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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump endorsed two Republican gubernatorial candidates Friday, wading into contests in South Carolina and Iowa that have pitted allies against each other in a fierce competition for their party leader’s blessing. In a pair of social media posts, Trump gave his backing to South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Iowa Rep. Randy Feenstra, as primary elections in both states approach. Iowa’s primary is […]

ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — A disoriented man slowly drove his car through doors Friday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, alarming morning travelers inside a busy terminal but causing no major injuries, authorities said. The 67-year-driver was immediately arrested when the SUV stopped, said Tadarial Sturdivant, vice president of emergency and support services. The man seemed “very disoriented” and said he was there to meet actor Tom Cruise and “to save his […]

May 29 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms plans to start testing an AI pendant in the next year as part of an ambitious roadmap for wearable devices aimed at reversing the huge losses in its hardware division, The Information reported on Friday. The Facebook and Instagram owner plans to significantly expand its selection of AI glasses and to add a business-focused service called “Wearables for Work,” the report said, citing an […]

By Diana Novak Jones May 29 (Reuters) – A Kentucky school district secured approximately $27 million in settlements from social media companies over claims they fueled a student mental‑health crisis, with Meta Platforms paying the largest amount at $9 million, according to records seen by Reuters on Friday that reveal the settlement’s financial terms for the first time. Meta settled the case brought by Breathitt County School District on May […]

Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Mike Gansey has been named the Philadelphia 76ers’ president of basketball operations, according to multiple reports Friday. Gansey, 43, replaces Daryl Morey, who parted ways with Philadelphia on May 12 after six seasons as the franchise’s top decision-maker for on-court matters. A former college basketball player at West Virginia who helped the Mountaineers reach the 2005 Elite Eight, Gansey joined Cleveland’s front office during the 2011-12 […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has revoked the visa of a Chinese national working for the state news agency Xinhua in the United States, in an apparent reciprocal act to Beijing’s decision to expel a New York Times reporter. A person familiar with the matter confirmed the visa had been revoked. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the matter involves visa privacy. A State Department official confirmed […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The granite monolith soars above a leafy stretch of Chicago’s South Side, a nearly windowless exterior more suited to a sci-fi film set than the state-of-the art presidential museum held within. Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Obama Presidential Center ahead of the official public opening on Juneteenth, more than a decade after the site was chosen. But the design of the roughly $850 million […]

The New York Giants fear wide receiver Gunner Olszewski may have torn his Achilles tendon after going down with a noncontact injury during Friday’s OTAs, according to ESPN. The 29-year-old veteran receiver, who will reportedly undergo tests to confirm the injury, immediately grabbed at his right leg after going down and slammed his fist in apparent frustration while being carted off the field. “That was a noncontact change in direction […]

May 29 (Reuters) – Five people were killed and more than 40 others injured, three critically, after a tour bus plowed into a sport utility vehicle early on Friday, triggering a fiery, chain-reaction crash on a U.S. highway in Northern Virginia, state police said.      A preliminary investigation showed that the bus driver failed to reduce speed as his motor coach was nearing slower-moving traffic in a construction zone along Interstate […]