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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ jolts box office with $110 million opening weekend

Associated Press After 36 years of waiting, the juice is finally loose again in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” this time racking up $110 million in its premiere weekend. The long-awaited Tim Burton sequel is the third-best opening weekend of the year, only behind box office triumphs “Inside Out 2” and “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Michael Keaton returns as

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Harris campaign plans for aggressive outreach in swing states after Tuesday’s debate with Trump

Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans a four-day campaign trip through major swing states after the Democrat’s debate with Republican Donald Trump. Her “New Way Forward” tour will include a new television spot, rallies, canvassing events and programs designed to target important voting groups. The period after Tuesday’s debate in Philadelphia

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School districts race to invest in cooling solutions as classrooms and playgrounds heat up

Associated Press Ylenia Aguilar raised her sons in Arizona, so they’re no strangers to scorching heat. She remembers “seeing soccer kids and my own children pass out and faint from, you know, heat-related illnesses,” she said. “It was seeing my sons dehydrated.” Schools across the U.S. are carpeted in heat-absorbing asphalt and lack shade. The

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Turkish president vows to ‘purge’ military graduates who took a pro-secular oath

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish president has hit out at military graduates who took a pro-secular oath during their graduation ceremony, promising that those behind it would be “purged” from the military. Speaking at a conference for Islamic schools in the northwestern city of Kocaeli on Saturday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described those involved as

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Harris turns to her favorite foods in effort to show a more private side and connect with voters

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — From snacking on nacho cheese Doritos to washing collard greens in the bathtub, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is revealing more about herself as a person. The vice president is opening up and talking about more than the kind of president she’d be as she campaigns against Republican Donald Trump.

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The AI industry uses a light lobbying touch to educate Congress from a corporate perspective

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The artificial intelligence industry has gone on a lobbying binge in the past few years, deploying scores of hired influencers to help shape potential government action. The growth is not surprising. The technology is being rapidly adopted by powerful sectors — health care, defense, financial services — all with the

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Starbucks turns to a celebrity CEO as it struggles to define itself for an era of mobile orders

AP Business Writer Fifty-three years after its founding, Starbucks is unhappy with what it’s become – and trying to figure out how to meet customers’ changing needs without losing its coffeehouse roots. Analysts say the chain, with nearly 40,000 stores worldwide, has become too ubiquitous for drinkers seeking high-end coffee and too expensive for many

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