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FILE - This photo shows the mobile phone app logos for, from left, Facebook and Instagram in New York, Oct. 5, 2021. British lawmakers have on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies like TikTok, Google and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

UK's new online safety law adds to crackdown on Big Tech companies

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British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies like TikTok, Google and Facebook … more

By KELVIN CHAN | 9/20/23

Biden is using executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps

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After being thwarted by Congress, President Joe Biden will use his executive authority to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps that'll serve as a major green jobs training program. In an … more

By MATTHEW DALY | 9/20/23

Junior doctors and medical consultants stand on the picket line outside University College Hospital in London, amid their dispute with the government over pay, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

England's National Health Service operates on holiday-level staffing as doctors' strike escalates

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Britain’s state-owned health service is operating on holiday-level staffing in England as doctors in the early stages of their careers joined their more senior colleagues in their first-ever joint … more

By PAN PYLAS | 9/20/23

FILE - View at the Bank of England, at the financial district in London, Thursday, May 11, 2023. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 that inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index was 6.7% in the year August, down from 6.8% in July. The decline took inflation to its lowest level since February 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

UK inflation in surprise fall in August, though Bank of England still set to raise rates

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Inflation in Britain fell unexpectedly in August to its lowest level since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which led to sharp rises in energy and food costs. The Office for National … more

By PAN PYLAS | 9/20/23

A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Asian shares declined Wednesday as markets awaited a decision on interest rates by the Federal Reserve. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Stock market today: Asian shares decline ahead of Fed decision on rates

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Asian shares are mostly lower as markets await a decision by the Federal Reserve on interest rates. Trade data for Japan showed exports fell 0.8% last month from a year earlier, marking a second … more

By YURI KAGEYAMA | 9/20/23

Kai Koerber showcases his app, Joy, on Thursday, July 27, 2023, in Berkeley, Calif. Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members on Valentine's Day in 2018. Seeing his peers — and himself — struggle with returning to normal, he says he wanted to do something to help people manage their emotions on their own terms. The result was Joy, which uses artificial intelligence to suggest bite-sized mindfulness activities for people based on how they are feeling. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Parkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an app built on AI that helps people heal

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Kai Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members on Valentine’s Day in 2018. Seeing his peers — and himself — struggle … more

By BARBARA ORTUTAY | 9/20/23

FILE - Britain's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, centre, sit with France's President Albert Lebrun, right, and his wife Mme. Lebrun, left, by the lake at Bagatelle, Paris, France, July 20, 1938, during a garden party. King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit Paris and Bordeaux from Sept. 20-22, 2023. The visit underscores Britain's aim to bolster ties with its closest European neighbor after years of sometimes prickly relations strained by Brexit and disagreements over the growing number of migrants crossing the English Channel on small boats. (AP Photo/Len Puttnam, File)

France is rolling out the red carpet for King Charles III's three-day state visit

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King Charles III of the United Kingdom starts a three-day state visit to France meant to highlight with great pomp both nations’ friendship. It comes after the trip was postponed in March amid … more

By SYLVIE CORBET | 9/20/23

FILE - This combo images shows New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, left, and Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, right. Trade missions took Lujan Grisham and counterpart Hobbs to the self-governing island of Taiwan that China would like to see reunited with the mainland. (AP Photo, File)

State governors from Arizona, New Mexico seek stronger economic ties with Taiwan

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Governors from the Southwestern United States are pursuing stronger business ties with Taiwan in hopes of attracting new foreign investments and jobs to their landlocked states. Trade missions took … more

By MORGAN LEE and TERRY TANG | 9/20/23

FILE - Immigrants from Venezuela are reflected in a marble wall while taking shelter at the Chicago Police Department's 16th District station on Monday, May 1, 2023. In Chicago, where 13,000 migrants have settled in the last year, Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker wrote Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to ask for parole for asylum-seekers, which, they say, would allow him to get around the wait for a work permit. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, FIle)

Biden's Democratic allies intensify pressure for asylum-seekers to get work permits

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As migration to the United States from Venezuela and other countries soars, Democratic elected officials are pressing the Biden administration to quickly grant work permits for asylum-seekers while … more

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE | 9/20/23

FILE- The seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System is displayed in the ground at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, Feb. 5, 2018. Since Federal Reserve officials last met in July, the economy has moved in the direction they hoped to see: Inflation continues to ease, if more slowly than before, while growth remains solid and the job market cools. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

