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NATIONAL
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TSA officers share how they're scraping by without pay
SUMMARY: Tens of thousands Transportation Security Administration officers are set to receive another $0 paycheck this week. A dispute in Congress over funding the Department of Homeland Security has held up their salaries since mid-February. With monthly bills coming due, many of these federal employees are making difficult choices about how to make ends meet while continuing to screen passengers and luggage at airports across the U.S. In Indianapolis, a TSA officer has turned to a local food bank. A married couple in Florida is worried about providing for their family while the DHS shutdown holds up both their incomes. A father of three in Utah quit his TSA job to find one that pays.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTravelDelaysTSAOfficersndLdWritethru/02c8fdbda5488b1cfb019fcf79c0430a/text___
Savannah Guthrie in NBC News interview appeals for help finding her missing mother
SUMMARY: Savannah Guthrie says in a tearful interview on NBC that "'somebody needs to do the right thing” and provide information that leads to a resolution of the case of her missing 84-year-old mother. Guthrie says she wakes up every night wondering about the terror that her mother went through. The “Today” show aired a portion of Hoda Kotb’s interview with her colleague Wednesday and says it will air more on Thursday and Friday — the first interview Guthrie has given since her mother went missing nearly two months ago. Investigators believe Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped or otherwise taken against her will.
WORDS: 311 - MOVED: 03/25/2026 12:26 PM PST
https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSSavannahGuthrieMomMissing/13f7a8c2cf9c9d4cb9cc9f990e6ac8bb/text___
New Mexico jury says Meta harms children's mental health and safety, violating state law
SUMMARY: A New Mexico jury finds that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children’s mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law. The jury announced its verdict Tuesday as another jury deliberates a similar case in California against Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. State prosecutors said Meta prioritized profits over safety in violation of the state’s Unfair Practices Act and failed to adequately monitor the platforms for child sexual exploitation. Attorneys for Meta say company discloses risks and makes efforts to weed out harmful content and experiences, but that some bad material gets through its safety net. A Meta spokesperson says the company will appeal.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSMetaNewMexicoTrialthLdWritethru/28eabd8ec5f58c1d1ecddc21bb107de7/text___
Jewish communities boost security and continue observances amid rise in hateful incidents
SUMMARY: Jewish and Muslim communities in the United States observed some of the most sacred holidays of their respective religions despite increased security measures and concerns over hateful rhetoric as the war in the Middle East continues. Leaders from local communities stressed efforts to build interfaith dialogue and continue religious observations undeterred by an increase in antisemitic and Islamophobic rhetoric in recent years. Experts have blamed the rise of hateful rhetoric on new technologies, polarized politics and foreign conflicts. Local leaders say that interfaith dialogue and not cowering to hateful actors is the best response to the increase in hateful violence and rhetoric.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSInterfaithSecurityBriefing/429b71bf337dac5dc7fb73e79b23ecc6/text___
A timeline of the deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport
SUMMARY: It took less than a minute for a routine landing to spiral into a deadly crash Sunday at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. But a timeline reconstructed from by The Associated Press from air traffic control recordings and information from federal safety investigators and other sources shows that the collision between an Air Canada flight and a fire truck crossing the runway was the culmination of a series of events that began much earlier. Two pilots died in the crash, and several passengers were seriously hurt.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSLaGuardiaCrashTimeline/cb227dafbe84fbcc1701e71befb5ceaa/text___
Seconds before LaGuardia crash, controller cleared the fire truck to cross the runway, NTSB says
SUMMARY: Federal investigators say one of only two air traffic controllers on duty at LaGuardia Airport cleared a fire truck to cross a runway just 12 seconds before an Air Canada flight touched down, leaving little time to avoid the collision that killed both pilots. The National Transportation Safety Board is working to determine which of the airport’s layers of safety precautions failed and allowed the fire truck onto the runway Sunday night. Among the areas being explored are whether the common practice of two controllers on duty overnight is enough and why a runway warning system didn’t alert the possibility of a crash. The plane carrying more than 70 people slammed into the fire truck, killing two pilots.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSNYLaGuardiaCrashInvestigationthLdWritethru/33073747e410c8d7bceab0ebc347d35f/text___
Minnesota sues Trump administration over shootings, including deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good
SUMMARY: Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently probe three shootings by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The lawsuit claims that the federal government reneged on its promise to cooperate with state investigations after the surge of federal law enforcement in Minneapolis, and are seeking a court order demanding that the Trump administration comply. The lawsuit said the federal government is not permitted to “withhold investigative evidence for the purpose of shielding law enforcement officers from scrutiny."
