Alok is among the most famous DJs in the world, and he wants to make it a better place
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Alok is one of the biggest DJs on the planet, but at just 32 years old, he’s learned…
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Egypt’s President el-Sissi confirms he will run for a new term in upcoming presidential elections
The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has confirmed he will run in the presidential elections…
Continue Reading Cigna is paying over $172 million to settle claims over Medicare Advantage reimbursement
The Associated Press Health insurance provider The Cigna Group will pay more than $172 million over claims it gave the federal government inaccurate…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of David Cameron, former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Personal Birth date:…
Continue Reading US War in Afghanistan Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the US War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, 2001 with allied air strikes on Taliban…
Continue Reading Multiple people have died in a plane crash near the Utah desert tourist community of Moab
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Multiple people died in a plane crash outside the eastern Utah tourist town of Moab, authorities said Monday. The plane crashed…
Continue Reading Plane crash in Lake Placid kills 2, including former NFL player Russ Francis of Patriots, 49ers
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Former NFL player Russ Francis, a tight end whose career in the league included multiple Pro Bowl appearances and a Super…
Continue Reading US Rep. Matt Gaetz’s father Don seeks return to Florida Senate chamber he once led as its president
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Don Gaetz says he plans to run again for the Florida Senate, which he led as president from 2012 to 2014. He is the father…
Continue Reading More suspects to be charged in ransacking of Philadelphia stores, district attorney says
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors in Philadelphia say Monday that more suspects will be charged with smashing into stores last week as law…
Continue Reading Philadelphia journalist and advocate Josh Kruger shot and killed at home
By Danny Freeman and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Philadelphia journalist and advocate Josh Kruger was shot and killed at his home early Monday…
Continue Reading Man nears settlement with bars he says overserved a driver accused of killing his new bride
FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Two bars accused of overserving a woman who authorities say drunkenly hit a golf cart carrying a newlywed couple away from…
Continue Reading Montana is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that favored youth plaintiffs
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The office of Montana’s Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate…
Continue Reading Black man’s 1845 lynching in downtown Indianapolis recounted with historical marker
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The story of a Black man beaten to death in Indianapolis in a racially motivated 1845 lynching is now part of the city’s…
Continue Reading Prosecutors reveal a reason for Capitol rioter’s secretive sentencing: His government cooperation
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Federal authorities have revealed a reason for the unusual secrecy surrounding a Pennsylvania man’s guilty…
Continue Reading A woman riding a lawnmower is struck and killed by the wing of an airplane in Oklahoma
BROKEN BOW, Okla. (AP) — A woman riding a lawnmower next to an Oklahoma airport runway was killed when she was struck by the wing of an airplane.…
Continue Reading Kevin Porter barred from Houston Rockets after domestic violence arrest in New York
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Rockets have told Kevin Porter Jr. that he can not be with the team in any capacity…
Continue Reading Environmental groups demand emergency rules to protect rare whales from ship collisions
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to enact…
Continue Reading Philadelphia journalist who advocated for homeless and LGBTQ+ communities shot and killed at home
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a journalist and advocate who rose from homelessness and addiction to serve…
Continue Reading Kentucky man linked to Breonna Taylor case arrested on drug charges
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man who was the target of a series of police drug raids that led to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor has been…
Continue Reading Vuitton transforms Paris with a playful spectacle of color, stars and history
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Louis Vuitton dazzled Paris as the latest collection from women’s creative director Nicolas…
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Powerball jackpot skyrockets to massive $1.04 billion after no winner Saturday
The Powerball jackpot has soared to an estimated $1.04 billion after no tickets matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s…
Continue Reading Years of research laid the groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to two scientists whose work led to mRNA vaccines against…
Continue Reading What to know about a UN vote to send a Kenya-led force to Haiti to curb gang violence
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is preparing to vote on a resolution to authorize a…
Continue Reading The Pentagon warns Congress it is running low on money to replace weapons sent to Ukraine
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is warning Congress that it is running low on funding to replace…
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America is on strike. Here’s the progress unions have made
It seems like everyone is hitting the picket lines these days. And this past week, for the first time ever, that included a sitting president of the…
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Georgia corrections officer killed by inmate using homemade weapon, officials say
By Alta Spells and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A corrections officer at a south Georgia prison was killed Sunday after an inmate allegedly…
