Speaker stuns 2019 Morehouse grads, to pay off student debt
May 20, 2019
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK A billionaire technology investor stunned the entire graduating class at Morehouse College when he announced at their commencement Sunday that he would pay off their student loans __ estimated at up…
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Meet the Democratic candidates who are running for president
May 16, 2019
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio became the latest entry into the 2020 Democratic presidential race on Thursday, bringing the primary field to nearly two dozen candidates. The sprawling Democratic field features candidates ranging…
Alabama ban on nearly all abortions in GOP governor’s hands
May 15, 2019
By KIM CHANDLER MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama legislators have given final approval to a ban on nearly all abortions, and if the Republican governor signs the measure, the state will have the strictest abortion…
Apps cost too much? Court allows suit adding to Apple’s woes
May 14, 2019
By MARK SHERMAN and MICHAEL LIEDTKE WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers can pursue a lawsuit complaining that iPhone apps cost too much, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, adding to Apple’s woes that already include falling…
Hero students highlight shift in school shooting guidance
May 10, 2019
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MICHAEL MELIA BALTIMORE (AP) — The actions of students who died tackling gunmen at two U.S. campuses a week apart have been hailed as heroic. At a growing number of schools…
Parents can’t delete what kids tell Amazon voice assistant
May 09, 2019
By MATT O'BRIEN Amazon met with skepticism from some privacy advocates and members of Congress last year when it introduced its first kid-oriented voice assistant , along with brightly colored models of its Echo Dot speaker designed…
Students kill classmate, injure 8 at school near Columbine
May 08, 2019
By KATHLEEN FOODY and P. SOLOMON BANDA HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) — Two high school students shot and killed a classmate and injured eight others at a charter school in a Colorado community that just…
San Francisco to join list of those banning cashless stores
May 07, 2019
By JANIE HAR SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco is about to require brick-and-mortar retailers to take cash as payment, joining Philadelphia and New Jersey in banning a growing paperless practice that critics say discriminates against…
4 pups of endangered species of wolf born at Chicago zoo
May 02, 2019
CHICAGO (AP) — Four pups of a critically endangered species of wolf have been born at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. The zoo says in a news release that the two male and two female…
Breather for Iowa riverside city? Heavy rain not expected
May 01, 2019
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A meteorologist says there’s not much risk of rainfall heavy enough to further raise the Mississippi River flood threat in eastern Iowa. A temporary flood barrier failed in Davenport on Tuesday, submerging downtown…