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Apple Maps Renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ for US Users

Apple has changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on its maps for US users in compliance with a White House executive order that President Donald Trump has portrayed as part of broader pressure on Canada.
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Gloria Steinem Dies at 92
New York Mayor Seeks Non-Political Tone for September 11 Memorial
OpenAI Launches US Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Initiative
Apple Maps Renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ for US Users
Pentagon Introduces Mandatory Testosterone Screening for Service Members Aged 30 and Older
Patagonia Joins Lawsuit Challenging Reduction of Utah National Monuments
China Tax Authorities End Dividend Exemption for Expatriate Workers
Musicians File Class Action Copyright Lawsuit Against AI Platform Suno
US House Passes Bill Penalizing Universities That Boycott Israel
Bernie Sanders Proposes Ban on Superintelligent AI Development
Nvidia Pursues Strategic Partnership With Hugging Face
US Gasoline and Diesel Prices Surge Ahead of Labor Day Weekend
FBI Expands Use of AI for Domestic and International Threat Detection
House Democrats Seek to Halt US Military Boat Strikes in Caribbean and Pacific
Federal Court Weighs Challenge to New US Restrictions on International Student Visas
Pentagon Reaffirms Anthropic as Supply Chain Risk
US Automakers Urge Congress to Ban Chinese-Made Vehicle Sales
NASA Launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to Study Dark Energy and Exoplanets
OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra and Declares AGI Era as Major AI Platforms Suffer Outage
Federal Reserve Signals Rate Cuts Could Be Delayed as Oil Prices Rise
Missouri Supreme Court Blocks Republican-Backed Congressional Map Before Midterms
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Mail-Ballot Screening Rules
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship
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