All Stories from October 12, 2022 (Change date)
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Why Meta's virtual-reality avatars are finally getting legsOct 12, 2022 7:00 am - MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) - Why is it so hard to build a metaverse avatar - a visual representation of ourselves in the digital world - that walks on two legs? 'œI think ...
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World's 1st space tourist signs up for flight around moonOct 12, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The world's first space tourist wants to go back - only this time, he's signed up for a spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk's Starship. For...
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3 officers injured, suspect killed in Philadelphia shootingOct 12, 2022 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Three Philadelphia police officers were shot and wounded at a home and a suspect was killed early Wednesday when a SWAT team tried to arrest a man wa...
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Judge approves plan to reduce Puerto Rico agency's debtOct 12, 2022 7:00 am - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday approved a plan to restructure some $6 billion of debt held by Puerto Rico's Highways and Transportation Author...
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Browns QB Brissett still confident despite late-game gaffesOct 12, 2022 7:00 am - BEREA, Ohio (AP) - Jacoby Brissett's been classy for the Browns, not clutch. After throwing three interceptions, all in the final three minutes of Cleveland's three loss...
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Review: Birds and burdens in Lydia Millet's 'Dinosaurs'Oct 12, 2022 7:00 am - 'œDinosaurs,'ť by Lydia Millet (W.W. Norton) Besides moving on from a bad breakup, Gil, the protagonist of Lydia Millet's 'œDinosaurs,'ť walks from New York to Phoenix b...
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Observer: No matter who climbs Beijing's ranks, Xi rulesOct 12, 2022 7:00 am - GREAT NECK, N.Y. (AP) - For decades, Ho Pin made accurate predictions about China's next leadership lineup - no small feat, given the black-box nature of Beijing politic...
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Graft convictions extend Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 yearsOct 12, 2022 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on two more corruption charges Wednesday, with two three-year s...
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Barcelona, Atlético on brink of early Champions League exitsOct 12, 2022 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Barcelona was twice dragged back from the precipice of a humiliating Champions League elimination by Robert Lewandowski's late goals on Wednesday. An insta...
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GOP's Jacobs doubles down on controls for high-powered gunsOct 12, 2022 7:00 am - CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) - After back-to-back mass shootings last spring, including one that killed 10 people at a supermarket not far from his suburban Buffalo home, Republi...