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Hawaii's governor hails support for Maui and targets vacation rentals exacerbating housing shortage 01/22/2024 09:01pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Monday used his annual State of the State address to lead lawmakers and guests in a moment of silence for victims of the Lahaina wildfire and to propose aggressive steps to shift more vacation rentals into residential use to meet both Maui and the state's Elon Musk visits Auschwitz after uproar over antisemitic messages on X 01/22/2024 08:25pm • KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Elon Musk, who has been accused of allowing antisemitic messages on his social media platform, X, visited the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Monday, saying afterwards that the tragedy of the Holocaust “hits you much more in the heart when you see it in person. The Best Way to Keep Track of Payments and Bills 01/22/2024 07:00pm • When life gets busy, even important financial obligations can fall to the wayside. You may forget when payments are due or lose statements in the shuffle of other mail. Falling behind, however, can have serious ramifications, including penalty fees, service shut-offs, and credit damage. Fixing perso How Cheating in College Hurts Students 01/22/2024 07:00pm • Cheating in college is risky business loaded with potential consequences -- failing classes, suspension, possible expulsion -- yet it's common and perhaps more accessible than ever. "A lot of people cheat a little," says David Pritchard, a physics professor emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Tec How to Claim the Saver's Credit 01/22/2024 07:00pm • Low- and moderate-income workers who save for retirement in a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account could qualify for the saver's credit. This retirement savings contributions credit can be claimed in addition to any tax deduction you earn by contributing to a traditional retirement account. Benito the giraffe goes on a 40-hour road trip to find warmth, and maybe a mate, in central Mexico 01/22/2024 06:27pm • CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — A giraffe named Benito started a 40-hour road trip Monday to leave behind the cold and loneliness of Mexico’s northern border city of Ciudad Juarez to find warmth — and maybe a mate — in his new home 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) to the south. A campaign by ani Former gang leader charged with killing Tupac Shakur gets new lawyer who points to 'historic' trial 01/22/2024 05:15pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Los Angeles-area gang leader jailed in Las Vegas in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur has hired a private attorney who pointed Monday to what he expects will be a historic murder trial. Duane “Keffe D” Davis dismissed court-appointed lawyers and hire The front-running 49ers showed off their comeback ability in their playoff opener 01/22/2024 05:10pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers spent most of the season as dominant front-runners, racing out to early leads and putting teams away with relative ease. They flipped the script in their playoff opener, mounting a late-game comeback that showed they are able to win even when thin Lawsuit alleges HIV-positive inmate died after being denied medication at Northern California jail 01/22/2024 04:55pm • PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after being held in a Northern California jail alleges he contracted a preventable viral infection there when its medical staff denied him critical HIV medication for two months. When Nicholas Overfield was arrested in Feb Pennsylvania woman plans to use insanity defense in slaying and dismemberment of parents 01/22/2024 04:43pm • NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia woman accused of fatally shooting her parents and dismembering their bodies with a chain saw has notified officials that she intends to use an insanity defense. Defense attorneys say in a recent court filing that Verity Beck, 44, of Abington, “was l Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton on track for Hall of Fame election; Billy Wagner close 01/22/2024 04:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton appeared on track to gain entry to baseball's Hall of Fame when results are announced Tuesday, while Billy Wagner was likely to be right around the needed 75% threshold and Gary Sheffield was projected to fall short. Just 270 players are i Looking beyond winter, DC opens applications for summer jobs program 01/22/2024 02:11pm • The application window opened Monday for the D.C. summer jobs program, known formally as the "Mayor Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program," and residents between the ages of 14 and 24 were encouraged to apply online. Every year through the program, thousands of young people are paired w Most taxpayers could file their returns for free — here's why most don’t 01/22/2024 01:02pm • The Free File Alliance, a group of eight tax preparation software companies, has partnered with the IRS since 2003 to make federal income tax filing services free to most taxpayers — but few who are eligible actually take advantage of it. Free File tax prep and e-filing software is now availabl Why the winter months may be a good time to catch up on some ZZZs 01/22/2024 11:50am • Are you feeling like a social outcast lately because you've been crawling into bed at 7:30 p.m.? Falling asleep earlier than usual during the winter months is normal and can be a good thing, a Maryland doctor said. Dr. Emerson Wickwire, professor and section head of sleep medicine at the Universi Survey: Surprising number of managers want sick employees to come to work 01/22/2024 11:13am • Companies may have already begun to forget lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. A new survey of office managers shows an alarming lack of concern about employee access to sick leave. "Twenty percent of managers said they've encouraged workers who weren't feeling well to still come into the