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Impassioned calls for police reform at Tyre Nichols' funeral 02/01/2023 06:34pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Tyre Nichols' family and friends remembered him with songs of faith and heartfelt tributes Wednesday, blending a celebration of his life with outraged calls for police reform after the brutal beating he endured at the hands of Memphis police. Nichols��� mother, RowVaughn Well Past defeats on police reform bedevil newly divided Congress 02/01/2023 06:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Weeks before President Joe Biden made his first address to Congress in 2021, a graphic video was released of a Black man being killed at the hands of police. The country watched the now hauntingly familiar scene play out across its screens. Family members tearfully pleaded for c Biden goes after fees levied for flights, hotels and tickets 02/01/2023 05:55pm • President Joe Biden took swipes at airlines and hotels Wednesday as he called on Congress to limit certain extra charges they impose on consumers. ���These unfair fees add up,��� he said, speaking just before a meeting of the White House Competition Committee. Biden said Congress should restri Arkansas House passes school bathroom bill, heads to Senate 02/01/2023 05:52pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ��� The Arkansas House on Wednesday approved legislation preventing transgender people at public schools from using bathrooms that match their gender identity, while a legislative panel endorsed a measure restricting drag performances in the state. The bills advanced through t Man pleads guilty in death of long-missing Michigan woman 02/01/2023 05:31pm • BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) ��� A man who previously admitted killing two women in Pennsylvania pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a Michigan woman who disappeared more than 17 years ago. Harold David Haulman III pleaded guilty in Calhoun County District Court to second-degree murder in the death of 2 Mother of slain 13-year-old says shooting was unnecessary 02/01/2023 05:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The mother of a 13-year-old boy who was killed while breaking into parked cars said Wednesday that she wanted ���justice for my child��� and claimed the resident charged in connection with his death set the violence in motion by opening fire when he was not under any threat. ���I North Carolina Senate again seeking LGBTQ limits in schools 02/01/2023 05:10pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� A bill advancing in North Carolina's Senate would prohibit instruction about sexuality and gender identity in K-4 public school classes, defying the recommendations of parents, educators and LGBTQ youths who testified against it. Sponsors of the bill, approved Wednesday by the Live updates | Funeral for Tyre Nichols 02/01/2023 04:38pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Live Updates on the funeral for Tyre Nichols (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Many mourners wiped away tears as Tyre Nichols ' sisters, brothers and parents shared their memories at the funeral of the Black man who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers. Nichols' moth Trump starts 3rd White House bid lagging in campaign cash 02/01/2023 02:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump���s political operation started the year with about $25 million socked away for his recently launched 2024 presidential campaign, a sum that is substantially less than what he had on hand just one year ago, new campaign finance reports show. The dimini Justice Department: MLB antitrust exemption should be narrow 02/01/2023 01:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to narrowly consider Major League Baseball���s antitrust exemption, a filing made in a case involving four eliminated minor league teams hoping to end the sport���s century-old legal protection. MLB cut the minimum guarantee Google has the next move as Microsoft embraces OpenAI buzz 02/01/2023 11:56am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Before the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT was unleashed into the world, the novelist Robin Sloan was testing a similar AI writing assistant built by researchers at Google. It didn���t take long for Sloan, author of the bestseller ���Mr. Penumbra���s 24-Hour Bookstore,��� t Palestinians face removal as far-right Israel vows expansion 02/01/2023 09:40am • KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank (AP) ��� Protesters streaming up the windswept hills east of Jerusalem interrupted Maha Ali���s breakfast. Palestinian chants of support for her West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, at risk of demolition by the Israeli army since it lost its legal protection over fo For Virginia family, young son's cancer diagnosis spurs 'Boredom Busters' legacy 02/01/2023 08:01am • For a young child diagnosed with cancer, a lengthy stay in the hospital is often the key to saving their life. A Northern Virginia mother who lost her son to cancer in 2020 is continuing his legacy to help other young children. "When my son was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2004, he was in the Child welfare algorithm faces Justice Department scrutiny 01/31/2023 10:00pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial intelligence tool used by a Pittsburgh-area child protective services agency following concerns that the tool could lead to discrimination against families with disabilities, The Associated Press has learned. Boy in 'critical condition' after apparent overdose inside Arlington high school 01/31/2023 09:45pm • Police in Arlington, Virginia, are investigating a drug overdose that happened in a high school bathroom. Police and fire department crews arrived at Wakefield High School on S. Dinwiddie Street on Tuesday around 9:30 a.m. for a report of an unresponsive boy. The boy was taken to the hospital, wh