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Drought will cause crop failures in Spain, farmers warn 04/13/2023 10:26am • MADRID (AP) — Drought now affects 60% of the Spanish countryside, with crops like wheat and barley likely to fail entirely in four regions, the main Spanish farmers' association said on Thursday. Spain’s long-term drought is causing “irreversible losses” to more than 3.5 million hectares of US wholesale inflation pressures eased sharply last month 04/13/2023 09:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices fell in March, a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy are easing more than a year after the Federal Reserve began aggressively raising interest rates. Plunging energy prices pulled the government's producer price index down 0.5% from February to M Torrential storms batter South Florida, close key airport 04/13/2023 01:01am • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Nearly a foot (30 centimeters) of rain fell in a matter of hours in Fort Lauderdale – causing widespread flooding, the closure of the city’s airport and the suspension of high-speed commuter rail service for the Broward County region. The city of Fort Lauderdale States confront medical debt that's bankrupting millions 04/12/2023 09:51pm • DENVER (AP) — Cindy Powers was driven into bankruptcy by 19 life-saving abdominal operations. Medical debt started stacking up for Lindsey Vance after she crashed her skateboard and had to get nine stitches in her chin. And for Misty Castaneda, open heart surgery for a disease she'd had since birt Ukraine's outrage grows over video seeming to show beheading 04/12/2023 09:26pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine launched an investigation Wednesday into a gruesome video that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier, in the latest accusation of atrocities said to have been committed by Russia since it invaded in February 2022. The video spread quickly online and dr Top 7 Autonomous Vehicle Stocks to Buy Now 04/12/2023 08:00pm • Autonomous vehicle, or AV, technology is generally considered a can't-miss, long-term investment. Several companies have already launched fully AV services for the public in a handful of cities in the U.S. and around the world, and those services are growing and expanding rapidly. Investors who bet When Is the Best Time to Pay My Credit Card Bill? 04/12/2023 08:00pm • Timing is everything, especially when paying your credit card bill. If you want to avoid penalties, plan to pay your credit card bill by the due date. But an early credit card payment might make sense if you want to improve your credit score and save on interest charges. When Is the Best Time to Pay 10 Best Places to Retire in Panama 04/12/2023 08:00pm • Panama is one of the world's top retirement destinations. In this country, you have three dramatically different retirement lifestyle options to choose among: cosmopolitan cities, beautiful beachfront towns and cooler mountain climes. There are appealing retirement spots for retirees on strict budge NFL prospect Michael Jefferson involved in fatal crash 04/12/2023 06:45pm • MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — NFL prospect and former Louisiana wide receiver Michael Jefferson was involved in a fatal car accident in Mobile County. Jefferson's agent, Jon Perzley, told ESPN that the player suffered injuries in the accident Sunday evening that required multiple operations. Perzley did not MLB teams extend beer sales after pitch clock shortens games 04/12/2023 06:09pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Thanks to the pitch clock, the action is moving much faster at Major League Baseball games. It also means a little less time for fans to enjoy a frosty adult beverage. To combat that time crunch, at least four teams — the Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins and M Los Angeles DA files charges against 2 cops in 2020 shooting 04/12/2023 06:08pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two former Los Angeles-area police detectives have been charged in the 2020 shooting of an unarmed man that left him paralyzed from the waist down, the district attorney said Wednesday. Former Whittier detectives Cynthia Lopez and Salvador Murillo opened fire on April 30, 2020, Juror: Texas governor's rush to pardon shooter a 'travesty' 04/12/2023 06:02pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An alternate juror in the trial of a U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder said Wednesday that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's rush for a pardon is an “egregious overreach” to wipe aside the jury's unanimous decision over a 2020 shooting during a Black Lives Matter protest. In Arizona House expels GOP lawmaker over unproven claims 04/12/2023 05:47pm • PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday expelled a Republican lawmaker who organized a presentation making unsubstantiated accusations that a wide range of politicians, judges and public officials of both parties took bribes from a Mexican drug cartel. Rep. Liz Harris, a p Mom of boy killed in road rage shooting tried to save kids 04/12/2023 05:00pm • BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — The driver who had screamed at Meghan Bigelow on a busy suburban street and followed her and her three sons into the parking lot of a dental office to argue finally began to drive away. But then, Bigelow recalled Wednesday, Jeremy Webster stopped after she pulled out her pho Stiff EPA emission limits to boost US electric vehicle sales 04/12/2023 04:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing stiff new automobile pollution limits that would require up to two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032, a nearly tenfold increase over current electric vehicle sales. The proposed regulation, announced Wednesday by