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Amazon's last-minute bid for TikTok comes as a US ban on the platform is set to take effect Saturday

Amazon's last-minute bid for TikTok comes as a US ban on the platform is set to take effect Saturday

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok , a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday.
Amazon's last-minute bid for TikTok comes as a US ban on the platform is set to take effect Saturday

Amazon's last-minute bid for TikTok comes as a US ban on the platform is set to take effect Saturday

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok , a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday.
Bye-bye, Helene, Milton and Beryl. Names from those nasty hurricanes are now retired

Bye-bye, Helene, Milton and Beryl. Names from those nasty hurricanes are now retired

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricanes Helene, Milton and Beryl were so nasty last year that their names are being retired.
Movie Review: Jason Momoa shines in 'A Minecraft Movie'

Movie Review: Jason Momoa shines in 'A Minecraft Movie'

The latest IP to be mined into a Hollywood blockbuster is appropriately a video game that celebrates digging: “A Minecraft Movie.” Like “The Super Mario Bros.
Dana White's UFC and Mark Zuckerberg's Meta joining forces in partnership

Dana White's UFC and Mark Zuckerberg's Meta joining forces in partnership

NEW YORK (AP) — UFC is joining up with Facebook's parent company Meta in a deal that will bring mixed martial arts to more fans around the world.
Why no one is challenging Trump's executive order that keeps TikTok running

Why no one is challenging Trump's executive order that keeps TikTok running

WASHINGTON (AP) — After TikTok was banned in the United States earlier this year, President Donald Trump gave the platform a reprieve , barreling past a law that was passed in Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court that said the ban was
Hardwood is basketball's longtime foundation. A German company would love to change that to glass

Hardwood is basketball's longtime foundation. A German company would love to change that to glass

Chris Thornton loves talking about playing basketball on the most fragile-sounding of surfaces: glass.
Volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland after a nearby town and spa are evacuated

Volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland after a nearby town and spa are evacuated

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland that has erupted repeatedly for more than a year again belched lava and smoke into the air on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated the few remaining residents of a nearby fishing
Meta's head of AI research stepping down

Meta's head of AI research stepping down

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — The head of Meta's artificial intelligence research division said she plans to step down, vacating a high-profile position at a time of intense competition in the development of AI technology.
Trump to hold a meeting on possible investors to buy TikTok with possible ban at stake

Trump to hold a meeting on possible investors to buy TikTok with possible ban at stake

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump will hold a Wednesday meeting with aides about possible investors who could buy a stake in TikTok, a deal that could potentially stop the social media site from being banned in the United States.
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