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SAN RAFAEL, Philippines (AP) — A school shooting this week in Thailand may spark greater interest in holding more active shooter drills at educational institutions, as Southeast Asian nations consider measures to curb gun violence. Students in San Rafael, in the Philippines, took part in the Nationwide Simultaneous School Safety Drill on Thursday, an event highlighting the Department of Education’s efforts to strengthen school safety, security, and emergency preparedness. “It’s […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration is ratcheting up its fight to get more crude flowing through California and reverse the state’s efforts to move away from fossil fuels. Its latest salvo is a federal review of California’s coastal management program, which is run largely by a state commission that has had a powerful role for decades in shaping development along the coast. Environmental advocates fear federal officials […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Billionaire investor Leon Black refused to appear for a sworn deposition before Congress on Thursday and instead sued the House Oversight Committee, asking a federal court to block subpoenas issued as part of its investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The House Oversight Committee served Black with two subpoenas during a closed-door voluntary interview in June after lawmakers said he refused to answer questions about nondisclosure agreements. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are offering voters a preview of what a Democratic takeover of Congress could look like: investigations, subpoenas, and a sweeping effort to reverse key Republican policies. But their own internal divisions are already raising questions about whether they could govern effectively with what may be a razor-thin majority. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says that, if his party wins control in the midterm elections, Democrats […]

NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer, fines team $30M, Kawhi Leonard $700K in cap circumvention case LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was suspended for one year by the NBA, and the team was ordered to forfeit five first-round draft picks and pay a $30 million fine for violating salary cap circumvention rules in a case involving Kawhi Leonard. Also, president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank has […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is telling vulnerable Republican candidates to run proudly on the administration’s record as the final stretch of the midterm campaign begins. Speaking Wednesday at a Rose Garden dinner for GOP lawmakers, the president said Republicans have a strong, substantive message to bring directly to voters: renewed investment in the United States, action to lower prescription-drug costs, and a far more secure southern border. “All […]

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial returned to the courthouse in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Thursday for a sixth day of deliberation after twice saying they can’t agree whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three young children. If jurors ultimately cannot agree on a verdict, the judge could declare a mistrial. While both sides agree she killed her children, […]

(AP) – Computer chip company Nvidia is buying artificial intelligence software platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wrote in a blog post Thursday that more than 18 million developers, researchers and creators use Hugging Face to share more than 3 million models, 500,000 data sets and 1 million applications. There’s also more than 200,000 companies that use the platform, he said. In July, ChatGPT maker OpenAI […]

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Renewed fighting erupted early Thursday between government forces and militias on the outskirts of Somalia’s southwestern city of Baidoa, with reports of heavy gunfire and civilians fleeing their homes. Somalia’s Defense Ministry said government forces responded to an attack by fighters loyal to former South West state President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen and the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab. The clashes are the latest escalation in a […]