Continue Reading Coldplay brings empathy — and Selena Gomez — to the band’s 2023 North American tour finale
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — In 2023, a Coldplay concert opens like a triumphant finale. LED wristbands flash, confetti…
Continue Reading A grizzly bear attack leaves 2 people dead in western Canada. Park rangers kill the bear
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — National park officials in Canada say that a grizzly bear attack at a national park in western Canada has left two people…
Continue Reading A man suspected of fatally shooting 3 people is shot and killed by police officers in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police in Philadelphia say officers shot and killed a man suspected in a quadruple shooting that left three people dead hours…
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11 killed after Mexico church roof collapses
By CNN’s Lucas Lilieholm and CNNE’s Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — At least 11 people were killed and two people seriously injured on…
Continue Reading All Oneboard electric skateboards are under recall after 4 deaths and serious injury reports
NEW YORK (AP) — All models of Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboards are under recall after at least four deaths and multiple injuries were…
Continue Reading Search resumes for missing 9-year-old girl who vanished during camping trip in upstate New York park
MOREAU, N.Y. (AP) — Law enforcement, forest rangers and others are searching an upstate New York park for a 9-year-old girl who vanished during a…
Continue Reading A second UK police force is looking into allegations of sexual offenses committed by Russell Brand
LONDON (AP) — British media are reporting that a second British police force is looking into sexual offenses allegedly committed by actor and…
Continue Reading Clergy abuse survivors propose new ‘zero tolerance’ law following outcry over Vatican appointment
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Clergy sexual abuse survivors have unveiled a proposed new church law calling for the permanent…
Continue Reading Cambodian court bars environmental activists from traveling to Sweden to receive ‘Alternative Nobel’
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A court in Cambodia has barred three environmental activists from traveling to Sweden next month to receive the…
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Spanish nightclub hit by deadly fire was ordered to close in 2022, raising concerns of negligence
By Al Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A Spanish nightclub ravaged by a fatal fire on Sunday was ordered to close in 2022 because it lacked a proper…
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2 killed in suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada’s Banff National Park
By Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — Two people are dead after a suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada’s Banff National Park, officials said.…
Continue Reading Chicago woman, 104, skydives from plane, aiming for record as the world’s oldest skydiver
OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) — A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after making a tandem jump Sunday…
Continue Reading UN authorizes a second malaria vaccine. Experts warn it’s not enough to stop the disease spreading
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has authorized a second malaria vaccine in a decision that could offer…
Continue Reading Where are the homes? Glaring need for housing construction underlined by Century 21 CEO
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The highest mortgage rates in more than two decades are keeping many prospective homebuyers out…
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Parents of 9-year-old who went missing on New York camping trip received ransom note before daughter was found, governor says
CNN, WGRB By Steve Almasy, Michelle Watson and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Charlotte Sena, the 9-year-old girl who went missing while on a…
Continue Reading Olympic Stadium in Athens closed for urgent repairs after iconic roof found riddled with rust
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Government officials say a new inspection has been ordered at the stadium that hosted…
Continue Reading Slovakia’s president asks a populist ex-premier to form government after winning early election
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s president has asked the leader of the winning party in the country’s parliamentary election to try to…
Continue Reading Spain’s women’s team players Putellas, Rodríguez and Paredes appear before a judge in Rubiales probe
MADRID (AP) — Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas and two of her teammates on Spain’s women’s national team have appeared before a…
Continue Reading Woman who fatally shoved 87-year-old vocal coach to the ground in New York sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison
By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — The woman who fatally shoved an 87-year-old Broadway vocal coach in New York was sentenced to 8 1/2 years…
Continue Reading $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot tempts players to brave long odds
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An estimated $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot will be up for grabs Monday night, tempting players to spend a couple dollars…
Continue Reading US expands probe into Ford engine failures to include two motors and nearly 709,000 vehicles
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety investigators have expanded a probe into Ford Motor Co. engine failures to include nearly 709,000 vehicles. The…
Continue Reading Beyoncé, like Taylor, is heading to movie theaters with a new film
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A documentary chronicling Beyoncé‘s just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in…
Continue Reading Serbia says it has reduced army presence near Kosovo after US expressed concern over troop buildup
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s top military officials say the army has reduced its troop presence near the…
Continue Reading US health officials propose using a cheap antibiotic as a ‘morning-after pill’ against STDs
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a morning-after pill that gay and…
