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Texas A&M NCAA college basketball player Wade Taylor IV speaks during Southeastern Conference Media Days, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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Texas A&M and Tennessee return stars, other teams load up with new faces in tightly bunched SEC
By JOHN ZENOR - AP Sports Writer
Tue,10/24/23-5:03PM , 94 Reads
Texas A&M and Tennessee return top players like Wade Taylor IV and Santiago Vescovi from NCAA Tournament teams.
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In this aerial photo, responders are seen near wreckage in the aftermath of a multi-vehicle pileup on I-55 in Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. A “superfog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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What is super fog? The mix of smoke and dense fog caused a deadly pileup in Louisiana
By ISABELLA O'MALLEY AND KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,10/24/23-3:09PM , 72 Reads
The National Weather Service called it “super fog” — a combination of thick smoke from fires in marshy wetlands of south Louisiana and the fog that often hangs thick in the air on cool, windless mornings.
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The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, on June 14, 2023. A group of 33 states including California and New York are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people’s mental health and contributing the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

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States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental health
By BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writer
Tue,10/24/23-11:00AM , 101 Reads
Dozens of US states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms.
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Crews near New Orleans continue clearing wreckage after 'superfog' caused a major highway crash Monday killing at least 7 people and injuring 25. AP correspondent Julie Walker reports.

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Toll rises to 8 dead, 63 hurt from Louisiana interstate pileup blamed on dense fog, marsh fire smoke
By KEVIN MCGILL AND SARA CLINE - Associated Press
Tue,10/24/23-7:49AM , 118 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The toll from a series of crashes on a Louisiana interstate rose to eight dead and 63 injured Tuesday evening, a day after a “super fog” of marsh fire smoke and dense fog snared more than 160 vehicles in the fiery pileup
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