(Reuters) – Dogs in California are practicing their wave-riding techniques ahead of the annual Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon, as pooches and their owners try out soft surfboards, specialized flotation devices, and ocean safety guidelines ahead of the Sept. 8 event. The annual contest is held in Del Mar, just north of San Diego, and hosted by …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris clashed on Monday over next month’s U.S. presidential debate, with the vice president’s team seeking a return to open microphones while her Republican rival threatened to pull out entirely, suggesting the previously agreed-upon ABC network was biased. “Why would I do the Debate against …
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By Keith Coffman and Steve Gorman DENVER (Reuters) -Jury selection began on Monday in the long-delayed trial of a man charged with murdering 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021, a case in which the suspect was ruled mentally unfit to face prosecution before pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. The outcome hinges …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – A hate crime indictment was filed against a man in New York City on Monday in what Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg described as an anti-Muslim attack where the suspect abused and assaulted the victim. David Grinblat, 34, was indicted for repeatedly punching a 25-year-old Muslim man in Midtown, while …
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By Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – ChatGPT developer OpenAI is supporting a California bill that would require tech companies to label AI-generated content, which can range from harmless memes to deepfakes aimed at spreading misinformation about political candidates. The bill, called AB 3211, has so far been overshadowed by attention on another California state …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal appeals court delivered a victory on Monday to President Joe Biden’s administration by ruling that a state law adopted by Republican-led Missouri, which declared several federal gun laws “invalid,” was unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Missouri’s bid to …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Care.com, a platform for providing in-home care services to children, older adults and pets, agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges it grossly inflated the number of available jobs and made it difficult to cancel memberships. The settlement with the unit of IAC Inc was filed …
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(Reuters) – The body of a woman who had been missing for three days was discovered on Sunday after she had been swept up in a flash flood near the Grand Canyon in Arizona that required the rescue of more than 100 people, officials said. The body of Chenoa Nickerson, 33, was discovered by a …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Kamala Harris has raised $540 million in little more than a month since she began her race for U.S. president, with a surge of donations flowing in during the Democratic National Convention last week, her campaign said on Sunday. A memo released by Harris’ campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon, said the …
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By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -Donald Trump, touting plans on taxes and health, tried on Friday to turn the page on a week in which he was overshadowed by Kamala Harris and struggled to focus on policy issues instead of personal attacks on his opponent in the U.S. presidential race. From a lectern at a Mexican …
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