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House passes $460 billion package of spending bills. Senate expected to act before shutdown deadline 03/06/2024 06:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a $460 billion package of spending bills Wednesday that would keep money flowing to key federal agencies through the remainder of the budget year. The Senate is expected to take up the legislation before a midnight Friday shutdown deadline. Lawmakers are negotiat Sen. Katie Britt will stride onto the national stage to deliver GOP's State of the Union response 03/06/2024 06:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two days after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that threatened fertility clinics in the state, Sen. Katie Britt placed a call to former President Donald Trump. Britt wanted Trump, then on a plane headed to South Carolina, to understand the significance of what had happened. The c Charges are dropped midtrial in 'Hotel California' lyrics case. Don Henley plans to fight on 03/06/2024 05:55pm • NEW YORK (AP) — From the start, the case was highly unusual: a criminal prosecution centered on the disputed ownership of a cache of hand-drafted lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits. Its end was even more unexpected. In the middle of trial, New York prosecutors abruptly droppe Georgia House passes bill requiring jailers to identify and hold immigrants after student's killing 03/06/2024 05:03pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House Republicans are backing a bill that would require every eligible police and sheriff’s department to help identify undocumented immigrants and detain them for possible deportation. The House voted 97-74 on Thursday for House Bill 1105 after police accused a Venezuelan The Latest | South Africa says UN court should order Israel to let more aid into Gaza 03/06/2024 04:51pm • South Africa has gone back to the United Nations’ top court seeking additional orders for Israel to let humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, citing “widespread starvation” in the devastated Palestinian territory. After nearly five months of war, much of Gaza is in ruins. International pressur Court order permanently blocks Florida gun retailer from selling certain gun parts in New York 03/06/2024 04:41pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday permanently banned a Florida gun retailer from selling or delivering certain gun parts in New York that officials say can be used to assemble untraceable ghost guns and sold without background checks. The court order and approximately $7.8 million j Luck strikes twice for Kentucky couple who lost, then found, winning lottery ticket 03/06/2024 04:32pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Luck struck twice for a Kentucky couple who thought they lost a winning Powerball ticket. The Bowling Green couple found out in November that they had won $50,000 but couldn't find the ticket they had purchased about a week before, the Kentucky Lottery said in a news release 'The Grieving Project': DC's Open Circle Theatre aims to produce 'radically accessible' hybrid experience 03/06/2024 01:15pm • Since 2008, local playwright Lisa Sniderman has lived with a progressive muscle weakness disease called Dermatomyositis. She also has Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID), meaning she struggles to make antibodies, requiring her to avoid crowded public gatherings, especially recently during COVID The Czech parliament toughens gun laws after the worst mass shooting in the country's history 03/06/2024 12:08pm • PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Parliament’s upper house, the Senate followed the lower house on Wednesday to approve changes in the gun law that tighten requirements for owning a weapon following the worst mass killing in the nation’s history. The legislation now must be signed by President Petr Pave New to riding a sleeper train? Here’s the best way to book tickets 03/06/2024 11:43am • As more people reconsider how they travel on a warming planet, a small but growing contingent in Europe wants to switch from high-emission, short-haul planes to more climate-friendly sleeper trains. But for all the climate benefits — plus the enduring romance of overnight train journeys — it's n How to get a bigger tax refund, according to experts 03/06/2024 06:06am • Tax season, for many, conjures kitchen-table drudgery spent revisiting pay stubs and financial choices. For some, though, a reward awaits: a tax refund. The possibility and scale of a refund can hinge on the approach taken by a tax filer, financial advisors told ABC News. Tax credits, retireme J.T. Miller's overtime goal gives Vancouver a 2-1 victory over Los Angeles 03/06/2024 02:33am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — J.T. Miller scored on a power play 1:36 into overtime, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Tuesday night. Miller scored from the right faceoff circle on a slap shot for his 31st of the season. Vancouver earned its second straight win and became the third MH370 disappeared a decade ago. Here's what we know about one of aviation's biggest mysteries 03/05/2024 11:38pm • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A decade ago on March 8, a Malaysia Airlines flight vanished without a trace, becoming one of aviation’s biggest mysteries. Investigators still do not know exactly what happened to the plane and its 239 passengers. But Malaysia’s government said Sunday it may ren Verlander, Gray and Giolito all in question for opening day after injuries hit starting pitchers 03/05/2024 10:50pm • The news hit one after the other on Tuesday: Three big-name starting pitchers all dealing with injuries that could cause them to miss the beginning of the regular season — and potentially more. Houston’s Justin Verlander, St. Louis’ Sonny Gray and Boston’s Lucas Giolito are all ailing at spr No. 7 North Carolina overpowers Notre Dame 84-51 on senior night 03/05/2024 10:25pm • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Armando Bacot played in his record 162nd ACC game and No. 7 North Carolina overpowered Notre Dame 84-51 on senior night Tuesday to clinch at least a share of the regular-season conference championship. The fifth-year player who holds the school's record for career rebounds