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China's Communist Party will signal its approach to the country's challenges at a meeting this week 07/15/2024 06:50am • BEIJING (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party started a four-day meeting Monday that is expected to lay out a strategy for self-sufficient economic growth in an era of heightened national security concerns and restrictions on access to American technology. While the meeting typically focuses on su Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case was thrown out. Here are some key things to know 07/13/2024 02:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge threw out the bankruptcy case of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Friday. He cited repeated “uncooperative conduct,” including a failure to comply with court orders and disclose sources of income. While Giuliani's creditors can now pursue other legal re Judge ends Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy case, says he flouted the process with his lack of transparency 07/12/2024 08:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani ’s bankruptcy case on Friday, slamming the former New York City mayor as a “recalcitrant debtor” who thumbed his nose at the process while seeking to shield himself from a $148 million defamation judgment and other debts. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Pakistan reaches new $7 billion loan deal with IMF 07/12/2024 06:42pm • Pakistan has reached a staff-level agreement for a new $7 billion loan deal, the International Monetary Fund said Friday, the country's latest turn to the global lender for help in propping up its economy and dealing with its debts through big bailouts. Earlier this year, the IMF approved the immed Stock market today: Wall Street rolls to the edge of records as hopes remain for cuts to rates 07/12/2024 05:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Friday after some mixed signals on big banks' profits and inflation did little to dent Wall Street's belief that easier interest rates are on the way. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% to close its fifth winning week in the last six. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ros Caribbean seeks help in fighting climate change after Hurricane Beryl devastates small islands 07/12/2024 02:36pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Caribbean officials on Friday demanded more access to funding and help in fighting climate change, weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastated the region. The urgent request was made at an OAS meeting in Washington, D.C., where officials noted that the historic storm expose Kenya police boss resigns in latest fallout from deadly protests 07/12/2024 01:30pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s police boss resigned Friday, the latest attempt by the country's president to respond to growing concerns of police brutality in response to protests triggered by a proposed tax hike. Protesters stormed parliament on June 25 after a bill was passed that proposed tax Eva Longoria on mastering Castilian Spanish, working with Carmen Maura on 'Land of Women' 07/12/2024 09:48am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eva Longoria is not one to shy away from a challenge. Charting her return to television, Longoria decided it was time to do something new: tackle a dual English-Spanish role. “‘If I’m going to return to TV, I want it to be different, and I want to be challenged, and I want To Buy or Not to Buy: The Real Deal on Mortgage Points 07/11/2024 08:00pm • Mortgage lenders offer multiple pricing options for home loans. You can choose to pay more points upfront in exchange for a lower interest rate and payment, or you can pay less upfront and accept a higher interest rate. In general, the more you pay upfront, the lower your interest rate and payment. Marathon Oil reaches $241 million settlement with EPA for environmental violations in North Dakota 07/11/2024 05:57pm • The federal government announced a $241.5 million settlement with Marathon Oil on Thursday for alleged air quality violations at the company's oil and gas operations on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice said the settle Editorial Roundup: United States 07/11/2024 05:21pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 6 The Washington Post on SCOTUS and how government works The Supreme Court’s 2024 term might have been defined, to the general public at least, by multiple decisions concerning Donald Trump. These cases matter. But the bigger pi Two 80-something journalists tried ChatGPT. Then, they sued to protect the 'written word' 07/11/2024 04:51pm • GRAFTON, Mass. (AP) — When two octogenarian buddies named Nick discovered that ChatGPT might be stealing and repurposing a lifetime of their work, they tapped a son-in-law to sue the companies behind the artificial intelligence chatbot. Veteran journalists Nicholas Gage, 84, and Nicholas Basbanes Kenyan president dismisses Cabinet ministers after weeks of protests over taxation, poor governance 07/11/2024 10:41am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday dismissed almost all of his Cabinet ministers and promised to form a new government that will be lean and efficient following weeks of protests over high taxes and poor governance. In a televised address, the president also dismissed UK water firms get smaller rate hikes than sought amid struggle to cut pollution, attract investors 07/11/2024 05:38am • LONDON (AP) — British regulators on Thursday slashed proposed rate increases by water companies, crimping revenue at a time they are struggling to persuade investors to finance efforts to reduce sewage spills that have fouled waterways around the country. Under the draft decision by regulator Ofwa IRS collects milestone $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth taxpayers 07/11/2024 05:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS announced Thursday that it has collected $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth tax cheats — a milestone meant to showcase how the agency is making use of the money it received as part of the Biden administration's signature climate, health care, and tax package sign