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US and China launch talks on fentanyl trafficking in a sign of cooperation amid differences 01/30/2024 10:56am • BEIJING (AP) ��� American and Chinese officials committed Tuesday to working together to stem the flow of fentanyl into the United States, the head of a visiting U.S. delegation said. Their meeting was a hopeful sign of cooperation as the two global powers try to better manage their contentious ties After a record year, Norway's giant oil fund pledges to push sustainable energy 01/30/2024 10:12am • STAVANGER, Norway (AP) ��� The manager of the world���s largest sovereign wealth fund pledged Tuesday to push major oil and gas companies to speed up preparations for the ���inescapable��� transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels while also twisting arms in U.S. boardrooms to take control of Europe's economic pain drags on with zero growth at the end of last year 01/30/2024 09:58am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� Europe���s economy failed to expand at the end of 2023, dragging out the stagnation for more than a year amid higher energy prices, costlier credit and a downturn in former powerhouse Germany. Zero economic growth for the October-to-December period of last year follows a UK fines HSBC bank for not going far enough to protect deposits in case it collapsed 01/30/2024 06:27am • LONDON (AP) ��� HSBC, Europe���s biggest bank, has been fined 57.4 million pounds ($72.8 million) for failing to adequately protect customer deposits in the event that the bank collapsed, U.K. regulators said Tuesday. Two units of London-based HSBC Holdings Plc violated rules designed to ensure regu Wizards rally in final six minutes for 118-113 victory, ending Spurs' two-game winning streak 01/29/2024 11:44pm • SAN ANTONIO (AP) ��� Kyle Kuzma had 18 points and 11 rebounds, Daniel Gafford had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and the Washington Wizards rallied in the final six minutes to beat the San Antonio Spurs 118-113 on Monday night. Gafford gathered a loose ball and dunked with 5.1 seconds remaining to put W Donovan Mitchell scores 28, Jarrett Allen gets 20 points, 17 rebounds as Cavs down Clippers 118-108 01/29/2024 11:04pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� Still not at full strength, the Cavaliers flexed on one of the NBA's hottest teams. Donovan Mitchell had 28 points and 12 assists and Jarrett Allen extended his double-double streak to 15 straight games as Cleveland welcomed back Evan Mobley with a 118-108 win over the Los Angeles Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands 01/29/2024 09:06pm • ANGOLA, La. (AP) ��� A hidden path to America���s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source ��� a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country���s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where Dissolving Trump's business empire would stand apart in history of NY fraud law 01/29/2024 07:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Within days, Donald Trump could potentially have his sprawling real estate business empire ordered ���dissolved��� for repeated misrepresentations on financial statements to lenders, adding him to a short list of scam marketers, con artists and others who have been hit with the ult Cavs forward Evan Mobley back following left knee surgery, guard Darius Garland 'extremely close' 01/29/2024 07:29pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� The Cavaliers got back one of their best players. Another is on the way. Power forward Evan Mobley returned from left knee surgery and played for the first time since early December on Monday night when Cleveland, which has surged while missing two starters, hosted the Los Angeles What to Do When Your Medical Bills Are Out of Control 01/29/2024 07:00pm • Medical bills -- whether the result of a high-deductible health plan, billing errors, out-of-network fees or uncovered expenses -- burden millions of American adults. According to the Commonwealth Fund 2023 Health Care Affordability Survey, 30% of people who have employer health coverage had medical The Most Overvalued Housing Markets in the U.S. 01/29/2024 07:00pm • In the pre-pandemic days of late 2019 and early 2020, on a national level the U.S. housing market was reasonably balanced. With a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rate of 3.6%, the typical homeowner was paying just 22% of monthly per capita income on mortgage payments. Meanwhile, the typical tenant was Discover Is Exiting the Student Loan Business 01/29/2024 07:00pm • Discover Financial Services will no longer accept student loan applications as of Feb. 1, 2024, after announcing in November 2023 that it was going to sell its student loans portfolio and transfer the servicing of these loans to a third-party provider. For now, current Discover Student Loans custome Ex-Peruvian intelligence chief pleads guilty to charges in 1992 massacre of six farmers 01/29/2024 06:42pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) ��� The controversial intelligence chief of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori on Monday pleaded guilty to charges in the 1992 massacre of six farmers who were accused of being members of a rebel group, taken from their homes by soldiers and executed in the town of Pativilca. Georgia House votes to revive prosecutor oversight panel as Democrats warn of targeting Fani Willis 01/29/2024 06:42pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia House members passed a bill Monday to revive a commission with powers to discipline and remove prosecutors, a move Democrats warn is aimed at disrupting Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis��� prosecution of former President Donald Trump. The House voted 95-75 along p Eileen Gu chooses 'All of the Above' when faced with choices involving skiing, Stanford and style 01/29/2024 05:31pm • ASPEN, Colo. (AP) ��� Whether the choices are serious or of a more trivial nature, Eileen Gu refuses to be hemmed in. Two years after exploding onto the world stage at the Beijing Winter Games, the 20-year-old Olympic champion, straight-A student and fashion model remains as comfortable on a catwalk