NFL DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys didn’t take long to settle on Mike McCarthy as their coach after waiting a week to announce they were moving on from Jason Garrett. McCarthy, who won a Super Bowl at the home of the Cowboys nine years ago as Green Bay’s coach, agreed to become the ninth […]
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SAN DIEGO — When the nation’s economists gathered here over the weekend, the event looked different than in past years. There was a woman holding “office hours” to help victims of sexual harassment and abuse. Job interviews were no longer conducted in hotel rooms, where female candidates had long felt uncomfortable. There was a long
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The hotly-anticipated “Saved by the Bell” reboot is moving forward with Josie Totah as its star. Totah will play Lexi, described in press notes as “a beautiful, sharp-tongued cheerleader and the most popular girl at Bayside High” who is both “admired and feared” by her classmates. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news early Monday. Mario
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Image copyright Morrisons The UK’s fourth largest supermarket group, Morrisons, has said its sales fell over the Christmas period amid “challenging” trading conditions. The retailer reported a 1.7% fall in like-for-like sales – which strip out the impact of new stores – excluding fuel, for the 22 weeks to 5 January. It said the “customer
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WASHINGTON — Facebook said on Monday that it would ban videos that are heavily manipulated by artificial intelligence, known as deepfakes, from its platform. In a blog post, a company executive said Monday evening that the social network would remove videos altered by artificial intelligence in ways that “would likely mislead someone into thinking that
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Auburn and San Diego State made it through the 2019 portion of the season unscathed, emerging as the only undefeated teams left in Division I. Both top-10 teams will face what could be difficult tests to keep it that way. The Tigers, who moved up three spots in The Associated Press poll to No. 5
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False. As lawmakers in Washington and allies around the world grappled with President Trump’s decision to launch a strike that killed Iran’s most important general, an Arizona Republican, Representative Paul Gosar, shared a fake image from his personal Twitter account on Monday purporting to show President Barack Obama shaking hands with President Hassan Rouhani of
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Shares have rebounded in Asia following modest gains on Wall Street despite caution over rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer January 7, 2020, 6:54 AM 3 min read BANGKOK — Shares advanced in Asia Tuesday following modest gains on Wall Street despite caution over rising tensions between the
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Image copyright 21st Century Fox / Disney You might think a new trailer for a Marvel movie wouldn’t be that big a deal, considering how many films have been released based on their comic book characters. But there’s more of a back-story to The New Mutants movie, (a film about young X-Men), than most –
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Image copyright SPACEX Image caption Artwork: The 250kg satellites have a “flatpack” design which unfolds a solar array in orbit California’s SpaceX company has launched another 60 satellites in its Starlink network. It brings to 182 the number of spacecraft the firm has now put in the sky as part of its plan to provide
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