Facebook launches virtual-reality work app for meetings
The Associated Press Facebook is trying to pull in workplace users with a new virtual-reality app called Horizon Workrooms. Workrooms lets people…
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Stenson, Antcliff lead after 1st round of Czech Masters
VYSOKY UJEZD, Czech Republic (AP) — Former British Open champion Henrik Stenson and Maverick Antcliff both shot a 5-under 67 to share the lead…
Continue Reading Justice Dept. bolsters monitoring of federal inmate accounts
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is directing the federal prison system implement new procedures to…
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Justice Dept. bolsters monitoring of federal inmate accounts
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is directing the federal prison system implement new procedures to…
Continue Reading Former women’s hoops player added to suit against Seton Hall
By DAVID PORTER Associated Press A former women’s basketball player at Seton Hall has been added to a lawsuit filed against the school by…
Continue Reading Jets’ defense loses Lawson, Lewis to season-ending injuries
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — New York Jets defensive end Carl Lawson will miss the season after rupturing his Achilles…
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Arizona Supreme Court won’t block new voter approved tax on high-earners to fund schools as lower court reviews
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Supreme Court won’t block new voter approved tax on high-earners to fund schools as lower court…
Continue Reading Record delta wave hits kids, raises fear as US schools open
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Just as school doors are reopening across the U.S., children are filling hospital beds instead of classrooms in…
Continue Reading Amazon to stream Academy of Country Music Awards in 2022
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Academy of Country Music Awards is making the streaming switch, moving from…
Continue Reading Nepalese Gurkhas end hunger strike over UK military pensions
LONDON (AP) — A 13-day hunger strike by former Nepalese Gurkha soldiers has ended after the British government agreed to enter talks with the…
Continue Reading Workers at Mexico GM plant end contract, oust union in vote
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Workers at a General Motors plant in Mexico have voted to end a collective bargaining contract negotiated by an old guard union…
Continue Reading Arizona school board imposes gag rule for vaccines, masks
BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — A northwestern Arizona school district has banned employees from discussing vaccination status or mask wearing with…
Continue Reading GOP Sen. Wicker of Mississippi tests positive for COVID-19
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. His communications…
Continue Reading Saints alter season ticket refund policy amid scrutiny
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints have adopted a new refund policy allowing fans to relinquish their…
Continue Reading Lawsuits: Iowa governor’s office violating open records law
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A pair of new lawsuits contend the office of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is illegally delaying…
Continue Reading DaCosta, Peele dare a new generation to summon ‘Candyman’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Candyman” was always more than a surface level horror film. The 1992 film dealt with class, race and trauma. But…
Continue Reading Israel announces resumption of Qatari payments to Gaza
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has announced an agreement with Qatar to resume aid payments to thousands of families in…
Continue Reading Gangs abduct 2 doctors in Haiti, including a needed surgeon
By MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Officials say two doctors at hospitals treating earthquake victims in…
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Law enforcement and FBI deal with bomb threat near U.S. Capitol
Law enforcement authorities say a man sitting in a black pickup truck outside the Library of Congress has told police that he has a bomb.…
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‘WitchTok’: Amid uncertainty, a new fascination with astrology and the occult bubbles up
By Neelam Bohra and AJ Willingham One August evening, hundreds of people used a Sharpie pen to write their greatest desire on a single bay leaf.…
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