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Venezuelans are increasingly stuck in Mexico, explaining drop in illegal crossings to US 03/28/2024 07:52am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuelan migrants often have a quick answer when asked to name the most difficult stretch of their eight-country journey to the U.S. border, and it's not the dayslong jungle trek through Colombia and Panama with its venomous vipers, giant spiders and scorpions. It's Mexico. †This is how reporters documented 1,000 deaths after police force that isn't supposed to be fatal 03/28/2024 06:05am • After George Floyd was killed under a Minneapolis police officer’s knee, reporters at The Associated Press wanted to know how many other people died following encounters in which law enforcement used not firearms but other kinds of force that is not supposed to be fatal. The U.S. government is sup Nobelist Daniel Kahneman, a pioneer of behavioral economics, is dead at 90 03/27/2024 11:04pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision making, died Wednesday at the age of 90. Kahneman and his longtime collaborator Amos Tversky reshaped the field of economics, which pri Lou Whittaker, among the most famous American mountaineers, has died at age 95 03/27/2024 09:03pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Lou Whittaker, a legendary American mountaineer who helped lead ascents of Mount Everest, K2 and Denali, and who taught generations of climbers during his more than 250 trips up Mount Rainier, the tallest peak in Washington state, has died at age 95. RMI Expeditions, the guide compa The Latest | Ship that collapsed Baltimore bridge was carrying hazardous materials, officials say 03/27/2024 08:56pm • The Latest on the ship crash that collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore (all times local): The cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse was carrying hazardous materials, the National Transportation Safety Board said. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said there are 56 containers What Is the Average American Net Worth by Age? 03/27/2024 08:00pm • Net worth is frequently used as an indicator of financial success. This number adds up your total assets -- whether liquid or not -- and subtracts any debts to give a picture of how much money you have. Working toward a high net worth involves increasing your assets and paying down debts, both of wh Remains of 2 people recovered after Baltimore Key Bridge collapse 03/27/2024 07:45pm • Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for our team coverage. Searchers recovered the remains of two people from the Patapsco River after a massive container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday morning. The discovery came amid a daylo Yellen says China's rapid buildout of its green energy industry 'distorts global prices' 03/27/2024 06:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called out China's ramped-up production in solar energy, electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries, calling it unfair competition that “distorts global prices" and “hurts American firms and workers, as well as firms and workers around the wor Trump plans to attend the wake of slain New York City police officer 03/27/2024 06:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is planning to attend the wake for a New York City police officer who was fatally shot during a traffic stop this week, according to his campaign. Trump, the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is expected to be at a visitation Thursday Baltimore bridge collapse: Ships carrying cars and heavy equipment need to find a new harbor 03/27/2024 04:44pm • Manufacturers and shippers are scrambling to figure out where they can load or unload cargo while the main operations of the Port of Baltimore remain shut down due to Tuesday's deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Supply chain experts say other ports up and down the East Coast are likely Man cuffed but not charged after Chiefs' Super Bowl rally shooting sues congressman over online post 03/27/2024 02:57pm • MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A man who was briefly handcuffed in the chaos that followed a deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally is suing a Tennessee congressman who falsely accused him in social media posts of being one of the shooters and an immigrant in the country illegally. De A list of major US bridge collapses caused by ships and barges 03/27/2024 01:09pm • A container ship struck a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to plunge into the river below. From 1960 to 2015, there were 35 major bridge collapses worldwide due to ship or barge collision, with a total of 342 people killed, according to a 2018 report from the World Association for A UK financial trader dubbed the ringleader of an interest rate manipulation scandal loses an appeal 03/27/2024 12:54pm • LONDON (AP) — A British financial trader, who has been described as the ringleader in the manipulation of a key interest rate before and after the global financial crisis, lost his appeal Wednesday to have his conviction quashed. Tom Hayes, 44, who was a former trader at U.S. bank Citigroup and Sw Darlington will honor late NASCAR Cup champion Yarborough during throwback weekend in May 03/27/2024 12:26pm • DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Darlington Raceway will pay tribute to the late NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough by displaying his No. 29 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass during its throwback weekend at the Goodyear 400 in May. Yarborough, a native of Sardis, South Carolina, and three-time Cup champion, died o Pakistani authorities share with China initial findings of probe into bombing that killed 5 Chinese 03/27/2024 12:18pm • PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities have shared with China the preliminary findings of an investigation into a deadly attack that killed five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver in the country's volatile northwest, officials said Wednesday. Authorities were doing DNA testing o