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No. 14 Marquette surges in second half to beat Seton Hall 75-57 for 4th straight victory 01/27/2024 04:24pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — On a day when neither Marquette nor Seton Hall was close to full strength, the Golden Eagles' superior depth made the difference. Oso Ighodaro scored 21 points, David Joplin added 20 and No. 14 Marquette beat Seton Hall 75-57 on Saturday for its fourth consecutive win. Seton Hall A COVID-era program is awash in fraud. Congress aims to wind it down and expand the child tax credit 01/27/2024 12:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — When IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel met privately with senators recently, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee asked for his assessment of a startling report: A whistleblower estimated that 95% of claims now being made by businesses for a COVID-era tax break were fraudulen Iraq and US begin formal talks to end coalition mission formed to fight the Islamic State group 01/27/2024 12:33pm • BEIRUT (AP) — The United States and Iraq held a first session of formal talks Saturday in Baghdad aimed at winding down the mission of a U.S.-led military coalition formed to fight the Islamic State group in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement that he had sponsor Unflappable so far, Sinner prepares for his first major final. He faces Medvedev in Australia 01/27/2024 07:54am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — One thing people have noticed about Jannik Sinner is how unflappable he's been on his run to the Australian Open final. And the big smile. In the semifinals against 10-time title-winner Novak Djokovic, who had never lost a match after reaching the last four in Australia Man charged in 20-plus calls of false threats in US, Canada pleads guilty 01/26/2024 09:36pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who made over 20 “swatting” calls around the country and in Canada, prompting emergency responses to his fake bombing, shooting and other threatening reports, pleaded guilty on Thursday to four crimes. Ashton Garcia, 21, pleaded guilty Thursday in U Plea agreement may shorten further time at Guantanamo for 2 in connection with Bali bombings 01/26/2024 08:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A military panel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, recommended 23 years in detention Friday for two Malaysian men in connection with deadly 2002 bombings in Bali, a spokesman for the military commission said. However, under a previously secret provision of the plea agreement disclosed aft Iowa promised $75 million for school safety. Two shootings later, the money is largely unspent 01/26/2024 08:10pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The June 2022 announcement was addressed to parents horrified by the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas: Iowa would spend $75 million in federal pandemic relief funds to improve school building security. Citing an urgent need to act after Uvalde and shootings Simon Pagenaud still hoping to race in 2024 after scary crash last season 01/26/2024 06:23pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Even if Meyer Shank Racing had returned to this year's Rolex 24 at Daytona in search of a third consecutive win in the prestigious endurance race, the lineup would not have included Simon Pagenaud. The Frenchman was part of MSR's back-to-back titles the last two seasons Former prominent Atlanta attorney who shot his wife in SUV pleads guilty to lesser charges 01/26/2024 05:12pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A once-prominent Atlanta attorney who fatally shot his wife in 2016 as they rode in an SUV pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to eight years in prison as part of a plea deal. Claud “Tex” McIver, 81, had been convicted of felony murder Intel, KLA fall; American Express, Olin rise, Friday, 1/26/2024 01/26/2024 04:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Friday: Intel Corp., down $5.90 to $43.65. The chipmaker gave investors a weak earnings and revenue forecast for the current quarter. American Express Co., up $13.36 to $201.43. The credit card issuer and global payment Georgia Senate passes a panel with subpoena power to investigate District Attorney Fani Willis 01/26/2024 01:04pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's state Senate joined attempts to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Friday, voting 30-19 to create a special committee that Republican senators say is needed to determine whether the Democratic district attorney misspent state tax money in her prosec AmEx 4Q profits jump 23% as cardmembers carry heftier balances 01/26/2024 11:49am • NEW YORK (AP) — American Express' fourth quarter profits jumped 23% from last year as more cardmembers kept a running balance on their accounts compared with previous years, meaning more interest income for the credit card issuer. But a considerable rise in maintained balances — up 17% from last Harry Connick Sr., longtime New Orleans district attorney and singer’s dad, dies at 97 01/26/2024 11:45am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Harry Connick Sr., who was New Orleans’ district attorney for three decades and later faced allegations that his staff sometimes held back evidence that could have helped defendants, died Thursday at age 97. Connick died peacefully at his home in New Orleans with his wife, Lo American Express: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/26/2024 07:13am • NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — American Express Co. (AXP) on Friday reported fourth-quarter net income of $1.93 billion. The New York-based company said it had profit of $2.62 per share. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 15 analysts surveyed by Zacks Inv China doubles down on moves to mend its economy and fend off a financial crisis 01/26/2024 02:43am • BANGKOK (AP) — China’s leaders launched a barrage of new policies this week to prop up languishing financial markets and rekindle growth in the world’s second-largest economy. The moves to support lending and spending with billions of dollars of fresh cash gathered pace when the central bank