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Special mosquitoes are being bred to fight dengue. How the old enemies are now becoming allies

By MARÍA VERZA and MADDIE BURAKOFF Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now scientists are promoting a potentially more effective way to control the disease with the help of mosquitoes. These aren’t just any insects: Mosquitoes are bred in laboratories

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Jury urged to convict 3 in last trial tied to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot

By ED WHITE Associated Press A jury has heard closing arguments in Michigan in the fourth trial connected to a plan to kidnap the governor just ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Deliberations will start Thursday. Prosecutor William Rollstin says William Null, brother Michael Null and Eric Molitor hated government and were “willing to go

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Special mosquitoes are being bred to fight dengue. How the old enemies are now becoming allies

By MARÍA VERZA and MADDIE BURAKOFF Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now scientists are promoting a potentially more effective way to control the disease with the help of mosquitoes. These aren’t just any insects: Mosquitoes are bred in laboratories

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Tech industry leaders endorse regulating artificial intelligence at rare summit in Washington

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At a closed-door Senate forum, tech leaders loosely endorsed the regulation of artificial intelligence. The guest list at Wednesday’s hearing featured some of the industry’s biggest names, including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and X’s and Tesla’s Elon Musk. Musk said after leaving the meeting that

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Autoworkers strike would test Biden’s claim that he’s the most pro-union president in US history

By WILL WEISSERT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The prospect of an autoworkers strike could test Joe Biden’s treasured assertion he’s the most pro-union president in U.S. history. A work stoppage targeting General Motors, Ford and Stellantis has the potential to reshape the political landscape in battleground Michigan. And a strike

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Newsom says California will intervene in court case blocking San Francisco from clearing encampments

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will intervene in an ongoing court case blocking San Francisco from cleaning homelessness encampments. Newsom says the judge has gone too far and is preventing California from solving a critical problem. He says he hopes the case goes all

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Slave descendants vow to fight on after Georgia county approves larger homes for island enclave

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Descendants of enslaved people living on a Georgia island vowed to keep fighting Tuesday after county commissioners voted to double the maximum size of homes allowed in their tiny enclave, which residents fear will accelerate the decline of one of the South’s few surviving Gullah-Geechee communities.

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Arkansas governor seeks exemption on travel and security records, backs off other changes

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Republicans in the Legislature have backed off widespread limits to the state’s open records law, but they are still seeking limits on what can be released about the GOP governor’s travel and security. Republican lawmakers on Tuesday filed legislation

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Shuttered Michigan nuclear plant moves closer to reopening under power purchase agreement

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A company seeking to restart a southwestern Michigan nuclear power plant says it has taken a major step forward with the signing of a power purchase agreement. Holtec International said Tuesday that a subsidiary, Palisades Energy LLC, signed the deal this week with Wolverine Power Cooperative, a not-for-profit energy provider

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Lawyers for jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich ask UN to urgently declare he was arbitrarily detained

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Lawyers for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich are asking a United Nations body to urgently issue an opinion that he has been arbitrarily detained by Russia on espionage charges which are “patently false.” The request to the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on

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California lawmakers OK bills banning certain chemicals in foods and drinks

By ADAM BEAM AND SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are working through hundreds of bills before the legislative session ends on Thursday. Before Tuesday’s action, lawmakers still had more than 600 bills eligible for votes. If approved, the bills will go to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom has

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