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Global anti-corruption efforts are faltering, partly due to a 'decline in justice,' survey finds 01/30/2024 01:25am • BERLIN (AP) — Efforts to fight public sector corruption are faltering around the world, in part because a “global decline in justice and the rule of law since 2016," according to a corruption index released Tuesday. Transparency International, which compiles the annual Corruption Perceptions Ind Ben Simmons just misses triple-double in return, Nets romp to 147-114 victory over Jazz 01/29/2024 10:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Simmons was just a few seconds into his return from a 38-game absence when he got the ball and led the Brooklyn Nets on a fast break. “It’s always a fast break when I have the ball,” Simmons said. A back injury may have knocked him out for a while, but it sure hasn't slow China is protesting interrogations and deportations of its students at US border 01/29/2024 10:24pm • BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government has protested to the United States over the treatment of Chinese arriving to study in America, saying some have been interrogated for hours, had their electronic devices checked and in some cases were forcibly deported from the country. Xie Feng, the Chines Police say Minnesota man dressed as delivery driver in home invasion turned triple homicide 01/29/2024 10:01pm • A Minnesota man was charged with murder Monday after authorities say he posed as a package delivery driver, entered a home and demanded money before he shot three people in the head, including at least one at point-blank range. Alonzo Pierre Mingo, 37, was charged with three counts of second-degree Documentary on 'We Are the World' goes deep inside recording session of starry 1985 charity single 01/29/2024 09:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty-nine years ago, the biggest music stars in the world crammed into a recording studio in Los Angeles for an all-night session that they hoped might alter music history. “We Are the World” was a 1985 charity single for African famine relief that included the voices of Mich Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands 01/29/2024 09:06pm • ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where Host Ivory Coast beats defending champ Senegal on penalties to reach Africa Cup quarters 01/29/2024 07:32pm • ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — It's party time in Ivory Coast. Frank Kessié scored the winning penalty for the host nation to knock out defending champion Senegal from the Africa Cup of Nations last 16 in a penalty shootout on Monday. It was Kessié’s second successful spot kick of the match after Minnesota trooper accused of fatally shooting motorist Ricky Cobb II makes first court appearance 01/29/2024 07:04pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state trooper accused in the fatal shooting of motorist Ricky Cobb II can remain free without bail while awaiting trial, a judge ruled Monday during a brief court hearing. Trooper Ryan Londregan must surrender his passport and avoid contact with witnesses and Cobb's These 3 People Turned Their Side Gigs Into $100K+ Incomes 01/29/2024 07:00pm • When you hear the term "side gig," you might think of earning a bit of extra cash by delivering takeout through DoorDash or petsitting through Rover. But a side gig can also be a gateway to a new full-time income stream. Read on to learn about three people who turned their side gigs into full-time, What to Do When Your Medical Bills Are Out of Control 01/29/2024 07:00pm • Medical bills -- whether the result of a high-deductible health plan, billing errors, out-of-network fees or uncovered expenses -- burden millions of American adults. According to the Commonwealth Fund 2023 Health Care Affordability Survey, 30% of people who have employer health coverage had medical The Most Overvalued Housing Markets in the U.S. 01/29/2024 07:00pm • In the pre-pandemic days of late 2019 and early 2020, on a national level the U.S. housing market was reasonably balanced. With a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rate of 3.6%, the typical homeowner was paying just 22% of monthly per capita income on mortgage payments. Meanwhile, the typical tenant was The 16 Best Alaska Shore Excursions for 2024 01/29/2024 07:00pm • A cruise to Alaska is one of the best ways to visit many parts of the 49th state, including the Inside Passage and the southeastern port towns of Juneau, Ketchikan and Skagway. You can also see dozens of glaciers on a cruise, plus remote places reachable only by water, like Glacier National Park &am King Charles III has been discharged from a London hospital after a prostate procedure 01/29/2024 05:39pm • LONDON (AP) — King Charles III and his daughter-in-law, the Princess of Wales, have both left a private London hospital following unrelated medical treatments that have made the health of the royal family headlines news in the United Kingdom. The 75-year-old monarch was admitted to the London Clin Counselor says parents chose work over taking care of teen before Michigan school shooting 01/29/2024 05:18pm • A counselor testified Monday that he was “caught off guard” when the parents of a Michigan teenager refused to voluntarily take the boy home from school when confronted with a violent drawing their son made hours before he opened fire and killed four students. Shawn Hopkins said Oxford High Scho NYC brothers were stockpiling an arsenal of bombs and ghost guns with a hit list, indictment says 01/29/2024 04:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City brothers were accused Monday of stockpiling an arsenal of explosive devices and ghost guns in their family's home, where authorities say they also found anarchist propaganda and a hit list that mentioned but didn't name cops, judges, politicians and celebrities. A