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSImmigrationEnforcementMinnesotathLdWritethru/5a0b98ac7173ce0e9ecc3bf9a39e3919/text___
Pilots killed in LaGuardia collision were young Canadians who had long dreamed of flying planes
SUMMARY: The pilots killed in a collision between a jetliner and a fire truck on a New York runway have been identified as Mackenzie Gunther and Antoine Forrest. Gunther and Forrest were operating an Air Canada jet that was landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport when it collided with the fire truck Sunday. Officials still haven’t identified the two men publicly, but a relative who spoke to The Associated Press and a Canadian college confirmed their identities separately. Forest's great aunt told AP that he always wanted to be a pilot. And Toronto college Seneca Polytechnic said Gunther graduated from an honors aviation technology program in 2023 and will be deeply missed.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSLaGuardiaCrashPilotsIdentifiedndLdWritethru/c5238ddbe5b0ba6ccedfa967ac62efc0/text___
Fire out and shelter-in-place order is lifted after oil refinery explosion near Texas coast
SUMMARY: Officials say an oil refinery fire near the Texas coast has been put out and a shelter-in-place order has been lifted following air quality testing. The large explosion at the complex had shot plumes of smoke into the air. A Valero spokesperson says no one was injured and all employees are accounted for after Monday’s explosion at the company's refinery in Port Arthur. The explosion comes amid a spike in gas prices driven by uncertainty over the global oil supply because of the Iran war. Valero’s website says the refinery has about 770 employees and can process about 435,000 barrels of oil per day. The plant refines heavy sour crude oil into gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSRefineryFireTexasthLdWritethru/60ecf6d9a70a2f1d5494fb8e38a84c4a/text___
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Record-high passenger wait times at airports, but no deal yet on the 40th day of the shutdown
SUMMARY: The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration says air travelers are experiencing the highest airport wait times ever under her agency. In testimony Wednesday before a House committee, Ha Nguyen McNeill described the mounting hardships facing unpaid airport workers. Bills and eviction notices are piling up, and some workers are resorting to plasma donations to make ends meet. Her appearance on Capitol Hill comes as the latest offer to end a funding impasse and put restraints on President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda is running into fierce resistance. But there appears to be no end in sight on the 40th day of the stalemate involving the Department of Homeland Security.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCongressHomelandSecurity/391cbd731bed2e8433ab7f1a96ca9663/text___
Means' surgeon general nomination is stalled as senators question her experience and vaccine stance
SUMMARY: Wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means' nomination to become U.S. surgeon general is stalled a month after senators grilled her on vaccines during a tense confirmation hearing. The delay deepens doubts about Means' ability to secure the votes she needs amid concerns over the Trump administration's approach to health policy. Means likely needs support from every Republican on the Senate health committee for her nomination to move forward. But after last month’s hearing, Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine told reporters they still had questions for Means. The White House has reinforced its support for Means, a Stanford-educated physician who left her Oregon surgical residency program.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpSurgeonGeneralndLdWritethru/04fdbb46b3029d4d6b1a7a3da63730df/text___
Conservatives gather for CPAC with the right openly divided over the Iran war
SUMMARY: Conservatives are holding one of their largest annual gatherings as President Donald Trump faces a tough moment and a growing rift over the Iran war. The Conservative Political Action Conference begins Wednesday near Dallas. While Trump maintains broad support among conservatives, the Iran war is more than a wrinkle for activists drawn to his “America First” campaign pledge against getting involved in foreign conflicts. Some featured speakers at the conference back the war, but others warn it could drain support from voters ahead of the midterm elections. Trump ally Steve Bannon calls the Iran conflict risky for conservatives while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz defends Trump’s decision as “exactly right.”
