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Sports, internet bets near-record levels in New Jersey, but 5 of 9 casinos trail pre-pandemic levels 10/16/2023 08:49pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., (AP) — Sports betting and internet gambling were at near-record levels in New Jersey in September, and nearly half of the Atlantic City casinos won more money from in-person gamblers than they did in September 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. But the encouraging numbers rel Montgomery Co. schools changes promotion process after former principal was promoted while under investigation 10/16/2023 06:36pm • Montgomery County Public Schools says it's changing the process it uses to promote administrators, after an investigation into how a principal was promoted while facing harassment and bullying allegations unveiled several missteps. In a document sent to school staff last week titled "A Framework The Supreme Court orders makers of gun parts to comply with rules on ghost guns 10/16/2023 05:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ordered two internet sellers of gun parts to comply with a Biden administration regulation aimed at ghost guns, firearms that are difficult to trace because they lack serial numbers. The court had intervened once before, by a 5-4 vote in August, to Can AI Pick Stocks? A Look at AI Investing 10/15/2023 08:00pm • Artificial intelligence has the potential to make people's lives easier with personalized product recommendations, meal plans and quicker access to relevant information. Investing is not immune: Some investors are turning to new AI tools for stock picks and advice on how to manage their portfolios. Palestinian mother fears for her children as she wonders about the future after evacuating Gaza City 10/15/2023 12:09pm • LONDON (AP) — Najla Shawa and her family are safe for now after fleeing their home in Gaza City, but she’s worried she may never be able to return. Shawa, a Gaza native who works for the international aid group Oxfam, is sheltering with her husband, two daughters and about 50 others at a compoun Israel-Hamas war upends China's ambitions in the Middle East but may serve Beijing in the end 10/15/2023 10:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) — In June, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted the Palestinian president in Beijing and invited the Israeli prime minister for an official state visit. Benjamin Netanyahu accepted, and China was on track for a bigger role in the region. Then came the Hamas attack against Israel, wh What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits 10/15/2023 09:13am • If government regulators prevail against Google in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century, it's likely to unleash drastic changes that will undermine the dominance of a search engine that defines the internet for billions of people. As the 10-week trial probing Google's business pract Palestinian Americans watch with dread as family members in Gaza struggle to stay alive 10/14/2023 10:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — For the unforeseeable future, Laila El-Haddad has one mission: to get the voices of her fellow Palestinians, along with their pleas for help, out to the rest of the world. From her home office in Columbia, Maryland, El-Haddad frantically juggled phone calls this week from journalis What to know in the latest Israel-Hamas war 10/14/2023 12:57am • JERUSALEM (AP) — More than a million people in the northern Gaza Strip have been ordered to evacuate to the south as the latest Israel-Hamas war entered its seventh day Friday and Israel appeared to be preparing a ground offensive. Hamas urged residents to stay put. The orders sent panic through c Diamondbacks thriving in postseason atmosphere. Another hostile one awaits for NLCS in Philly 10/13/2023 07:37pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Merrill Kelly surfed the internet to find a few tickets, threw on a hoodie and hat so he wouldn't be recognized and took his brother Reid to Game 3 of the World Series at Citizens Bank Park last year, where the two watched Philadelphia hit five homers in a 7-0 win against Houston. K Palestinians in Gaza face impossible choice: Stay home under airstrikes, or flee under airstrikes? 10/13/2023 06:55pm • GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Watching the pulverized alleys of Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza empty of people, Naji Jamal was frozen with indecision. Should he heed the Israeli army's demand that all Palestinians evacuate and make the risky trip to Gaza's south, where his only certainty wa Some want to grant temporary House speaker more power as Republican gridlock stalls Congress 10/13/2023 12:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) — When Rep. Patrick McHenry took the House speaker’s gavel for the first time, he slammed it down with such force at adjournment that it gained viral internet attention as the defining image of a House in turmoil. But since his abrupt appointment as speaker pro tempore last week Live updates | Day 6 of the latest Israel-Hamas war 10/12/2023 09:49pm • The Israeli military prepared for a possible ground invasion in Gaza on Thursday as it pounded the tiny coastal strip in retaliation for the unprecedented weekend attack on Israel by the militant group Hamas. In a deliberate show of support for Israel, a U.S. official confirmed that Defense Secreta 7 of the Best Long-Term Stocks to Buy 10/12/2023 08:00pm • Wall Street can sometimes turn on a dime, making yesterday's darlings into tomorrow's dogs. Remember the short-lived hype around 3D printing? How about the "Internet of Things?" And where are all of the promised self-driving cars? These disruptive technologies are still around or in the works, to be The IRS is Going Paperless: Here's How That Will Change Your Taxes 10/12/2023 08:00pm • The world is becoming increasingly digital, and soon, taxes will be no exception. In an effort to modernize tax filing, the IRS is working to be paperless by 2025. "The IRS paperless processing initiative aims to streamline and modernize the tax-filing process by eliminating paper forms and enabling