sellers who advertise online but collect payments offline was fast-tracked by Democratic lawmakers with committees vo Book Review: 'Margo���s Got Money Troubles��� tells a tale of modern love and success 06/11/2024 12:33pm • The cover art and title of ���Margo���s Got Money Troubles��� don���t quite convey the wild ride readers who crack open this new fiction from Rufi Thorpe will take. There���s a reason Apple TV optioned it as a series starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning before it was even published. This is a who These candidates who won seats in the European Parliament this week aren't who you might expect 06/11/2024 02:40am • LONDON (AP) ��� He has no political experience. No high-profile endorsements. No party affiliation. What Fidias Panayiotou does have are 2.6 million followers on YouTube and more on TikTok. And now he has won a seat in the European Parliament representing Cyprus, one of several unusual candidates w Electronic voting worries security experts. Nevada touts safeguards as it expands it to tribes 06/10/2024 04:43pm • SCHURZ, Nevada (AP) ��� Members of the Walker River Paiute Tribe have watched the boundaries of their land recede over time along with the waters of the lake that are central to their identity, threatening the cultural symbol that gave the tribe its name ��� Agai Dicutta, or Trout Eaters. Not wantin Book Review: Carol LaHines' chilling novel chronicles a jilted woman���s descent into madness 06/10/2024 01:23pm • It���s no accident that the narrator of Carol LaHines���s second novel, ���The Vixen Amber Halloway,��� is a literature professor named Ophelia. That was also the name of a woman who had her heart broken and was driven to madness by the title character in Shakespeare���s ���Hamlet.��� When we first A majority of Black Americans believe US institutions are conspiring against them, a Pew poll finds 06/10/2024 12:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Most Black Americans say they���ve experienced racial discrimination regularly or from time to time, which colors how they view U.S. institutions like policing, the political system and the media, according to a study on conspiracy theories. The study released Monday by the Pew R Slovakia public broadcaster employees hold 3-hour walkout over government overhaul plans 06/10/2024 10:55am • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ��� Employees of Slovakia���s public radio and television broadcaster staged a three-hour walkout on Monday to protest a contentious overhaul of their services, a move that critics say would result in the government taking full control of the media. The coalition government Venezuela's ruling party tests its organizing efforts ahead of next month's presidential election 06/09/2024 08:11pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� With its decades-long grip on power under threat, Venezuela���s ruling party on Sunday tested a voter organizing campaign aimed at shoring up President Nicol��s Maduro's bid for a third term. The assessment followed weeks of efforts by local organizers of the United Socia 9 of the Best-Performing 401(k) Funds 06/09/2024 08:00pm • Retirement investors face a challenging conundrum when choosing the best 401(k) funds: how to discern the value for the fees you pay. High fees can only be rationalized if a fund has consistently demonstrated an ability to outperform its benchmarks over the long haul. This brings us to a central deb