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China's Alibaba must face a US toymaker's lawsuit over sales of allegedly fake Squishmallows 12/28/2023 05:27am • A judge in New York has ruled that Alibaba must face a lawsuit by a U.S. toymaker alleging that the Chinese ecommerce giant���s online platforms were used to sell counterfeit Squishmallows. Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District Court of New York refused Alibaba���s request to dismiss the case EXCLUSIVE: American prisoner Paul Whelan fears 'being left behind a third time' 12/28/2023 05:05am • On the fifth anniversary of his arrest in Moscow, American prisoner Paul Whelan is worried the U.S. government will overlook him again. During one of several phone calls to this reporter over the Christmas holiday, he said, ���At this point, the five-year mark, I'm extremely concerned about being Ni��os y adolescentes generan ingresos por m��s de $11,000 millones a las redes sociales en EEUU 12/28/2023 12:38am • Las empresas de redes sociales obtuvieron en conjunto m��s de $11,000 millones en ingresos publicitarios procedentes de menores de edad el a��o pasado en Estados Unidos, de acuerdo con un estudio de la Escuela de Salud P��blica T.H. Chan de la Universidad de Harvard publicado el mi��rcoles. Los Naomi Osaka hits practice court to prepare for her tennis return at the Brisbane International 12/27/2023 11:08pm • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) ��� Former No. 1 and new mom Naomi Osaka hit the practice court Wednesday ahead of the Brisbane International as she prepared for her much anticipated return to tennis. Osaka will make her WTA comeback at the tournament which begins Sunday at Pat Rafter Arena. A two-time Aus Va. health officials concerned about 'significant rise' in syphilis cases 12/27/2023 10:59pm • Syphilis cases in Virginia have been increasing in recent years, and state health officials are describing why it has them concerned. "We are seeing a significant rise," said Bryan Collins, assistant director of the STD prevention team at the Virginia Department of Health. Syphilis is a sexual Head-on crash kills 6 and critically injures 3 on North Texas highway 12/27/2023 08:00pm • CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) ��� A pickup truck slammed head-on into a minivan on a north Texas highway, killing six people and critically injuring three others, Texas authorities said Wednesday. The deadly crash happened Tuesday near Cleburne, about 33 miles (53 kilometers) south of Fort Worth, according t Teenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding's top level. It's an uphill dream 12/27/2023 05:19pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300-pound bull and adjusts her ropes, warming the sticky rosin. Music blares across the arena, but Najiah can hear only her dad, in the chute with her, and her mom, cheering from the stands. She nods to indicate she���s rea Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt pleads guilty to abusing children with YouTube mom Ruby Franke 12/27/2023 05:07pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� The Utah mental health counselor arrested alongside parenting advice blogger Ruby Franke pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of aggravated child abuse for physically and emotionally abusing Franke's children. Jodi Hildebrandt was the business partner of Franke, a Utah a m Shakira���s hometown unveils a giant statue of the beloved Colombian pop star 12/27/2023 04:28pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� Pop star Shakira was immortalized in her Colombian hometown of Barranquilla, where officials unveiled a giant bronze statue of the music diva known around the world for her catchy tunes and exhilarating moves. The six-meter (20-feet) tall monument depicts the multiple Gramm Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds 12/27/2023 03:12pm • Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year, according to a study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published on Wednesday. The researchers say the findings show a need for government regulation of social media since Man awaiting trial for quadruple homicide in Maine withdraws insanity plea 12/27/2023 12:40pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� A man charged with killing his parents and two of their friends days after being released from prison in Maine no longer intends to use an insanity defense. Through his lawyer, Joseph Eaton withdrew a plea of ���not criminally responsible��� because of mental illness but mai US online retailer Zulily says it will go into liquidation, surprising customers 12/27/2023 11:45am • SEATTLE (AP) ��� The U.S. online retailer Zulily is closing down, surprising customers and laying off hundreds of workers after efforts to salvage the business failed. The Seattle-based company said in a notice on its website that it had tried to fill all pending orders and expected to manage that Photographer Cecil Williams' vision gives South Carolina its only civil rights museum 12/27/2023 06:38am • ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) ��� Much of how South Carolina has seen its civil rights history has been through the lens of photographer Cecil Williams. From sit-ins to prayer protests to portraits of African Americans integrating universities and rising to federal judges, Williams has snapped it. After ye She died weeks after fleeing the Maui wildfire. Her family fought to have her listed as a victim. 12/27/2023 01:05am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) ��� Sharlene Rabang and her calico cat fled the wildfire that destroyed her town on Maui and arrived at a family home on another Hawaii island after a 24-hour odyssey that included sleeping in a car. Dazed, coughing and weak, the frail but feisty 78-year-old headed straight for Canadian province bans postgame hockey handshake lines in minor leagues after altercations 12/26/2023 04:28pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� The hockey governing body in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador has banned postgame handshakes in the minor leagues after a string of altercations. Hockey NL announced the move last week. Gonzo Bennett, chair of Hockey NL���s minor council executive committee, wrote