What will Federal Reserve do next? Any hint of future rate hikes will be key focus of latest meeting

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The Federal Reserve is set to leave its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday as it seeks to guide the U.S. economy toward a “soft landing” of cooling inflation without triggering a deep … more

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | 9/20/23

Actor Michael J. Fox speaks listens during a panel at the Clinton Global Initiative, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Michael J. Fox receives 2023 Elevate Prize Catalyst Award at Clinton Global Alliance

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Actor and philanthropist Michael J. Fox won this year’s Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, which the “Back to the Future” star plans to use to further his foundation’s work to find treatments for … more

By GLENN GAMBOA | 9/19/23

William, Prince of Wales, greets fans as he visits a FDNY Firehouse on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Pool Photo via AP)

Prince William, billionaires Gates and Bloomberg say innovation provides climate hope

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Britain’s Prince William and wealthy entrepreneurs Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg promise hope to a warming world. A summit on innovation was designed to spur optimism amid the hottest summer on … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN and FATIMA HUSSEIN | 9/19/23

Airmen from Joint Base Charleston speak to a family living right next to the site of a crashed F-35 about the operation to recover the fighter jet and requests for the family in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Henry Taylor/The Post And Courier via AP)

Pilot of downed F-35 stealth fighter jet parachuted into residential backyard, official says

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The pilot of a $100 million stealth fighter jet parachuted safely into the backyard of a home in South Carolina after a malfunction forced him to eject from the aircraft, causing the plane to crash … more

By JAMES POLLARD and TARA COPP | 9/19/23

Smoke rises after an explosion at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Neb., Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. An explosion Thursday inside a shipping container generated toxic smoke and forced evacuations. (Melanie Standiford/Midwest Media via AP)

Explosion in Union Pacific's massive railyard in Nebraska appears accidental, investigators say

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Investigators say a blast that prompted evacuations near Union Pacific's massive railyard in western Nebraska last week appears to be accidental. But it's not yet clear what caused it. The Nebraska … more

By JOSH FUNK | 9/19/23

Former U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer of Indiana sentenced to 22 months in prison for insider trading

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A former U.S. congressman from Indiana has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information while working as a consultant after he left office. Former … more

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | 9/19/23

TikTok is launching new tool that will help creators label AI content on the app

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TikTok said on Tuesday it will begin launching a new tool that will help creators label their AI-generated content. TikTok said in a news release that the tool will help creators easily comply with … more

Associated Press | 9/19/23

FILE - Barbara Fried, mother of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, arrives at court, Dec. 22, 2022, in New York. On Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, lawyers for collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading filed a lawsuit accusing Allan Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, the parents of Sam Bankman-Fried, of exploiting their access to and influence over their son and the company he founded to enrich themselves by millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

FTX attorneys accuse Sam Bankman-Fried's parents of unjustly enriching themselves with company funds

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Lawyers for collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading are accusing Sam Bankman-Fried's parents of exploiting their influence over their son and the company he founded to enrich themselves by … more

By RANDALL CHASE | 9/19/23

This image released by Sony Pictures shows Paul Dano as Keith Gill in a scene from "Dumb Money." (Claire Folger/Sony Pictures via AP)

Movie Review: 'Dumb Money' recalls GameStop squeeze, when regular folk put the screws on Wall Street

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The little guy — or at least the little guy with a few hundred bucks to sink into the stock market — gets a movie to cheer with “Dumb Money,” the real story of a recent financial rebellion … more

By MARK KENNEDY | 9/19/23

Invited guests look at artist renderings of what the planned Tampa Bay Rays stadium will look like after the team announced plans for a new stadium during a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Rays finalizing new ballpark in St. Petersburg as part of a larger urban project

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The playoff-bound Tampa Bay Rays put the finishing touches on plans for a new 30,000-seat ballpark in St. Petersburg. It's part of a $6.5 billion development project announced Tuesday that includes … more

By CURT ANDERSON | 9/19/23

This cover image released by Harper shows "Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune" by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe. (Harper via AP)

Book Review: ‘Astor’ is a primer on the rise and fall one of America’s richest families

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In their new book “Astor,” CNN Journalist Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe trace the storied Astor family's legacy from its inception, when John Jacob Astor emigrated from Germany and … more

By MAE ANDERSON | 9/19/23