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The first Mexican taco stand to get a Michelin star is a tiny business where the heat makes the meat 05/15/2024 11:35pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Newly minted Michelin-starred chef Arturo Rivera Mart��nez stood over an insanely hot grill Wednesday at the first Mexican taco stand ever to get a coveted star from the French dining guide, and did exactly the same thing he's been doing for 20 years: searing meat. Though Miche Fire threat eases near Canada's oil sands hub, but a long, hot summer looms 05/15/2024 11:22pm • The threat from a wildfire near Canada's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, appeared to be easing on Wednesday, a day after it forced thousands of residents to evacuate and stirred memories of a damaging blaze nearly a decade earlier. Favorable winds were expected to push the fire away from th Harper homers in return, Su��rez improves to MLB-best 8-0 as streaking Phillies beat Mets 10-5 05/15/2024 10:26pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Bryce Harper homered, doubled and drove in three runs, unbeaten Ranger Su��rez became the first eight-game winner in the majors and the streaking Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets 10-5 on Wednesday night. Cristian Pache added two RBIs for Philadelphia, which has Reported sex assaults in the US military have dropped. That reverses what had been a growing problem 05/15/2024 10:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The number of reported sexual assaults across the military decreased last year, and a confidential survey found a 19% drop in the number of service members who said they had experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact, according to new figures obtained by The Associated Pres Family of California Navy veteran who died after officer knelt on his neck settles lawsuit for $7.5M 05/15/2024 10:20pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Family members of a Navy veteran who died in 2020 after a police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes while he was in a mental health crisis have settled a federal lawsuit against the Northern California city of Antioch for $7.5 million, their attorneys s As Zambia schools take on climate change, one teen is spreading the word in sign language 05/15/2024 10:08pm • KASAMA, Zambia (AP) ��� Every morning, Bridget Chanda places her prosthetic legs beside her bed, pulls on her stockings and pushes the remains of her limbs into the prosthetics as best she can. After six years they no longer fit, and it's painful to stand or walk for too long, but it doesn't faze he Maryland set to expand ignition interlock program for drunk drivers 05/15/2024 09:55pm • A measure that will expand the use of ignition interlock devices when drivers are convicted of driving drunk is among many laws getting the signature of Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in Annapolis. The bill does away with an exemption that allowed drivers to plead down to probation before judgment in dr Singapore's new prime minister vows to 'lead in our own way' as Lee dynasty ends after half-century 05/15/2024 09:24pm • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� Singapore���s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong vowed to make ���tomorrow better than today��� as he took his oath of office Wednesday in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure stability in the Asian financial hub. A U.S.-trained economist, Wong, 5 Rory McIlroy dealing with another distraction on eve of PGA Championship 05/15/2024 08:26pm • Rory McIlroy has all the momentum he could want heading into the PGA Championship as he tries to end a drought in the majors that has lasted a decade. He also has a major distraction. McIlroy is coming off two straight victories, one of them with Irish pal Shane Lowry in New Orleans, the other an ex The Nuggets are playing like champions again and putting the Timberwolves on the ropes 05/15/2024 08:23pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Repeating a championship in the NBA is as challenging as ever with the talent level across the league these days, with the Golden State Warriors the only one to do so over the last decade. Look at the five teams that hoisted the Larry O'Brien trophy prior to the Denver Nuggets l North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime 05/15/2024 08:00pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks in public for health reasons, a move spurred in part by demonstrations against the war in Gaza that have included masked protesters camped Latina Creators Who are Building Generational Wealth -- And What You Can Learn From Them 05/15/2024 08:00pm • Wanting to provide financial resources to family members is a universal human desire. However, not everyone starts out on the same economic starting line. Demographic inequities persist. According to a 2023 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis report, Hispanic families owned only about 23 cents for eve How to Get Accepted to Multiple Top Business Schools 05/15/2024 08:00pm • Nikita Srivastava applied to seven MBA programs and got admitted to three: Yale University School of Management in Connecticut, New York University's Stern School of Business and the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business in Illinois. "I definitely was not expecting it," says Srivastava, w What Is Hot-Desking as a Workplace Trend? 05/15/2024 08:00pm • As hybrid work environments continue to multiply, they've spawned a workplace trend called "hot-desking" in which employees have communal rather than assigned desks. "This trend gained momentum alongside the rise of flexible work arrangements and increased focus on space optimization," said Tawny Lo Ty France homers, Bryan Woo picks up his first win and the Mariners beat the Royals 4-2 05/15/2024 07:58pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Ty France homered for the second time in three games, Bryan Woo allowed one run over 5 1/3 innings for his first win and the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Wednesday. The Mariners took two of three from the Royals and have won eight of their last nine series. Se