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A Chinese flavor of rap music is flourishing as emerging musicians find their voices | KLRT [Video]

CHENGDU, China (AP) In 2018, the censors who oversee Chinese media issued a directive to the nations entertainment industry: Dont feature artists with tattoos and those who represent hip-hop or any other subculture. Right after that well-known rapper GAI missed a gig on a popular singing competition despite a successful first appearance. Speculation went []

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E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it | KLRT [Video]

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) Dam Chan Nguyen saves dead and dying computers. When he first started working two decades ago in Nhat Tao market, Ho Chi Minh Citys biggest informal recycling market, he usually salvaged computers with bulky monitors and heavy processors. Now he works mostly with laptops and the occasional MacBook. []

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Maternal deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says | KLRT [Video]

NEW YORK (AP) U.S. deaths of moms around the time of childbirth have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new government data suggests. About 680 women died last year during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to provisional CDC data. Thats down from 817 deaths in 2022 and 1,205 in 2021, when it was the []

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State Technology News

Senators want limits on the governments use of facial recognition technology for airport screening | KLRT [Video]

WASHINGTON (AP) A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration, saying they are concerned about travelers privacy and civil liberties. In a letter on Thursday, the group of 14 lawmakers called on Senate leaders to use the upcoming reauthorization of the []