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Facebook faces legal setback in EU court decision on data privacy and ads 07/04/2023 12:07pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Facebook lost a legal challenge Tuesday at the European Union's top court over a groundbreaking German antitrust decision that limited the way the company uses data for advertising. The European Court of Justice said competition watchdogs can consider whether companies like Facebook 'Liberty, equality, fraternity' for all? New riots make France confront an old problem 07/04/2023 06:47am • PARIS (AP) ��� ���Liberty, Equality, Fraternity���: The lofty ideals to which France has long aspired are embossed on coins and carved above school doors across the land. Yet they are the polar opposite of what some French people who are Black or brown saw in a shocking video of a police officer sho The wait for US passports is creating travel purgatory and snarling summer plans 07/04/2023 02:27am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Seeking a valid U.S. passport for that 2023 trip? Buckle up, wishful traveler, for a very different journey before you step anywhere near an airport. A much-feared backup of U.S passport applications has smashed into a wall of government bureaucracy as worldwide travel rebound Thousands more prisoners across the US will get free college paid for by the government 07/03/2023 10:55pm • REPRESA, California (AP) ��� The graduates lined up, brushing off their gowns and adjusting classmates��� tassels and stoles. As the graduation march played, the 85 men appeared to hoots and cheers from their families. They marched to the stage ��� one surrounded by barbed wire fence and constructed From 'irate' to 'threatening' parents: Why a principals' group wants security at elementary schools 07/03/2023 09:54pm • It���s something Christine Handy, the president of the Montgomery County Association of Administrators and Principals, said is being seen more often at elementary schools. "Increasingly aggressive behavior towards our staff," Handy said. And that aggressive behavior isn���t from students ��� it's " Crowds across France show solidarity at town halls targeted in rioting following police shooting 07/03/2023 09:10pm • NANTERRE, France (AP) ��� Crowds gathered at town halls across France Monday to show solidarity with local governments targeted in six nights of violence touched off by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old in suburban Paris. The unrest, which appeared to be easing on Sunday night, was driven b ThunderShirts, dance parties and anxiety meds can help ease dogs' July Fourth dread 07/03/2023 07:29pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� On the Friday before the Fourth of July, more than a dozen dog owners waited in triple-digit temperatures in south Phoenix to get into a microchipping event inside a shelter. It didn't hurt that Maricopa County was offering a discount. But, several were there because they knew havin The aftermath of mass shootings infiltrates every corner of survivors��� lives 07/03/2023 03:00pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� More than a year after 11-year-old Mayah Zamora was airlifted out of Uvalde, Texas, where she was critically injured in the Robb Elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers, the family is still reeling. Knocks on the door startle Mayah into a panic. The fa The aftermath of mass shootings infiltrates every corner of survivors��� lives 07/03/2023 01:57pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� More than a year after 11-year-old Mayah Zamora was airlifted out of Uvalde, Texas, after being critically injured in the Robb Elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers, the family is still reeling. Knocks on the door startle Mayah into a panic. The family Elon Musk put new limits on tweets. Users and advertisers might go elsewhere 07/03/2023 12:35pm • TikTok and Instagram users can scroll with abandon. But Twitter owner Elon Musk has put new curfews on his digital town square, the latest drastic change to the social media platform that could further drive away advertisers and undermine its cultural influence as a trendsetter. Keeping up with a sp Affirmative action for white people? Legacy college admissions come under renewed scrutiny 07/03/2023 11:30am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The next big fight over college admissions already has taken hold, and it centers on a different kind of minority group that gets a boost: children of alumni. In the wake of a Supreme Court decision that strikes down affirmative action in admissions, colleges are coming under ren What's 'Bidenomics'? The president hopes a dubious nation embraces his ideas condensed into the term 07/03/2023 11:22am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden has long struggled to neatly summarize his sprawling economic vision. It���s been hard for voters to digest the mix of roads-and-bridges spending, tax hikes on big companies, tax credits for parents, tax breaks for renewable energy, grants to build computer c Report tracks nearly 900 incidents of hate speech, slurs in Loudoun Co. schools: 'It's really behaviors, not students' 07/03/2023 10:33am • The report tallied up almost 900 incidents of hate speech or slurs in Loudoun County Public Schools. (Courtesy Loudoun County Board of Education) Almost 900 incidents of hate speech or slurs were uttered in Loudoun County Public Schools during the 2022-2023 school year, according to a presentati Patrick Vieira hired as head coach of Strasbourg on 3-year contract 07/02/2023 07:30pm • STRASBOURG, France (AP) ��� Patrick Vieira was hired as the head coach of French top-tier side Strasbourg on Sunday. The former Arsenal and France midfielder, who was fired by the Premier League's Crystal Palace in March, signed a three-year contract with the club, Strasbourg said on its website. Vi Moms for Liberty's focus on school races nationwide sets up political clash with teachers unions 07/02/2023 11:15am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Moms for Liberty, a ���parental rights��� group that has sought to take over school boards in multiple states, is looking to expand those efforts across the country and to other education posts in 2024 and beyond. The effort is setting up a clash with teachers unions and others