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An Amazon Fresh grocery store is seen, Feb. 4, 2022, in Warrington, Pa. Amazon is removing Just Walk Out technology from its Amazon Fresh stores as part of an effort to revamp the grocery chain.

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Amazon says it is removing Just Walk Out technology from its Fresh grocery stores

Amazon says the technology will now be replaced by smart carts that allow customers to skip the checkout line but also see their spending in real time.

April 03, 2024
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Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes, and her teammates celebrate after beating Louisiana State 94-87 in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA women's tournament on Monday.

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  • Sports

Caitlin Clark once dreamed of going to UConn. Now, she'll face them in the Final Four

Clark's freshman year at Iowa ended with a Sweet 16 loss to UConn. Now, with her aim on Iowa's first-ever championship to cap off her final season, a Final Four win over the Huskies must come first.

April 02, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
José Andrés unloads food packages delivered by World Central Kitchen in Kherson, Ukraine in November 2022.

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  • World

World Central Kitchen, led by a humanitarian chef, has fed crisis zones for years

World Central Kitchen has long brought food to war zones and disaster areas around the world. The deaths of seven of its workers in Gaza come on top of the loss of six workers in Ukraine.

April 02, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
A sold sign stands outside a home in Wyndmoor, Pa., on June 22, 2022. Two recent studies suggest that prospective homeowners will have to earn more than $100,000 annually to afford a typical home in much of the U.S.

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  • Business

You'll need more than $100,000 in income to afford a typical home, studies show

Two recent studies suggest that prospective homeowners will have to earn more than $100,000 annually to afford a typical home in much of the U.S.

April 02, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
CAIR says the largest number of anti-Muslim bias reports involved employment discrimination, including companies saying they wouldn't hire people who participated in pro-Palestinian rallies.

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Anti-Muslim bias reports skyrocket after Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has released its annual Civil Right Report. It details record-high instances of anti-Muslim hate in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

April 02, 2024
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  • Jason DeRose
Chad Daybell listens during a court hearing in 2022. His trial on murder, conspiracy and fraud charges began on Monday, with jury selection in Boise, Idaho.

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  • Law

What to know as Chad Daybell's 'zombie' murder trial begins in Idaho

Daybell could potentially face the death penalty over the deaths of two children and his former wife. His current wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, was found guilty of similar charges last year.

April 02, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
Melba Pattillo Beals, 82, went on to receive a master's degree from Columbia University and a doctoral degree at the University of San Francisco.

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  • History

What The Beatles and Beyoncé's 'Blackbird' means to this Little Rock Nine member

A fan of both The Beatles and Beyoncé, 82-year-old Melba Pattillo Beals says the song is more special to her than ever. She is one of the Black students who helped desegregate U.S. public schools.

April 02, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
People walk outside of the Tropicana hotel-casino March 28 in Las Vegas. The property closed on Tuesday.

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  • National

Las Vegas' famed Tropicana resort will close this week to make way for a new ballpark

When the Tropicana opened in 1957, it was the "Tiffany of the Strip," complete with showgirl revues, mob deals and James Bond. It will be demolished in October to build a new home for the Oakland A's.

April 02, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., and a barred owl in East Burke, Vt.

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  • Animals

A government proposal to kill a half-million owls sparks controversy

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to kill some 470,000 owls over 30 years to protect other owl species has prompted conservationists and animal welfare advocates to weigh the consequences.

April 02, 2024
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  • Clare Marie Schneider
Eric Portenga and Kevin O'Neill with daughters Sylvie, Robin and Parker O'Neill celebrating the girls' 2nd birthday in Sept. 2023. The babies' surrogate lived in Ohio because of Michigan's laws, that are changing now.

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  • Health

As Michigan legalizes surrogacy, here's how families found ways around the ban

Michigan was the last state to criminally ban using a paid surrogate to have a child. Now that will change under a law signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday.

April 02, 2024
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  • Kate Wells
Supporters of abortion access march in front of the Florida Capitol Building in February 2022.

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  • News

Florida adds abortion to November ballot; Iran blames Israel for embassy bombing

Florida voters will have the chance to enshrine abortion rights into their constitution. Iran blames Israel for an embassy bombing that killed a top military commander.

April 02, 2024
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  • Mansee Khurana
Roxanne Olson and her dad Richard.

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  • National

'I was broken and needed help': After her father died, a stranger stepped in

When Roxanne Olson found herself in the middle of a security scare at Chicago's O'Hare airport, a woman walked up to her and said: "I'm here to help people like you."

April 02, 2024
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  • Autumn Barnes and
  • Laura Kwerel
Attendees visit booths at the RePlatform conference in Las Vegas in March. The conference crowd was a hybrid of anti-vaccine activists, supporters of former President Donald Trump and Christian conservatives.

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  • National

How anti-vaccine activists and the far right are trying to build a parallel economy

Due to fears of "cancellation," alternative technology and financial platforms are being built for the so-called freedom economy by figures on the far right, including those with antisemitic beliefs.

April 02, 2024
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  • Lisa Hagen
In this image made available by NASA, the International Space Station is silhouetted against the sun during a solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, as seen from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park in Washington state.

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  • National

New York inmates sue to watch the solar eclipse after prisons ordered locked down

The suit filed in federal court argues the April 8 lockdown violates inmates' constitutional rights to practice their faiths by preventing them from taking part in a religiously significant event.

April 02, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Lottery players buy Powerball tickets at the Las Palmitas Mini Market in in the Fashion District downtown Los Angeles on Monday, April 1, 2024.

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  • National

Powerball jackpot rises to $1.09 billion after 3-month-long losing streak continues

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.09 billion after no one matched the game's six numbers Monday night and won the top prize, continuing a three-month-long winless streak.

April 02, 2024
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