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Amtrak CEO abruptly resigns from the nation's passenger railroad

NEW YORK (AP) — Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner abruptly resigned from his top post at the U.S. passenger railroad this week. Wednesday's announcement signaled that the leadership change came down to Amtrak maintaining support from…
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Newly released JFK assassination files reveal more about CIA but don't yet point to conspiracies

DALLAS (AP) — Newly released documents related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963 gave curious readers more details Wednesday into Cold War-era covert U.S. operations in other nations but didn't initially lend credence to long-circulating…
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Google to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in the biggest deal in company's history

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has struck a deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in what would be the tech giant's biggest-ever acquisition at the same time it's facing a potential breakup of its…
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NCAA agrees to lift name, image and likeness recruitment ban

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NCAA will abandon a rule that stopped athletes from negotiating potentially lucrative name, image and likeness deals before enrolling in a specific college, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said Monday…
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NASA's stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts. The four newcomers — representing…
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Don't click on those road toll texts. Officials issue warnings about the smishing scam

WASHINGTON (AP) — State officials are warning Americans not to respond to a surge of scam road toll collection texts. The texts impersonating state road toll collection agencies attempt to get phone users to reveal…
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Harvey Weinstein's looming #MeToo retrial takes shape as judge rules on what jury will hear

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein 's #MeToo retrial next month will largely be an abridged version of the original, with one big addition: a charge based on an allegation from a woman who was not a…
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Man found with a live turtle concealed in his pants by TSA at a New Jersey airport

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who was going through security at a New Jersey airport was found to have a live turtle concealed in his pants, according to the federal Transportation Security Administration.…
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Elon Musk claims X being targeted in 'massive cyberattack' as service goes down

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform was being targeted in a “massive cyberattack.” “We…
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Gene Hackman's dog was misidentified as other mysteries swirl around actor's death

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities misidentified a deceased dog while investigating the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, according to a pet care specialist. The couple's German shepherd, named Bear, survived…
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