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The world could get its first trillionaire within 10 years, anti-poverty group Oxfam says 01/15/2024 11:32am • DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The world could have its first trillionaire within a decade, anti-poverty organization Oxfam International said Monday in its annual assessment of global inequalities timed to the gathering of political and business elites at the Swiss ski resort of Davos. Oxfam, which fo Osaka's Grand Slam comeback ends in 1st-round loss to Garcia, Gauff advances at Australian Open 01/15/2024 10:35am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Moments after her Grand Slam comeback ended in a first-round loss, Naomi Osaka walked back through the players' tunnel where her name has a prominent place among recent Australian Open champions. Three matches into her return from 15 months off the tour, and six months Falls Church company helps formerly incarcerated people find a job 01/15/2024 08:00am • Falls Church-based ViaPath, which uses tablet-based technology to provide vocational and educational training for people incarcerated in U.S. prisons, has taken its business one step further with a job placement company to help formerly incarcerated people get a job when they get out of prison. I Bernardo Arévalo sworn in as Guatemala's president despite months of efforts to derail inauguration 01/15/2024 03:43am • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as Guatemala’s president on Monday minutes after midnight despite months of efforts to derail his inauguration, including foot-dragging and rising tensions right up until the transfer of power. Arévalo arrives in the presidency after winning Jahmir Young, Julian Reese lead Maryland to 76-67 win over No. 10 Illinois 01/14/2024 05:44pm • CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Jahmir Young scored 28 points and Julian Reese had 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead Maryland to a 76-67 victory Sunday over No. 10 Illinois, the 10th time this week a team ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll has lost. Maryland (11-6, 3-3 Big Ten) outscored Illinois 39-28 Following review, Business Insider stands by reports on wife of ex-Harvard president's critic 01/14/2024 05:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Business Insider’s top executive and parent company said Sunday they were satisfied with the fairness and accuracy of stories that made plagiarism accusations against a former MIT professor who is married to a prominent critic of former Harvard President Claudine Gay. “We st Defending champion Djokovic fends off first-timer Prizmic in 4 hours to advance in Australia 01/14/2024 09:01am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Until he took on defending champion Novak Djokovic at Rod Laver Arena on opening Sunday in Australia, Dino Prizmic had never played a Grand Slam match. The 18-year-old Croatian qualifier, who was born seven months after Djokovic made his Grand Slam debut in 2005, made i Marchment snaps tie, Stars score 3 in third to beat Blackhawks 3-1 01/13/2024 11:50pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Mason Marchment broke a tie with 5:06 left and the Dallas Stars came back with three goals in the third period to top the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Saturday night. Closing in on a 2-on-1 break, Marchment fired in his 14th goal between Petr Mrazek's pads. “I was definitely looking Bouchard helps the Oilers beat the Canadiens 2-1 for a franchise-record 10th straight win 01/13/2024 11:24pm • MONTREAL (AP) — Evan Bouchard scored a power-play goal 2:01 into overtime, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Saturday night for a franchise-record 10th consecutive victory. Leon Draisaitl also scored for Edmonton (23-15-1), and Stuart Skinner made 23 saves. Connor McDavid Pat Suemnick, Kerr Kriisa, RaeQuan Battle help West Virginia beat No. 25 Texas 76-73 01/13/2024 09:26pm • MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's Pat Suemnick was a ball of nerves in his first career start earlier in the week. In his second start, he took an assistant coach's advice: Go have fun. Suemnick set career highs of 16 points and six rebounds, West Virginia built a double-digit lead and held From a ludicrously capacious bag to fake sausages: 'Succession' props draw luxe prices 01/13/2024 07:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Someday soon, someone will be walking down the street proudly carrying a ludicrously capacious bag, bought for a ludicrously capacious price. The voluminous Burberry tote is one of the most famous props used on “Succession,” the famed HBO saga of the Roy family dynasty, and it De Bruyne inspires Man City comeback in Premier League return to show he can swing title race 01/13/2024 03:43pm • LONDON (AP) — It took Kevin De Bruyne less than five minutes to show why his return from injury could be so crucial for Manchester City in the second half of the Premier League season. Five months after having surgery on a hamstring injury, De Bruyne came off the bench to score the equalizer and Soccer game in English third tier abandoned after Reading fans storm field to protest against owner 01/13/2024 01:54pm • READING, England (AP) — A third-division match between Reading and Port Vale was abandoned just 16 minutes into the first half Saturday after around 1,000 home fans invaded the pitch to protest against the club's ownership, with many of them refusing to leave. Reading made several appeals over the Maryland gets $15 million grant to install 58 new electric vehicle charging stations 01/13/2024 10:48am • Maryland is getting millions of dollars in federal money to ramp up the number of electric vehicle charging stations in the state. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said the state will use the $15 million from a federal grant to install 58 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations around the state, addin Iowa's sparsely populated northwest is a key GOP caucus battleground for both Trump and DeSantis 01/13/2024 09:07am • ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Some of the most contested real estate for Iowa's Republican caucuses is a vast, wind-swept plain where hogs outnumber people by the millions. Northwest Iowa's landscape is sparse, made up of high plains, in places marked by fields of soaring white wind turbines. The land