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Haiti's soccer team hopes to keep inspiring fans in its historic debut at the Women's World Cup 06/29/2023 03:38pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — They don’t have any sponsors, their training center closed because of gang violence and some of their biggest fans can’t afford a TV. Haiti’s soccer team earned a place at the Women's World Cup despite all those obstacles, and remains undeterred. Haiti will make Oversight board recommends Facebook suspend Cambodian premier's account for violent language 06/29/2023 03:29pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A quasi-independent review board recommended Thursday that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen ’s Facebook and Instagram accounts be suspended for six months for using language that could incite violence. The Oversight Board, established three years ago by Meta, Facebook $115M in federal grants will give a boost to smaller meat processors in 17 states 06/29/2023 02:13pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Smaller meat and poultry operators in 17 states will receive $115 million in grants, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday, as the agency continues efforts to shift a decadeslong trend on consolidation in food production. The USDA grants are the latest in a Wimbledon 2023: Swiatek is top seed, 2022 champ Rybakina is 3rd, Gauff is 7th and Venus returns 06/29/2023 01:07pm • WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Here are some of the women to watch at Wimbledon, which begins at the All England Club on Monday: Seeded: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Poland Age: 22 2023 Record: 37-6 (Playing at Bad Homburg Open this week) 2023 Titles: 3 Career Titl 'The city is not safe': Eighth-grade student shot, killed in Southeast DC 06/29/2023 12:37pm • The eighth grade student at D.C.'s Digital Pioneers Academy, who was shot and killed Tuesday night in Southeast, has been identified as 15-year-old Jaylin Osbourne. School officials confirmed Osbourne's passing in a letter sent out by Mashea M. Ashton, the school's founder and CEO, who described Prosecutors drop Varsity Blues charges against 2 parents after appeals court ruling 06/29/2023 11:53am • BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are dropping charges against two parents whose convictions in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal were overturned by an appeals court, prosecutors said Thursday. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in May tossed all the convictions against Gamal Ab Sexual assault laws inspired by Larry Nassar's abuse are signed by Michigan's governor 06/29/2023 11:41am • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — People who are sexually assaulted under the guise of medical treatment in Michigan will be further protected when coming forward, and their abusers will receive stricter punishments under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The long-sought changes to Michiga Former Google executive enters 2024 US Senate race to succeed California's Feinstein 06/29/2023 11:31am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former tech executive Lexi Reese announced Thursday that she is entering California’s 2024 U.S. Senate contest, adding another Democrat to a growing field of candidates that already includes three members of Congress. The Google and Facebook veteran enters the contest to repla Historic Arizona mining town backs copper project on land that Native American groups say is sacred 06/29/2023 11:28am • SUPERIOR, Ariz. (AP) — Growing up in a mining family that goes back generations, Mayor Mila Besich knew the Oak Flat Campground as the place where she attended union picnics as a girl and in earlier years her parents stood in a clearing to hear the World Series on the radio. Now, Besich is overse How's the weather up there? It'll be harder for Alaska to tell as a longtime program goes off air 06/29/2023 11:00am • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Before Morris Nashoanak heads out for days in search of bearded seals, beluga whales or salmon, he catches the weather on TV. But it's not the weather segment from a local TV station — there isn't one. Instead, it's a program designed for those living in rural and largel Movie Review: A sea monster is celebrated in 'Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken' 06/29/2023 10:37am • We landlubbers have gotten it all wrong: Kraken aren't terrible monsters from the sea who destroy our sailing ships and munch on our sailors. They're kind and helpful. It's the mermaids who are the real demons. That's the upside-down premise to DreamWorks Animation's sweet “Ruby Gillman, Teenage K Movie Review: Harrison Ford gets a swashbuckling sendoff in 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' 06/29/2023 10:11am • Goodbyes don’t tend to mean much in the Hollywood franchise system. Death isn’t a reliable end for characters or, lately, even actors. Technology, nostalgia and the often-inflated value of brands and IP have created a nightmarish cycle of resurrection and regurgitation, curdling what we love mos Applications for jobless benefits in the U.S. retreat after three weeks of elevated claims 06/29/2023 09:04am • Applications for unemployment benefits fell significantly last week after claims appeared to stabilize at modestly elevated levels in recent weeks. U.S. applications for jobless claims fell by 26,000 to 239,000 for the week ending June 24, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists were expe Bipartisan bill wants to stop airlines from charging fees for families to sit together 06/29/2023 04:53am • Air travel can be especially stressful during the summer, as this week has shown, due to technical difficulties and storms that have delayed and canceled thousands of flights. And as many parents know all too well, flying can be even more of a challenge when traveling with young children. Rep. Facebook content moderators in Kenya call the work 'torture.' Their lawsuit may ripple worldwide 06/29/2023 03:52am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — On the verge of tears, Nathan Nkunzimana recalled watching a video of a child being molested and another of a woman being killed. Eight hours a day, his job as a content moderator for a Facebook contractor required him to look at horrors so the world wouldn’t have to. Some