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New app using AI aims to expand civic engagement in Minnesota

For anyone who isn’t familiar with how legislation is written and advanced at the state Capitol, the process can feel like it was deliberately created to confuse. Enter CivicLoon, an app...

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New York sues Coinbase and Gemini, seeking to halt unlicensed prediction market businesses

NEW YORK (AP) — New York is suing Coinbase and Gemini, two of the newest players in the prediction market industry, arguing that the companies' unregulated and unlicensed platforms are illegal gambling...

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Trump picks a University of Minnesota professor to lead his economic council

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated University of Minnesota economist Christopher Phelan to be the next chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, a key position...

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Federal judge strikes down some Trump administration actions that have slowed clean energy projects

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday struck down several Trump administration actions slowing down development of clean energy, including a requirement that all solar and wind...

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CPAC cancels two news programs, cites ‘accelerating revenue decline’

OTTAWA — CPAC, the Canadian service that provides direct coverage of political events, says declining revenues have led it to cancel two flagship programs, PrimeTime Politics and L’Essentiel. It cited...

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B.C. guide gets $30,000 penalty for leading client on hunt outside licence area

MCBRIDE — A British Columbia hunting guide has been ordered to pay more than $30,000 in penalties after admitting to taking a client outside of his designated hunt area. The B.C. Conservation Officer...

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Florida's attorney general launches criminal probe into ChatGPT over FSU shooting

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida's attorney general on Tuesday opened a rare criminal investigation into OpenAI's ChatGPT over whether the artificial intelligence app offered advice to a gunman who killed...

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Iranian commander threatens to destroy regional oil industry if war with the United States resumes

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian commander threatens to destroy regional oil industry if war with the United States resumes. The Associated Press

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Supreme Court seems wary of limiting federal regulators' power in a data privacy case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed wary of limiting the power of federal regulators on Tuesday in a case over multimillion-dollar penalties levied against telecommunications giants Verizon and...

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Rideshare drivers sue Uber over being kicked off app in new challenge to California law

Uber has failed to create an appeals system to give drivers due process when they’re kicked off the app, violating the California law it carved out that declared app-based drivers independent contractors,...

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