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New law to make California first state to end bail
By SOPHIA BOLLAG, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California will become the first state to eliminate bail for suspects awaiting trial and replace it with a still murky risk-assessment syst...
Cumulus Media Aug 28, 2018

Aspirin disappoints for avoiding first heart attack, stroke
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Taking a low-dose aspirin every day has long been known to cut the chances of another heart attack, stroke or other heart problem in people who already h...
Cumulus Media Aug 27, 2018

Microsoft hopes to protect candidates without skirting laws
By MATT O’BRIEN, AP Technology Writer Tech companies want to protect U.S. political candidates from Russian hackers ahead of the midterm elections, but could that free help count as an illegal c...
Cumulus Media Aug 23, 2018

Starbucks will start paying employees to volunteer
Earlier this week,, Starbucks announced that it will begin to compensate its employees for the act of volunteerism. With the help of Points of Light, a nonprofit volunteering group, Starbucks picked 3...
Cumulus Media Aug 23, 2018

Doctors told to promote honey over antibiotics
Doctors in England are being urged to tell patients to use honey and over-the counter remedies for a cough instead antibiotics. Public health officials are concerned about antibiotic resistance. In mo...
Cumulus Media Aug 23, 2018

You are getting sleepy…very sleepy
Every few weeks there seems to be a report saying we don’t get enough sleep. Well, here’s the latest. A New York Times article says inadequate sleep is costing the U.S. economy more than $...
Cumulus Media Aug 21, 2018

Beating King of Pop, The Eagles have No.1 album of all-time
By MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The Eagles’ greatest hits album has moonwalked past Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” to become history’s best-selling album ...
Cumulus Media Aug 20, 2018

Musk tells newspaper he’s cracking under stress of Tesla job
By TOM KRISHER, AP Auto Writer What do you do when your CEO confesses that he’s cracking under the stress of his job? That’s the question that the nine board members of electric car and so...
Cumulus Media Aug 17, 2018

Nearly half of Americans don’t want a self-driving car
Would you like to own a self-driving car? Almost half of Americans said ‘no, thanks.’ A new survey says 49 percent of people would never want to own a fully-autonomous car. Two years ago, ...
Cumulus Media Aug 16, 2018

Atlanta school eliminates morning pledge of allegiance
Here’s a decision that will likely spark mixed reaction across the country, one Atlanta charter school is cutting out the Pledge of Allegiance from its early morning routine. Why? The decision w...
Cumulus Media Aug 10, 2018