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EU official says Twitter abandons bloc's voluntary pact against disinformation 05/26/2023 07:11pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Twitter has dropped out of a voluntary European Union agreement to combat online disinformation, a top EU official said Friday. European Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted that Twitter had pulled out of the EU's disinformation ���code of practice��� that other major social media pla Iowa governor signs bill loosening child labor laws 05/26/2023 06:28pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� Iowa teenagers could work more jobs and for longer hours under a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Kim Reynolds. The Republican governor signed the law after it was approved by the Legislature earlier in May with only Republican support. Several states are embracing a ro Stepfather of murdered Delaware 3-year-old pleads guilty to child endangerment 05/26/2023 06:14pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) ��� The stepfather of a 3-year-old girl whose burned remains were found on a softball field several years ago has pleaded guilty to child endangerment charges, according to court documents. Brandon Haas, 41, pleaded guilty in March to one felony count and three misdemeanor counts of Presidential hopeful DeSantis inspires push to make book bans easier in Republican-controlled states 05/26/2023 04:55pm • TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) ��� As he vies for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting a series of measures he has pushed that have led to an upswing in banned or restricted books ��� not just in Florida schools but in an increasing number of other conservative sta 2 more Oath Keepers sentenced to prison terms for Jan. 6 Capitol attack 05/26/2023 04:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Two Army veterans who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a military-style formation with fellow members of the Oath Keepers were sentenced Friday to prison terms, a day after the far-right extremist group's founder received a record-setting 18-years behind bars in the Jan. 6, 2021, atta A first-time filmmaker in Cannes: Molly Manning Walker on her breakthrough 'How to Have Sex' 05/26/2023 04:08pm • CANNES, France (AP) ��� Molly Manning Walker was still bleary-eyed from six months in the editing suite rushing to finish her first feature film when she arrived at the Cannes Film Festival. ���It���s nice to have a deadline," Walker, 29, said while sipping an espresso. ���I work best with chaos.��� Parents described as 'monsters' in horrific abuse that killed 10-month-old in England 05/26/2023 04:02pm • LONDON (AP) ��� An English couple who fought to get their baby son back from child services and then abused him so severely the 10-month-old was dead just over a month later were sentenced to life in prison for murder Friday in what a judge described as a case of ���unimaginable cruelty." Stephen Bo Oregon man died waiting for an ambulance, highlighting lack of emergency responders 05/26/2023 03:55pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� A man died while waiting over a half-hour for an ambulance after being struck by a hit-and-run driver last month, according to emergency dispatch logs, an incident that Portland firefighters say highlights their frustration at a lack of available ambulances to respond to emer Texas parents fret over Winnie the Pooh being used to teach kids about school shootings 05/26/2023 02:26pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Cindy Campos' 5-year-old son was so excited about the Winnie the Pooh book he got at school that he asked her to read it with him as soon as he got home. But her heart sank when she realized it was a tutorial about what to do when ���danger is near,��� advising kids to lock the doors Iowa law limits gender identity instruction, removes books depicting sex acts from school libraries 05/26/2023 01:24pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� Iowa teachers will be banned from raising gender identity and sexual orientation issues with students through grade six, and all books depicting sex acts will be removed from school libraries, under a bill Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Friday. The new law is amon Jill Biden to promote women, youth on trip to Mideast, North Africa, Europe 05/26/2023 01:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Jill Biden will promote empowerment for women and young people, and attend Jordan's royal wedding, during an upcoming trip to the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. The first lady was scheduled to depart Wednesday on a six-day trip that will also take her to Egypt, Morocco an Russian court data: US journalist Evan Gershkovich appeals extension of detention on spying charges 05/26/2023 12:06pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has appealed a three-month extention of his detention on espionage charges, a Russian court data website indicated Friday. Gershkovich, a 31-year-old U.S. citizen, was arrested in March while on a reporting trip in Russia. He, his employ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 05/26/2023 11:31am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Target���s Pride collection features ���tuck-frie Bear who killed runner in Italy's Alps is spared death for now by court 05/26/2023 08:08am • ROME (AP) ��� A ruling by an administrative court in Italy���s Alpine region on Friday spared, for now, the life of the bear who fatally attacked a runner last month. The brown bear, identified as Jj4, was captured on April 18 following an intensive, two-week, hunt launched after a 26-year-old loca Scarred by war, Ukrainian children carry on after losing parents, homes and innocence 05/26/2023 03:18am • LVIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� The two children squinted to see through the thick smoke that hung in the air after a deafening blast shook their small home in Ukraine���s eastern Donetsk region. The pair, ages 9 and 10, called out for their father. Only eerie silence followed. Then Olha Hinkina and her brot