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Lions trade up in first round of NFL draft, take Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold 04/26/2024 12:21am • ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions made a move to address their secondary, grabbing Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold with the No. 24 pick in the NFL draft after a trade with Dallas on Thursday night. The Lions moved up from the No. 29 spot. Detroit also received a 2025 seventh-round pick, Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from the front lines over Russian drone threats 04/26/2024 12:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia, in part because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate without detection or coming under attack, two U.S. military officials told The Associated Press. Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers 04/25/2024 07:57pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday voted to restore “net neutrality” rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sites and apps over others. The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first Microsoft quarterly profit rises 20% as tech giant pushes to get customers using AI products 04/25/2024 06:16pm • Microsoft on Thursday said its profit rose 20% for the January-March quarter as it tries to position itself as a leader in applying artificial intelligence technology to make workplaces more productive. The company reported quarterly net income of $21.93 billion, or $2.94 per share, beating Wall Str Jack Wagoner, attorney who challenged Arkansas' same-sex marriage ban, dies 04/25/2024 05:58pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Attorney Jack Wagoner, who helped successfully challenge Arkansas' ban on same-sex marriage before state and federal courts, has died. He was 62. Wagoner died in Little Rock on Tuesday, said Bruce Tennant, an attorney who worked with him at his law firm. Tennant said a cau Florida sues ACC seeking records in dispute with FSU over conference exit fees 04/25/2024 04:54pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's attorney general sued the Atlantic Coast Conference on Thursday in an attempt to receive the media rights contracts with Florida State University as part of an ongoing dispute as FSU seeks to leave the conference. Attorney General Ashley Moody said the ACC has fa US to pull troops from Chad and Niger as the African nations question its counterterrorism role 04/25/2024 04:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will pull the majority of its troops from Chad and Niger as it works to restore key agreements governing what role there might be there for the American military and its counterterrorism operations, the Pentagon said Thursday. Both African countries have been i Poland lays claim to a leadership role in Europe as Russia's war threatens stability 04/25/2024 03:45pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister on Thursday called on NATO to increase its defense preparedness and said his government wants to be at the center of decision-making in the European Union, seeking to reestablish the country as a reliable international partner as the war in Ukraine Seattle Kraken move games to over-the-air broadcaster with streaming on Amazon's Prime Video 04/25/2024 12:26pm • SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken will move their games to an over-the-air broadcaster and have a streaming partnership with Amazon’s Prime Video beginning with the 2024-25 season, the team announced Thursday. The Kraken will be the first NHL team to have a streaming deal with Prime Video for al Honda planning to expand its electric vehicle efforts in Canada, Toyota expands in Indiana 04/25/2024 12:17pm • Honda plans to invest $11 billion, with the help of joint venture partners, to build out its electric vehicle efforts in Canada as it prepares for future demand in North America for the automobiles. The company said Thursday that it has started evaluating the requirements to build an EV plant and a A Chinese ship remains the focus of the investigation into Baltic Sea gas pipeline damaged last year 04/25/2024 11:47am • HELSINKI (AP) — A Chinese container ship remains the focus of an investigation into what caused the damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline between NATO members Finland and Estonia, Finnish authorities said Thursday. It has been more than six months since substantial, human-made damage that Venezuela broke its HPV vaccine promises, and there's barely any sex ed. Experts say it's a problem 04/25/2024 10:27am • PUTUCUAL, Venezuela (AP) — Some of the 10 women and teenage girls who recently came to a medical clinic in eastern Venezuela for free contraceptives fidgeted a bit when a community health worker taught them how to use an IUD, condoms and birth control pills correctly. The health worker also asked UN report says 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in Gaza 04/25/2024 08:06am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday. The U.N. report said 24 million more people fac No final decision on withdrawing US troops from Niger and Chad, top official tells AP 04/24/2024 10:59pm • BOSTON (AP) — There has been no final decision on whether or not all U.S. troops will leave Niger and Chad, two African countries that are integral to the military's efforts to counter violent extremist organizations across the Sahel region, a top U.S. military official told The Associated Press o 8 Ways to Make Extra Income in Retirement 04/24/2024 08:00pm • Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. retirees tend to shut their wallets once they've left their professional careers and are living on a fixed income. That's not necessarily true. Money management specialists expect retirees to spend about 70% to 80% of their preretirement income during their golden