PARIS (AP) - Tech giants and governments around the world - including the U.S. for the first time - are gathering virtually Friday and Saturday to find better ways to stop extremist violence from spreading online while also respecting freedom of expression...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday that river traffic has reopened on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, three days after it was closed when a crack was discovered in the Interstate 40 bridge that connects Tennessee and Arkansas...

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LONDON (AP) - Britain hopes to host the U.N.'s delayed COP26 climate summit in person in November despite the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the U.K. official leading the preparations said Friday...

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The Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association is forging ahead with its bid to establish an economically sustainable professional league in North America with or - for now - without the NHL's full financial backing...

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Thousands of Palestinians grabbed children and belongings and fled their homes Friday as Israel barraged the northern Gaza Strip with tank fire and airstrikes, killing a family of six in their house and heavily damaging other neighborhoods in what it said was an ...

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Sahina Islam can still recall the day when she heard an elderly Pakistani couple got kicked out of their New York City home by their son-in-law and were sitting near John F. Kennedy International Airport, stranded and with nowhere to go...

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DOVER, Del. (AP) - A federal judge has granted a request by the U.S. Department of Labor to void a union election held by a Delaware chapter of the International Longshoremen's Association.The judge declared Thursday that the results of a May 2019 held by Local 1694 in Wilmington are void and ...

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - In the wake of the days-long attack by Islamic extremist rebels on the northern Mozambican city of Palma at the end of March, a private military group contracted by the Mozambican military denies charges that it gave preference to whites when rescuing people trapped in a hotel...

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PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona's daily new COVID-19 case count is continuing a week-long upward trend with 854 known cases reported Friday along with nine deaths. The state Department of Health Services' latest figures come as some cities and counties wrestle with whether to follow new guidance and allow ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco's iconic cable cars remain sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic but officials said Friday the city's historic streetcars will start rolling again this weekend.As tourists start trickling back into San Francisco and the city reopens more of its economy, it plans to...

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee prosecutor is defending his marriage to a subordinate in his office.Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston said in a statement to the Chattanooga Times Free Press that his management decisions are "both legal and ethical...

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri is set to become the last state to require out-of-state online stores to collect sales taxes on residents' purchases after the GOP House gave its approval Friday...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rene Zellweger is coming to network TV next season in a dramatization of a murder case recounted by "Dateline NBC."The two-time Oscar winner's role in NBC's "The Thing About Pam" is a sign of how broadcast networks are banking on eye-catching names and familiar stories to draw ...

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Employees at the New Mexico Public Education Department are completing a three-hour diversity course as part of a plan to address a court order to improve services for students of different cultural, linguistic, and income backgrounds...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Attorney and former state lawmaker Otto Beatty Jr., a leading figure in the fight for racial equality in Ohio, has died at 81.His wife, U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty, announced his death on Twitter on Friday, calling him "a devoted father, grandfather, amazing husband and confidante, ...

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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Following reports that Nevada's vaccine information website planted more third-party cookies and ad trackers than any other state in the country, Republicans in the statehouse have introduced a bill to tighten the restrictions on how personal data can be collected from ...

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Greg Snowden, the former House speaker pro tempore and a 20-year veteran of the Mississippi Legislature, has been named the next director of the Administrative Office of Courts...

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - People in Michigan who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 don't need to wear a mask any longer, and people who aren't vaccinated don't have to wear one outdoors, officials said Friday, also declaring that the state's indoor mask requirement will expire in July...

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ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's 26 public universities and colleges do not currently plan to require students, faculty or staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the fall, according to guidance issued Thursday by the University System of Georgia...

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Friday put the kibosh on his predecessor's planned "National Garden of American Heroes" and revoked former President Donald Trump's executive orders aimed at social media companies' moderation policies and branding American foreign aid...

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NEW YORK (AP) - Four people have been arrested in connection with subway slashings and assaults early Friday - a series of crimes that's sharpened the ongoing debate over safety and policing in New York City's transit system...

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ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday ordered that state taxes on motor fuels remain suspended for another week to offset higher prices after a computer hack shut down the Colonial Pipeline that carries fuel to much of Georgia...

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland is ending its statewide mask mandate this weekend, following guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday.The mask mandate will end effective Saturday, the Republican governor said at a news conference...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A fading coronavirus crisis and an astounding windfall of tax dollars have reshuffled California's emerging recall election, allowing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to talk about an end to most COVID-19 restrictions and propose billions in new spending as he looks to fend off ...

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - When COVID-19 swept into the United States last year, the domestic supply chain for food and all manner of products took a tectonic hit, underscoring just how vulnerable the country is when it comes to getting goods to market...

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AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Ashley Scott describes the emotional side of her job as a death doula like a fountain in the middle of a lake.Her job is to help shepherd a dying person through an experience that is so intimate, common and yet mostly taboo in American culture...

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PERRY, Ga. (AP) - A Canadian company will invest $30 million to increase production at a middle Georgia sawmill, part of a series of overhauls of its Georgia sawmills.Interfor announced the overhaul Tuesday of its 140-employee Perry sawmill with completion scheduled sometime in the second half of ...

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LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - California-based Rocket Lab said a launch of satellites from its facility in New Zealand failed Saturday.The problem occurred during ignition of the Electron rocket's second stage, the company said in a statement...

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona Republicans say the voter restrictions they're pushing after President Joe Biden's win in the state last year are designed to strengthen the integrity of future elections...

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BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she understands young people's frustration about the pace of efforts to combat climate change, but is stressing the need to build political majorities to support effective action...

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