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Kansas has some of the nation's lowest benefits for injured workers. They'll increase in July 04/11/2024 06:38pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� Kansas will increase what have been among the lowest benefits in the U.S. for workers who are injured or killed on the job under bipartisan legislation that Gov. Laura Kelly signed into law Thursday. The new law is set to take effect in July and includes the first increases in Treasury wants to boost foreign investment review powers, as Congress dissects Nippon, TikTok deals 04/11/2024 06:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. Treasury wants to enhance the power of a little-known, secretive government committee to review deals made between U.S. firms and foreign investors. This comes as high-profile deals involving foreign investment in the U.S. ��� like Chinese firm ByteDance���s ownership of pop JP Sears carries no-hitter into 7th inning, Seth Brown homers as Athletics beat Rangers 1-0 04/11/2024 06:11pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� JP Sears carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and combined with three relievers on a one-hitter, Seth Brown homered to supply the game���s only run and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 1-0 on Thursday. Sears (1-1) allowed leadoff walks in the first, secon A criminal probe continues into staff at a Virginia school where a 6-year-old shot a teacher 04/11/2024 05:52pm • NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) ��� A criminal investigation into staff members at a Virginia school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher could shift to why the troubled child���s disciplinary records disappeared after the violence. A special grand jury recently concluded its probe into the shooting, which Before murder charges tarnished his legacy, O.J. Simpson was one of the NFL's greatest running backs 04/11/2024 05:34pm • Long before the Bronco chase gripped a national television audience and the ���Trial of the Century��� captivated the country, O.J. Simpson was making his mark on the football field. The Juice was the best running back of his era during an 11-year NFL career mostly played with the Buffalo Bills. He $50K Olympic track prize the latest in a long, conflicted relationship between athletes and money 04/11/2024 05:29pm • Since the day they were founded, the Olympics have had a confusing relationship with money. The games were supposed to celebrate sport for sport's sake. But the price athletes paid to be any good was far too high, and it took virtually no time for the concept of amateurism that the Olympics rested o California lawmakers vote to reduce deficit by $17 billion, but harder choices lie ahead 04/11/2024 05:00pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California lawmakers don't know for sure how big their budget deficit is, but on Thursday they decided it's big enough to go ahead and reduce spending by about $17 billion. The vote represents a preemptive strike from Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is trying to get ahe Fastenal, CarMax fall; Alpine Immune Sciences, Arvinas rise, Thursday, 4/11/2024 04/11/2024 04:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Thursday: Fastenal Co., down $4.86 to $69.88. The distributor of nuts and bolts to the construction industry reported disappointing first-quarter financial results. CarMax Inc., down $7.32 to $71.98. The used car chain' Movie Review: ���Food, Inc. 2��� revisits food system, sees reason for frustration and (a little) hope 04/11/2024 04:20pm • The makers of the influential 2008 documentary ���Food, Inc.��� never planned to make a sequel. They figured they���d said it all in their harrowing look at a broken, unsustainable food system ��� a system led, they argued, by a few multinational corporations whose monopoly squeezes out local farmer The Biden administration will require thousands more gun dealers to run background checks on buyers 04/11/2024 04:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Thousands more firearms dealers across the United States will have to run background checks on buyers at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Biden administration rule that will soon go into effect. The rule aims to close a loophole that has Freight railroads ask courts to throw out new rule requiring two-person crews on trains 04/11/2024 03:44pm • Four railroads have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in most circumstances, saying the mandate is arbitrary, capricious and an illegal abuse of discretion. The identical challenges of the Federal Railroad Administration's rule were all fi With All-Star Gilgeous-Alexander leading the way, young Thunder confident heading into the playoffs 04/11/2024 03:13pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault used Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's subtle sacrifices to show why the Thunder aren't like most playoff contenders that carry the ���young team��� label. ���Imagine if you���re a player and you can just get 40?��� Daigneault said. ���He could go o Harvard again requiring standardized test scores for those seeking admission 04/11/2024 02:58pm • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) ��� Harvard University announced Thursday that it is reinstituting standardized tests as a requirement for admission beginning with the class of 2029, joining other colleges that are again mandating tests for those hoping to enter the schools. In June 2020, Harvard began a temp Afghanistan's Taliban leaders issued different messages for Eid. Experts say that shows tensions 04/11/2024 02:28pm • KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) ��� Messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions between hardliners and more moderate elements who want to scrap harsher policies and attract more outside support, experts said Thursday. The messages for Eid al-Fitr marking the end of Ra Sports on TV for Friday, Apr. 12 04/11/2024 12:50pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Apr. 12 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN���S) 11:30 p.m. FS2 ��� AFL: St. Kilda at Greater Western Sydney 2:30 a.m. (Saturday) FS1 ��� AFL: Carlton vs. Adelaide, Docklands, Australia 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 ��� AFL: Fremantle at