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSRepublicansCPACndLdWritethru/387082bac70bc17ce56a37fcbd5b056a/text___
Most Americans say US military action against Iran has gone too far, a new AP-NORC poll finds
SUMMARY: A new AP-NORC poll finds most Americans believe recent military action against Iran has gone too far and many are worried about affording gasoline. As the war launched by the U.S. and Israel continues in its fourth week, the survey indicates that while President Donald Trump’s approval rating is holding steady, the conflict could be turning into a major political liability for his Republican administration. About 59% of Americans say U.S. military action has been excessive. Meanwhile, 45% are “extremely” or “very” concerned about affording gas in the next few months, up from 30% shortly before Trump took office. However, there's significant support for Trump’s objective of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSAPPollIranndLdWritethru/2abd1ea4a81f3339cebadd5480fb863b/text___
At least 1,000 US troops from 82nd Airborne set to deploy to Mideast, AP sources say
SUMMARY: The U.S. military is preparing to deploy at least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East in the coming days. That's according to three people with knowledge of the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday. The unit is considered the Army’s emergency response force and can typically be deployed on short notice. The soldiers are trained to parachute into hostile or contested territory to secure key territory and airfields. The force would include a battalion of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, the division’s commander and staff. It’s the latest addition of American troops after U.S. officials recently said thousands of Marines aboard several Navy ships will be heading to the region.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSIranUSMilitarystLdWritethru/4b4c30ebc807b323fbf35c4435a739f1/text___
Supreme Court considers letting Trump administration revive restrictive immigration asylum policy
SUMMARY: The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with an immigration policy that has been used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border and whether the Trump administration should be able to revive it. Some conservative justices seemed receptive to the Justice Department's push to overturn a ruling against the practice known as metering. Immigration authorities said they limited the number of people who could apply for asylum to handle an increase in migrants at the border. Advocates say the policy created a humanitarian crisis during President Donald Trump’s first term as people who were turned away settled in makeshift camps in Mexico.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSSupremeCourtImmigrationAsylumrdLdWritethru/370cfe83c56f74fe56bf60cf2bebb07e/text___
Trump casts Florida mail ballot as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the practice. Democratic leader Chuck Schumer criticized the president as hypocritical in response. Palm Beach County voter records show the president voted by mail in a Tuesday special election for state legislative seats and that his ballot has been counted. Early voting in the contest ran through Sunday, when Trump was still at his south Florida estate. The White House said Trump's focus is on states with universal mail voting, not on individual voters who need accommodations. Still, Trump has made sweeping claims that mail ballots are susceptible to widespread fraud.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpMailBallotrdLdWritethru/bd52fd205f4484237d5b77d2e7319350/text___
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Denmark's 'kingmaker' could decide who will lead its next government after inconclusive election
SUMMARY: Denmark’s foreign minister and his centrist party are expected to decide who will lead the Scandinavian country’s next government after Tuesday’s parliamentary elections ended without a clear majority for any party or bloc. Center-left Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen could survive for a third term, despite a disappointing result. But she will need to negotiate a deal with the kingmaker, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, if she is to lead a new coalition. The campaign focused on bread-and-butter issues rather than the crisis over U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambitions toward Greenland. The outgoing government resigned Wednesday.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUDenmarkElectionWhatToKnowndLdWritethru/9cbfa7c1e48e697594e599b2e98c1df0/text___
Iran rejects US ceasefire plan, issues its own demands as strikes land across the Mideast
SUMMARY: Iran dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries. Iran’s defiance came as Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran on Wednesday and as the US deployed paratroopers and more Marines to the region. Two Pakistani officials familiar with the US ceasefire proposal said it addresses sanctions relief, a rollback of Iran's nuclear program and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil shipments that has been virtually shut since the war began late last month. Iranian state TV's English-language broadcaster quoted an anonymous Iranian official as saying “Iran will end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met.”
