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'Special to the world': Supporters hope to save beloved Drumheller dinosaur

'Special to the world': Supporters hope to save beloved Drumheller dinosaur

DRUMHELLER — A plan to send Tyra the tyrannosaurus, the popular tourist attraction that towers over the skyline in Drumheller, Alta., into proverbial extinction has sparked demands that she be spared.
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China hit brakes on TikTok deal after Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs, AP source says

China hit brakes on TikTok deal after Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs, AP source says

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S.
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Trump administration rolls back forest protections in bid to ramp up logging

Trump administration rolls back forest protections in bid to ramp up logging

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration acted to roll back environmental safeguards around future logging projects on more than half of U.S.
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Nearly half of National Weather Service offices have 20% vacancy rates, and experts say it's a risk

Nearly half of National Weather Service offices have 20% vacancy rates, and experts say it's a risk

WASHINGTON (AP) — After Trump administration job cuts , nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates — twice that of just a decade ago — as severe weather chugs across the nation's heartland, according to data obtai
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Federal officials are quietly terminating the legal residency of some international college students

Federal officials are quietly terminating the legal residency of some international college students

WASHINGTON (AP) — A crackdown on foreign students is alarming college leaders, who say the Trump administration is using new tactics and vague justifications to push some students out of the country.
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China hit brakes on TikTok deal after Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs, AP Source says

China hit brakes on TikTok deal after Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs, AP Source says

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S.
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Believe it or not, there were some winners in the stock market this week

Believe it or not, there were some winners in the stock market this week

NEW YORK (AP) — Most of the numbers on Wall Street this week were bright red, but not all of them.
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Microsoft's AI division head wants to create a lasting relationship between chatbots and their users

Microsoft's AI division head wants to create a lasting relationship between chatbots and their users

Fifty years after the founding of Microsoft, the CEO of its artificial intelligence division has a big task: develop a new product line as integral to daily life as the software giant's past innovations.
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An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having it

An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having it

NEW YORK (AP) — It took only seconds for the judges on a New York appeals court to realize that the man addressing them from a video screen — a person about to present an argument in a lawsuit — not only had no law degree, but didn't exist at all.
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Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles

Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end their privately funded polar tour.
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