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Award-winning director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to prison in Iran ahead of Cannes 05/09/2024 08:26am • The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The Associated Press Thursday. Rasoulof, 51, known for his film ���There Is No Evil," has become the latest artis Prada focuses generational transition on artisans, expanding production and workforce in Italy 05/08/2024 02:48pm • TORGIANO, Italy (AP) ��� The Prada Group is expanding its production footprint in Italy, including dozens of new jobs at its knitwear factory in Umbria, leaning into ���Made in Italy��� as integral to the brand���s ethos and developing new artisanal talent to ease the luxury group through a generati 'Enjoy your vacation.' Borussia Dortmund makes fun of PSG after reaching Champions League final 05/08/2024 07:45am • PARIS (AP) ��� After beating Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund got the better of the French club on social media as well. Dortmund celebrated Tuesday's semifinal win by rubbing a bit of salt in PSG's wounds with a tongue-in-cheek message posted on social networks on Wed Another German politician is attacked as concerns rise over violence ahead of EU elections in June 05/08/2024 06:58am • BERLIN (AP) ��� A prominent Berlin politician was violently assaulted and suffered injuries to her head and neck, police said Wednesday, in the latest attack on elected officials that raises concern over rising political violence in Germany. Franziska Giffey, the city's top economic official, a for The Eurovision Song Contest kicked off with pop and protests as the war in Gaza casts a shadow 05/08/2024 04:31am • MALMO, Sweden (AP) ��� Competition in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Tuesday in Sweden, with the war in Gaza casting a shadow over the sequin-spangled pop extravaganza. Performers representing countries across Europe and beyond took the stage in the first of two semifinals in the Swedis Too much water, and not enough: Brazil's flooded south struggles to access basic goods 05/08/2024 12:36am • PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) ��� The mayor of a major city in southern Brazil on Tuesday pleaded with residents to comply with his water rationing decree, given that some four-fifths of the population is without running water, a week after major flooding that has left at least 90 people dead and more t Spartz fends off Republican rivals to win contentious Indiana congressional primary 05/07/2024 09:18pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Two-term U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz won a contentious Republican primary to defend her seat just months after she decided to run for reelection in a campaign that focused attention on her opposition to sending aid to her native Ukraine. She defeated eight rival Republicans to s A Guide to Social Security Disability 05/07/2024 08:00pm • One in 4 Americans will become disabled by age 67, according to the Social Security Administration. "That means you could lose your greatest asset -- your ability to earn an income," said Steve Azoury, a financial advisor and owner of Azoury Financial in Troy, Michigan, in an email. Social Security TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform 05/07/2024 07:29pm • TikTok and its Chinese parent company filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new American law that would ban the popular video-sharing app in the U.S. unless it's sold to an approved buyer, saying it unfairly singles out the platform and is an unprecedented attack on free speech. In its lawsuit, Byt WNBA to begin full-time charter flights this season, commissioner says 05/07/2024 06:49pm • The WNBA plans to commit $50 million over the next two years to provide full-time charter flight service for its teams during the season, the league's commissioner announced Tuesday in a move that addresses years of player safety concerns. Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a meeting with sports e Drake and Kendrick Lamar's feud ��� the biggest beef in recent rap history ��� explained 05/07/2024 05:40pm • In one of the biggest beefs in recent hip-hop history, Drake and Kendrick Lamar are feuding ��� to the point that police were asked about their feud after a security guard was shot outside Drake's Toronto mansion on Tuesday. But it wasn't always this way. Over a decade ago, the pair collaborated on Editorial Roundup: United States 05/07/2024 01:46pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 6 The Washington Post on Medicare and Social Security reforms President Biden and former president Donald Trump don���t agree on much, but both have pledged not to touch Social Security benefits. This is a reflection of political r TikTok has sued the US over a law that could ban its app. What's the legal outlook? 05/07/2024 01:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A newly minted law forcing TikTok's parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or face a ban in the U.S. could be in for an uphill battle in court. The app���s China-based owner, ByteDance, filed a lawsuit Tuesday, calling the measure unconstitutional. Critics of the sell-or How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat 05/07/2024 12:36pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form? Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video app merged Study: Opioid use disorders are undertreated among formerly incarcerated Virginians on Medicaid 05/07/2024 11:22am • A new Virginia Commonwealth University��study��shows that opioid use disorders are underdiagnosed and undertreated among formerly incarcerated Virginians enrolled in Medicaid. Among the 4,652 adults released from state prisons in 2022, the study shows 85% were enrolled in Medicaid within one mont