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Florida prepaid college tuition program providing refunds to parents
(The Center Square) – Florida's prepaid college tuition plan is generating enough revenue to provide refunds to parents in part because of strong earnings on the plan's investments and low
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Wisconsin pro sports franchises benefit from public arena funding in valuations
(The Center Square) – The Green Bay Packers rank 10th, the Milwaukee Brewers rank 19th and the Milwaukee Bucks rank 20th in franchise value, according to Forbes....
Multiple factors drive premium increases for Illinois home, property owners
(The Center Square) – The financial pinch of inflation is punishing Illinois homeowners and insurers....
Report of Explosives Found Near Trump Rally False, Police Say
(The Center Square) – The Nassua County Police Department debunked in a statement Wednesday morning initial media reports that explosives were found at a Trump rally....
Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Beats Lawsuit Over Apple Privacy, Sandberg Disclosures
Meta Platforms won the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by concealing how changes to Apple's privacy settings would make Facebook and Instagram less desirable for advertisers....
Pager Attack Threw Hezbollah Into Disarray
Lebanon's Hezbollah was bracing for the risk of Israeli military escalation when its old foe struck a blow it hadn't seen coming, plunging the Iran-backed group into hours of unprecedented disarray, sources familiar with Hezbollah operations say....
LaRose Confirms Suspicious Package Sent to His Office
(The Center Square) – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose confirmed Wednesday morning his office was among 15 nationwide to receive a suspicious package containing a powdery substance....
State officials warn drivers about GeauxPass scam
(The Center Square) — Louisiana’s statewide toll system GeauxPass is warning residents about a recent smishing scam. Scammers are sending fraudulent text messages that impersonate tolling agencies, falsely claiming that...
Child Stabbed Near Japanese School in China
Attack is second in recent months near Japanese education facility in China, and comes as Tokyo has called on Beijing for help with security...
Legislators tout work to restore trust in higher ed
(The Center Square) — For higher education in Pennsylvania, legislators say they’ve made progress in recent years, but lowering costs and improving access remain high priorities....
Hezbollah Exploding Pager Trail Runs From Taiwan to Budapest
Israel's Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations that killed nine people, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters....
US to Convene Global AI Safety Summit in November
The Biden administration plans to convene a global safety summit on artificial intelligence, it said on Wednesday, as Congress continues to struggle with regulating the technology....
Ukrainian drone attack sparks large fire in Russia’s Tver region
Ukrainian security sources said attack destroyed missile, artillery depot...
Olympics-U.S. Gymnast Chiles Appeals Decision That Stripped Her of Bronze Medal
U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles on Monday filed an appeal in the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland to overturn a decision that stripped her of her Olympic bronze medal in the women's floor event at the Paris Games....
China Sets Countermeasures Against 9 US Firms Over Weapons Sales to Taiwan
China's foreign ministry announced countermeasures on Wednesday against nine U.S. military-linked firms over U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan....
Blinken visits Egypt for talks on securing Gaza cease-fire
Palestinian UN delegation requests debate, vote on resolution regarding Israeli occupation...
Trump resumes campaigning after apparent assassination attempt
Florida opens separate investigation, with governor casting doubt on the federal probe...
Gold Apollo Says It Did Not Make Pagers Used in Lebanon Explosions
Taiwan's Gold Apollo did not make the pagers that were used in the detonations in Lebanon on Tuesday, the company's founder Hsu Ching-Kuang told reporters on Wednesday. ...
Israel Planted Explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made Pagers, Sources Say
Israel's Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside 5000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters....
California Governor Signs Legislation to Protect Entertainers From AI
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law on Tuesday that aim to help actors and performers protect their digital replicas in audio and visual productions from artificial intelligence, the governor's office said....
Campus tensions linger after pro-Palestinian org disrupts UW Board of Regents meeting
(The Center Square) – University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce issued a lengthy blog post on Tuesday in response to last week’s disruptive protest that abruptly ended a Board...
Lack of citizenship docs might keep many from voting in AZ state and local races
(The Center Square) – Nearly 100,000 voters who haven’t submitted citizenship documents might be prevented from participating in Arizona’s state and local elections....
New Quantum Tech Park in Arvada gets $63 million in taxpayer support
(The Center Square) - Quantum Tech Park in Arvada, Colorado, is receiving $63 million in government support....
Amazon's return-to-office mandate could boost downtown Seattle's recovery
(The Center Square) – Amazon workers will be required to return to their offices five days a week starting at the beginning of next year, a decision that could boost...
Meta Bans Russian State Media for 'Foreign Interference'
Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its platforms, claiming the outlets had used deceptive tactics to carry out covert influence operations online....
Musk's Neuralink Gets FDA's Breakthrough Device Tag for 'Blindsight' Implant
Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday its implant aimed at restoring vision received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "breakthrough device" designation....
Central European Floods Leave Trail of Devastation; New Areas to Evacuate
Volunteers and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in Poland's historic city of Wroclaw on Tuesday, as nearby municipalities advised residents to evacuate and authorities across central Europe tallied the cost of floods that have wreaked havoc and killed at least 22 people....
Russian Nuclear Test Chief Says Moscow is Ready to Resume Testing 'at Any Moment'
The head of Russia's nuclear testing site said on Tuesday his secretive facility was ready to resume nuclear tests "at any moment" if Moscow gave the order, in rare comments likely to fuel concerns that the risk of such a step is rising....
Florida Will Investigate Gunman on Trump Golf Course, Governor Desantis Says
Florida will investigate the apparent attempted assassination of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday, saying he does not have confidence in the federal government to conduct a transparent probe....
Study Shows Noncitizens Have Voted in Recent Virginia Elections
(The Center Square) — In an August executive order, Gov. Glenn Youngkin stated that Virginia’s Department of Elections had removed over 6,300 noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls in over...
Flood-hit Central Europe Fortifies Towns as Waters and Death Toll Rise
Volunteers shored up defences to stem swollen rivers in the Polish city of Nysa on Tuesday, one of dozens of towns and cities across central Europe deluged by devastating floods that have killed at least 19 people....
Instagram Rolls Out Teen Account With Privacy, Parental Controls as Scrutiny Mounts
Meta Platforms is rolling out special accounts with new privacy settings for teenaged Instagram users, it said on Tuesday, its latest effort to limit their exposure to harmful content on its apps amid regulatory pressure....