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As social media guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of impact on elections 12/26/2023 03:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Nearly three years after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the false election conspiracy theories that drove the violent attack remain prevalent on social media and cable news: suitcases filled with ballots, late-night ballot dumps, dead people voting. Experts warn it will likely b As social media guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of impact on elections 12/26/2023 03:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Nearly three years after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the false election conspiracy theories that drove the violent attack remain prevalent on social media and cable news: suitcases filled with ballots, late-night ballot dumps, dead people voting. Experts warn it will likely b Live updates | Israel expands offensive in central Gaza as Netanyahu aide meets with US officials 12/26/2023 03:49pm • The Israeli military says it has expanded its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip to the densely populated urban refugee camps in the central part of the territory. With international pressure for a cease-fire building, top U.S. officials were meeting with Israel���s minister for strategic affairs Tu Sweden moves a step closer to NATO membership after Turkey's parliamentary committee gives approval 12/26/2023 01:55pm • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ��� The Turkish parliament���s foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden���s bid to join NATO on Tuesday, drawing the previously nonaligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western military alliance. Sweden���s accession protocol will now need to be approved Ukraine damages a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea after battlefield disappointments 12/26/2023 01:53pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukrainian warplanes damaged a Russian ship moored in the Black Sea off Crimea, both countries said Tuesday, bolstering Ukrainian morale after battlefield disappointments and doubts about the future of Western aid. The planes fired guided missiles at the landing ship Novocherk Egypt floats plan to end Israel-Hamas war. The proposal gets a cool reception 12/25/2023 10:04pm • CAIRO (AP) ��� Israel and Hamas on Monday gave cool public receptions to an Egyptian proposal to end their bitter war. But the longstanding enemies stopped short of rejecting the plan altogether, raising the possibility of a new round of diplomacy to halt a devastating Israeli offensive in the Gaza At least 68 killed in central Gaza in airstrike, adding to weekend's bloodshed 12/25/2023 05:34am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) ��� At least 68 people were killed by an Israeli strike in central Gaza, health officials said Sunday, while the number of Israeli soldiers killed in combat over the weekend rose to 17. Associated Press journalists at a nearby hospital watched frantic Palestinians carry the A man is killed and a woman injured in a 'targeted' afternoon shooting at a Florida shopping mall 12/24/2023 11:36pm • OCALA, Fla. (AP) ��� Authorities in central Florida issued an arrest warrant Sunday for a 39-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man at a shopping mall two days before Christmas in which police say the victim was ���targeted.��� As of Sunday afternoon, the suspect hadn't been located, a Brazil's federal police arrest top criminal leader Zinho after negotiations 12/24/2023 10:09pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Brazil's federal police said one of the country's top criminal leaders surrendered Sunday after negotiations with local authorities. Luiz Ant��nio da Silva Braga, better known as Zinho, is the top leader of the largest militia group in the state of Rio de Janeiro. He had 12 a As conflicts rage abroad, a fractured Congress tries to rally support for historic global challenges 12/24/2023 02:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� As the Senate wrapped up its work for the year, Sen. Michael Bennet took to the floor of the nearly empty chamber and made a late-night plea for Congress to redouble support for Ukraine: ���Understand the stakes at this moment." It was the third time in recent months the Colorado As conflicts rage abroad, a fractured Congress tries to rally support for historic global challenges 12/24/2023 12:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� As the Senate wrapped up its work for the year, Sen. Michael Bennet took to the floor of the nearly empty chamber and made a late-night plea for Congress to redouble support for Ukraine: ���Understand the stakes at this moment." It was the third time in recent months the Colorado 2022 Luxury Tax Payrolls 12/23/2023 06:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Final 2023 payrolls for the 30 major league teams for purposes of the luxury tax, as defined by baseball's collective bargaining agreement and sent to clubs by the commissioner's office. Figures are for 40-man rosters and include the average annual values of contracts and $17,090,0 Tunisians vote in local elections on Sunday to fill a new chamber as economy flatlines 12/23/2023 03:32am • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) ��� Butter and milk shortages. Political party boycotts. Ongoing prosecutions of the president���s critics. This is the environment in which Tunisians will head to the polls on Sunday for the country's first local elections since President Kais Saied wrote a new constitution that Today in History: December 23, Japanese war leaders are executed 12/23/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2023. There are eight days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On Dec. 23, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed in Tokyo. On this date: In 1783, George Washington resigne A serial killer set Detroit on edge. Police missteps over 15 years allowed him to roam free 12/22/2023 11:23am • DETROIT (AP) ��� The serial killer lured women one by one into vacant homes to be murdered, posing their nude or partially clothed corpses amid cheap booze pints, crumbling sheetrock and hypodermic needles. The slayings set Detroit on edge, prompting authorities to dispatch crews on overtime to scou