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China limits children to 3 hours of online gaming a week

August 30, 2021 7:10 AM The Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game…

Bajrami beats FIFA in court, can switch to play for Albania

August 30, 2021 6:50 AM The Associated Press

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Empoli midfielder Nedim Bajrami has won the right to switch national teams from Switzerland to Albania in a win over…

Failed nuclear contractor signs $21M deal, working with feds

August 30, 2021 6:43 AM The Associated Press

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The chief contractor at a failed multibillion-dollar project to build two nuclear reactors in South Carolina has…

STORY REMOVED: US–NYC Subway Disruption

August 30, 2021 5:48 AM The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Please disregard US–NYC Subway Disruption, published on Aug. 30, 2021, and datelined in NEW YORK. It was sent when another…

Portugal defender Semedo arrested on sexual assault charge

August 30, 2021 6:28 AM The Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Portugal defender Ruben Semedo has been arrested following an alleged sexual assault of a minor. The 27-year-old Semedo also…

Trial set to begin for prisoner accused of killing guards

August 30, 2021 6:27 AM The Associated Press

CAIRO, Ga. (AP) — Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the trial of one of two Georgia prisoners accused of killing two guards more than four…

How you can help Hurricane Ida victims

August 30, 2021 6:25 AM CNN

CNN, WSDU, KATC, SCV, MICHAEL GORDON, ST. BERNARD PARISH, SCV/Michael Gordon By Lauren Lee, CNN Hurricane Ida made landfall Sunday near Port…

US donates 55 military vehicles to Kosovo

August 30, 2021 6:24 AM The Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo has received 55 armored security vehicles donated by the United States for the Kosovo Security Force, or KSF. The…

Qantas CEO: A380 ‘perfect’ to meet massive pent-up demand for flying

August 30, 2021 6:23 AM CNN Newsource

Global aviation is still struggling to recover from the pandemic, as the Delta variant forces governments around the world to reintroduce coronavirus…

RFK’s oldest son condemns possible parole of Sirhan Sirhan

August 30, 2021 6:23 AM The Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — Former congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II, the oldest son of Robert F. Kennedy, denounced the possible parole of the man convicted of…

Man who pled guilty in 4 spa deaths was in court for other 4

August 30, 2021 6:19 AM The Associated Press

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people at Atlanta area massage businesses who has already pleaded…

Israel urges Netanyahu return gifts; he denies keeping them

August 30, 2021 6:02 AM The Associated Press

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister’s office has urged former premier Benjamin Netanyahu to return…

Big Tech failed with contact tracing. Can it do better with vaccine passport apps?

August 30, 2021 6:00 AM CNN Newsource

As some US cities start requiring proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, events and workplaces, smartphone makers such as Apple, Samsung and…

January 6 committee to ask telecommunications companies to preserve phone records of members of Congress who participated in ‘Stop the Steal’ rally

August 30, 2021 3:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the deadly January 6 riot has requested…

Henry commits to permanent role with Belgium coaching staff

August 30, 2021 5:53 AM The Associated Press

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian soccer federation says Thierry Henry has committed to a permanent role with the coaching staff of its national team…

Israeli policeman dies of gunshot wound from Gaza protest

August 30, 2021 5:44 AM The Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli border police officer who was shot in the head at point-blank range during a violent protest on the Gaza border last…

PNC to raise base wages to $18 an hour, latest bank to do so

August 30, 2021 5:32 AM The Associated Press

PNC Bank is the latest large U.S. financial services company to increase wages in a bid to keep and attract…

Merkel’s would-be heir seeks rebound after election debate

August 30, 2021 5:26 AM The Associated Press

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s struggling would-be heir has hit back at suggestions that a center-left…

Hiker death involving AZ police officer is ruled accidental

August 30, 2021 5:23 AM Caleb J. Fernández, Dominique Newland, The Associated Press

The death of a Massachusetts woman while hiking a Phoenix mountain in July has been ruled accidental by the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s…

Coffee prices haven’t been this high in 4 years

August 30, 2021 5:12 AM CNN Newsource

After surging in the spring, the prices of goods like lumber, corn and soybeans have come back down to Earth. Coffee is headed in the opposite…