Are you a former SmileDirectClub customer? You might be eligible for a refund
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When SmileDirectClub shut down a year ago, scores of existing customers of the teeth-straightening company were…
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Olympics leader Bach talks up working with President-elect Trump toward 2028 Los Angeles Games
AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — IOC president Thomas Bach says Olympic leaders are “very confident and relaxed” about working with the incoming…
Continue ReadingTotal number of Texas fans caught and punished for throwing bottles in Georgia game: Zero
AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials say their investigation into the bottle-throwing incident that disrupted the Texas-Georgia…
Continue ReadingDigging resumes in the search for a woman in a Pennsylvania sinkhole
Associated Press Digging crews resumed work early Thursday in the effort to locate a woman who authorities fear died after falling into a sinkhole…
Continue ReadingKosovo’s parliament speaker ejects ethnic Serb lawmakers because of their truancy
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s parliament speaker has ejected several lawmakers of the ethnic Serb minority from the chamber because of their…
Continue ReadingWork-life balance isn’t working for women. Why?
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — About half of working women reported feeling stressed “a lot of the day,” compared to about 4 in 10 men,…
Continue ReadingRussia’s top military officer gave his US counterpart advance notice of Mediterranean Sea drills
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia’s top military officer called his U.S. counterpart to give advance warning of Russia’s drills in the…
Continue ReadingHistoric images of Native Americans by a Swiss artist find their way back to North Dakota
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — More than two dozen historic prints that depict Native American life and culture on the Upper Missouri River…
Continue ReadingAs data centers proliferate, conflict with local communities follows
Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, VA. (AP) — The sprawling, windowless warehouses that hold rows of high-speed servers powering almost everything the…
Continue ReadingAs data centers proliferate, conflict with local communities follows
Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, VA. (AP) — The sprawling, windowless warehouses that hold rows of high-speed servers powering almost everything the…
Continue ReadingAP’s top songs of 2024: ‘Texas Hold ‘Em,’ ‘Not Like Us,’ ‘Igual Que Un Ángel’ and more
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman has chosen 10 of the best songs of 2024. They’re not in any…
Continue ReadingWorld on brink of third nuclear age with few guardrails in place, UK military chief warns
By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — The world is at the brink of a third nuclear age, the head of the United Kingdom’s armed forces…
Continue ReadingElon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy bring Trump’s DOGE to Capitol Hill
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy spent several hours Thursday swapping ideas with…
Continue ReadingAP’s top albums of 2024: Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Mk.gee and more
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman has chosen 10 of the best albums of 2024. They’re not in any…
Continue ReadingNASA’s stuck astronauts hit 6 months in space. Just 2 more to go
AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Known across the globe as the stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hit the six-month…
Continue ReadingThese are the most mispronounced words of 2024
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Messing up pronunciations can be a source of both annoyance and amusement, but language learning platform Babbel has…
Continue ReadingBahamian police chief resigns after US indicts officers in ‘massive’ drug trafficking case
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The police commissioner of the Bahamas has resigned after two officers and a sergeant were recently indicted in a U.S.…
Continue ReadingWaymo unveils plan to bring its robotaxi service to Miami
AP Technology Writer Waymo is gearing up to bring its robotaxi service to Miami which will accelerate an expansion that’s been happening while its…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO as police probe surveillance photo and smudged fingerprint
CNN By Karina Tsui, John Miller, Brynn Gingras and Mark Morales, CNN New York (CNN) — Words written on ammunition. A smiling surveillance…
Continue ReadingMaternal mortality review panels are in the spotlight. Here’s what they do
AP Science Writer Efforts to reduce the nation’s persistently high maternal mortality rates involve state panels of experts that investigate…
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