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  • Ian MadrigalTech

    ‘Grandpa Google knows the answers and will help you with homework’: Search boss testifies that Gen Z thinks the tech giant is uncool

    By Matthew Barakat and The Associated Press
  • Streaming online, watching video on internetTech

    Delivery driver who shot YouTube prankster ‘Classified Goons’ is acquitted of main charge

    By Matthew Barakat and The Associated Press
  • YouTube displayed on a smartphone with YouTube seen in the background, in this photo illustration, on September 24, 2023, in Brussels, Belgium (Photo illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Tech

    Man who pranks unsuspecting people for YouTube clicks is surprised that one target reacted by shooting him

    By Matthew Barakat and The Associated Press
  • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, center, with Holly Sullivan, Vice President of Economic Development at Amazon, center right, cut the ribbon during a grand opening ceremony at Amazon’s second headquarters, HQ2, in Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 15, 2023. From right, Christian Dorsey, Chair of the Arlington County Board of Directors, Lieutenant Gov. of Virginia Winsome Earle-Sears, John Schoettler, Vice President of Global Real Estate and Facilities at Amazon, Holly Sullivan, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Brian Huseman, Vice President of Public Policy and Community Engagement at Amazon, and Youngkin’s wife Suzanne Youngkin. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Tech

    Amazon debuts its new Virginia headquarters as it pushes workers to return to the office

    By Matthew Barakat and The Associated Press
  • Reproductive biology service, Nice, France, In Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, lab, Embryonic vitrification. (Photo by: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Health

    Judge’s use of slavery law to rule that frozen embryos are ‘chattel’ ignites scathing criticism: ‘It’s repulsive’

    By Matthew Barakat and The Associated Press
  • Mexico troopsHealth

    4 Americans were kidnapped by heavily armed men in Mexico near the Texas border. Here’s what we know so far.

    By Alfredo Pena, Matthew Barakat, and others
  • WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- NOVEMBER 29: Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters building in Washington D.C., United States, on November 29, 2022. Celal Gunes / Anadolu AgencyPolitics

    The FBI may replace its ‘Brutalist’ headquarters, and 2 states are battling to land the prestigious mega project

    By Matthew Barakat and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Spencer Snakard, president of Protect Fauquier, speaks Aug. 29, 2022, at a rally near Manassas, Va., protesting a newly built data center for Amazon Web Services. AWS plans to invest $35 billion in new data centers in Virginia under a deal with the state, Youngkin announced Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat, File)Environment

    Amazon Web Services will invest $35B in new data centers in Virginia. Not everyone is happy: ‘Commonwealth of Amazon’

    By Matthew Barakat and The Associated Press
  • This artist rendering provided by Amazon shows the next phase of the company’s headquarters redevelopment to be built in Arlington, Va. The Arlington county Board gave approval Saturday, April 23, 2022 to Amazon’s plans to build a unique, helix-shaped tower as the centerpiece of its emerging second headquarters in northern Virginia.(NBBJ/Amazon via AP)Retail

    County grants approval for Amazon’s helix-shaped HQ tower

    By Matthew Barakat and The Associated Press
  • 122719_WatchlistPolitics

    Judge Orders Government to Make Changes to Terror Watchlist

    By Matthew Barakat and The Associated Press
  • Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Gender Identity Workplace DiscriminationPolitics

    Divided Supreme Court Weighs LGBTQ Workplace Discrimination

    By Mark Sherman, Matthew Barakat, and others