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranUSndLdWritethru/be07c54139bcc70672bb33f0773ede6a/text___
Cancer nurse turned archbishop celebrates election as first woman to lead Church of England
SUMMARY: Sarah Mullally, a one-time cancer nurse who became a priest at the age of 40, will be installed as archbishop of Canterbury. She'll be publicly celebrating her election as the first woman ever to lead the Church of England. While the 63-year-old Mullally formally became the archbishop of Canterbury back in January, Wednesday’s event marks the beginning of her public ministry as both the head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The communion is an association of independent churches, including the Episcopal Church in the U.S., that together have more than 100 million members.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUBritainArchbishopofCanterburyndLdWritethru/e5db8d88ab1cd4414087d217da02b8c8/text___
Russia says it shot down almost 400 Ukrainian drones as Moscow and Kyiv escalate aerial barrages
SUMMARY: Russia is reporting that it has shot down hundreds of Ukrainian drones in a massive overnight attack across its regions and Crimea. Russia’s Defense Ministry says its air defenses downed 389 drones over 13 regions and the Crimean Peninsula. The attack highlights Ukraine’s growing long-range drone capability. It follows a Russian barrage on Tuesday that Ukraine says hits civilian areas with almost 1,000 drones and 34 missiles. Ukrainian officials say at least six people died and about 50 were hurt. Regional officials in Russia report fires and power disruptions.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURussiaUkraineWarthLdWritethru/9cb9adca61c79312b470a00fa8ae80be/text___
UK police arrest 2 men over arson attack on ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity
SUMMARY: British police have arrested two men over an arson attack that destroyed four ambulances from a Jewish charity. They're treating the fire as an antisemitic hate crime. Police say the two suspects are in custody in London. Commander Helen Flanagan has called the arrests a breakthrough. She says CCTV suggests three people took part in the attack. Police do not call it a terror attack. They're investigating an online claim from a group with possible Iran links. The fire started early on Monday in the Golders Green neighborhood. Oxygen cylinders exploded and nearby windows shattered. MI5 says it has disrupted many Iran-backed plots.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUBritainAntisemiticAttackrdLdWritethru/b29a746774f9d9ee8c72ed4ed2b48dad/text___
Danish election produces inconclusive result that leaves prime minister’s future unclear
SUMMARY: Denmark’s election Tuesday ended in an inconclusive result that left the prime minister’s future unclear, after a campaign that focused on bread-and-butter issues rather than her handling of the crisis over U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambitions toward Greenland. Official results showed that Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s center-left Social Democrats lost ground compared with the last election in 2022, as did her two partners in the outgoing government. Neither left-leaning nor right-leaning blocs won a majority in parliament. That left experienced Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen — a former prime minister — in the role of kingmaker.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUDenmarkElectionthLdWritethru/a47b681838c18ef9b7b4fe63fd4b3b0c/text___
Cambodian man deported by the US to Eswatini is being repatriated, his lawyer says
SUMMARY: A lawyer for a Cambodian man deported by the United States to the African kingdom of Eswatini says he has been released from a prison to be repatriated. Pheap Rom was deported under the Trump administration’s third-country program. He was deported to the southern African nation in October and held at a maximum-security prison with other deportees. U.S.-based lawyer Tin Thanh Nguyen says his client was due to fly to Johannesburg, South Africa, on the way to Cambodia. The U.S. has sent 19 migrants from other countries to Eswatini in three batches since July. Rom is the second deportee to be repatriated.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APAFEswatiniDeporteeReleasedthLdWritethru/dc6e217e6abf34a05dad314bd8c272f9/text___
What we know and don't know about the Iran war negotiations
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump’s surprising claim this week that talks with Iran were yielding great progress has only raised more confusion over a war whose goals were already unclear. A 15-point plan from the Trump administration offering a potential pathway to an exit has been delivered to Iran through Pakistan, according to a person briefed on the contours of the plan but who was not authorized to speak publicly about it. The most basic question: What talks? Iran denied any negotiations were taking place, pledging to fight “until complete victory.”
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranUSTalksWhattoKnowthLdWritethru/767a154363f4aed9c8af36966c4f701a/text___
Brazil's Bolsonaro to serve sentence at home due to ill health, judge to review in 90 days
SUMMARY: Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro will continue to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison due to failing health. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes argued on his decision on Tuesday he will review the case within 90 days, but allowed the 71-year-old to return to his residence in capital Brasilia after he is discharged from hospital. Bolsonaro will wear an ankle monitor and is not allowed to use cellphones, the judge ruled. Local police will surveil his house in a gated community, where protesters are not allowed to gather.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APLTBrazilBolsonarothLdWritethru/bf37e7ee479349cb9c7a00339e984a83/text___
As US pressure grows for leadership change in Cuba, a Castro could be the next president
