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• Musk: Twitter is losing cash because advertising is down and the company is carrying heavy debt

  15-07-2023 20:52
  
  Elon Musk says Twitter is still losing cash because advertising has dropped by half.In a reply to a tweet offering business advice, Musk tweeted Saturday, “We’re still negative cash flow, due to (about a) 50% drop in advertising revenue plus heavy debt load.”“Need to reach positive cash flow before we have the luxury of anything else,” he concluded.Ever since he took over Twitter in a $44 billion deal last fall, Musk has tried to reassure advert
  
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• LSU alum Neal Skupski and partner win mens doubles final at Wimbledon

  15-07-2023 19:02
  
  WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Neal Skupski became the second British player in the Open era to win the men’s doubles title at Wimbledon after teaming up with Wesley Koolhof on Saturday to beat Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 6-4, 6-4 in the final.It’s a first Grand Slam title for both Skupski and Koolhof, who lost in last year’s U.S. Open final.“To hold this beauty is very, very special,” said Koolhof, who is from the Netherlands, a
  
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• Georgia mass shooting suspect is killed during intense search and 3 officers are wounded, police say

  15-07-2023 16:06
  
  HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Officers on Sunday shot and killed a man wanted in four weekend killings near Atlanta during an exchange of gunfire, with a sheriff’s deputy and two police officers wounded while trying to take the suspect into custody, authorities said.Officials said Andre Longmore was shot during an intense search for the 40-year-old suspect. The exchange of gunfire came a day after Saturday morning’s shootings rocked a bucolic subdivision in Hampton, south of
  
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• Authorities search for man suspected of killing 4 people in Georgia

  15-07-2023 16:06
  
  HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities on Saturday were searching for a man suspected of gunning down three men and a woman in Georgia.Andre Longmore, a 40-year-old from Hampton, Georgia, is believed to be armed and dangerous, Hampton Police Chief James Turner said during a news conference.Authorities said the shootings happened late Saturday morning at a subdivision in Hampton, a city of about 8,500 people about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Atlanta.Turner said detectives are investigat
  
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• Mississippi family reunited with lost dog lost in Tangipahoa Parish campgrounds over July Fourth weekend

  15-07-2023 14:14
  
  PONCHATOULA- A 3-year-old golden retriever, Theo, is recovering well with his family after missing for six days."I couldn't work, I couldn't think straight. He's like a kid, he ain't a pet, he is part of our family," Mickey Shaw said.The Shaw family traveled from Mississippi to Tangipahoa Parish over the July Fourth weekend for a camping trip. As they were heading back to their camper to secure Theo, fireworks started popping and Theo ran off."I took off immediately after him, but obviously the
  
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• Mississippi family reunited with dog lost in Tangipahoa Parish campgrounds over July Fourth weekend

  15-07-2023 14:14
  
  PONCHATOULA - A 3-year-old golden retriever, Theo, is recovering well with his family after being missing for six days."I couldn't work, I couldn't think straight. He's like a kid, he ain't a pet, he is part of our family," Mickey Shaw said.The Shaw family traveled from Mississippi to Tangipahoa Parish over the July Fourth weekend for a camping trip. As they were heading back to their camper to secure Theo, fireworks started popping and Theo ran off."I took off immediately after him, but obviou
  
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• Police searching for woman who vanished after reporting child on side of Alabama interstate

  15-07-2023 12:18
  
  HOOVER, Ala (AP) — Police in Alabama searched Friday for a 25-year-old woman who vanished after telling a family member that she was stopping to check on a child she saw walking on the side of an interstate highwayHoover police say Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell called 911 Thursday night and then a family member to say she saw a young child walking on the side of I-459. When officers arrived at the location, they found Russell’s car and her cell phone
  
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• Alabama woman who disappeared after reporting child on highway returns home following two-day search

  15-07-2023 12:18
  
  HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — A 25-year-old Alabama woman returned home late Saturday after being the focus of a two-day search by police and family members who reported her missing after she stopped to check on a child who was walking along a highway.Police said Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell had returned to the home she shares with her parents in Hoover, AL.com reported late Saturday night.Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said Russell arrived home alone and was
  
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• Hammond officer shoots suspect during narcotics response

  15-07-2023 12:02
  
  HAMMOND - A narcotics search led to gunshots and a suspect was shot in Hammond Saturday morning, the police department there said.Detectives arrived at a location on Natchez Street about 6 a.m. to serve a warrant.A short time later, an "officer-involved shooting" took place, wounding one person. Police did not provide details of what let to the gunfire, but said the suspect received aid at the scene and was then taken to a hospital.The person's condition and identity were not immediately availa
  
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• Volunteer group finds body at Flannery Road BREC Park on Saturday

  15-07-2023 07:54
  
  BATON ROUGE - A body was found in a BREC park along South Flannery Road on Saturday morning. Volunteers from Keep Tiger Town Beautiful, a group that picks up litter in publicly owned parts of Baton Rouge, were doing a clean up at the Flannery Road Park when they found the body around 7 a.m. “We have found all sorts of things in Baton Rouge from machine guns, hand guns, needles, drugs, everything but we have never found a body,” organizer Jennifer Richardson
  
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• Dead body found along South Flannery Road

  15-07-2023 07:54
  
  BATON ROUGE - The coroner has been called after a dead body was found along South Flannery Road.Authorities received reports of a dead body at Flannery Road Park around 7 a.m. Saturday morning.The victim is believed to have been shot to death.Details are limited at this time.This is an ongoing investigation.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Body found along South Flannery Road

  15-07-2023 07:54
  
  BATON ROUGE - The coroner has been called after a body was found along South Flannery Road.Authorities received reports of a body at Flannery Road Park around 7 a.m. Saturday morning.The victim is believed to have been shot to death.Details are limited at this time.This is an ongoing investigation.Permalink| Comments
  
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