NKorea Kim again threatens to use nuclear weapons…
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NKorea Kim again threatens to use nuclear weapons…

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned again that he could use nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with South Korea and the United States, as he accused them of provoking North Korea and raising animosities on the Korean Peninsula, state media reported Tuesday. […]

Cat 5 Hurricane roars towards storm-battered Florida…
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Cat 5 Hurricane roars towards storm-battered Florida…

More than 2.6 million without power in Florida More than 2.6 million homes and businesses are without power as Hurricane Milton spun across central Florida, according to the website PowerOutages.us . Energy companies serve more than 11.5 million customer accounts statewide, according to the website. The number of people left without electricity continued to grow […]

Another sex toy gets thrown onto court during WNBA game…
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Another sex toy gets thrown onto court during WNBA game…

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA said Saturday that the individual who threw a sex toy on the court at an Atlanta Dream game earlier in the week was arrested and that any person throwing objects onto the court will be ejected from the arena and face a […]

Track bans transgender athletes; tightens rules for Semenya
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Track bans transgender athletes; tightens rules for Semenya

Track and field banned transgender athletes from international competition Thursday, while adopting new regulations that could keep Caster Semenya and other athletes with differences in sex development from competing.In a pair of decisions expected to stoke outrage, the World Athletics Council adopted the same rules as swimming did last year in deciding to bar athletes… […]

Track stymies Russian path to Olympics due to war in Ukraine
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Track stymies Russian path to Olympics due to war in Ukraine

Track and field leaders signaled Thursday that it will be nearly impossible for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in that sport at the Paris Olympics next year if the war in Ukraine continues.The World Athletics Council kept its ban on Russian athletes in international events in place “for the foreseeable future,” a move that… […]

Adam Wainwright headed to injured list with groin injury
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Adam Wainwright headed to injured list with groin injury

A trio of NL pennant hopefuls are suddenly dealing with injuries to some pretty important players.The Philadelphia Phillies lost slugging first baseman Rhys Hoskins on Thursday when he damaged his left knee fielding a grounder in a spring training game. He needs surgery for a torn ACL and is expected to miss a significant amount… […]

TIKTOK CEO faces off with Congress over security fears…
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TIKTOK CEO faces off with Congress over security fears…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A nearly six-hour grilling of TikTok’s CEO by lawmakers brought the platform’s 150 million U.S. users no closer to an answer as to whether the app will be wiped from their devices.U.S. lawmakers on Thursday pressed Shou Zi Chew over data security and harmful content, responding skeptically during a tense committee hearing… […]

Source: Trump grand jury hearing other matters Thursday
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Source: Trump grand jury hearing other matters Thursday

NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan grand jury investigating Donald Trump over hush money payments turned to other matters on Thursday, delaying until next week at the earliest any vote on a historic indictment of the former president, according to a person familiar with the matter. The panel does not meet on Fridays.It was not… […]

The hard right in Europe finds megaphone in Musk…
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The hard right in Europe finds megaphone in Musk…

ROME (AP) — Hard-right commentators, politicians and activists in Europe have uncovered a secret to expanding their influence: engaging with Elon Musk . Take the German politician from a party whose own domestic intelligence agency has designated as extremist. Her daily audience on X surged from 230,000 to 2.2 million on days Musk interacted with […]