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Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands 01/29/2024 09:06pm • ANGOLA, La. (AP) ��� A hidden path to America���s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source ��� a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country���s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where With child care increasingly unaffordable, Virginia lawmakers propose long-term fixes 01/29/2024 07:34am • As federal relief funds dry up, Virginia policymakers are increasingly looking for solutions to residents��� problems in securing affordable child care. Jess Mullins Fullen, a mother of two children in Southwest Virginia, said she and her husband work full-time to pay for their most expensive cos Southeast Asian nations cautiously optimistic of progress on Myanmar and South China Sea conflicts 01/29/2024 05:55am • LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) ��� China���s increasingly assertive posture in the South China Sea and escalating violence in Myanmar topped the agenda for Southeast Asian diplomats at their meeting in Laos on Monday, with the Laotian foreign minister expressing guarded optimism that progress could be mad Most Americans feel they pay too much in taxes, AP-NORC poll finds 01/28/2024 10:04am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A majority of taxpayers feel they pay too much in taxes, with many saying that they receive a poor value in return, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Two-thirds Coalition of progressive advocates, lawmakers seek Maryland tax changes 01/27/2024 10:27pm • A coalition of more than two dozen groups and progressive lawmakers are hoping to leverage looming state fiscal challenges to pass long-desired tax reforms. Advocates describe the as-yet-to-be-introduced omnibus bill as covering roughly a half-dozen policies that have been proposed in separate bi Mexico confirms some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable because of gang violence and land conflicts 01/27/2024 03:26pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico���s government has acknowledged that at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites are unreachable by visitors because of a toxic mix of cartel violence and land disputes. But two tourist guides in the southern state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, say two other s Iowa promised $75 million for school safety. Two shootings later, the money is largely unspent 01/26/2024 08:10pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ��� The June 2022 announcement was addressed to parents horrified by the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas: Iowa would spend $75 million in federal pandemic relief funds to improve school building security. Citing an urgent need to act after Uvalde and shootings Many Costa Ricans welcome court ruling that they don't have to use their father's surname first 01/26/2024 02:57pm • SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) ��� Many Costa Ricans on Friday welcomed a ruling this week by the country's Supreme Court of Justice eliminating the requirement that people use their father's surname before their mother's on identification documents. In Spanish-speaking nations, people usually go by two Sinner ends 10-time champion Novak Djokovic's Australian Open streak, faces Medvedev for the title 01/26/2024 10:58am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Jannik Sinner ended one of Novak Djokovic's perfect streaks in an Australian Open upset and then got to relax while Daniil Medvedev rallied from two sets down to beat Alexander Zverev after midnight to secure the other place in the final. Just about everything went the Thousands protest in Slovakia against plan to amend penal code and close special prosecutor's office 01/25/2024 09:52pm • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ��� Thousands of people on Thursday joined growing street protests across Slovakia against a plan by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the penal code and eliminate a national prosecutors' office. The proposed changes have faced sharp criticism at home and abroad. Fendi caps couture with futurism-tinged ode to Lagerfeld at Paris Fashion Week 01/25/2024 06:19pm • PARIS (AP) ��� As Paris Couture Week drew to a close, Fendi offered a hypnotic blend of minimalist futurism and homage to the legendary Karl Lagerfeld. Zendaya and Reese Witherspoon were among luminaries who caused snaking traffic and hyperbolic tussles to witness artistic director Kim Jones delive Sexual harassment on women's US Biathlon team leads to SafeSport investigation -- and sanctions 01/25/2024 05:56pm • U.S. Biathlon national champion Joanne Reid was sexually harassed and abused for years by a ski-wax technician while racing on the elite World Cup circuit, a watchdog group that oversees sex-abuse allegations in Olympic sports found. When the two-time Olympian complained, she says she was told his b Georgia lawmakers consider bills to remove computer codes from ballots 01/25/2024 02:09pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia's state House and Senate are pursuing separate bills to remove barcodes from most of the state's ballots, part of a continuing Republican pushback against Georgia's voting machines. The Senate Ethics Committee voted 8-2 on Thursday to advance Senate Bill 189 to the full Sena Taliban is enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women, UN says 01/25/2024 12:11pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� The Taliban are restricting Afghan women���s access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don���t have a male guardian, according to a U.N report published Monday. In one incident, officials from the Vice and Virtue Ministry advised a woman to get married if sh Tesla 4Q earnings fall short of analyst estimates as company warns of lower sales growth this year 01/24/2024 10:48pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Tesla's net income more than doubled last quarter thanks to a big one-time tax benefit, but it warned of ���notably lower��� sales growth this year. The Austin, Texas, electric vehicle, solar panel and battery maker said Wednesday that its net income was $7.93 billion from October t