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Democratic US Sen. Martin Heinrich seeks 3rd term in NM seat 05/04/2023 10:01pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich announced Thursday that he will run for a third term next year as he champions causes from gun safety to abortion access to a transition toward cleaner energy in New Mexico, a major oil-producing state. A win by the state's senior senator would exten Churchill Downs suspends trainer Joseph after 2 horse deaths 05/04/2023 09:47pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Churchill Downs suspended trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. indefinitely and Lord Miles, who is trained by Joseph, was scratched from the Kentucky Derby on Thursday, days after the sudden death of two of his horses at the track. The suspension prohibits Joseph, or any trainer direct TurboTax users could soon see their share of a $141M national payout 05/04/2023 08:17pm • Consumers who used Intuit's TurboTax products to file their taxes in 2016, 2017 or 2018 may receive a check in the mail as soon as next week. The payouts to an estimated 4.4 million TurboTax customers across the U.S. come as part of a multistate settlement totaling $141 million announced one year Money Market Account: What Is It and How Does It Work? 05/04/2023 08:00pm • Money market accounts are back in vogue, and annual percentage yields above 4% on MMAs at relatively low minimum deposit levels are a big driver of that trend. Given Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, which push bank rates up historically, investors expect money market rates to remain at this leve Can I Use My Own Airplane Seat Belt Extender? 05/04/2023 08:00pm • Preparing for travel is supposed to be an exciting time. While the idea might entice some, for others it can be stressful -- and, for plus-size travelers, there's more to that. There's worrying about whether they will stand out, whether can they go to a certain attraction and what to wear that will Privacy Fence Ideas for Your Backyard 05/04/2023 08:00pm • Your home is your sanctuary, but it may not feel that way if you see your neighbor every time you sit on the deck. Privacy fences can solve that problem by creating a barrier between you and adjoining yards. What's more, they can prevent pets and children from wandering off -- or onto -- your proper How Oklahoma rapist got out of prison early, then killed 6 05/04/2023 07:13pm • Questions mounted Thursday about why an Oklahoma sex offender who authorities say shot to death his wife, her three children and their two friends and then killed himself was freed from prison early, despite facing new sex charges in a separate case. Those questions include how he was released on go US often didn't screen workers at migrant centers: Watchdog 05/04/2023 07:06pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — The federal Health and Human Services Department often failed to perform required background checks on workers at emergency holding centers for migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone during a surge in 2021, the agency's internal watchdog has found. The inspector Kids and social media: Here are tips for concerned parents 05/04/2023 07:01pm • When it comes to social media, families are seeking help. With ever-changing algorithms pushing content at children, parents are seeing their kids' mental health suffer, even as platforms like TikTok and Instagram provide connections with friends. Some are questioning whether kids should be on soci In Ukraine’s forests, fighters race to prepare for next push 05/04/2023 04:13pm • SOMEWHERE IN CENTRAL UKRAINE (AP) — The fighters depart at dawn, single-file, rifles slung, compasses in hand, and disappear like chameleons into the lush greenery of central Ukraine’s dense forests. They’re training for a long-anticipated campaign that Ukraine hopes will shift the momentum of Celebrate summer at the 31st Annual Giant BBQ Battle, 05/04/2023 02:41pm •   Celebrate summer at the 31st Annual Giant BBQ Battle, America’s Food & Music Festival, June 24th & 25th on Pennsylvania Ave.  It’s 2 days of free food samples, microbrew tasting, BBQ contests, sports, kids’ activities and interactive exhibits. Learn from the pros like Pitmas DeSantis stacks conservative agenda; presidential run looms 05/04/2023 02:07pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — From the death penalty to gender identity to abortion, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has cemented himself as a conservative standard bearer as he prepares to launch a presidential campaign sometime after the legislative session ends this week. With the help of GOP supermajorit Sandy León recalls harrowing day young daughter fell in pool 05/04/2023 11:12am • HOUSTON (AP) — Sandy León has worn many jersey numbers during a long career in Major League Baseball. To understand the gravity of the No. 12 that adorns the catcher’s uniform this season with the Texas Rangers, he has to revisit the worst day of his life. That was Aug. 18, 2020. León, then p BMW: Don't drive older models with Takata air bag inflators 05/04/2023 10:40am • DETROIT (AP) — BMW is warning the owners of about 90,000 older vehicles in the U.S. not to drive them due to an increasing threat that the air bags might explode in a crash. The warning covers vehicles from the 2000 through 2006 model years that previously had been recalled to replace faulty an At CPAC, Hungary's Orban decries LGBTQ+ rights, migration 05/04/2023 10:09am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's populist prime minister likened liberalism to a “virus” in an opening speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the Hungarian capital on Thursday, painting a picture of a global right-wing movement mobilizing to defeat “progressive elites.