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Americans think a president's power should be checked, AP-NORC poll finds — unless their side wins 04/05/2024 08:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Like many Americans, Richard Bidon says he'd like to see the U.S. government “go back to its original design” — a system of checks and balances developed nearly 240 years ago to prevent any branch, especially the presidency, from becoming too powerful. But that's mainly whe Northern Virginia lottery millionaire describes 'awesome feeling' of winning big 04/05/2024 05:26am • A lot of people have lottery fever again, with the Powerball jackpot reaching $1.23 billion for Saturday night's drawing. It's the 8th largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. So, how does it feel to win a bunch of money playing the lottery? "Dude, it was amazing," said Michael Brosnan of Staf Car Review: The Mazda3 Turbo is 10 pounds of fun in a 5 pound bag. Is that good or bad? 04/05/2024 04:35am • This Mazda3 is an outstanding piece of engineering: a gutsy sports car wrapped in a hatchback package. On paper, it’s just about the perfect vehicle. Once I get myself and the kids in, it’s also nearly ideal. It’s the transition part that’s the problem. More on that in a moment. To back up, April nor'easter with heavy, wet snow pounds Northeast, knocks out power to hundreds of thousands 04/05/2024 01:07am • A major spring storm brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast, downing trees and power lines and leaving nearly 700,000 homes and businesses without power at one point. A woman was killed by a falling tree in a New York City suburb and a second woman died in a New Hampshire fire caus NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov has goal and 2 assists, Lightning beat Canadiens 7-4 04/04/2024 11:45pm • MONTREAL (AP) — NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov scored his 43rd goal of the season and had two assists, Steven Stamkos and Nicholas Paul each scored twice and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 7-4 on Thursday night. Holding the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, th Maxey scores 37, Embiid has 29 and Philadelphia rallies past Miami 109-105 to tighten East race 04/04/2024 10:51pm • MIAMI (AP) — Philadelphia opened a big lead, wasted it all, opened another big lead, wasted that one as well, then found itself in trouble midway through the fourth quarter. No problem. The 76ers had one last run in them — and it was the only one that mattered. Tyrese Maxey scored 37 points, Joe UK airports get more time to put in new scanners that will allow more liquids and packed laptops 04/04/2024 09:35pm • LONDON (AP) — Drink it or bin it: That phrase should have become history this summer at all U.K. airports. But it's set to persist for at least another year after the British government said it will grant extensions to several large U.K. airports unable to meet the June 1 deadline to fully install Federal report finds 68,000 guns were illegally trafficked through unlicensed dealers over 5 years 04/04/2024 09:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to perform background checks over a five-year period, according to new data released Thursday by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. That repres How to File an Insurance Claim After a Natural Disaster 04/04/2024 08:00pm • Nobody wants to go through a natural disaster like an earthquake, fire or flood. It can be traumatic -- and so can filing an insurance claim. While policyholders tend to expect insurance companies to seamlessly fix any natural disaster-related destruction once you file a claim, that's not always th 3 migrants, including 2 from Cameroon, died in a truck accident in southern Mexico 04/04/2024 04:40pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three migrants died in a highway accident in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, authorities said Thursday. At least two of the dead — a man and a woman — are from the African nation of Cameroon, and the identity of the third is being checked. Five more migrants were injure Treasurer for dozens of Ohio political campaigns accused of stealing nearly $1M from clients 04/04/2024 04:38pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man who has served as treasurer for dozens of political campaigns in Ohio over the past 40 years is facing federal wire fraud charges for allegedly stealing nearly $1 million from clients. William Curlis, 76, is accused of writing checks from campaign accounts to himself fo Venice day-trippers will face steep fines if they fail to pay an access fee under a pilot program 04/04/2024 01:07pm • MILAN (AP) — Day-trippers to the fabled canal city of Venice who fail to pay 5 euros ($5.43) to enter the lagoon city’s historic center during a time-limited pilot program launching later this month will face fines starting at 10 times the entrance fee, officials said Thursday. Venice announced NASA probes whether object that crashed into Florida home came from space station 04/04/2024 12:43pm • NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — NASA says it's investigating whether an object that crashed into the roof of a home in southwest Florida last month came from the international space station. Workers for the space agency picked up the object from the homeowner in Naples, Florida, last week and took it to the K Oklahoma executes man convicted of double slaying in 2002 04/04/2024 12:38pm • McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed Thursday morning. Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m., Oklahoma De Kuwait votes in its 4th election in as many years in its latest attempt to end political gridlock 04/04/2024 11:32am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait held national elections on Thursday for the fourth time in as many years as the oil-rich country seeks to break out of its longstanding political gridlock. The Persian Gulf country's elected assembly has more power than most in the Arab world, but has lon