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Reddit strikes $60M deal allowing Google to train AI models on its posts, unveils IPO plans 02/22/2024 06:43pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Reddit has struck a deal with Google that allows the search giant to use posts from the online discussion site for training its artificial intelligence models and to improve services such as Google Search. The arrangement, announced Thursday and valued at roughly $60 million, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's mother says she's resisting pressure to agree to a secret burial 02/22/2024 05:37pm • The mother of Russia���s late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that she has seen her son's body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye. Lyudmila Navalnaya said investigators allowed her to see her son���s body in the Viewpoint: Beware, Silicon Valley is threatening D.C.'s federal contracting prowess 02/22/2024 04:54pm • In 2001, the focus of our region���s technology community and that of Silicon Valley diverged. Today, this schism may be closing ��� and that is not necessarily good news. Twenty-five years ago, the internet was going through its first phase of commercial development, a moment in time people still Yulia Navalnaya once avoided the limelight. Now she's Russia���s newest opposition leader 02/22/2024 10:50am • LONDON (AP) ��� Yulia Navalnaya used to avoid the cameras, staying in the background while her husband rose to become Russia���s most prominent opposition figure and President Vladimir Putin���s greatest foe. But following the death in prison last week of Alexei Navalny, she stepped onto a stage nor Denmark records highest number of antisemitic incidents since WWII, part of a grim European trend 02/22/2024 07:11am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� The number of antisemitic incidents registered in Denmark since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that ignited the war in Gaza has reached levels not seen since World War II, the head of the Scandinavian country's small Jewish community said Thursday. ���We have seen the the b Slayings of tourists and Colombian women expose the dark side of Medellin's tourism boom 02/22/2024 12:11am • MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) ��� The lush valley enveloping Medellin was once the heart of a brutal war involving the Colombian government, drug cartels and a smattering of other armed groups. But a sharp dip in violence in the country���s second-biggest city has attracted a flood of tourists to its vivi An online dump of Chinese hacking documents offers a rare window into pervasive state surveillance 02/21/2024 11:49pm • Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to the nation's top policing agency and other parts of its government ��� a trove that catalogs apparent hacking activity and tools to spy on both Chinese and foreig What's the latest in the investigation of the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade? 02/21/2024 07:36pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� One of the men charged in a Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory celebration shooting that left one person dead and around two dozen others injured had recently come off probation for pulling out a gun during a dispute over a basketball game. Lyndell Mays, of Raytown, whos 20 Best Jobs for Work-Life Balance 02/21/2024 07:00pm • Careers with good work-life balanceJobs that allow you to choose your hours or spend less time working after hours can reduce your stress level and offer a better quality of life. According to a recent Harvard study, employers who prioritized work-life balance saw a reduction in the risk of cardiova The Most Tax-Friendly States for Retirees 02/21/2024 07:00pm • For retirees looking to stretch their savings, relocating to a place with low taxes and an enjoyable quality of life is often worthwhile. We spoke with financial experts and reviewed data from the Tax Foundation and Tax-Rate.org to compile a list of states with favorable tax rates, access to beautif Maryland bill backed by Gov. Wes Moore seeks to protect election officials from threats 02/21/2024 04:43pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Maryland lawmakers are considering legislation to enable authorities to prosecute people who threaten to harm election officials or their immediate family members, as threats are on the rise across the country. The Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024, which has the s Harvard condemns student and faculty groups for posting antisemitic cartoon 02/21/2024 03:59pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Harvard University condemned what it called a ���flagrantly antisemitic cartoon��� that an undergraduate group posted on social media over the weekend. It also appeared on the Instagram account of Harvard Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine. Copied from a newsletter published Zelenskyy invites Poland's leaders to border to resolve farmers' protest affecting flow of weapons 02/21/2024 12:24pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� Ukraine's president on Wednesday invited Polish leaders to meet him at their shared border to resolve a blockade by Polish farmers protesting Ukrainian food imports, saying it's hampering the shipment of weapons to Ukrainian soldiers. Meanwhile, Polish authorities voiced conc Churches and nonprofits ensnared in Georgia push to restrict bail funds 02/21/2024 10:57am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� When she was behind bars in Georgia, Nia Thomas would use toothpaste to stick handwritten flyers to the wall and spread the word about community bail funds that could pay inmates' bonds, no strings attached. ���I was posting the phone numbers in everybody's rooms, everybody's dorms, When You Need to Pay Taxes on Social Security 02/20/2024 07:00pm • While Social Security benefits are designed to provide a safety net, they are not always tax-free. Knowing whether you'll owe taxes on the benefits you receive is important as you budget for retirement. To determine if your Social Security benefit is taxable, you'll first want to know how much incom