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Sicily's Mount Etna erupts with columns of smoke and ash

MILAN (AP) — Sicily’s Mount Etna put on a fiery show Monday, sending a cloud of smoke and ash several kilometers (miles) into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population. The…
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FDA approves Moderna's new lower-dose COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. approved a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna late Friday but with limits on who can use it — not a replacement for the company’s existing shot, but a second option. The…
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Ford recalls more than a million vehicles for software glitch that makes rearview camera unreliable

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ford is recalling more than a million vehicles due to a software issue that can cause the rearview camera to malfunction, increasing the chance of an accident, government auto regulators said. The…
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Ancient DNA reveals a new group of people who lived near land bridge between the Americas

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago. Researchers are still charting how human populations spread…
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'How did you get here?' A large elephant seal is found lumbering along a South African street

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A large elephant seal took a wrong turn and was seen lumbering along a street in a coastal town in South Africa early Tuesday, surprising residents and inspiring a…
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France's first lady seems to push her husband as they land in Vietnam. He says they were joking

PARIS (AP) — They were just playfighting. That was French President Emmanuel Macron 's explanation Monday for video images that showed his wife, Brigitte, pushing her husband away with both hands on his face before they disembarked from…
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Music talent agent among dead after jet crashes into San Diego neighborhood

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A private jet carrying a music talent agent and five others hit a power line in foggy weather early Thursday and crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, slamming into a home…
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OpenAI recruits legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive to work on AI hardware in $6.5B deal

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI has recruited Jony Ive, the designer behind Apple's iPhone, to lead a new hardware project for the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT. OpenAI said it is acquiring io Products,…
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Southwest Airlines will require chargers be kept out while in use because of battery fire concerns

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using them because of concerns about the growing number of lithium-ion battery fires in a new…
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President Trump signs Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes. What is it?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Monday signed the Take It Down Act, bipartisan legislation that enacts stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery, sometimes called “revenge porn," as fell as deepfakes…
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