Continue Reading Car drives through fence at airport, briefly disrupting operations, officials say
PORTLAND Police say a car crashed through a fence at Maine’s busiest airport and caused a disruption while officials did a security sweep. No…
Continue Reading They were ringing in the new year at their apartment when the gunfire started. Then this 11-year-old fell to the ground
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Most tweens might brush off holding their parents’ hands as baby stuff. Not Amethyst Sistine Silva. The…
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More than 1,300 children and teens have been killed by guns so far this year. Here’s why we’re telling you some of their stories
By Josh Freedom du Lac, CNN (CNN) — The celebratory bullets began flying right around midnight, in the final moments of 2022. The child’s…
Continue Reading Work starts on turning Adolf Hitler’s birthplace in Austria into a police station
BRAUNAU AM INN, Austria (AP) — Work has started on turning the house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 into a police station. The…
Continue Reading New Van Gogh show in Paris focuses on artist’s extraordinarily productive and tragic final months
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A new museum exhibition in Paris focuses on the last months of Dutch master Vincent van Gogh before…
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Gun homicides and suicides in US children and teens are at a record high
CNN By Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Children and teens in the US are dying of gun-related homicides and suicides in record numbers, according to…
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Parents of 9-year-old who went missing on New York camping trip received ransom note before daughter was found, governor says
By Steve Almasy, Michelle Watson and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Charlotte Sena, the 9-year-old girl who went missing while on a camping…
Continue Reading Malaysians urged not to panic-buy local rice after import prices for the staple rise substantially
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government says there is sufficient rice in the market despite recent panic-buying of locally produced…
Continue Reading Sam Bankman-Fried must now convince a jury that the former crypto king was not a crook
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For a while, Sam Bankman-Fried tried to convince politicians and the public that he was the next…
Continue Reading New UN migration chief says private sector ‘desperate’ to take migrants despite negative narrative
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The new head of the U.N.’s migration agency says the private sector is “desperate” for their…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: 5 surprising facts about assisted living
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Assisted living. Nursing home. Skilled nursing. There are lots of names for facilities that provide care to those who can…
Continue Reading Typhoon Koinu strengthens as it moves toward Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Koinu, traveling westward from the Pacific, is strengthening as it moves toward Taiwan. Meteorologists on the island…
Continue Reading Georgia political group launches ads backing Gov. Brian Kemp’s push to limit lawsuits
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A political group linked to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is launching an ad campaign backing the…
Continue Reading Iraqi Christian religious leaders demand an international investigation into deadly wedding fire
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Christian religious leaders in Iraq are calling for an international…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Oct. 2: Congress, Ukraine, Trump, Health care strike, Nightclub fire
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Nearly two months after wildfires tore through Maui, several burn zones in Lahaina will reopen today for…
Continue Reading 5 Papuan independence fighters killed in clash in Indonesia’s restive Papua region
By ALFIAN KARTONO Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Police and rebels say that five Papuan independence fighters were killed in a clash…
Continue Reading Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44M children amid tight security
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has launched its second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year Monday in an effort to inoculate 44 million children…
Continue Reading Armenian exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh ebbs as Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control
By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press The last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh has left the region, completing a weeklong grueling…
Continue Reading Spain’s king begins a new round of talks in search of a candidate to form government
MADRID (AP) — King Felipe VI has begun a new round of talks with Spanish political party leaders with a view to choosing the person in the best…
Continue Reading Gun homicides and suicides in US children and teens are at a record high
By Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Children and teens in the US are dying of gun-related homicides and suicides in record numbers, according to the…
Continue Reading Nobel Prize in medicine won by two scientists for ‘groundbreaking findings’ on mRNA Covid-19 vaccines
By Christian Edwards and Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and…
Continue Reading Fires on Indonesia’s Sumatra island cause smoky haze, prompting calls for people to work from home
By MUHAMMAD HATTA and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — More than 300 forest and peatland fires on Indonesia’s Sumatra…
Continue Reading 5 missing people are located after a Spanish nightclub fire, leaving the death toll at 13
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish government official says five people who were missing and feared dead in a nightclub fire in the city of Murcia have been…
Continue Reading Johnny’s becomes Smile-Up. Japanese music company hit with sex abuse scandal takes on a new name
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese entertainment company that has acknowledged its founder sexually assaulted hundreds of…
