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By JULIE CARR SMYTH (Associated Press) COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies sued Ohio on Friday over a pending law that requires children to get parental consent to use social media apps. The law was part of an $86.1 billion state budget bill that Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law in July. It’s set to take effect Jan. 15. The administration pushed the measure as a way to protect children’s mental health, with Republican Lt. Gov. Jon Husted saying at the time that social media was “intentionally addictive” and harmful...

CORAL GABLES — Norchad Omier had 27 points and 10 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season and Miami beat North Florida 95-55 on Friday night. Omier scored 14 points in the opening 10 minutes to help Miami build a 27-14 lead. Omier made his first six shots, including a 3-pointer, while North Florida started 5 of 22 from the field. Omier finished the half with 19 points as Miami led 42-27. Seven of North Florida’s nine field goals in the first half came from behind the arc. Kyshawn George and Bensley Joseph each made a 3-pointer during Miami’s 17-5 run to begin the second half for a...

By COLBY GUY (Associated Press) SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Reinhart scored two goals, Aleksander Barkov tied a franchise career record by collecting three assists, and the Florida Panthers beat the NHL-leading New York Rangers 4-3 on Friday night. Carter Verhaeghe got the winning goal for Florida in the third period. Evan Rodrigues also scored for the Panthers, and Sergei Bobrovsky finished with 31 saves. Barkov tied Jonathan Huberdeau for the Panthers’ record with 415 assists. Artemi Panarin, Will Culleye and Mika Zibanejad scored for the Rangers, who tied the game twice after facing deficits...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlie Sheen’s neighbor was arrested after being accused of assaulting the actor in a Malibu, California, home this week, authorities said. Electra Schrock was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Friday. She was also taken into custody for force likely to create bodily injury and burglary. Authorities arrived at the residence Wednesday afternoon after receiving a battery-disturbance call. Schrock, 47, was expected to appear in court Friday. Representatives for Sheen did not immediately respond to a request...

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN (Associated Press) BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area paramedics were convicted Friday for giving a fatal overdose of the sedative ketamine to Elijah McClain in 2019 — a jury verdict that experts said could have a chilling effect on first responders around the country. The case over the 23-year-old Black man’s death was the first among several recent criminal prosecutions against medical first responders to reach trial, potentially setting the bar for prosecutors in future cases. It also was the last of three trials against police and paramedics charged...

By DAVID BAUDER (AP Media Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — Computer-generated writers … writing computer-generated stories? Sports Illustrated is the latest media company to see its reputation damaged by being less than forthcoming — if not outright dishonest — about who or what is writing its stories at the dawn of the artificial intelligence age. The once-powerful publication said it was firing a company that produced articles for its website written under the byline of authors who apparently don’t exist. But it denied a published report that stories themselves were written by an artificial intelligence...

DENVER (AP) — Harald Hasselbach, a defensive lineman for the Denver Broncos during the team’s back-to-back Super Bowl championships in the late 1990s, has died at age 56. The Broncos announced Hasselbach’s death on Thursday, citing family. Hasselbach’s family said he died at home in the Denver area after a six-month fight with cancer. Hasselback began his career with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He’s one of 10 players to win a Grey Cup and a Super Bowl. Hasselbach never missed a game during his seven seasons with the Broncos between 1994 and 2000, getting 154 tackles,...

Regional semifinal results Friday Class 4M Palm Beach Central 34, Boca Raton 28 Monarch 30, Santaluces 14 (3rd Q) Western 6, Palmetto 3 (3rd Q) Class 3M St. Thomas Aquinas 40, Blanche Ely 0 Coconut Creek 24, West Boca 17 Miramar 31, Belen Jesuit 7 (4th Q) Class 1M Cardinal Newman 28, Benjamin 6 Chaminade-Madonna 67, Avant Garde 0 Class 1R Williston 16, Pahokee 3 (2nd Q) Saturday Class 2M Calvary Christian at Cardinal Gibbons, noon King’s Academy vs. American Heritage (Plantation) at American Heritage-Delray, 6 p.m. Regional final matchups Friday, Nov. 24 Class 4M 4. Santaluces-1. Monarch winner...

Three days before facing Louisville on the field, the Miami Hurricanes scored a win against the Cardinals off the field. Miami flipped three-star defensive lineman Cole McConathy II from Louisville, with the 2024 prospect announcing his decision on social media. McConathy had been committed to the Cardinals since July. He also held offers from Colorado, Cincinnati and Missouri, among others. McConathy is listed as the No. 74 edge rusher and No. 1,085 player in the 2024 class by 247Sports’ composite rankings. He is having a strong senior season, racking up 102 tackles, 30 tackles for loss and...

By MEAD GRUVER (Associated Press) The human species has topped 8 billion, with longer lifespans offsetting fewer births, but world population growth continues a long-term trend of slowing down, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday. The bureau estimates the global population exceeded the threshold Sept. 26, a precise date the agency said to take with a grain of salt. The United Nations estimated the number was passed 10 months earlier, having declared November 22, 2022, the “Day of 8 Billion,” the Census Bureau pointed out in a statement. The discrepancy is due to countries counting people differently...