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BP names current interim boss as permanent CEO to replace predecessor who quit over personal conduct 01/17/2024 07:49am • LONDON (AP) — British oil giant BP said Wednesday its interim chief executive, Murray Auchincloss, will be given the job on a permanent basis to replace Bernard Looney, who quit after it emerged that he had failed to disclose to the board past relationships with company colleagues. Auchincloss, a 25 Best Jobs That Don't Require a College Degree 01/16/2024 07:00pm • No degree? No problem.Not having a college degree does not automatically diminish your chances of snagging a high-paying and rewarding job.Here is a list of the 25 best jobs that don't require a college degree. These include positions open to those with only a high school diploma as well as careers Here's What Rent Costs Around the U.S. 01/16/2024 07:00pm • How much rent can get you across the country has changed dramatically after rental rates soared in the last few years. The pandemic ushered in an era of remote working, which allowed people to reconsider where they call home. Many moved to locations with more favorable weather or a lower cost of liv Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 21-27 01/16/2024 09:47am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 21-27: Jan. 21: Opera singer Placido Domingo is 83. Actor Jill Eikenberry is 77. Guitarist Jim Ibbotson (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 77. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 74. Actor Robby Benson is 68. Actor Geena Davis is 68. Actor Charlotte Ross (“NYPD B How to Transform Your Bonus Room 01/15/2024 07:00pm • Most rooms in your home have a name and a designated function. If you're lucky, your home has extra space, typically called a bonus room, to repurpose and use as you wish. Bonus rooms give homeowners more square footage and flexibility to adapt the space that best suits their needs. If you're thinki Indian Ocean island of Reunion braces for 'very dangerous' storm packing hurricane-strength winds 01/14/2024 01:49pm • PARIS (AP) — Authorities urged residents on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion to shelter indoors Sunday as a powerful storm bore down packing hurricane-force winds. Forecaster Meteo France issued a code red cyclone alert for the storm, named Belal, and said it was expected to be “very da A weekend of ferocious winter weather could see low-temperature records set in the US heartland 01/14/2024 09:08am • O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Icy winter weather blanketed the U.S. on Saturday as a wave of Arctic storms threatened to break low-temperature records in the heartland, spread cold and snow from coast to coast and cast a chill over everything from football playoffs to presidential campaigns. As the thre Fendi's gender-busting men's collection is inspired by Princess Anne, 'chicest woman in the world' 01/13/2024 06:26pm • MILAN (AP) — Silvia Venturini Fendi plucked heirlooms from an aristocratic family hope chest and embellished them with details long released from the feminine realm for a highlands-stomping menswear collection previewed Saturday during Milan Fashion Week. Venturini Fendi said she was inspired by P Gucci's new creative director plunges into menswear with slightly shimmery, subversive classics 01/13/2024 12:03pm • MILAN (AP) — Hot off Taylor Swift’s Golden Globe red-carpet triumph for Gucci in glittering green, the Italian brand’s creative director plunged into his menswear debut on the first day of Milan Fashion Week on Friday with somewhat shimmery, slightly subversive classics. Sabato De Sarno’s se As a new generation rises, tension between free speech and inclusivity on college campuses simmers 01/13/2024 12:52am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Generations of Americans have held firm to a version of free speech that makes room for even the vilest of views. It’s girded by a belief that the good ideas rise above the bad, that no one should be punished for voicing an idea — except in rare cases where the idea could lea As a new generation rises, tension between free speech and inclusivity on college campuses simmers 01/13/2024 12:48am • Generations of Americans have held firm to a version of free speech that makes room for even the vilest of views. It’s girded by a belief that the good ideas rise above the bad, that no one should be punished for voicing an idea — except in rare cases where the idea could lead directly to illega Navy officer who'd been jailed in Japan over deadly crash now released from US custody, family says 01/12/2024 05:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy officer who had been jailed in Japan over a car crash that killed two Japanese citizens was released from U.S. custody on Friday, one month after he was returned to the United States and placed in a federal prison, his family said. Lt. Ridge Alkonis was ordered released by Energy for everyone 01/12/2024 02:50pm • This content was provided by Washington Gas. Energy equity remains one of our society's most urgent issues, especially among underserved households. In 2023, Project Hope reported that more than 30 million households in the United States cannot adequately meet their daily energy needs. As we c Thousands protest in Slovakia against a government plan to amend the penal code 01/11/2024 03:42pm • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets of major cities in Slovakia on Thursday to renew their protests against plans by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the country’s penal code. The changes proposed by the three-party coalition gove UN concerned over Taliban arrests of Afghan women and girls for alleged Islamic headscarf violations 01/11/2024 10:11am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said Thursday it was deeply concerned by recent arbitrary arrests and detentions by the Taliban government of women and girls for allegedly violating dress codes regarding the Islamic headscarf, or hijab. The mission said it was l