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In 'Survival of the Fittest,' Bitcoin Miners Lean Into Sustainability 04/07/2024 08:00pm • Every four years, the rewards paid to companies that validate the Bitcoin network are cut in half. The next "halving," as it's called, is expected to happen later in April and comes at an interesting time in the evolution of the world's most popular cryptocurrency. Bitcoin (BTC) is a digital currenc 10,000 miles and 352 days later, a UK man reaches his goal of running the length of Africa 04/07/2024 03:44pm • RAS ANGELA, Tunisia (AP) ��� Sore and sandblasted but triumphant, runner Russ Cook reached the northernmost point of Africa on Sunday, almost a year after he set off from its southern tip on a quest to run the length of the continent. Dozens of supporters gathered on a rocky outcrop beside the Medit Mexico severs diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police storm its embassy to arrest politician 04/07/2024 06:08am • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) ��� Mexico's government severed diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president, an extraordinary use of force that shocked and mystified regional leaders and diplomats. Ecuadorian police late Friday broke thro Md. Senate approves several renter-focused bills on Saturday before Sine Die 04/07/2024 12:19am • In Maryland's state Senate chamber, lawmakers moved swiftly through dozens of bills in a Saturday afternoon session. The legislative flow was only disrupted occasionally, due to brief technical errors, confusion over which bills were being discussed, or senators away from their seats when they we Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information 04/06/2024 11:37am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user on the social platform X who uses a pseudonym claimed that a government website had revealed ���skyrocketing��� rates of voters registering without a photo ID in three states this year ��� two of Kansas lawmakers approve a tax bill but the state still might not see big tax cuts 04/06/2024 05:12am • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� Kansas legislators are struggling to overcome political divisions that have prevented their state's residents from seeing major income tax cuts over the past two years even as other states have slashed income tax rates. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved a bill earl Gov. Youngkin signs a measure backed by abortion-rights groups but vetoes others 04/05/2024 11:40pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed 88 bills Friday and vetoed 11 others, including legislation that advocates said would have helped protect women and medical practitioners from potential extraditions related to abortion services that are legal in Virginia. Youngkin said i Beneath the calm, Hong Kong's new security law drives deeper, quieter changes 04/05/2024 10:01pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� On the surface, life in Hong Kong after a broad new national security law recently took effect appears unchanged. A 2020 security law drew thousands of protesters to the streets when it was enacted. Now, that���s seen as too risky. This time, no arrests made headlines. There were US East Coast earthquake rattles millions, but region escapes sweeping damage 04/05/2024 08:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� An unusual East Coast earthquake shook millions of people from New York and Philadelphia skyscrapers to rural New England on Friday, causing no widespread damage but startling an area unaccustomed to temblors. The U.S. Geological Survey said over 42 million people might have felt t Man convicted in decadeslong identity theft that led to his victim being jailed 04/05/2024 08:26pm • William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name. But when he reported his concerns to the branch manager of a bank, he wound up spending nearly two years locked up, accused of identity theft himself. As he continued to insist he w Peru's president interrogated by prosecutors for hours amid expanding 'Rolexgate' probe 04/05/2024 06:15pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) ��� Peruvian President Dina Boluarte was interrogated by prosecutors for five hours Friday as authorities investigate whether she illegally received hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, luxury watches and jewelry. Prosecutors have been investigating the highly unpopular leader Popular Mister Days sports bar set to return to Clarendon 5 years after closing 04/05/2024 02:30pm • Mister Days Sports Rock Cafe will return to the Clarendon neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, in a few weeks ��� five years after the popular sports bar, dance club and restaurant closed, WTOP has learned. Bobby Lee opened the original Mister Days in 1977 south of D.C.'s Dupont Circle. The lunch Amid legal challenges, SEC pauses its climate rule 04/05/2024 01:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is pausing the implementation of its new climate disclosure rule while it defends the regulation in court. Wall Street's top regulator voted in March on the final rule, which requires some public companies in the U.S. to report their g NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 04/05/2024 11:47am • 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. ___ Federal data does not show a soaring number of unauthorized migrants Norway wants a 'historic increase' in defense spending of $56 billion over the next 12 years 04/05/2024 08:30am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� The Norwegian center-left governnment said Friday it plans ���a historic increase��� in defense spending of 600 billion kroner ($56 billion) over the next 12 years. ���We need a defense that is fit for purpose in the emerging security environment," Prime Minister Jonas G