SUMMARY: Speculation is mounting about who, if anyone, might replace Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for change in Cuba’s leadership. Diaz-Canel was Raúl Castro’s handpicked largely figurehead successor in 2018 and the only leader without the last name Castro to govern since the 1959 revolution. He still has two years left in his term —- but some experts and a growing number of Cubans doubt he’ll make it. Experts say two Castro cousins have come into focus as potential replacements. They are Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, Cuba’s deputy prime minister and Raúl Castro’s 55-year-old great nephew, and Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, Raúl Castro’s grandson, who has never held a government position.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APCBCubaTheTwoCastrosstLdWritethru/9546dcd1d4b55b38e900c1d3144a70aa/text___
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Stocks and oil prices keep yo-yoing on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will end
SUMMARY: Hope for a possible end to the war with Iran is pushing stocks higher again, while oil prices ease. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% Wednesday in its latest flip-flop after the United States delivered a plan to pause the war to Iran. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 323 points, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.3%. But the moves are shaky, and the S&P 500 during the morning briefly came close to erasing all of an early 1.2% jump. Iran dismissed the U.S. proposal, and fierce fighting continues in the Middle East. Stock indexes rose more than 1% across Europe and Asia.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APFinancialMarketsthLdWritethru/826e691e2fd93a63ac8ec8ed98924a17/text___
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New studies of old dogs help scientists understand where they came from
SUMMARY: Scientists are tracing back the history of dogs using the oldest genes from the species ever studied. Scientists think dogs descended from an ancient population of gray wolves somewhere in Europe or Asia. But exactly when and where this happened remain a mystery. Researchers examined ancient genes from the remains of over 200 dogs and wolves and found that the oldest dated back to about 15,800 years ago. Ancient dogs' lives were closely tied to the movements of the humans they lived with. Scientists can’t paint a picture of exactly what the first dogs looked like, but think they resembled smaller wolves. The new studies were published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APSCIOldestDogGenes/be3d8d4b76e138cbc6d9c31c578bcbb5/text___
Geneva's CERN hails delicate test on transporting antimatter as a scientific success
SUMMARY: Scientists at CERN took some antiprotons out for a spin in a never-tried-before test drive. Tuesday's experiment was hailed as a success. About 100 antiprotons traveled in a truck around CERN's Geneva campus and were transported back into the lab. Each particle had corresponding antiparticle, like an antiproton, exactly matching the particle but oppositely charged. If the opposites came into contact, they would “annihilate” each other and set off energy. The mass in the test was tiny, so the worst that could happen was losing the antiprotons.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APSCISwitzerlandCERNAntiprotonAdventurethLdWritethru/17369ec3439bf5263d82ca11f0124895/text___
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Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI
SUMMARY: A growing number of U.S. college instructors are turning to oral exams to help combat an AI crisis in higher education. Some are replacing written assignments with oral exams. Others are pairing Socratic-style questioning with written assignments or requiring students to attend office hours. Instructors say they know student use of AI is ubiquitous but hard to police, and it's impacting student learning. Oral exams allow instructors to determine what students know and where they need help. Students say they don't always love the testing format, but many agree that it's effective. As one student says, knowing that you will be face-to-face with a professor “makes you realize, ‘I should study this.’”
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSEducationArtificialIntelligenceOralExams/77954a19f5304bfc6e76dc92d4bef3ad/text___
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A woman prosecutors say fired shots at Rihanna's home in attempt to kill her set to appear in court
SUMMARY: A woman who prosecutors fired shots at Rihanna’s home while the singer and her family were there is set to appear in court. Thirty-five-year-old Ivanna Lisette Ortiz of Orlando, Florida, expected to enter a plea in Los Angeles to more than a dozen felony counts. She is charged with the attempted murder of Rihanna and 10 counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm against other people at the home, including Rihanna's partner A$AP Rocky and three young children. Prosecutors haven't said what might have motivated the shooting. Ortiz could face life in prison if convicted.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APENTRihannaShotsFiredHousestLdWritethru/155931c0f8d4452d54488d7d64f4264f/text___
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Vegas and Seattle a step closer to getting NBA teams. League's owners approve expansion exploration
SUMMARY: The NBA’s board of governors has voted to approve a plan that brings the league one step closer to expansion to Las Vegas and Seattle. The league's owners are essentially beginning the process of working with potential ownership groups who will aim to have franchises in those two cities in the next few years.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APBKNNBAExpansionrdLdWritethru/24efe0c2e9957a67302a4c0cb2af972c/text___
Even with robot umpires, MLB managers will find reasons to argue and get ejected
SUMMARY: Managers have less to argue about as Major League Baseball starts ball-and-strike challenges this season with so-called robot umpires. Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash says he likes using technology but figures there still will be reasons to argue because each team is allowed only two unsuccessful challenges. Minnesota Twins manager Derek Shelton expects less complaining early in games, but he wonders what happens after challenges run out. New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone also points out that teams have to prepare pitchers for returning to the mound when they thought the inning was over only to have an opponent win a challenge.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APBBOABSEjections/b50fe554c47712f95da18d1015c2afe4/text___
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