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Small-town Nebraska voters remove school board member who tried to pull books from libraries 01/10/2024 06:51pm • PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) ��� Voters decided to remove a small-town Nebraska school member from office after she tried to have dozens of books pulled from school libraries. More than 1,600 Plattsmouth voters supported recalling Terri Cunningham-Swanson in a mail-in election this week. The Omaha World-H Federal lawsuit against Florida school district that banned books can move forward, judge rules 01/10/2024 06:05pm • PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) ��� A lawsuit can move forward against a Florida Panhandle school district over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities from library shelves, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell II, based in Pensacola, ruled that the writers��� gr Engine maker Cummins to repair 600,000 Ram trucks in $2 billion emissions cheating scandal 01/10/2024 04:47pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Engine maker Cummins Inc. will recall 600,000 Ram trucks as part of a settlement with federal and California authorities that also requires the company to remedy environmental damage caused by illegal software that let it skirt diesel emissions tests. New details of the settlement, Pat McAfee announces Aaron Rodgers' appearances are over for the rest of this NFL season 01/10/2024 04:15pm • Aaron Rodgers' Tuesday appearances on ���The Pat McAfee Show��� are over for the rest of this NFL season. Or possibly longer. McAfee announced at the beginning of his Wednesday show on ESPN that his fourth season of doing a weekly segment with the New York Jets quarterback had concluded. As his staf ChatGPT-maker braces for fight with New York Times and authors on 'fair use' of copyrighted works 01/10/2024 04:05pm • A barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products that wouldn't be so eloquent had they not ingested huge troves of copyrighted human works. But are AI chatbots ��� in this case, widely commercialized products m Greek prime minister says legislation allowing same-sex marriage will be presented soon 01/10/2024 03:29pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Greece's center-right government will soon submit legislation allowing same-sex civil marriages, despite reservations among its own lawmakers and the country's influential Orthodox Church, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday. But he stressed that the proposed la Secrecy surrounding the defense secretary's hospitalization has put the White House on the defensive 01/10/2024 02:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden���s administration pledged from Day One to restore truth and transparency to the federal government ��� but now it���s facing a maelstrom of criticism and credibility questions after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin���s hospitalization was kept secret for days, Former first lady Melania Trump's mother, Amalija Knavs, has died 01/10/2024 01:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Amalija Knavs, the mother of former first lady Melania Trump, has died. Trump announced the death late Tuesday without disclosing the cause. ���It is with deep sadness that I announce the passing of my beloved mother, Amalija,��� Trump wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Trial to begin for woman accused of helping to cover up killing of Connecticut mother of 5 01/10/2024 12:51pm • Michelle Troconis insists she did not know her boyfriend, Fotis Dulos, was doing anything nefarious as she watched him toss garbage bags into random bins, or as she helped him write up a timeline of their whereabouts on the day his estranged wife disappeared. Those actions, authorities allege, were More adults sought help for ADHD during pandemic, contributing to drug shortages 01/10/2024 12:23pm • Prescriptions for ADHD treatments surged among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to fuel lingering shortages that frustrate parents and doctors. New prescriptions for stimulants used to treat the condition jumped for young adults and women during a two-year window after the pandemic hit i Climate change is shrinking snowpack in many places, study shows. And it will get worse 01/10/2024 11:38am • DENVER (AP) ��� River basins around the world that were once regularly snowbound are increasingly seeing their snowpack shrink and climate change is to blame, a new study found. ���Many of the world���s most populous basins are hovering on the precipice of rapid snow declines,��� concluded the study Ken Klee happily trades Costa Rican vacation for coaching pro women's hockey team in Minnesota 01/10/2024 11:31am • Ken Klee was supposed to be vacationing with his wife and friends in sunny Costa Rica, but instead found himself wandering a Target store stocking up on the basics in the middle of a Twin Cities' winter. As trades go, the former defenseman who was dealt twice during his 14-year NHL career couldn���t Program to provide cash for pregnant women in Flint, Michigan, and families with newborns 01/10/2024 11:26am • FLINT, Mich. (AP) ��� A program aimed at helping remove families and infants in Flint, Michigan, from deep poverty will give $1,500 to women during mid-pregnancy and $500 each month throughout the first year after the birth. Enrollment opened Wednesday for Rx Kids, lauded by officials as the first o USDA estimates 21 million kids will get summer food benefits through new program in 2024 01/10/2024 09:55am • Nearly 21 million children in the U.S. and its territories are expected to receive food benefits this summer through a newly permanent federal program, the United States Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. Thirty-five states, all five U.S. territories and four tribes opted into the Summe AI-powered misinformation is the world's biggest short-term threat, Davos report says 01/10/2024 07:34am • LONDON (AP) ��� False and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence that threatens to erode democracy and polarize society is the top immediate risk to the global economy, the World Economic Forum said in a report Wednesday. In its latest Global Risks Report, the