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Lolita the orca dies at Miami Seaquarium after half-century in captivity 08/18/2023 10:09pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died Friday at the Miami Seaquarium as caregivers prepared to move her from the theme park in the near future. The Seaquarium posted a statement from the nonprofit group Friends of Toki on social media that Lolita ��� al 11 nations of West Africa commit to a military deployment to restore the ousted president of Niger 08/18/2023 08:34pm • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) ��� Eleven West African nations have agreed to commit troops to a military deployment aimed at restoring Niger���s democratically elected president following last month���s coup, an official for the regional bloc said Friday after a defense ministers meeting. The ECOWAS bloc previ Former Austrian leader Kurz charged with giving false evidence to a corruption inquiry 08/18/2023 08:15am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Austria's former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government, which collapsed in a scandal in 2019, prosecutors said Friday. An indictment against Kurz, his former chief of staff, B Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public 08/18/2023 06:06am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ��� Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan���s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face covered when outside the home. The Tali After Israeli raids, Palestinian police struggle in militant hotbed, reflecting region on the brink 08/18/2023 05:08am • JENIN, West Bank (AP) ��� Last month, after the biggest Israeli military raid on a Palestinian refugee camp in the occupied West Bank in years, Palestinians turned their wrath on their own security forces. They unleashed gunfire, firebombs and pipe bombs at Palestinian security buildings in an outp Chris Sale can't get through the 5th inning as Nationals ding playoff hopes of Red Sox, 10-7 08/17/2023 08:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Chris Sale couldn't make it through the fifth inning in his second start back from a shoulder injury, and the Boston Red Sox suffered another blow to their playoff hopes, losing 10-7 to the last-place Washington Nationals on Thursday. Luis Ur��as hit a grand slam in the sevent Guaranteed Income Strategies for Retirement 08/17/2023 08:00pm • A major retirement fear is running out of cash too soon. Having a steady stream of guaranteed income can curb the odds of retirement funds running low. Setting up guaranteed income can give you peace of mind that you will be able to cover any retirement financial shortfalls. Retirees will need an ab Mississippi judge declares mistrial for 2 white men charged in attack on Black FedEx driver 08/17/2023 07:50pm • BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) ��� Citing errors by police, a Mississippi judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of two white men accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who was making a delivery. Brandon Case and his father, Gregory Case, are charged with attempted first-degree murd UN: North Korea is increasing repression as people are reportedly starving in parts of the country 08/17/2023 06:31pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� North Korea is increasing its repression of human rights and people are becoming more desperate and reportedly starving in parts of the country as the economic situation worsens, the U.N. rights chief said Thursday. Volker T��rk told the first open meeting of the U.N. Securit Is your kid ready for kindergarten? This study helps parents put the 'PECES' together 08/17/2023 03:54pm • It's an exciting time for a lot of parents around the region as they get ready to send their kids off to kindergarten. But some parents might be a little nervous, since not all kids that enter kindergarten are ready to start school. A new study is giving parents, and future parents, clues about w NYC bans use of TikTok on city-owned phones, joining federal government, majority of states 08/17/2023 12:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York City has directed its employees to delete TikTok from their city-issued phones, joining the federal government and more than half of U.S. states in banning the use of the Chinese-owned social media app on government-owned devices. ���While social media is great at connecti Israel clinches largest-ever defense deal with Germany for $3.5 billion after securing US approval 08/17/2023 12:17pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel's Defense Ministry said Thursday it has secured its largest-ever defense deal selling a sophisticated missile defense system to Germany for $3.5 billion after the United States approved the deal. Although Israel has long had close economic and military links with western E Slovak spy and police officials face criminal charges in scandal ahead of early election 08/17/2023 11:54am • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ��� The former and current heads of Slovakia's spy agency and five other police and intelligence officers have been accused of abuse of power and criminal conspiracy, the top police officer announced Thursday, in a scandal that a former leader called ���a police coup��� ahe Investment scams are everywhere on social media. Here's how to spot one 08/17/2023 11:15am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Social media is full of scammers promising guaranteed returns on investment, and consumers lost billions of dollars to them last year. Troy Gochenour, 50, of Columbus, Ohio, was conned out of $25,800, including $15,800 in borrowed money, in a crypto-mining scam that began with a W Walmart's hot sellers? Hand mixers and kitchen tools. In an era of high prices, basic is king 08/17/2023 10:31am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Walmart racked up another strong quarterly sales gain as its low-prices continue to attract budget conscious consumers looking for deals in a tough economic environment. The nation's largest retailer boosted its annual outlook Thursday after reporting better-than expected second-q