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Creation of transitional council that will select Haiti's next prime minister is imminent, US says 04/10/2024 04:59pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� The creation of a transitional council responsible for choosing Haiti���s next leaders is imminent, a U.S. diplomat said Wednesday during a heated forum about Haiti���s spiraling crisis. The nine-member council could be formally established in Haiti as early as this we FirstEnergy made secret $1 million payment in 2017 to support ���Husted campaign��� in Ohio 04/10/2024 04:56pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� The Akron-based energy company at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio gave a secret $1 million contribution to a dark money group backing Republican Lt. Gov. Jon Husted in his 2018 bid for governor, cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer reported Wednesday. The contrib The Latest | Israeli strike kills 3 sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh 04/10/2024 04:42pm • An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, according to Israel's army and the militant group's official media, with Haniyeh accusing Israel of acting in ���the spirit of revenge and murder.��� The Israeli military confirmed it carried out the attack Wednesday, sa Track and field becomes first sport to pay prize money at Olympics. Paris gold medalists get $50,000 04/10/2024 04:40pm • Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris. The move is a symbolic break with the amateur past of the Olympics in one of the games' most-watched events. The governing Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins were lost two weeks ago. Now they're in the playoff mix 04/10/2024 04:33pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Sidney Crosby insists he's not a scoreboard watcher. Not publicly anyway. Maybe it's because the Pittsburgh Penguins��� longtime captain is too occupied with his team to worry about anyone else. Or maybe it's because Crosby never had much reason to check during Pittsburgh's Drought, heat raise the risk of a repeat of Canada's record-breaking wildfires last year 04/10/2024 04:31pm • OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) ��� Canada's emergency preparedness minister warned Wednesday the country's wildfire season could be more explosive than last year when it led to unprecedented smoke conditions across much of the country and into the United States. Persistent drought and months of above-average Hexcel, WD-40 fall; Macy's, Roblox rise, Wednesday, 4/10/2024 04/10/2024 04:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Hexcel Corp., down $8.81 to $62.34. The maker of lightweight composite materials named a new CEO to replace Nick Stanage when he retires at the end of 2024. WD-40 Co., down $21.93 to $233.18. The lubricant ma Ford recalls nearly 43,000 SUVs due to gas leaks that can cause fires, but remedy won't fix leaks 04/10/2024 04:17pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Ford is recalling nearly 43,000 small SUVs because gasoline can leak from the fuel injectors onto hot engine surfaces, increasing the risk of fires. But the recall remedy does not include repairing the fuel leaks. The recall covers certain Bronco Sport SUVs from the 2022 and 2023 mo Higher gas and rents keep US inflation elevated, likely delaying Fed rate cuts 04/10/2024 03:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Consumer inflation remained persistently high last month, boosted by gas, rents, auto insurance and other items, the government said Wednesday in a report that will likely give pause to the Federal Reserve as it considers how often ��� or even whether ��� to cut interest rates th Masters a reunion of the world's best players. But the numbers are shrinking 04/10/2024 03:41pm • AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) ��� More than golf's first major championship of the year, the Masters represents unification. This is the first time since July at the British Open the best players regardless of their tours compete against each other ��� same course, same tournament, same television network. ���I 6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men 04/10/2024 03:31pm • BRANDON, Miss. (AP) ��� Already sentenced to many years in federal prison, six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men were sentenced Wednesday in state court. The state sentences did not add time t Trump says Arizona's abortion ban goes too far while defending the overturning of Roe v. Wade 04/10/2024 03:20pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Donald Trump said Wednesday that an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and called on Arizona lawmakers to change it, while also defending the overturning of Roe v. Wade that cleared states to ban the procedure. ���It���ll be straightened out and as you Vermont's Goddard College to close after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles 04/10/2024 03:00pm • PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) ��� Vermont's Goddard College, a small school known for its progressive education, is closing after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles, the board of trustees announced. The decision to close at the end of the semester was heart-wrenching but unavoidable as th Woodford Reserve tried to undermine unionization effort at its Kentucky distillery, judge rules 04/10/2024 02:53pm • Woodford Reserve undermined unionization efforts at its Kentucky distillery by awarding pay raises, relaxing its vacation policy and handing out bottles of whiskey to workers before a vote on whether to unionize, a federal judge ruled. The sweeteners the prominent bourbon maker offered to workers we Potomac Yard was supposed to be a sports fan's paradise. Now a rental car company wants to put up a parking lot 04/10/2024 02:30pm • In the weeks since plans to bring the Wizards and Capitals to a new entertainment district in Alexandria���s Potomac Yard neighborhood fell apart, a rental car company has made an offer to turn the Northern Virginia property into a parking lot. Such proposals, Councilman Canek Aguirre said, are f