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Paris-bound Olympians look forward to a post-COVID Games with fans in the stands 04/15/2024 04:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest races, routines and games for many of this generation's Olympic athletes were contested in front of mostly empty stands, largely devoid of coaches to help them out or friends and family to cheer them on. That was three years ago at the COVID-19 Summer Olympics and two y Cardi B, Queen Latifah and The Roots to headline the BET Experience concerts in Los Angeles 04/15/2024 01:00pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cardi B, Queen Latifah and The Roots will headline concerts to celebrate the return of the BET Experience in Los Angeles just days before the 2024 BET Awards. BET announced Monday the star-studded lineup of the concert series, which makes a return after a five-year hiatus. It wa EU releases blocked funds of $6.7 billion to Poland as part of its post-pandemic recovery package 04/15/2024 07:57am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union disbursed 6.3 billion euros (about $6.7 billion) to Poland as a part of the 27-nation bloc's post-pandemic recovery fund, the biggest single transfer ever to the country, a government minister said Monday. Poland's former national conservative governmen t, Today in History: April 15, the Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic, more than 1,500 die 04/15/2024 12:00am • Today is Monday, April 15, the 106th day of 2024. There are 260 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic foundered in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland more than 2 1/2 hours after hitting an iceberg; 1,514 people died, while les Today in History: April 13, Apollo 13 damaged by explosion 04/13/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, April 13, the 104th day of 2024. There are 262 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 13, 1964, Sidney Poitier became the first Black performer to win an Academy Award for best actor or best actress with his performance in “Lilies of the Ex-Fed chair Ben Bernanke finds 'significant shortcomings' in Bank of England's economic forecasting 04/12/2024 08:38am • LONDON (AP) — A review of the Bank of England's economic forecasting that was published Friday and undertaken by Ben Bernanke, the former chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, has found “significant shortcomings” that should be addressed to better inform future interest rate decisions. Following Chinese official talks with North Korean counterpart in the nations' highest-level meeting in years 04/12/2024 06:35am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top Chinese official arrived in North Korea and held talks on how to boost their cooperation, North Korea’s state media reported Friday, in the counties’ highest-level meeting in about five years. Zhao Leji, who is chairman of China’s National People’s Congress Today in History: April 12, Civil War begins with gunfire at Fort Sumter 04/12/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, April 12, the 103rd day of 2024. There are 263 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 12, 1861, the U.S. Civil War began as Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. On this date: In 1945, President Franklin D. Roo California lawmakers vote to reduce deficit by $17 billion, but harder choices lie ahead 04/11/2024 05:00pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers don't know for sure how big their budget deficit is, but on Thursday they decided it's big enough to go ahead and reduce spending by about $17 billion. The vote represents a preemptive strike from Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is trying to get ahe Smash Burger: 5 years after nearly quitting baseball, Jake Burger becomes Miami Marlins slugger 04/11/2024 12:09am • NEW YORK (AP) — Smash Burgers may become a favorite food for Miami Marlins fans, a meal popularized by an emerging star whose parents talked him out of quitting baseball five years ago. Jake Burger hit a three-run homer on his 28th birthday, a drive off All-Star pitcher Marcus Stroman that propell Today in History: April 11, Civil Rights Act becomes law a week after Martin Luther King is killed 04/11/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, April 11, the 102nd day of 2024. There are 264 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 11, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which included the Fair Housing Act, a week after the assassinatio Delta Air Lines posts a narrow Q1 profit and says travel demand remains strong despite flight scares 04/10/2024 05:37pm • Delta Air Lines eked out a narrow first-quarter profit and said Wednesday that demand for travel is strong heading into the summer vacation season, with travelers seemingly unfazed by recent incidents in the industry that ranged from a panel blowing off a jetliner in flight to a tire falling off ano Maryland man indicted in attempt to defraud 28 US federal bankruptcy courts out of $1.8M in unclaimed funds 04/10/2024 09:24am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Maryland man accused of trying to defraud 28 federal bankruptcy courts out of more than $1.8 million in unclaimed funds was indicted by a federal grand jury in Puerto Rico, authorities said Tuesday. The alleged scheme targeted courts from Alabama to Wisconsin and Germany's last department store chain is to get new owners after its latest insolvency 04/10/2024 08:41am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's only remaining major department store chain is set to get new owners after its third spell in bankruptcy protection in four years, and the company aims to keep most of its stores open, its insolvency administrator said Wednesday. Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof is to be taken over Conservative hoaxers to pay up to $1.25M under agreement with New York over 2020 robocall scheme 04/09/2024 01:16pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two conservative political operatives who orchestrated a robocall campaign to dissuade Black people from voting in the 2020 election have agreed to pay up to $1.25 million under a settlement with New York state, Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday. The operatives, Jacob