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Joey Daccord rises from third on the depth chart to a burgeoning star for the Seattle Kraken 01/31/2024 03:10pm • SEATTLE (AP) — At seemingly every stop of his hockey journey, goalie Joey Daccord ended up being overlooked. Until now. He was originally a seventh-round draft pick — No. 199 overall — of the Ottawa Senators. His only offer of a full college scholarship came from a fledgling program at Arizona Mind your speed: Automated traffic enforcement arrives in Prince William Thursday 01/31/2024 03:07pm • The Prince William County Department of Transportation will begin rolling out the Automated Traffic Enforcement Pilot Program in several school zones across the county Thursday. County officials say the aim of the program is to improve the overall safety and well-being of the public by reducing t Massachusetts troopers were charged with taking bribes to pass commercial drivers 01/31/2024 09:15am • BOSTON (AP) — Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers were among six people charged Tuesday in a scheme to allegedly take bribes including a new snowblower and driveway in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving tests, the U.S. attorney’s office said. The Thai court rules that progressive Move Forward party must stop trying to change royal defamation law 01/31/2024 06:53am • BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that the progressive Move Forward party must cease advocating amending the law on royal defamation — a decision that leaves the party vulnerable to being dissolved. The court's nine judges deemed it unconstitutional to advocate a Thai activist gets two-year suspended prison sentence for 2021 remarks about monarchy 01/31/2024 12:22am • BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Wednesday convicted a prominent political activist of defaming the country’s monarchy and sentenced her to a two-year suspended jail term under a controversial law that criminalizes any perceived criticism of the royal institution. Patsaravalee Tanakitvibulpon, bet South Africa evacuates small coastal communities near Cape Town as wildfires burn out of control 01/31/2024 12:18am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Residents were evacuated from small coastal towns near Cape Town in South Africa as wildfires swept down from surrounding mountains and burned out of control for a second day on Tuesday. Authorities ordered a full evacuation of Pringle Bay, a coastal village popular Judge orders Wisconsin elections officials to move quickly on changing absentee ballot rules 01/30/2024 10:07pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday ordered the state elections commission to implement his ruling allowing election clerks to accept absentee ballots that have partial witness addresses, a decision that is expected to expand the number of ballots that will be counted in the battlegr Nearly 400 Ethiopians have died of starvation recently. Millions more need food aid 01/30/2024 08:13pm • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Nearly 400 people have died of starvation in Ethiopia’s Tigray and Amhara regions in recent months, the national ombudsman said Tuesday, a rare admission of hunger-related deaths by a federal body. Local officials have previously reported starvation deaths in their distric How to Get the Biggest Tax Refund in 2024 01/30/2024 07:00pm • It's hard to imagine that anyone enjoys preparing their tax return, but the prospect of a big refund can make it worthwhile. To maximize your tax refund, you need to be smart about how you file. "Take advantage of any and all tax credits you're eligible for," says Kenneth Chavis IV, a senior wealth The 20 Most Stressful Jobs 01/30/2024 07:00pm • Jobs that require the most stress toleranceAll jobs involve some stress, but certain careers take it to the next level. While stress could motivate you to perform better at work, an excessive amount can be a health hazard. According to the American Psychological Association, chronic stress puts you The Ultimate Guide to Understanding 529 College Savings Plans 01/30/2024 07:00pm • Key Takeaways-- 529 plans are state-sponsored accounts that offer tax-advantaged savings for education expenses; they cover college, trade and vocational courses, and qualified K-12 expenses.-- Recent expansions allow 529 funds for apprenticeship programs and student loan repayments without tax cons Official found it 'strange' that Michigan school shooter's mom didn't take him home over drawing 01/30/2024 06:56pm • A Michigan school official told jurors Tuesday that he felt he had no grounds to search a teen's backpack before the boy fatally shot four fellow students, even though staff met with the teen's parents that morning to discuss a violent drawing he had scrawled on a math assignment. Nick Ejak, who wa Washington state to develop guidelines for agencies using generative AI 01/30/2024 04:31pm • SEATTLE (AP) — The governor of Washington on Tuesday called for the state to develop best practices on how agencies should use generative artificial intelligence as it continues to incorporate the technology into government operations. “It’s our duty to the public to be thorough and thoughtful EU Parliament probes a Latvian lawmaker after media allegations that she spied for Russia 01/30/2024 01:23pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament has opened an investigation into news reports that a Latvian member of the assembly, Tatjana Ždanoka, has been working as a Russian agent for several years, officials said Tuesday. The president of the European Union’s legislative body, Roberta Metsola, â Embrace your inner codebreaker at Maryland's National Cryptologic Museum 01/30/2024 12:50pm • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 10px;padding: 20px 10px;background: #D30000;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;border-r