Continue Reading Europe’s anti-corruption group says Cyprus must hold politicians more accountable amid distrust
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption group says Cyprus needs to hold those at the highest echelons of executive power…
Continue Reading Muslim employee working at Chipotle was subject to religious harassment over her hijab, federal suit says
By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Fast casual Mexican chain Chipotle is facing a lawsuit filed by a federal agency on behalf of a former employee…
Continue Reading Top European diplomats meet in Kyiv to support Ukraine as signs of strain show among allies
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Some of Europe’s top diplomats gathered Monday in Kyiv in a display of support for…
Continue Reading US condemns China’s reported life sentence of acclaimed Uyghur scholar
By Simone McCarthy (CNN) — The United States has condemned China’s reported sentencing of prominent Uyghur academic Rahile Dawut to life in…
Continue Reading UK Treasury chief says he’ll hike the minimum wage but rules out tax cuts while inflation stays high
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief is announcing a hike in the national minimum wage. Jeremy…
Continue Reading Nobel Prize announcements are getting underway with the unveiling of the medicine prize
By DAVID KEYTON and MIKE CORDER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Six days of Nobel Prize announcements are beginning with the unveiling of the…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Philippe threatens flash floods Monday in Leeward Islands, forecasters say
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasts say Tropical Storm Philippe is threatening to unleash heavy rains and flash floods in the Leeward Islands. The U.S. National…
Continue Reading The UAE holds an annual oil and gas conference just ahead of hosting UN COP28 climate talks in Dubai
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati president-designate of the upcoming United Nations COP28…
Continue Reading 5 conservative cardinals challenge pope to affirm church teaching on gays and women ahead of meeting
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Five conservative cardinals are challenging Pope Francis to affirm Catholic teaching on…
Continue Reading Early voting begins in New Zealand’s general election and in Australia for Indigenous ‘Voice’
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Early voting has begun in New Zealand for the nation’s Oct. 14 general election,…
Continue Reading More Lahaina residents will be able to return to their burned homes for the first time
By Joe Sutton and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — More Lahaina residents will be allowed to return to the burned remains of their homes on Monday…
Continue Reading Indonesian president launches Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, funded by China
By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has inaugurated Southeast Asia’s…
Continue Reading Late-night shows return after writers strike as actors resume talks that could end their standoff
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Late-night talk shows are returning after a five-month absence brought on by the…
Continue Reading Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants following deadly Ankara blast
By Gul Tuysuz, Heather Law and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Turkey’s military carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mixed as Japan business confidence rises and US shutdown is averted
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher in thin trading Monday with many markets closed for…
Continue Reading Fire erupts in a police headquarters in Egypt, injuring at least 14 people
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian officials say a huge fire has broken out in a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt,…
Continue Reading Mexico’s rescue and drug-sniffing dogs start out at the army’s puppy kindergarten
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press SAN MIGUEL DE LOS JAGÜEYEZ, Mexico (AP) — In the middle of a military base outside Mexico City, an army…
Continue Reading Few Americans say conservatives can speak freely on college campuses, AP-NORC/UChicago poll shows
By COLLIN BINKLEY, JOCELYN GECKER and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New polling finds that America’s college campuses are seen…
Continue Reading California’s new mental health court rolls out to high expectations and uncertainty
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated…
Continue Reading Women’s voices and votes loom large as pope opens Vatican meeting on church’s future
By NICOLE WINFIELD and TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A few years ago, Pope Francis told the head of the main Vatican-backed…
Continue Reading Vote no on Joe: Southern Republicans look to nationalize 2023 governors’ races by invoking Biden
By BRUCE SCHREINER and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s name isn’t on the ballot in 2023.…
Continue Reading The justices are taking the bench Monday at the Supreme Court for the first time since June
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The justices are taking the bench at the Supreme Court for the first time since late June. Their…
Continue Reading Forced kiss claim leads to ‘helplessness’ for accuser who turned to Olympics abuse-fighting agency
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — Former elite fencer Kirsten Hawkes feels let down by the U.S. Center for SafeSport after filing a…
Continue Reading Rep. Matt Gaetz is threatening to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy. It won’t be easy.
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s harshest critics plans to make good on his threat…
Continue Reading Forced kiss claim leads to ‘helplessness’ for accuser who turned to Olympics abuse-fighting agency
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — Former elite fencer Kirsten Hawkes feels let down by the U.S. Center for SafeSport after filing a…
Continue Reading California governor to name Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will name Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and…
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