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April 19, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s data privacy watchdog said Friday it’s investigating Elon Musk’s social media platform X over its use of personal data to train his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok. The Data Protection Commission said it has opened an inquiry into “the processing of personal data comprised in publicly-accessible posts” that European users posted on
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Nestled among cloud-kissed Andean peaks and known for its steady rainfall, Colombia ’s capital once seemed immune to water scarcity. But that sense of security vanished as an unrelenting drought drained Bogotá’s reservoirs to historic lows, forcing authorities a year ago to ration water for the first time in more than
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday – a disappointment in the ongoing quest for animal-to-human transplants. Towana Looney is recovering well from the April 4 removal
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The NCHSAA Foundation has announced the 2025 recipients of te Clay Medal Scholarship. The prestigious award honors student-athletes who exemplify outstanding academic achievement, athletic excellence, leadership, and community service. The scholarship amounts to $3,000 per winner. Vincent Gregory of North Mekclenburg High School and Elyana Hvastkovs of D.H. Conley High School are this year’s recipients.
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By Stephen Whyno, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tom Wilson scored his career-best 33rd goal of the season and the Washington Capitals wrapped up the top spot in the Eastern Conference by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 in a shootout Thursday night. Pierre-Luc Dubois scored the shootout winner after the Capitals rallied from a 2-0
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BERLIN (AP) — Fatou, the oldest gorilla living in captivity worldwide, is getting ready for her 68th birthday in style. The Berlin zoo on Friday presented Fatou with a basket of fruit and vegetables ahead of her official birthday, which falls on Sunday. Fatou was born in 1957 and came to the zoo in what
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ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — After a long day of rehearsing for her upcoming world tour, Katy Perry decided to peruse a few books to help her unwind before bed. “I was listening to ‘Cosmos’ by Carl Sagan and reading a book on string theory,” she recalled. “I’ve always been interested in astrophysics and interested in
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One of North Carolina’s top high school athletic programs will need a new director. Brian Knab, the current AD at Marvin Ridge High School, announced on Friday that he is stepping down at the conclusion of the school year. Knab recently won the President’s Award from the North Carolina Athletic Directors Association. The coach took
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Like most Duke basketball fans, Steve was disheartened at the Blue Devils’ season ending in abrupt fashion in the Final Four. But to soften the blow, he’s still basking in a find that would be a dream experience for any Duke fan – or sports card collector. Steve bagged the only Cooper Flagg card of
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A woman in Australia unknowingly gave birth to a stranger’s baby after she received another patient’s embryo from her in vitro fertilization clinic due to “human error,” the clinic said. The mix-up was discovered in February when the clinic in the city of Brisbane found that the birth parents had
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