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The Associated Press, or AP, has announced that it’s starting a marketplace to sell NFTs of its photojournalists’ work in collaboration with a company called Xooa. It’s billing its foray into NFTs as a way for collectors to “purchase the news agency’s award-winning contemporary and historic photojournalism”.

The news outlet says its system will be built on the “environmentally friendly” Polygon blockchain and that the NFTs will “include a rich set of original metadata” to tell buyers when, where, and how the photos were taken. It says its first collection, launching January 31st, will include NFTs featuring photos of “space, climate, war and other images to spotlights on the work of specific AP photographers.”

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“Bob Saget, the comedian and actor arguably known best by audiences as wholesome patriarch Danny Tanner on the sitcom "Full House," has died, his family confirmed in a statement to CNN.

He was 65.”

“…The man was identified as Robert Saget & pronounced deceased on scene. Detectives found no signs of foul play or drug use in this case," the Sheriff's statement read.”

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“Watch out, Elon: Volkswagen and Toyota have you in their sights, with both announcing Wednesday major new investments in electric vehicles to compete against market-leader Tesla.”

…”As environmental concerns — and high gas prices — take center stage, more people are turning to electric cars, and legacy automakers are looking to get in on the action in a bigger way — putting up a challenge to Musk’s Tesla, which has 79 percent of the EV market in the US, according to data-tracker IHS.”

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The FBI confirmed Thursday that it had found the remains of Brian Laundrie, the 23-year-old fiancé of Gabby Petito and the only person of interest in her death.
In a statement, the FBI's Denver field office, which has been leading the investigation, said a comparison of dental records confirmed that the human remains found in Carlton Reserve and the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in Sarasota County, Fla., on Wednesday were those of Laundrie.
Steven Bertolino, an attorney for Laundrie's parents, said police came to their North Port, Fla., home late Thursday afternoon to notify them.

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