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Smaller field, softer fences: Grand National gets a new look in bid to improve welfare of horses 04/09/2024 11:31am • There will be a new look to the ever-adapting Grand National Steeplechase this year, with organizers of Britain���s biggest horse race taking action to improve safety and avoid a repeat of the chaos sparked by animal-rights activists before last year���s edition. The 2023 race was delayed by nearly Murtough steps down as Man United football director amid shake-up of leadership structure 04/09/2024 11:27am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� John Murtough is stepping down from his position as Manchester United's football director ahead of the appointment of a new leadership structure at the English club under its new investors. Murtough has worked at United for 11 years in a variety of roles, including in re New Jersey county prosecutor resigns amid misconduct probe, denies any wrongdoing 04/09/2024 11:17am • The top prosecutor in a northwestern New Jersey county has resigned amid a state probe into allegations that the office lied about caseloads to pad its budget with state money meant for fraud investigations. James Pfeiffer, who had been the Warren County prosecutor since 2019, resigned Friday ���eff Ready to serve: The Barefoot Contessa's long-awaited memoir to come out Oct. 1 04/09/2024 10:54am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The long-awaited memoir from Ina Garten, known to millions as host of ���The Barefoot Contessa��� and author of numerous cookbooks, will be published Oct. 1. The title, announced Tuesday, is ���Be Ready When the Luck Happens.��� ���There is no recipe for writing a memoir, and the p Analysis: Does golf need a dominant player? That depends on who it is 04/09/2024 10:51am • AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) ��� Golf after the peak years of Tiger Woods is just like it was before that ���Hello, world��� moment when he arrived. There was no shortage of talent or even rivalries. No dominant figure, either. Nick Faldo and Greg Norman brought a global focus to golf for about a decade until Choreographer Lorin Latarro, rock's whisperer on Broadway, gives flight to the Who and Huey Lewis 04/09/2024 10:21am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The quintessential rock musical "The Who���s Tommy" is thrillingly alive again on Broadway. And just a few blocks away is a new rock show featuring music by Huey Lewis and the News. The connecting tissue between them is the in-demand choreographer Lorin Latarro, known for her bespo If you're retired or about to retire, think carefully about your tax strategy 04/09/2024 10:15am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Coming up with the best tax strategy in retirement can be much trickier than it seems, and tax pros agree it's a time when people need to be especially careful to look at their entire financial picture before deciding on things like 401(k) withdrawal amounts and timing, or when to New WIC rules include more money for fruits and veggies. They also expand food choices 04/09/2024 10:08am • The federal program that helps pay for groceries for millions of low-income mothers, babies and young kids will soon emphasize more fruits, vegetables and whole grains, as well as provide a wider choice of foods from different cultures. The final rule changes for the program known as WIC were annou Here's why you feel disengaged at work ��� and how to fix it 04/09/2024 09:32am • While employee engagement has somewhat improved after a COVID-19 pandemic slump, employees continue to feel disconnected from employers' missions. This sense of connection is often what inspires employees to go above and beyond their basic job demands, according to Gallup's State of the Global Wo US wildfires are getting bigger and more complex, prompting changes in firefighting workforce 04/09/2024 07:31am • PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) ��� It���s shaping up to be a long wildfire season, with Texas already seeing its largest blaze in recorded history and firefighters becoming overwhelmed with recent blazes in Virginia. Just in the first three months of the year, more than 2,669 square miles (6,912 square kilome Myanmar military begins basic training for draftees as resistance forces keep the pressure on 04/09/2024 06:58am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Myanmar���s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the country for draftees called up under the country���s recently activated conscription law, state-run media reported on Tuesday. The authorities activated the conscription law in February in a bid t Bulgarian parliament formally approves caretaker government to run country until June 9 elections 04/09/2024 05:21am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ��� Bulgaria���s parliament on Tuesday formally approved an interim government to run the EU member country until snap parliamentary and regular European Parliament elections on June 9. Dimitar Glavchev, 60, was sworn in as interim prime minister in a ceremony at the National As Broken record: March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say 04/09/2024 01:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat ��� with both air temperatures and the world���s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said. March 2024 averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius (57 Stock market today: Asia stocks rise with market focus on signs of interest rate cut 04/09/2024 12:54am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Asia stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday, with investors mainly focusing on a U.S. inflation report and what it means for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Oil prices advanced while U.S. futures were mixed. The yen weakened, coming close to a 34-year low. Japan���s ben Maryland lawmakers OK bill to aid port employees after Baltimore bridge collapse at session's end 04/08/2024 11:57pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Maryland lawmakers approved a measure to help employees at the Port of Baltimore affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, a decision that came Monday in the waning hours of a state legislative session that has focused on efforts to rebuild and assure the public in m