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US expresses concerns over Sri Lanka's controversial internet regulation law 01/25/2024 07:58pm • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� The United States expressed concerns over Sri Lanka's online regulation bill Thursday, a day after it passed overwhelmingly in Parliament over protests by the media, opposition and rights activists. The Online Safety bill allows the government to set up a commission with Biden returns to a deteriorating Wisconsin bridge for an election-year pitch on policy achievements 01/25/2024 06:46pm • SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) ��� President Joe Biden returned to the deteriorating John A. Blatnik Memorial Bridge on Thursday to make the case that his administration is following through on its pledge to fix the critical link between the port cities of Superior, Wisconsin and Duluth, Minnesota. Biden, who GM's Cruise robotaxi service targeted in Justice Department inquiry into San Francisco collision 01/25/2024 06:22pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� General Motors is facing a U.S. Justice Department investigation into a gruesome collision that critically injured a pedestrian and derailed its self-driving car ambitions. The Justice Department inquiry disclosed in a report Thursday is the latest twist in a debacle that bega Lorrie Moore and Naomi Klein among nominees for National Book Critics Circle awards 01/25/2024 02:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Lorrie Moore, Naomi Klein and the Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji are among the finalists for National Book Critics Circle awards. Honorary prizes are going to Judy Blume and to a longtime ally of Blume's in the fight against book bans, the American Library Association. On Thursday, the A fire in China's Jiangxi province kills at least 39 people, state media says 01/25/2024 12:57am • BEIJING (AP) ��� A fire broke out in a commercial building in China���s southeastern Jiangxi province on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people and injuring nine others, state media said. Officials for the Yushui district of Jiangxi province said that the fire broke out in the basement of a shopping Sri Lanka passes bill allowing government to remove online posts and legally pursue internet users 01/24/2024 09:59pm • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Sri Lanka���s parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved an internet regulation bill that was highly criticized as a move to stifle speech in an election year while the Indian Ocean island nation copes with an economic crisis that required an international bailout. T The Best Time to Buy a Computer 01/24/2024 07:00pm • Thinking of buying a new computer? If you're not in a rush, there are certain times of the year that are best to buy one. According to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which hosts the popular Consumer Electronics Show, American retail sales of consumer tech -- like computers and laptops -- Florida House passes a bill to ban social media accounts for children under 16 01/24/2024 06:18pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida children under the age of 16 would be banned from popular social media platforms regardless of parent approval under a bill passed by the House on Wednesday, a measure that is the top priority for the chamber's speaker. The bill doesn't list which platforms would b First Internet: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/24/2024 04:56pm • FISHERS, Ind. (AP) ��� FISHERS, Ind. (AP) ��� First Internet Bancorp (INBK) on Wednesday reported net income of $4.1 million in its fourth quarter. The bank, based in Fishers, Indiana, said it had earnings of 48 cents per share. The internet bank posted revenue of $73.7 million in the period. Its re 'Barbie' Oscars snubs prompt a backlash, even from Ken (and Hillary) 01/24/2024 04:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� ���Barbie��� was the biggest hit of 2023, the highest-grossing movie ever directed by a woman and a bona fide cultural sensation that turned movie theaters pink and left a still-going trail of think pieces in the wake of Greta Gerwig's feminist fantasia. But while ���Barbie��� rece Philadelphia-area woman charged with torturing and killing animals live on the internet 01/24/2024 02:29pm • UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) ��� A Philadelphia-area woman has been charged with animal cruelty after police allege videos she posted show her torturing and killing animals while soliciting encouragement on social media. Anigar Monsee, 28, of Upper Darby, was charged with four felony counts of aggravated c Artist-dissident Ai Weiwei gets 'incorrect' during an appearance at The Town Hall in Manhattan 01/23/2024 11:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist and dissident who believes it his job to be ���incorrect,��� was hard at work Tuesday night during an appearance at The Town Hall in Manhattan. ���I really like to make trouble,��� Ai said during a 50-minute conversation-sparring match with author-int Netflix: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/23/2024 04:06pm • LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) ��� LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) ��� Netflix Inc. (NFLX) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $937.8 million. On a per-share basis, the Los Gatos, California-based company said it had profit of $2.11. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate Music Review: Green Day are once again political pop-punk 'Saviors' on new album 01/23/2024 03:58pm • Twenty years ago, the Grammy Award winning pop-punk trio Green Day released ���American Idiot��� ��� their ambitious rock opera, a treatise on a world power in decline written by a band with cultural clout and consequently, political power. (It was angry and smart, and most importantly, hook-heavy � Sri Lankan lawmakers debate controversial internet safety bill amid protests by rights groups 01/23/2024 07:00am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Sri Lankan lawmakers on Tuesday began debating a controversial internet safety bill that has been criticized by opposition politicians, journalists and rights groups as a move by the government to stifle freedom of speech. Public Security Minister Tiran Alles introduced t